Turmoil continues at Gustavus city hall following mayor’s resignation and departure of both administrative employees. City Council reinstates longtime librarian fired by mayor.
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Suspect arrested in Juneau transit center death
Juneau police have made an arrest in the killing of 56-year-old Aaron G. Monette who was found June 30 lying unconscious at the downtown bus terminal. Monette died on July 4 in a Seattle hospital.
Newscast – Friday, July 7, 2017
In this newscast: Juneau Police Department seek 51-year-old David V. Evenson in connection with a June 30 fatal assault downtown Authorities say a plane crash that claimed two lives in southwest Alaska was a suicide Bodies of two crew members recovered off Kodiak Island Former Alaska Sen. Hollis French appointed to head state’s oil and…
Juneau Assembly considers sales tax revenue for child care
Juneau’s shortage of affordable child care has led a group to urge the Assembly to use millions in sales tax revenue to expand services. The Juneau Assembly will weigh it and competing proposals at its July 12 finance meeting.
Seward statue unveiled in front of Alaska Capitol
A bronze statue Secretary of State William Seward has been installed in front of the Alaska Capitol. The 19th century U.S. statesman engineered the 1867 purchase of Alaska from Russia.
Gustavus city hall hobbled by clerks’ departure
Both of the city’s clerk quit two days after a newly installed mayor fired one of the city’s two librarians. Yet nobody’s willing to say what’s behind the turmoil at city hall.