Juneau’s electric utility is warning customers of a new telephone scam, where a caller posing as an AEL & P employee tries to get credit card information.
Casey Kelly
Update: Searchers locate wreckage of missing plane, pilot dead
A Coastal Helicopters crew spotted the wreckage of a missing small plane Thursday afternoon in the Point Howard area between Juneau and Gustavus. A Juneau Mountain Rescue team later found the pilot’s body at the crash site.
Thirteen lawyers vying to replace Justice Carpeneti
Three Juneau residents — Superior Court Judge Philip Pallenberg, Assistant Attorney General Susan Cox and Administrative Law Judge Terry Thurbon — have applied to replace Justice Walter “Bud” Carpeneti on the Alaska Supreme Court.
Opponents of coastal zone measure pick up advertising pace
Opponents of Ballot Measure 2 are using their sizable financial advantage to flood the airwaves. Backers of the citizen’s initiative say they’re not trying to compete with the full on media blitz, but believe their support in coastal communities will help them prevail.
Arson suspected in Kodiak park fire
Juneau’s not the only Alaska community with a park vandalism problem. Kodiak Police say an arson fire damaged the ice rink cover at Baranof Park early Wednesday morning.
Capital City Market cooperative raises funds for feasibility study
Organizers of the new Capital City Market Cooperative think they have enough money to begin a feasibility study to look at whether a co-op grocery store will work in Juneau.