This past weekend, a Juneau Preparedness Expo gave the public a variety of information on how to cope in an emergency. One lecture more relevant than ever was on mudslides and landslides, just weeks after Sitka’s deadly disaster.
Elizabeth Jenkins, Alaska's Energy Desk - Juneau
Update: Tugboat sinks in Gastineau Channel
The historic Challenger sank near Aurora Harbor on Saturday afternoon.
Angoon and Kasaan receive federal water and sewage grants
When President Obama visited Alaska last week, he announced plans to improve rural water systems in the state. Most of the Department of Agriculture’s more than $16 million in grants were offered to remote interior villages. But two were offered to places in Southeast.
Donation sheds light on Alaska Natives’ civil rights history
One particularly controversial figure in the documents spent half a century advancing Alaska Native causes. He’s the namesake of Sealaska Heritage Institute’s new William Paul Archives.
Recalled cucumbers may still be on grocery store shelves in Alaska
There have been 10 confirmed cases of salmonella infection from Limited Edition brand pole cucumbers, the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services reported Friday.
Dust settles on state’s new Douglas offices, but employee concerns haven’t gone quiet
After a class action grievance, a regime change, a year of renovations and buying hundreds of $8,000 workstations, state employees are finally moving into their new offices in Douglas.
Search begins for new Juneau city manager
A subcommittee of three Juneau Assembly members is leading the search for the next city manager.
New Hoonah hydro project could help local businesses
“For people who would love the lifestyle here but don’t dare take the risk due to the high cost of electricity, they now know they have support,” says Hoonah Mayor Ken Skaflestad.
Juneau Assembly discusses tax breaks to stimulate housing
The Juneau Assembly wants to draft ordinances creating new property tax breaks that incentivize denser development and redevelopment of blighted properties.
A national park’s missing stories find new home in Glacier Bay Tlingit tribal house
A $3 million dollar Tlingit tribal house is being constructed on the shore of Bartlett Cove in Glacier Bay–likely the first time the park service has funded a tribal house.