Juneau Independent

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The City and Borough of Juneau recently announced it will purchase two floors of the Michael J. Burns Building from the Alaska Permanent Fund to serve as the new City Hall. The proposed purchase price is $9.3 million for two floors of the building and the establishment of capital improvement reserve of $2.7 million. 

The recent alleged assault of an unarmed Alaska Native man by a Juneau police officer was committed amid myriad other instances of police brutality and a history of abuse of Alaskan citizens, both Native and non-Native.

The University of Alaska Southeast has received a grant to train school administrators at local school districts…( Read full story )

Veto override by Legislature gives Juneau School District an extra $1.54M, but local leaders worry about costs of new teacher contracts and state’s attempt to slash local funding.

KTOO, other Alaska stations among those receiving grants; change part of Republicans’ vote to defund Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Hatchery managers had hoped that June’s steady rainfall would spare them from having to intervene in this year’s king salmon run, allowing fish to reach the Crystal Lake Hatchery in Petersburg naturally, without the stress of human handling.

Concerns the new rules could give police excessive arrest authority over everyone result in city leaders tabling proposal for further review.

Wrangell Police Chief Gene Meek has started a public safety campaign to enforce new e-scooter regulations through education and enforcement.

Help Wanted: Unique opportunity to lead the largest state in the country, with more miles of coastline, taller mountains, more fish and game, more dreams and less reality than those other 49 pipsqueaks.

House and Senate leaders say they have no plan to consider education policy goals of governor, who called the 30-day special legislative session.

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