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It’s fall road trip season for motorists driving the ocean via ferries around Southeast Alaska
Autumn transitions include tourism businesses packing in operations, parents moving to where kids attend schools, and people stocking up for winter.
Oct 98 min read
Concerns flare in Haines that a road to Juneau would be a ‘road to resources’
On a dreary evening late last week, dozens of people packed into the back of the Haines Public Library. Before long, two attendees broke...
Oct 91 min read
Police blotter for Oct. 7
This report contains public information available from local emergency response and law enforcement organizations.
Oct 91 min read
Police blotter for Oct. 6
This report contains public information available from local emergency response and law enforcement organizations.
Oct 92 min read
Juneau upzoned land for denser housing throughout the borough. Will anything get built?
The hope was that by allowing for denser housing in those areas, it would entice private developers to build units there. But so far, nobody’s biting.
Oct 91 min read
Government shutdown creates uncertainty for fisheries management in waters off Alaska
Managers and advocates worry about getting adequate information in time to set the 2026 harvest levels for Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska groundfish.
Oct 94 min read
SHI to name new Indigenous Science Building, dedicate new pole for totem park Monday
Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) will host a public ceremony next week to formally name its new Indigenous Science Building and to dedicate a Sukteeneidí kootéeyaa (totem pole).
Oct 82 min read
End this shutdown
I am a proud member and the elected recording secretary for the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) Local 251.
Oct 83 min read
We never had a shutdown when I was growing up
My brothers and sister and I often had meltdowns, putdowns and lowdown name-calling while fighting at home, in the car, in public — most anywhere one of us could annoy the others.
Oct 83 min read
Federal judge says Alaska’s treatment of transgender inmate violates US Constitution
Ruling follows a precedent that gender-affirming surgery can be medically necessary for transgender people in Alaska prisons.
Oct 84 min read
Voters favor sales tax exemption, reject seasonal sales tax in early results; Bryson and Brooks even in Assembly race
Whitney, Johnson and Cullum lead among five school board candidates with about 6,000 ballots counted; CBJ estimates 40-50% of ballots remain to be counted.
Oct 75 min read
DEED asks state education board to delay imposing strict limits on local government funding for districts
Proposal has worried local school board members for months; state leaders said they want further evaluation after public comment at meeting Thursday
Oct 73 min read
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