The University of Alaska is in negotiations for the biggest timber sale in the Haines area in recent history. The 10-year, sale is estimated to yield around 100 million board-feet of timber.
Education
To prevent suicides and school shootings, more states embrace anonymous tip lines
States across the country are responding to high-profile school shootings and rising teen suicide rates by creating tip lines. The programs aim to prevent young people from behaving dangerously, whether that means bullying, using drugs or killing someone.
Juneau students take part in national student walkout protesting gun violence
Juneau high school students took part in Wednesday’s national walkout calling for action on gun violence. More than a hundred Juneau-Douglas students marched to the state Capitol while dozens of students at Thunder Mountain gathered outside their school.
Juneau high school activists plan school safety walkouts in solidarity with national protest
Juneau high schoolers will join students across the country on Wednesday by walking out of class to protest inaction on gun violence in schools. Students from Juneau-Douglas and Thunder Mountain high schools worked together to plan separate but related events for the one month anniversary of the shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida.
Concerned by potential slur, students oust Thunder Bears as district mascot
Local students decided that Thunder Bears, the mascot students across the district chose last month, would need to be reevaluated after an alternative meaning was discovered online.
Thunder Bears are out?
Juneau students and school administrators will meet with local legislators to discuss concerns about the new Thunder Bears mascot. “Thunderbear” has an Urban Dictionary definition associated with alcohol and race.
Juneau school board wrestles with uncertain budget
The Juneau School Board is facing tough decisions over what to cut amid uncertainty at the state level. Cuts proposed at Tuesday’s board meeting ranged from middle school enrollment in a national college readiness program to nurses and health aides.
Murkowski backs bill to ID school threats
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski is supporting a school safety bill, one of the first to emerge in the Senate after the Valentine’s Day shooting at a Florida high school. The STOP School Violence bill, co-sponsored by Republicans and Democrats, does not impose gun control.
Teaching positions are on the chopping block in Kodiak
If the Kodiak Island Borough School District doesn’t get the funds it’s requesting from the borough it’ll have to cut about 14 teaching positions
Abandoned rifle found near Juneau school on same day as Florida shooting
Juneau police Lt. Krag Campbell declined to immediately specify the make or model, but he confirmed that it was an AR-15 style rifle valued at about $1,000-$1,500, without the scope.