A traveling version of the exhibit will be on display in Juneau at the Alaska State Museum from July to September.
Economy
Motorcyclist hospitalized after bus collision near Hospital Drive
Emergency responders closed down part of Glacier Highway for several hours after the accident.
Sealaska board election short on independents
Only three independent candidates are running for the Sealaska Board of Directors this spring. That’s a smaller number than most recent years.
State budget compromise would yield $1,600 PFDs — and drive up overall budget
Homer Republican Rep. Paul Seaton said the proposal strikes a balance between the House and Senate budgets. It would be $433 million more than the current fiscal year.
With one turn of a valve, hatchery vandal kills 1,000 juvenile coho
The Sitka Sound Science Center reports losing 1,000 coho smolt in the incident, just days before they were to be released into the ocean.
Bill to overhaul Alaska’s alcohol laws is dead, for now
An amendment to Senate Bill 76 that would cut the amount that breweries and distilleries can sell as samples to customers opened up disagreements over the bill.
Alaska LNG project president says he’s done ‘preaching to the non-believers’
The president of the state-owned Alaska Gasline Development Corporation says he’s no longer bothering to convince skeptics that the project is real, and it’s moving forward.
Kinder Morgan shareholders hear from pipeline opponents
Demonstrators took to land and sea in British Columbia Wednesday as energy giant Kinder Morgan hosted shareholders at an annual meeting in Texas.
Sealaska offers burial, cremation assistance to shareholders
Sealaska is helping its shareholders with burial and cremation costs. The Southeast regional Native corporation’s board voted Monday to offer bereavement benefits of up to $1,000.
Senate seeks to revive Juneau Access and Knik Arm projects through capital budget
The Senate’s capital budget also doesn’t include Medicaid funding that state officials say is needed by next week to pay health care providers.