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Political tide is turning on Trump’s immigration policies
After seeing many videos of masked, armed ICE agents harassing and pulling peaceful, law-abiding community folk off the streets, while at the same time making slow progress on deporting undocumented criminals, Americans are beginning to sour on Trump’s immigration policies.
Aug 223 min read


Valley residents share flood stories and future concerns
Juneau Flood Solution Advocates hosts post-jökulhlaup debrief.
Aug 225 min read


Tlingit and Haida ends internal review with no finding in abuse accusations against its president
Council’s report states workforce improvements made, does not mention allegations against Chalyee Éesh Richard Peterson; tribal citizens complain about lack of transparency.
Aug 224 min read


Seawalk extension connecting all of Juneau’s cruise ship docks crosses major hurdle
Cruise ship passengers who arrive at Juneau’s farthest dock may not have to trek as far to get to downtown in the coming years…( Read...
Aug 221 min read


Police blotter for Aug. 20
This report contains public information available from local emergency response and law enforcement organizations.
Aug 221 min read


Haines leaders say they misunderstood vote to hire lobbyist, seek to reconsider
Some assembly members are hoping to reconsider their vote last week to hire a new federal lobbyist after learning that the candidate they thought they were voting on is not a lobbyist at all — and is also the managing director of a mining company.
Aug 225 min read


Alaska Bar Association recommends disgraced former federal judge be prohibited from practicing law
The Alaska Bar Association has voted to recommend that former U.S. District Court Judge Joshua Kindred be disbarred in Alaska.
Aug 223 min read


Annual buoy tender roundup standardizes training across the fleet
Culinary arts competitions and relearning the lost art of tower building
Aug 213 min read


Federal appeals court preserves Alaska’s two-tier system for subsistence fishing management
Alaska’s current subsistence fishing program can continue without changes, according to a Wednesday opinion by a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Aug 215 min read


U.S. Supreme Court gives go-ahead for Trump to cancel $783M in NIH research grants
The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside a lower court’s ruling, allowing the Trump administration to cancel hundreds of millions of dollars in National Institutes of Health grants that addressed diversity, equity and inclusion issues.
Aug 213 min read


Alaska attorney general Treg Taylor will resign, is expected to run for governor
Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor will resign Aug. 29, he told employees at the Alaska Department of Law in an all-staff email Thursday afternoon.
Aug 212 min read


AML halting shipments of electric vehicles to Southeast Alaska starting Sept. 1
Concern about fire risk also means lithium-ion batteries won’t be shipped separately for existing vehicles.
Aug 213 min read
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