33-27 vote on bill boosting retirement benefits for public employees unchanged from previous floor votes The bill was vetoed late Monday night by the governor following the Legislature’s inability to pass a House Speaker Bryce Edgmon, I-Dillingham, said at the beginning of Tuesday’s floor session the intent

Starlings like agricultural fields for foraging and buildings for nest places. These omnivores found lots of food: they are successful scavengers of food not only from agricultural Congregations of starlings in urban areas can make a big, dirty mess of their excrement. Their diet is varied, including human food scraps. Rock pigeons or rock doves like city streets and the landfill.

Independent Melting snow brings delight and disgust as trash that accumulated over the winter emerges like Litter Free Inc. has been active since 1988 in making Juneau a cleaner place to be. SEALT’s office at 5150 Glacier Highway (across from Western Auto) is where volunteers are invited to

The district likely will have to return about $1 million of the funding to the City and Borough of Juneau Local leaders are also concerned about other urgent projects, including flood repairs and overdue maintenance But I do think it's fine and appropriate, and that we probably should ask for or provide some use — like ‘We're returning these funds, but we'd like to see them used for XYZ.’" • Contact Mark Sabbatini at

As the Trump administration floods the zone with daily policy initiatives, media attacks and the like , the chaos and confusion that result make it impossible to focus on any one crisis or fully absorb its It is, but it is messy, somewhat disorganized and, in the moment, seems to be taking too long aborning I take heart that individuals and organizations are rising in defense of our democratic institutions

The cancellation would take effect immediately, if the bill is signed into law. Speaking on the floor ahead of the vote, Coulombe said she had hoped to cancel sick leave for all workers “Do we really need to exempt all the employees of massive multinational businesses like Holland America tourism-dependent economy, it is not in our interest to push sick people to come to work when they’re serving food Like her Democratic colleagues, she opposed the sick leave rollback but ultimately voted for the underlying

“I take very seriously my Article I responsibility when it comes to Congress’s power to declare war. “Days ago, I was briefed by Secretary of State Rubio on Venezuelan narcoterrorist cartels flooding our never tolerate ISIS or al-Qaeda operating freely near our shores: eliminating a terrorist organization like Alaskans know this devastation firsthand, as poisons like fentanyl tear apart families in our cities

Company cancels some future stops ‘ due to port availability changes’ in wake of disputes with city; including a memo stating 500,000 passengers from the company’s ships might end up visiting the Mendenhall Glacier This will allow customers who call on Goldbelt Aaní to visit the Mendenhall glacier without busing people

A bid to renovate the bottom two floors of the Michael J. Juneau departments and approximately 147 personnel within approximately 46,000 square feet of combined floor Carver Construction estimates base work for the first two floors will cost $1.1 million less than the Manager Katie Koester told the Assembly earlier this month that relocating to the Burns Building will take Other local projects also have seen major cost spikes lately, which have resulted in the alteration or

I spent much of my Saturday resetting passwords, signing out, taking a digital shower and signing back I don’t know how many others clicked on the fake invitation to a party, with the obvious misspelling Aside from the online embarrassment of sharing an email virus — I told one friend I felt like I had spread

Voters will likely be asked next year to renew the temporary 1% tax, which expires Sept. 30, 2028. Juneau School District leaders includes heating and ventilation improvements at seven schools, reroofing Glacier

we have at that time of year is off the cruise ships,” she wrote in an email to the Independent in late But we are also the ambassador for Juneau welcoming visitors from everywhere in an effort to make a cultural Egan Drive was built and see the Juneau Icefield prior to Suicide Basin melting into an ice-dammed lake Some displays are meant to be handled, like the noisy hand-cranked miniature stamp mill unit that lets Land was purchased from the Olds family, donations were solicited and contributions were collected to make