“If you’re thinking about vaccinating your adolescent against the COVID-19 virus, I would highly encourage you to do so. The Pfizer vaccine for adolescents is safe and highly effective. The best way to prevent this disease from spreading and allowing the virus to mutate is to vaccinate our community. Vaccinating …
The City and Borough of Juneau Emergency Operations Center is reporting two new residents identified with COVID-19 in Juneau. Public Health attributes both cases to secondary transmission. One is part of the small daycare cluster, bringing that cluster total to nine cases, including one recovered. Cumulatively, Juneau has had 1,361 residents test …
A team of scientists and stakeholders will hike and investigate a potentially developing landslide hazard on the Lemon Creek side of Thunder Mountain/Heintzelman Ridge this Thursday morning, June 10. The group includes representatives from the National Weather Service, Ground Truth Alaska, and the City and Borough of Juneau Emergency Programs …
The following items are scheduled for a public hearing by the City and Borough of Juneau Alaska Assembly, on June 14, 2021 at 7p.m. The agenda and packet material for this meeting will be posted on the CBJ website at https://juneau.org/assembly/assembly-minutes-and-agendas by close of business the business day prior to …
The Montana Creek pedestrian bridge on the Kaxdigoowu Heen Dei (Brotherhood Bridge Trail) will be closed June 7 through June 20. The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) will conduct two weeks of geotechnical foundation investigation drilling at the Montana Creek pedestrian bridge site. The work requires setting …
The City and Borough of Juneau Emergency Operations Center is reporting four new individuals identified with COVID-19 in Juneau – three residents and one nonresident. Public Health attributes the three resident cases to secondary transmission, and they are part of a new cluster associated with a small daycare. The cluster …
The Juneau Chamber of Commerce is giving $20 gift cards, as well a chance to win one of five $1,000 cash drawings, to people who get a first dose or a single dose COVID-19 vaccine. The Healthy Juneau Initiative, which runs June 3 – 29, aims to provide incentives to …
Over the 14-day period from May 17 to May 30, there were 24 people in Juneau who tested positive for COVID-19 (that’s up from 17 during the previous two weeks): Public Health attributed 43 percent of cases to secondary transmission, 25 percent to community spread, 16 percent to out-of-state travel, …
Anyone ages 12 and up can now walk in and get a COVID-19 vaccination at the Juneau International Airport seven days a week from 12:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. This free vaccination program, administered by Capstone Clinic through the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS), is open to …
The City and Borough of Juneau Emergency Operations Center is reporting 13 new individuals identified with COVID-19 in Juneau May 29 – June 1. Ten individuals are residents; three are nonresidents. Of the resident cases, Public Health attributes five to secondary transmission, one to community spread, one to out-of-state travel, …
