Unclaimed vehicles sent to public auction

The Juneau Police Department will host an outcry auction for impounded vehicles Saturday.The public viewing is scheduled for 11 a.m.—1 p.m. Wednesday at 9390 La… Continue reading

Marine Park Plaza’s seasonal parking ends

Seasonal parking at the Marine Park Plaza is coming to an end on Wednesday.Docks and Harbors personnel will block off access to the entrance of… Continue reading

Docks & Harbors meetings moved, cancelled

The City and Borough of Juneau’s upcoming Docks & Harbors Harbor Fee Review Committee meeting scheduled for Wednesday has been rescheduled.The meeting will now take… Continue reading

The owners of the Anchorage Legislative Information Office in Downtown Anchorage have presented a proposal to the Legislative Council to save the state money and resolve a lawsuit that has been brought challenging the 10-year lease.

Walker says he’d veto Anchorage LIO purchase

JUNEAU — Gov. Bill Walker said Thursday that he would veto the purchase of a legislative office building in Anchorage if that item remains in… Continue reading

The owners of the Anchorage Legislative Information Office in Downtown Anchorage have presented a proposal to the Legislative Council to save the state money and resolve a lawsuit that has been brought challenging the 10-year lease.

Friday recap: House passes Medicaid reform bill

With a bipartisan vote, the Alaska House has approved a wide-ranging reform of the state’s government-run health care system.Senate Bill 74, which includes a variety… Continue reading

Legislature approves DOC commissioner’s appointment

The Alaska Legislature has confirmed Gov. Bill Walker’s selection of Dean Williams as the commissioner of the Alaska Department of Corrections.The 49-9 approval came after… Continue reading

Public (again) speaks out overwhelmingly against bill restricting sex ed

Of the 48 people who testified on a school accountability bill, most of them spoke against a section regarding who can teach sex ed.The Senate… Continue reading

Committee agrees to cut $50M from university system

The Alaska Legislature is planning to take the most extreme option from the budget-cutting menu covering the University of Alaska system.On Thursday evening, the House… Continue reading

Sitka Assembly approves hazard mapping project

SITKA — Sitka officials are moving ahead with plans to map out parts of the city that are vulnerable to landslides, after slides last summer… Continue reading

Amendment restricts who can teach sex ed

A senator who tried to ban abortion providers like Planned Parenthood from teaching sex ed in schools introduced an amendment that would impose even greater… Continue reading

John Binkley, president of CLIA Alaska (formerly the Alaska Cruise Association), speaks to the Juneau Chamber of Commerce at the Hangar Ballroom on Thursday. CLIA Alaska and international affiliate, Cruise Lines International Association, filed a lawsuit against the city of Juneau for the use of head tax money on a new waterfront park anchored with a full-sized bronze statue of a breaching humpback whale.

Lawsuit looms heavy over chamber luncheon

The presentation John Binkley gave during Thursday’s Juneau Chamber of Commerce luncheon was a little longer than he had originally planned when the chamber asked… Continue reading

John Binkley, president of CLIA Alaska (formerly the Alaska Cruise Association), speaks to the Juneau Chamber of Commerce at the Hangar Ballroom on Thursday. CLIA Alaska and international affiliate, Cruise Lines International Association, filed a lawsuit against the city of Juneau for the use of head tax money on a new waterfront park anchored with a full-sized bronze statue of a breaching humpback whale.
Hazel LeCount, left, and her daughter, Shannon, look for what to salvage on Thursday after Sunday's fire at the Channel View Apartments. The fire started in apartment 5E on the fifth floor of the 22-apartment building managed by St. Vincent de Paul. All the water end up in LeCount's apartment, 1E, on the first floor. The odor is so foul that the women can only stay in the room for a few minutes at a time.

Displaced and in despair: Nonprofit helps those affected by apartment fire

The water that took over a 54-year-old Juneau woman’s home after an apartment fire brought back a memory as it simultaneously took most of her… Continue reading

Hazel LeCount, left, and her daughter, Shannon, look for what to salvage on Thursday after Sunday's fire at the Channel View Apartments. The fire started in apartment 5E on the fifth floor of the 22-apartment building managed by St. Vincent de Paul. All the water end up in LeCount's apartment, 1E, on the first floor. The odor is so foul that the women can only stay in the room for a few minutes at a time.

On oil and gas subsidies, House commits turnover

It was an alley-oop pass gone awry.On Wednesday night, as Kobe Bryant played his final game of professional basketball, the Alaska House prepared to toss… Continue reading

Cruise association president: Ketchikan taxes not a concern

KETCHIKAN — Cruise Line International Association President John Binkley says the group’s suit against Juneau shouldn’t concern Ketchikan.CLIA filed a suit on Tuesday alleging that… Continue reading

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Folger retiring Public Safety post; Monegan is replacement

JUNEAU — State Public Safety Commissioner Gary Folger is retiring next month and will be replaced by a man who formerly held that post, Walt… Continue reading

Walt Monegan

Thursday recap: Dogs and candy cranes get attention on Legislature’s 87th day

With three days remaining in the Legislature’s statutory 90-day session, House lawmakers focused on smaller bills awaiting attention in the statehouse queue.The House approved one… Continue reading

Izzy Luna (far left) explains to a fellow eight-grader the struggles impoverished women face to meet feminine hygiene needs during a fair at Dzantik'i Heeni Middle School. Luna and her project partners - Ava Brown and Chloe McAdams (from left to right) took the issue on for a language arts class project. The girls are collecting tampons, panty liners and pads at school and at Safeway to give to Juneau women in need.

Juneau middle schoolers tackle real world issues

Heroin use, suicide, gender equality — these topics saturate conversations in Juneau and around the nation, but another unlikely place they’re showing up is an… Continue reading

Izzy Luna (far left) explains to a fellow eight-grader the struggles impoverished women face to meet feminine hygiene needs during a fair at Dzantik'i Heeni Middle School. Luna and her project partners - Ava Brown and Chloe McAdams (from left to right) took the issue on for a language arts class project. The girls are collecting tampons, panty liners and pads at school and at Safeway to give to Juneau women in need.

Still need more time? How to file a tax extension

Procrastinators rejoice: tax day is a bit later this year and if you still can’t make that, there’s still time to file for an extension.The… Continue reading

Tennessee governor vetoes bill making Bible official book

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican Gov. Bill Haslam on Thursday vetoed a bill seeking to make Tennessee the first state to designate the Bible as… Continue reading

High copper or lead levels seen in 19 Detroit schools’ water

DETROIT — Detroit’s hard-pressed school system has found elevated levels of lead and copper in nearly a third of its elementary schools, contamination that one… Continue reading