In this newscast: Since mid-January, a dozen staff and patients at a Juneau nursing home have tested positive for COVID-19; Relief programs are starting to pop-up funded by the bill Congress passed at the end of the year, which included at least $200 million for rent relief for Alaskans; The Anchorage Assembly will consider a resolution this week to formally recognize Assembly member Jamie Allard's statements defending a pair of Nazi-themed license plates as a "breach of public trust"; A disaster declaration intended to aid Alaska's response to the COVID-19 pandemic is set to expire this weekend unless state lawmakers act to extend it.

In this newscast: The entire Southeast Alaska panhandle will experience very cold temperatures this week, with wind chill warnings issued for upper Lynn Canal; The parent company of the proposed Pebble Mine says it is cooperating with a federal grand jury investigation; Inclusivity has always been an issue for scientific fields like paleogenomics -- or the study of ancient DNA; The United States and Russia have updated their plan for addressing pollutants across national boundaries in the Bering and Chukchi Seas.

In this newscast: During World War II, Native Unangax̂people were forcibly removed from their home in the Pribilof Islands and interned at an abandoned cannery on an island in Southeast Alaska; In pre-pandemic times, preparations for the summer season would already be underway for Alaska tourism businesses. But uncertainty about the 2021 season has left many in a holding pattern, especially those that rely on the cruise ship industry; A limited number of criminal jury trials may resume in state courts starting March 17.

In this newscast: Canada has banned cruise ship travel in its waters for another year; Two weeks into the Biden administration, the emphasis of vaccinations has shifted to equity instead of speed; The Alaska House of Representatives elected a temporary speaker today; The Biden administration has chosen Anchorage attorney Natalie Landreth for a high ranking job in the interior department.

In this newscast: Alaska's subsistence councils are entering the new year at reduced strength; Southeast Alaska faced double-digit job losses between 2019 and 2020; The state has had a cold few days to start off the month of February; Alaska Wildlife Troopers killed a moose after a woman posted a video on social media showing herself feeding and petting the animal.

In this newscast: On Monday, Juneau policymakers took a big picture look at two cruise industry infrastructure projects; Earlier this year, city workers installed a new public art project in downtown Juneau; President Biden and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have issued orders requiring masks for most people traveling on public planes, trains boats and road vehicles.

In this newscast: The state commissioner who oversees the Alaska Division of Motor Vehicles says they have finished a review of how personalized license plates with Nazi references became street legal; One thing that 2020 taught us is that moving a huge chunk of the workforce out of the office and into the living room or garage or yurt, can work; There's been a lot of talk nationally about wearing two face masks, instead of just one as new, more contagious variants of the coronavirus circulate; Sen. Lisa Murkowski and other moderate Republicans are presenting a new pandemic relief proposal to President Biden today; Alaska health officials have asked people who prematurely signed up for vaccine appointments to cancel them.

In this newscast: More people are leaving Juneau than arriving; Instead of meeting in person, high school music students in Southeast Alaska are performing in virtual band and choir performances; Two Fairbanks area missing person's cases have been solved.

In this newscast: Juneau's Wildflower Court nursing home has an outbreak of COVID-19 among staff and residents; A long term recovery group is coordinating the various entities offering relief to Haines residents affected by the storm last month; Sitka illustrator Michaela Goade was awarded one of the highest honors in children's literature this week; Longtime safeguards for U.S. bird populations that were stripped away by the Trump administration are among more than 100 business-friendly rules getting a second look under President Biden; One of Alaska's largest fish processing plants remains shut down after more than a third of its workforce tested positive for COVID-19.

In this newscast: Within a few days, Alaska officials expect to share more about how the Division of Motor Vehicles managed to issue a pair of personalized license plates referencing Nazi Germany; Expanded access to public meetings via Zoom has opened them up to potential abuse. What Juneau is doing to address Zoom bombing; Researchers have confirmed the location of an important site in Tlingit history in Sitka; A loose, dry avalanche came down Mount Juneau around 4 p.m. Tuesday.