Born and raised in Juneau, Charlie Paul has a bright smile, a shock of black hair and a relaxed, friendly demeanor. When Charlie, 37, felt like he was coming down with the flu, he wasn’t worried about COVID-19. “I didn’t think anything of it,” he said. It was mid-April and …
The City and Borough of Juneau Emergency Operations Center is reporting five new individuals with COVID-19 – four are residents and one is a nonresident. Public Health is attributing two of the cases to secondary transmission, one to out-of-state travel, and one is under investigation. The nonresident is in the …
Voters have until October 6 to return ballots in the City and Borough of Juneau’s October 6 By Mail Municipal Election. Thank you to the more than 23% of voters who’ve already voted. Voter turnout was 31.4% in 2019 and 35.5% in 2018. CBJ mailed ballots to 27,467 registered Juneau …
The City and Borough of Juneau Emergency Operations Center is reporting two new residents with COVID-19. Public Health is attributing both cases to community spread. CBJ is also reporting one new death – a female Juneau resident in her 60s who died in September. CBJ extends condolences to the family …
The City and Borough of Juneau is testing the community’s wastewater for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Sewage surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 will provide another means of understanding the prevalence of COVID-19 in Juneau, and how that prevalence changes over time. The data generated by this sampling is intended to …
The City and Borough of Juneau Emergency Operations Center is reporting four new individuals with COVID-19 – three residents and one nonresident. Of the resident cases, Public Health is attributing one of the cases to community spread, one to secondary transmission, and one is under investigation. The nonresident is in …
The City and Borough of Juneau Emergency Operations Center is reporting two new Juneau residents with COVID-19. Public Health says one of the cases is related to out-of-state travel and one is under investigation. Cumulatively, Juneau has had 298 residents test positive for COVID-19 since March and 99 nonresidents. There …
Over the 14-day period from September 14 to September 27, 33 people in Juneau tested positive for COVID-19: Public Health attributed 33 percent of the cases to community spread. That means these individuals had no known contact to a positive case and hadn’t recently traveled within or out of state. …
The City and Borough of Juneau Emergency Operations Center is lowering the overall community risk to Level 2 Moderate. Community spread cases are still occurring, but the overall number of COVID-19 cases has dropped compared to previous weeks. The EOC continues to urge community members to maintain social distance and wear …
The City and Borough of Juneau Emergency Operations Center is reporting three new Juneau residents with COVID-19. Public Health is attributing two of the cases to secondary transmission and one is under investigation. Last Friday, the EOC conducted a round of testing for individuals among the vulnerable population at the …