Juneau Independent

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Juneau-Douglas, Sitka, Wrangell and Craig ready to challenge Kayhi.

Recent incidents in elementary schools highlight the support needed to make safety possible.

Several Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) mitigation topics will be presented by local experts and federal agencies during a Special GLOF Assembly Committee of the Whole Meeting on Thursday, Oct. 30.

With Daylight Saving Time approaching this weekend, one bill aiming to eliminate the twice-yearly turning of the clocks awaits the state Legislature.

The City and Borough of Juneau (CBJ) will host three Juneau Futures public workshops in November. Each workshop is a standalone session designed to explore where and how Juneau should grow in the years ahead.

Groups representing school district administrators, board members, employees and municipal governments scheduled to give presentations about K-12 proposals.

Alaska Airlines (ALK.N), opens new tab said its website and app were down on Wednesday, days after a technology outage grounded its flights across the U.S.

President Donald Trump sought to remove his status as the only felon to be elected president by appealing his conviction on 34 New York state charges just before midnight Tuesday, arguing, in part, that the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2024 ruling giving the president broad immunity invalidated the conviction.

Much like Alaska’s Permanent Fund, which voters approved in 1976 to ensure that some of the state’s oil revenues would be saved for future needs, Wrangell has its own permanent fund that holds a piece of one-time federal money from almost 30 years ago.

“I told the president, it’s like Christmas every morning,” Gov. Mike Dunleavy said at last week’s staged event in Washington, D.C., where the Department of Interior secretary signed off on federal approvals to expand oil drilling, mining and road building in Alaska.

Insurers have increased rates significantly for next year — an average of about 30 percent in the states where the federal government manages markets, and an average of 17 percent in states that run their own markets, according to a new analysis from KFF, the health research group.