Archives for 2014

It’s early January, and that means it’s time for the Quadrantid meteor shower to peak. Despite winter weather that might cloud the skies in some areas, forecasters say this year’s event is worth getting up for, citing lunar conditions that will darken the night sky.

Albert Kookesh is stepping down at the same time Sealaska CEO Chris McNeil retires.

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, who has spent months fending off critics of the Affordable Care Act rollout, is touting the more than 2 million people who have signed up for coverage despite the troubled HealthCare.gov website.

Cost overruns are threatening to shut down a multibillion-dollar expansion of the Panama Canal aimed at allowing the world’s largest ships to pass through the short cut between the Caribbean and the Pacific Ocean.

The Obama administration has asked the Supreme Court not to extend a temporary injunction given to a group of Colorado nuns who want to be exempt from some rules in the new health care law.

It’s been a big storm: The worst may have passed, but an early Friday satellite image shows that bad weather still stretched across much of the nation.

Exxon and Chevron have made major contributions to a campaign that wants to preserve a controversial oil tax law that passed this year, according to recent filings with the Alaska Public Offices Commission.

Leadership at the top of the 3.5 million acre Juneau Ranger District is changing

In Washington, at both the White House and in Congress, 2014 brings changes to the politics of energy that are likely to affect Alaska.

Friday at 3 on A Juneau Afternoon, Pat Moore hosts. We’ll highlight Perseverance Theatre’s new production, Rush At Everlasting, with guests Bostin Christopher and Arlitia Jones; Storyteller Pete Griffin will be here to talk about his CD; Ben Huff will drop by to tell us about the basic and intermediate digital photo classes he’ll be…