The Haines Long Term Recovery Group formed in December to help piece together recovery strategies across the Haines Borough.
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First women, trans skateboarding session comes to Juneau
Around 20 women, trans and nonbinary identifying people gathered at the Pipeline to skateboard. There were young kids there with the Zach Gordon Youth Center, young adults in their twenties — people who use she/her and they/them pronouns.
City officials say the South Africa COVID-19 variant has been found in Juneau
You can watch here, on the city’s Facebook page, or listen in by calling 1-253-215-8782 or 1-346-248-7799 with the webinar ID 985 6308 5159. The public can ask questions in advance by emailing COVIDquestions@juneau.org.
Friends and colleagues remember Tlingit leader Kookesh as a man of the people
Albert Kookesh, the Tlingit leader, Indigenous rights advocate, culture bearer, politician and basketball player, died Friday at 72. His death is reverberating across the state and his home region of Southeast Alaska.
Visiting construction worker puts out house fire in Y-K Delta village with no fire department
Crooked Creek lacks a fire department and running water to its homes and businesses. But a visiting construction company happened to have a water truck on hand.
Winning design at Juneau Wearable Art Extravaganza features discarded COVID-19 vaccine vials
Like many other events in the pandemic era, the show was virtual, but that didn’t keep the artists involved from having fun in 2021.