Juneau budget survey to get underway soon
Juneau-based research firm McDowell Group will likely begin conducting a survey of Capital City residents’ next week. The Juneau Assembly commissioned the poll to get public input on municipal spending priorities now that the city is facing a projected 7-million dollar shortfall over the next two years.
Guide’s brother pleads guilty to sport fishing charge
Joel M. Duby, 27, of Richland, Washington changed his plea Wednesday as part of an agreement with prosecutors. An additional charge of not having his license available for inspection was dropped.
Botelho disappointed in LBC’s consolidation decision
Juneau Mayor Bruce Botelho says he’s disappointed the state’s Local Boundary Commission has denied the city’s request to consolidate competing land claims between Juneau and Petersburg.
CBJ Assembly names city manager finalists
Two local candidates – Deputy City Manager Kim Kiefer and US Coast Guard Captain Norman “Buddy” Custard – are named finalists for the job. They’ll go through the interview process in January.
Juneau Assembly narrows manager search
The CBJ Assembly has settled on a shortlist of finalists, but the public won’t find out who until all the candidates are notified.
Additional charge to be considered against Leone
The investigating officer for a hearing into last year’s fatal Coast Guard helicopter crash off the coast of Washington State says he’ll consider an additional charge of dereliction of duty against the crash’s sole survivor, Lieutenant Lance Leone.
Political cartoonist’s book highlights Palin, Alaska
A capital city artist has just released a book of his Sarah Palin political cartoons. Tony Newman’s work is as much about Juneau and Alaska as it is about the former governor and vice presidential candidate.
ANCSA: Assimilation or cultural survival?
Is the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act a path to assimilation or a means of cultural survival?
That’s the question posed by Sealaska Heritage Institute President Rosita Worl.
