Elizabeth Jenkins, Alaska's Energy Desk - Juneau

Eaglecrest Ski Area is opening this year ahead of schedule.

Juneau’s Gunakadeit Park getting ready to be torn down. The park will serve as the staging area for the larger demolition of the Gastineau Apartments.

In Alaska, the number of fluent Haida speakers has dwindled down into the single digits. It’s been called an endangered language. But in Juneau, one group is trying to change that.

Juneau picked up four of six awards at the Alaska Municipal League ceremony on Thursday in Anchorage, including municipal employee of the year.

After the seller learned the robe was a sacred item, he allowed SHI to purchase it at the reserve price of $14,500.

Lt. Kris Sell said it’s called “China white,” and the police have been told it may be laced with a prescription drug that’s a possible “game changer.”