Coping with Coronavirus: How Juneau karate instructors are kicking it in a time of social distancing
[embedded content] In a quick turnaround, Juneau Karate Academy instructors Nathan Young and Sarah Young…
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Applications flood in for Juneau small business loans in first 24 hours
Venietia Santana, owner of V’s Cellar Door, pours a drink in 2013. Santana laid off…
DOT says COVID-19 pandemic will delay core ferry service until mid-May
The M/V Tustumena pulls away from Kodiak on Jan. 11, 2020, beginning a ferry service…
Juneau food pantries see decline in donations as demand picks up
Resurrection Lutheran Church Pastor Karen Perkins and church dog Corbin watch over the snack table…
Gustavus hunkers down with no confirmed COVID-19 cases
Four Corners, pictured here on June 29, 2017, is Gustavus’ most prominent intersection. (Photo by…
Sitka Tribe wins 1st round in herring sac roe fishery suit against state of Alaska
A box of herring eggs from the 2019 harvest in Sitka. (Photo by Enrique Pérez…
Juneau officials ‘confident’ utility operators will keep the lights on during COVID-19 pandemic
A hydroelectric generator with the valves controlling the water supply is recessed into the floor…
$3M in local small business loans could start flowing Friday in Juneau
Juneau Assembly Chambers on July 30, 2015. (Photo by Jeremy Hsieh/KTOO) Small businesses in Juneau…
Has Ketchikan seen ‘community spread’ of COVID-19? That’s a tough question.
Ketchikan sign, which arches over Mission Street. Front Street is in the immediate foreground. June…
Tlingit and Haida leaders coordinate pandemic response efforts for citizens
(KTOO file photo) As state, federal and local governments ramp up their responses to the…
Juneau Assembly considers loans to help small business owners amid coronavirus shutdowns
A woman crosses Marine Way in front of Juneau City Hall on Sept. 25, 2017….
Where will the world’s cruise ships wait out the coronavirus pandemic? Maybe not Ketchikan.
Ketchikan’s downtown cruise ship docks. (Photo by Leila Kheiry/KRBD) While concerns over the coronavirus have…