A shipment of 975 COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer Pharmaceutical is scheduled to arrive in Juneau on Tuesday, December 15. Please note, between winter weather limitations and the fact that this is an unprecedented national initiative, the vaccine arrival could be delayed. Five hundred vaccines will remain at the hospital as …
The City and Borough of Juneau Emergency Operations Center is reporting 16 new individuals with COVID-19 in Juneau – 14 are residents and two are nonresidents. These cases came in December 12-14. Public Health is attributing three resident cases to community spread, three to secondary transmission, one to out-of-state travel, …
Santa Claus is coming to town! Capital City Fire/Rescue, along with Alaska State Firefighters Association Juneau, Douglas Fire Association, and Juneau Firefighters Local 4303, look forward to bringing some holiday cheer to the Juneau community with the annual Santa Rides event in the Mendenhall Valley on Friday, December 18 and …
Recent storm and flooding events in Juneau caused significant damage to both private and public infrastructure. Governor Mike Dunleavy signed a public assistance Disaster Declaration for Southeast Alaska, including Juneau. The Juneau Assembly will consider declaring a local disaster for the City and Borough of Juneau at its Regular Assembly …
The City and Borough of Juneau Emergency Operations Center is reporting six new residents with COVID-19 in Juneau. Public Health is attributing four of the cases to secondary transmission, one to community spread, and one is under investigation. The cluster associated with a small church in Juneau is still at 13 cases …
Juneau’s first shipment of COVID-19 vaccine is expected to arrive as early as next week, pending authorization by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration. If approved, the first shipment from the State of Alaska to Juneau will be 975 doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine, and they’ll go to frontline healthcare …
The City and Borough of Juneau Emergency Operations Center is reporting five new residents with COVID-19 in Juneau. How the individuals acquired the virus is under investigation. CBJ’s numbers – on daily case count and cumulative case counts – differ from the Alaska Health and Social Services dashboard numbers due to more timely …
Juneau businesses that have been financially harmed by the pandemic have another opportunity to apply for relief through the CBJ Business Sustainability Grant Program. The Juneau Assembly has appropriated $14 million of CARES Act funding to provide financial support to businesses, and nearly $13 million of this funding has already …
Over the 14-day period from November 23 to December 6, there were 94 people in Juneau who tested positive for COVID-19 (that’s down from 109 during the previous two weeks): There were no ongoing clusters during this time period. Public Health attributed 55.5 percent of cases to secondary transmission, 23.5 percent …
The plaintiff in a wrongful death lawsuit dropped its lawsuit against all of the defendants: City and Borough of Juneau, Juneau Police Department Chief Ed Mercer, and JPD Officer James Esbenshade. The Estate of Kelly Michael Stephens, plaintiff, and the defendants filed a joint stipulation of dismissal in federal court …
