The City and Borough of Juneau Zach Gordon Youth Center and the Tlingit-Haida Regional Housing Authority (THRHA) have partnered to open Shéiyi X̱aat Hít, a shelter that will serve runaway or homeless youth and young adults in Juneau. Shéiyi X̱aat Hít will be located in the Mendenhall Valley at 9290 …
The Juneau Assembly passed an emergency ordinance last night that changes testing requirements for travelers to Juneau from outside of Alaska. The changes take away the $250 fee for nonresident testing and exempt fully vaccinated individuals from strict social distancing after testing. Fully vaccinated is defined as: More than two …
The City and Borough of Juneau Emergency Operations Center is reporting four new residents identified with COVID-19 in Juneau. Public Health is attributing three to secondary transmission and one is under investigation. The cluster at a small Juneau business is still at nine individuals, including three recovered. Public Health has …
After the recent retirement of Bartlett Regional Hospital Chief Executive Officer Chuck Bill and the completion of a nationwide search, the BRH Board of Directors has narrowed the pool of candidates for the CEO position to four finalists. They will visit the hospital on Friday, March 19 to participate in …
The City and Borough of Juneau Emergency Operations Center is reporting seven new residents identified with COVID-19 in Juneau for the time period February 27 – March 1. Public Health is attributing five to secondary transmission, one to community spread, and one is under investigation. Four of the new cases …
Juneau’s Urban Avalanche Advisory will transition from High to Extreme tonight as avalanche danger continues to increase over the next 24-36 hours. Due to the potential for historic avalanches should the Behrends Avenue Avalanche path release at full width at the depth of snow instabilities, the City and Borough of Juneau …
With heavy snow turning to rain in the forecast this weekend, on top of already deep snow instabilities, avalanche danger in the Juneau area will be rapidly climbing over the next 48-72 hours with potential for historic avalanches. Due to this building avalanche potential, residents of homes in Juneau avalanche …
A nearly year-long effort between the City and Borough of Juneau and Bartlett Regional Hospital to bring local mass COVID-19 testing to Juneau reached a milestone this week. BRH’s new lab featuring a Roche Cobas 6800 Analyzer that can process COVID-19 tests went live on Tuesday, February 23. Rather than …
In addition to the rapidly increasing avalanche hazard in urban avalanche paths this weekend (Feb. 27-28), the Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities says heavy rain/snow at higher elevations will also cause the avalanche hazard above Thane Road to increase rapidly. Residents are reminded to obey posted warning signs …
The City and Borough of Juneau Emergency Operations Center is reporting one new resident identified with COVID-19 in Juneau. Public Health is attributing the case to secondary transmission. Cumulatively, Juneau has had 1,145 residents test positive for COVID-19 since March and 142 nonresidents. There are 21 active cases in Juneau and 1,261 …
