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• Wrestlers Take Down Petersburg Mats

  Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Thunder Mountain Falcons wrestling team competed at Petersburg over the weekend against the host Vikings, Haines and Ketchikan. Weather prevented Wrangell, Sitka and Mt. Edgecumbe from attending.

• CCFR air rescues injured man from road near Hoonah

  Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Capital City Fire and Rescue responded to a remote road near Hoonah on Sunday, for an air rescue of a young man who had been in a motorcycle accident. News of the North reached out to assistant fire chief Travis Mead, who coordinated CCFR's response.

• COVID-19 update 10-26

  Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - 14 positive cases of COVID-19 were reported in Juneau residents yesterday, by the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services. 4 people are hospitalized at Bartlett regional hospital for the virus. No one at the Juneau School District has tested positive since Monday.

• CDC approves booster shots for Johnson & Johnson and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines

  Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - According to a recent release from the City and Borough of Juneau, The CDC has officially endorsed booster shots of the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines for certain populations.

• CBJ launches new tax transparency tool

  Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The City and Borough of Juneau is implementing a new resource intended to allow residents to see how their tax dollars are spent. The program, called Taxpayer Receipt, will provide residents an estimated breakdown of programs and services supported by residents' property and sales tax dollars.

• Falcons Volleyball Works Through Anchorage Tournament 

  Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Thunder Mountain volleyball team took one last tuneup on the road last weekend to Anchorage, playing Eagle River on Thursday and a host of teams in the Dimond/Service Tournament on Friday and Saturday. They will begin a final home stand against Ketchikan this week, including a senior night on Friday, and then prepare for the Region V Championships in Ketchikan Nov. 5-6.

• Alaska special session trudges on with little action

  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Legislature is in special session, but it's quiet at the Capitol in Juneau.

• State drops open container citation against Alaska lawmaker

  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The state has dropped a $220 citation issued to an Alaska state lawmaker for having an open container in his vehicle.

• Workshop to be held on invasive species in Alaska

  Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The 2021 Alaska Invasive Species Workshop will be hosted through Zoom on Nov. 3-4, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. both days with the theme “Join the Persistence: Working Behind the Screen to Prevent and Manage Invasive Species.”

• Alaska Weather Army seeking volunteers

  Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Nationwide Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network is reaching out for more volunteers in Alaska to help with measuring rain, hail and snow whenever it falls in their area.

• Juneau assembly swears in members, reorganizes committees

  Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Juneau Assembly met Monday evening and took up the swearing-in of members, and provided recognition of outgoing assembly member Loren Jones.

• COVID-19 update 10-25

  Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - 45 positive cases of COVID-19 were reported in Juneau from Oct. 23-25, by the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS), 44 are residents and one was a nonresident. Currently, there are 4 people hospitalized at Bartlett Regional Hospital for the virus.