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Police blotter for July 9
This report contains public information available from local emergency response and law enforcement organizations.
Jul 111 min read
Alaska ranks 49th in ‘Top States for Business’ survey; Dunleavy uses low score to pitch gasline
The Last Frontier has finished near or at the bottom of annual CBC survey during its 20-year history.
Jul 113 min read
Sitka Fine Arts Camp writers, illustrators show talents
These two stories were written by students taking Reporting 101 at the Sitka Fine Arts Camp for high school teens.
Jul 112 min read
Coast Guard holds change-of-command ceremony in Juneau
U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Ginny Nadolny relieved Capt. Stanley Fields as sector commander of Coast Guard Sector Southeast Alaska during a change-of-command ceremony Friday at Coast Guard Station Juneau.
Capt. Michele Schallip, chief of staff, Coast Guard Arctic District, presided over the event.
Jul 112 min read
Auke Bay Post 25 begins final home series with win
Juneau scores 12 runs, gives up two, in defeat of visiting East Post 34 on Friday.
Jul 104 min read
Gastineau Channel Little League making tournament noise
GCLL softball teams winning titles as local season winds to a close.
Jul 103 min read
Public testimony at more meetings, City Hall move and sale on Assembly’s agenda Monday
Downsized Huna Totem dock, emergency services at Tlingit and Haida’s new casino also to be considered by Committee of the Whole.
Jul 103 min read
Alaska expands eligibility for early interventions for children with developmental delays
New law expands eligibility that will allow earlier interventions for infants and children, but providers say more funding is needed to provide those critical services.
Jul 104 min read
Death by 1,000 bureaucratic cuts at Eaglecrest
Eaglecrest is the crown jewel of our recreational facilities. Whether you ski or not, everyone knows someone who met their future spouse, taught their kids to ski, watched their teens ski race, hiked the ridge for the 360-degree view or enjoyed their retirement at Eaglecrest. Our local ski area was created and still treasured by those with a love of lifelong, healthy winter activities.
Jul 103 min read
Bering Sea heatwave cited as trigger for nosedive in Yukon River Chinook salmon
The intense marine heatwave conditions that began roiling the Bering Sea in about 2016 resulted in the lowest winter sea ice extent measured in 150 years, widespread bird and marine mammal die-offs, a drastic shift in fish populations and a crash of snow crab stocks.
Jul 103 min read
Huna Totem drastically downsizes plans for private cruise dock, citing tariffs and other cost increases
Buildings now 18,000 sq. ft. instead of 50,000, underground parking and waterfront buildout eliminated; delay from citizen’s legal challenge cited as key factor in financial woes.
Jul 105 min read
Trump ousts election commission in push to reshape US voting process
President Donald Trump has ousted members of a bipartisan federal election commission that resisted his efforts to require would-be voters to document their U.S. citizenship before registering.
Jul 102 min read
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