The Coast Guard is monitoring the condition of a fisherman who suffered cuts to the inside of his mouth aboard the 98-foot vessel Shellfish. Chief Petty Officer Kip Wadlow says the boat rolled while the 25-year-old crewmember was in the engine room with a flashlight in his mouth, causing cuts on his tongue and the…
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Construction underway on new forestry research lab
Nearly three decades after it was first proposed and designed, construction is now getting underway on the Pacific Northwest Research Station’s Juneau Forestry Sciences Laboratory. Ground was broken Thursday afternoon on the new lab adjacent to the University of Alaska Southeast campus, just down the foot and bike path from the Egan Library. The U.S.…
Docks and Harbors can’t agree on memorial move
On Monday, the Juneau Assembly Committee of the Whole is scheduled to discuss relocating the Alaska Commercial Fishermen’s Memorial to Marine Park. But it will do so without a recommendation from the city’s Docks and Harbors Board. When the assembly approved a floating cruise ship berth to be built in front of the memorial, it…
Woman indicted in PFD fraud case
A Soldotna woman has been indicted for lying on her 2010 Permanent Fund Dividend application. According to the state departments of Law and Revenue, a Juneau Grand Jury has charged 62-year-old Sherrie Ann Ace of one count of unsworn falsification in the first degree, a Class C felony. The indictment also charges Ace of second…
Harbor board to give input on possible memorial move
The Docks and Harbors Board is expected to make a recommendation to the Juneau Assembly tonight on the location of the Alaska Commercial Fishermen’s Memorial, now that a floating cruise ship berth is to be built in front of it. The memorial’s board of directors believes it should be left where it is, but not…
BRH board to seek sole oversight of top executives
To most people it probably seems like an odd arrangement, but it’s fairly typical in the health care industry. Bartlett Regional Hospital is owned by the City and Borough of Juneau and governed by a board of directors appointed by the CBJ Assembly. The board hires a professional management company – Quorum Health Resources –…
Bartlett to add new signage
It’ll soon be easier to find where you’re going at Bartlett Regional Hospital. This week, the board of directors for Juneau’s community-owned hospital approved funding for three new signs. Two will point visitors to the emergency room and the third will identify the main entrance. During renovations over the past few years, the emergency room…
BRH board chooses to stay with Quorum
The Bartlett Regional Hospital Board of Directors wants to stick with Quorum Health Resources as the management provider for Juneau’s city-owned hospital facility. But members have a backup plan if an agreement with the company can’t be reached. The board voted unanimously last night (Tuesday) to enter into contract negotiations with Quorum, the hospital’s management…
USPS polls Douglas Post Office users
Douglas Post Office customers are being asked what postal services they use at the island store and how often. The U.S. Postal Service has sent out a survey to help gauge the importance of small post offices across the country. While the Postal Service had targeted 36 in Alaska for closure, Alaska district officials announced…
CBJ Assembly creates AJ Mine fund
The AJ Mine Capital Project Fund now holds $250,000 for a water system study and other issues to be resolved before city officials decide if they’ll promote the city-owned gold mine. The Assembly Monday night appropriated the money from the sales tax budget reserve. The ordinance says nothing about what the funds would be used…