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Citing war and fuel prices, Alaska Seaplanes announces a fuel surcharge
Beginning Friday, Alaska Seaplanes and Island Air Express will add a 6% surcharge to customer fares, the company announced Monday in a media release. That surcharge will not apply to freight customers.
Mar 172 min read


Federal law doesn’t mandate minimum amounts of logging in Alaska’s Tongass rainforest, judge says
Judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit brought by the Alaska Forest Association, Alcan Timber and Viking Lumber to mandate more timber sales.
Mar 173 min read


Megan Pierce signs to cheer at Rocky Mountain College
JDHS Crimson Bears senior will take spirit to Billings, Montana’s top cheer program
Mar 164 min read


Crimson Bears face big challenge on largest stage
JDHS boys draw top seed West Valley, girls draw second seed Bartlett in state tournament.
Mar 163 min read


Year-round operation of homeless warming shelter, tougher camping enforcement moves to full Assembly
City leaders unanimously OK public hearing on proposal; some concerns expressed about impacts of restrictions on people without housing who are not using facility.
Mar 163 min read


Judge reinstates conservation agreement in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve
Ruling pauses a Trump administration reversal of a Native lands right-of-way agreement, with implications for a pending oil and gas lease sale.
Mar 164 min read


CBJ Recycling Center set to resume normal operations Tuesday
Facility has experienced shutdowns and limited operations since record snowstorms in December.
Mar 162 min read


Mazelle Joseph of Juneau to be honored with Spirit of Youth Awards
Mazelle Joseph, a Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé student, has been selected to receive a Spirit of Youth Dreamer Award, which recognizes teens who are actively engaging in their community through the preservation of cultural practices and arts, those who share personal expression through visual or performing arts, and those who cultivate youth voice through media and digital art forms.
Mar 162 min read


Alaskans ask for school, health and other help during budget hearings; what are legislators hearing?
Expectation of extra oil money due to Iran war means some requests, higher PFDs possible; but high degree of uncertainty, focus on gasline also commanding attention.
Mar 166 min read


A year after being put on hold, CBJ again seeking public input on Safe Streets 4 All projects
Open houses scheduled Monday through Wednesday as part of planning process for federal funds that were paused by Trump administration last year.
Mar 163 min read


Study: AI opts to use nuclear weapons in 95% of war simulations
By Brad Reed Common Dreams An artificial intelligence researcher conducting a war games experiment with three of the world’s most used AI models found that they decided to deploy nuclear weapons in 95% of the scenarios he designed. Kenneth Payne, a professor of strategy at King’s College London who specializes in studying the role of AI in national security, revealed last week that he pitted Anthropic’s Claude, OpenAI’s ChatGPT, and Google’s Gemini against one another in a
Mar 163 min read


Police blotter for March 14
This report contains public information available from local emergency response and law enforcement organizations.
Mar 161 min read
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