While the closures are devastating for B.C., they shouldn’t move world markets.
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A CDC document gives new details on just how dangerous the delta variant really is
One CDC chart shows that it could be as contagious as chickenpox, which is one of the more transmissible viruses out there. It spreads more easily than the common cold, the 1918 flu and smallpox.
They have a deal: Murkowski, bipartisan senators’ group, get infrastructure bill to square 1
Murkowski told reporters at the Capitol that the bill will go a long way toward rebuilding America’s lagging infrastructure “and helping in many parts of the country where infrastructure doesn’t exist at all.”
Biden is considering a vaccine or testing mandate for federal workers
President Biden is said to be giving “strong consideration” to new requirements for federal employees to help arrest the spread of the delta variant of the coronavirus.
LISTEN: Former Juneauite working for international watchdog group talks women’s rights, US troops leaving Afghanistan
As the U.S. nears President Joe Biden’s August deadline to withdraw troops from Afghanistan, the politics and logistics of getting everyone out of there are complicated and shifting all over the country. Former Juneau resident Heather Barr is keeping an eye on the region.
There’s not a cloud in the sky, but your house could still be underwater
The cause of the flooding is clear: human-driven climate change.