In response to possible COVID-19 exposure, the City and Borough of Juneau tested 102 people at the Glory Hall, AWARE shelter and the Housing First facility on Friday.
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Glory Hall homeless shelter closes after recent visitors test positive for COVID-19
Two people tested positive for the virus, seven others are in quarantine.
WATCH: City officials give weekly community update on local COVID-19 response
Juneau’s COVID-19 risk level remains high due to significant community spread during the last couple of weeks.
Mourners gather in Juneau in Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s honor
The mourners were mostly women, and they joined others in Anchorage, Fairbanks and across the country in grieving for 87-year-old justice.
Juneau reports two inmates at Lemon Creek among 9 new COVID-19 cases
According to the city, both had recently been admitted to the facility and were in quarantine, so they didn’t have contact with other inmates.
More than a quarter of Alaska communities haven’t claimed state CARES Act grants. Why not?
All Alaska communities had to do to receive the first round of state funding was to sign a grant agreement and pass a resolution accepting the grants.