The city’s planning commission unanimously granted a conditional-use permit for the construction of the restaurant in the Valley.
Economy
Report: Alaska’s Railbelt can shift to renewables, but that would require big capital investment
Different mixes of energy sources could result in renewables supplying between 70% and 96% electrical power by 2050, UAF group’s analysis finds.
It’s ‘all hands on deck’ as second snowstorm buries Juneau
The fresh storm is triggering school closures, clogging roads and running plow drivers ragged.
The FAA says airlines should check the door plugs on another model of Boeing plane
The Federal Aviation Administration is recommending that airlines visually inspect the door plugs of Boeing 737-900ER jets after some airlines reported unspecified issues with the bolts.
After crash that hurt 3, safety changes are coming to Mendenhall River Community School
State, city and district officials met to discuss short- and long-term solutions on Back Loop Road.
A developer wants to breathe new life into Juneau’s historic, long-vacant Bergmann Hotel
Today, the three-story, 46-room hotel’s windows are boarded up, and the inside is largely gutted. But when the Bergmann opened in 1913, it was considered “the epitome of style and class.”
State expects Willow and Pikka to push oil production up 30% by 2032
Oil production has been flat or declining over the past five years.
Juneau Empire to get new owner as parent company faces revenue loss
A Black Press Media spokesperson didn’t answer questions about layoffs or whether its three Alaska papers would continue to publish long-term.
Case brought to Supreme Court by herring fishermen may gut federal rulemaking power
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case Wednesday that could eviscerate the way the federal government regulates, well, everything. A system in place for decades has governed how judges review curbs on air and water pollution, gun safety measures and workplace protections. But all of it could be upended by a conservative supermajority on…
Tribal groups applaud Alaska Native appointments to federal fisheries advisory panel
Amid alarmingly low salmon returns in Western Alaska, calls have grown for tribes to have a greater say in the way fisheries are managed.