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Corps of Engineers to pay for second phase of HESCO barriers, speed up assessment of long-term solution
Agreement signed at special Assembly meeting makes feds responsible for installation and materials, city for maintenance; $25M buyout for View Drive homes also discussed.
Oct 30, 20253 min read


Southeast swim teams stroke to Ketchikan for region championships
Juneau-Douglas, Sitka, Wrangell and Craig ready to challenge Kayhi.
Oct 29, 202511 min read


Lifesaving response at one recess, concern about absent staff at another
Recent incidents in elementary schools highlight the support needed to make safety possible.
Oct 29, 20254 min read


Legislature’s education task force to hear recommendations Thursday at Capitol
Groups representing school district administrators, board members, employees and municipal governments scheduled to give presentations about K-12 proposals.
Oct 29, 20253 min read


Mendenhall Valley Public Library celebrates 10 years at Dimond Park
Branch’s vision expands — literally in multiple ways — since its move from Mendenhall Mall.
Oct 28, 20254 min read


Permit for Juneau Hydropower dam south of Juneau on Planning Commission agenda Tuesday
280-foot-wide, 111-foot-high dam at Sweetheart Lake part of project envisioned to supply renewable energy as far north as Berners Bay.
Oct 28, 20252 min read


Police called to Assembly meeting when man accused of violently threatening city leaders shows up in mask
Start of meeting delayed for an hour until KC Kregar, arrested earlier this month at City Hall, leaves under JPD escort.
Oct 27, 20253 min read


Local bears pack on the pounds before they drowse
Pre-hibernation trash munching driving uptick in nuisance calls.
Oct 27, 20253 min read


Cascade Point terminal has offsetting ferry impacts, big pluses for new mine, state study finds
DOT economic analysis touts overall benefits of new port; some AMHS board members attack findings as a misguided sales pitch.
Oct 27, 20258 min read


Halloween Half & 5K features mass scare of participants
Record number of outlandishly costumed and others run.
Oct 26, 202515 min read


Sinking of the Sophia: A futile search for survivors and ongoing efforts to remember those who perished
Global attention after 1918 shipwreck was on end of WW I and Spanish flu epidemic, but annual memorial and other tributes recall victims of West Coast’s worst marine disaster.
Oct 26, 20258 min read


Princess Sophia victims remembered at sinking anniversary in Evergreen Cemetery
Those gathering include a relative of a passenger from the 1918 sinking and a historian who has made 200 dives at the shipwreck site.
Oct 26, 20253 min read
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