Monday, Dec. 31: Help us roast 2012 to a crisp with The Capitol Steps and their annual year-in-review awards ceremony called “Politics Takes a Holiday!” This year will feature all new awards. “Best Use of $3 billion Dollars to Run for President,” “Worst Place in Public to Admit You Had a Binder Full of Women,” “Most Prostitutes to Ever Fit into the Secret Service’s Hotel,” and “Worst Hair Cut Ever to Demand to See Anyone’s Birth Certificate, Much Less the President’s.”
Archives for 2012
UPDATED: Road north, library-museum project in budget
Governor Sean Parnell’s capital budget proposes spending about $195 million on Southeast projects.
Getting to Graduation gathers students and community to talk about dropout crisis
Juneau public broadcasting’s months-long American Graduate project culminated Dec. 10 in Getting to Graduation, a community discussion broadcasted live on TV, radio and online. The project, spearheaded by KTOO, KRNN, KXLL and 360 North, was a result of a grant to get local stations involved in discussing the dropout crisis facing many communities. In Juneau,…
Juneau to host 2013 swim and dive meet
Nearly 500 people expected at meet at Dimond Park Aquatic Center in the Mendenhall Valley.
Robbery at mall business
Suspect in pull tab shop holdup described to be in his mid-20’s, about 5-feet 5-inches tall with skinny build and light blue eyes,
Friday Newscast 12/14/12
Local foods shake up the menu at Thunder Mountain High School
Salmon and halibut on a school lunch menu – it’s been happening in Juneau as the school district looks for healthier and more local foods for kids.
Coast Guard responds to two SE vessels in distress
F/V Equity hits rocks and sinks. F/V Alaskan Knight loses prop.
Small plane crashes while landing at airport; no injuries
The west end of the runway at Juneau International Airport was closed for nearly an hour Thursday afternoon, after a small single-engine aircraft crashed while landing. The privately owned Cessna 150 apparently ended up on its side and sustained significant damage. Airport Deputy Manager Patti deLaBreue says the pilot and a passenger walked away. No…
Petersburg borough vote enters the home stretch
With less than a week until the deadline, roughly 30 percent of Petersburg-area voters have cast ballots on whether to form a borough.