Latest Stories from News of the North
- Juneau, Alaska (KINY) – Capital Transit is implementing Winter Route Changes until midnight Dec. 3. Service will be discontinued on Cordova Street, Davis Avenue, Lemon Creek Road, and Franklin and Fourth Streets Downtown.
- Juneau, Alaska (KINY) – 11 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Juneau residents today by the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services. The Juneau School District has not reported any positive cases since Wednesday. Statewide 318 new cases have been reported, 312 are in residents and 6 are in non-residents.
- Juneau, Alaska (KINY) – The Juneau Community Foundation announced its Individual Artist Awards for 2021 on Action Line.
- Juneau, Alaska (KINY) – Throughout the last month the City Museum provided a free notecard and a free postage stamp to individuals and invited those to send a note of encouragement to someone they know.
- WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers slowed the pace of their hiring in November, adding a still-solid 210,000 jobs, the fewest in nearly a year.
- (AP) – The Census Bureau is working to increase the public's confidence in the numbers it gathered during the 2020 census.
- JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Matanuska-Susitna Borough is suing the Alaska Redistricting Board over recently drawn legislative boundaries that it says dilutes the votes of borough residents.
- WASHINGTON (AP) — During his confirmation to the Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh assured Sen. Susan Collins a woman's right to an abortion was “settled law.”
- Juneau, Alaska (KINY) – With a wrap to the 39th public market in Juneau, organizer Peter Metcalfe wrote it off as their most successful public market of the 39 they have produced.
- Juneau, Alaska (KINY) – For the third consecutive year the Annual Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Basketball Tournament has been canceled due to the uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic and the economic difficulties it has caused for supporting communities and concerns for the safety of those attending.