UAF students caught in avalanche

FAIRBANKS — A group of University of Alaska Fairbanks students were caught in an avalanche near Summit Lake during a mountaineering class trip and some… Continue reading

Air traffic resumes as volcano wanes

ANCHORAGE — A remote Alaska volcano rumbled and sputtered Wednesday but was no longer spewing the massive ash clouds that disrupted airline traffic earlier in… Continue reading

Three first-graders accused of plot to poison classmate

ANCHORAGE — Three first-graders in Alaska’s largest city plotted to kill a fellow student with silica gel packets that the girls believed was poison and… Continue reading

Correction

The calendar in today’s Capital City Weekly lists the Juneau Student Symphony’s “Spring is in the Air” concerts as happening April 3 and 4. While… Continue reading

Around Town

Juneau Gastineau Rotary Club meeting, 7 a.m., The Prospector Hotel.Open lab computer training, 9-11 a.m, The Learning Connection, 210 Ferry Way. Storytime, 11 a.m., Douglas… Continue reading

City opens Montana Creek Road ahead of schedule

Due to mild weather, the city will open Montana Creek Road ahead of schedule this season.The road in the Mendenhall Valley sits just beyond the… Continue reading

Senior return pays off for Oklahoma’s Hield

NORMAN, Okla. — Buddy Hield’s results have usually caught up with his imagination.This season has surpassed even his wildest dreams as Oklahoma heads to the… Continue reading

  • Mar 31, 2016
  • By CLIFF BRUNT

War on women? GOP silent as Trump lashes out at reporter

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Frustrated Republicans grappled privately with new fears about Donald Trump’s impact on their party Wednesday, as the billionaire businessman’s rivals targeted… Continue reading

After Brussels, leaders tackling threat of nuclear terrorism

WASHINGTON (AP) — Still reeling from attacks in Brussels and Paris, world leaders are wrestling this week with the chilling prospect of the Islamic State… Continue reading

Egypt requests extradition of detained hijack suspect

LARNACA, Cyprus (AP) — Egypt formally asked Cyprus on Wednesday to extradite a detained Egyptian man who authorities say admitted hijacking a domestic EgyptAir flight… Continue reading

  • Mar 31, 2016
  • By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS and SAM MAGDY
  • Nation-World

Resolution in FBI-Apple case prolongs larger legal battle

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The FBI’s victory in breaking into a San Bernardino killer’s iPhone without Apple’s help merely prolongs a battle over how far… Continue reading

Craig Sager in high spirits as he works Wizards-Warriors

OAKLAND, Calif. — Craig Sager has a blood clot behind his right ear that is affecting his hearing, and that’s just another annoyance he is… Continue reading

  • Mar 31, 2016
  • By JANIE McCAULEY

JSD resumes AMP testing after statewide glitch

Students will resume Alaska’s standardized test today after a fiber optic glitch more than 2,000 miles away interrupted them earlier this week.Phil Loseby, Juneau School… Continue reading

Senate votes to ban smoking in bars, restaurants statewide

Senate votes to ban smoking in bars, restaurants statewide

The Alaska Senate has voted 15-5 to approve a bill banning smoking in most public buildings across Alaska.Senate Bill 1, brought forward by Sen. Peter… Continue reading

Senate votes to ban smoking in bars, restaurants statewide

‘Right to try’ bill advances

A bill allowing terminally ill Alaskans the ability to try experimental drugs has passed the Senate Health and Social Services Committee. The advance was announced… Continue reading

Senate votes for special session away from Juneau

If the Alaska Legislature holds a special session this year, the Alaska Senate wants it to take place away from Juneau.In a 13-7 vote Wednesday,… Continue reading

Reps. Muñoz and Edgmon to speak at Native Issues Forum

This week’s Native Issues Forum will feature guest speakers Rep. Cathy Muñoz (R-Juneau) and Rep. Bryce Edgmon (D-Dillingham). The talk starts at noon on Thursday… Continue reading

School board holds firm on budget priorities

The crowd at Tuesday’s Juneau Board of Education meeting had one key topic in mind: cultural education.The meeting started with a full room at the… Continue reading

Sen. Pete Kelly, R-Fairbanks, left, walks out of the Senate Finance Committee room as Jesse Kiehl, legislative staff and Juneau's deputy mayor, center, and Bob Bartholomew, Juneau's finance director, look over cuts the city may now face as a result of four bills Kelly introduced Tuesday at the Capitol.

Pols envision ‘bridge’ from state to local pensions

At the end of Tuesday afternoon’s Senate Finance Committee, Sen. Anna MacKinnon, R-Anchorage, was envisioning a bridge.Constructed of four interlocking pieces of legislation, the bridge… Continue reading

Sen. Pete Kelly, R-Fairbanks, left, walks out of the Senate Finance Committee room as Jesse Kiehl, legislative staff and Juneau's deputy mayor, center, and Bob Bartholomew, Juneau's finance director, look over cuts the city may now face as a result of four bills Kelly introduced Tuesday at the Capitol.

Public weighs in on Alaska Supreme Court nominees

The Alaska Judicial Council heard public comment Tuesday that members should ignore results from a recent poll ranking Alaska Supreme Court justice nominees, while others… Continue reading