The Juneau Assembly has asked the city’s Law Department to draft a resolution calling for an extension of electrical power to the end of Glacier Highway.
Archives for November 2012
Juneau Afternoon 11/30/12
Pat Moore hosts: We’ll find about end-of-year giving, this weekend’s performances by the Juneau Bach Society, Saturday’s World AIDS Day, Historical Conquest, a new game invented by Zack Edwards, That, Writers’ Almanac, music and more
Crosscurrents Salutes the Weather 12/3
Cleveland Abbe was America’s first professional meteorologist regarded as the “father of the Weather Bureau” and was born on this date in 1838. Gavin takes a minute to check the weather station near the glacier while John takes a moment to organize a weather-related song list. You can observe the conditions be listening to Crosscurrents,…
SEARHC hires general counsel
SEARHC interim general counsel Michael E. Douglas has been hired permanently for the job. Douglas has been the attorney for the SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium since June and will continue to be based in Juneau. The non-profit health consortium serves Native communities in Southeast Alaska, including the Ethel Lund Clinic in Juneau and Mt.…
Thursday Newscast 11/29/12
EPA suspends BP from future government contracts
Just weeks after BP accepted blame for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico; the federal government is announcing more punishment for the company.
Auke Lake users say enforce current regulations
Juneau’s laws regulating motorized use of Auke Lake need to be enforced.
Eaglecrest’s Porcupine Lift to open Saturday
It’s not the full mountain, but Eaglecrest Ski Area will open the Porcupine Lift on Saturday. Eaglecrest General Manager Matt Lillard says a lot of man-made snow covers Dolly Varden and Muskeg beginners’ trails. The first Saturday of December is always Eaglecrest’s target opening, but Lillard says it became clear about a week ago that…
Boundary commission postpones Juneau’s annexation petition
The state’s Local Boundary Commission has postponed indefinitely the City and Borough of Juneau’s petition to annex nearly 2,000 square miles south of the Capital City. Juneau is asking a judge to block the boundary commission’s earlier approval of Petersburg’s petition to form a borough, which includes much of the same territory. The Local Boundary…
Thomas asks for recount
Haines Republican Representative Bill Thomas has asked for a recount. Thomas is 34 votes behind political newcomer Jonathon Kreiss-Tomkins of Sitka for House District 34. Elections Division Director Gail Fenumiai has set the recount date for Monday at 9 a.m. in the Juneau office. Meanwhile, Alaska’s 2012 general election has been certified. Fenumiai says the…