The Juneau Assembly teed up $20,000 for a pro-road group that’s backing the Juneau Access Project at a budget belt-tightening meeting Wednesday.
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Photos: Wreath-laying memorial honors fallen Juneau police officers
Juneau police officers in full uniform laid a wreath at Evergreen Cemetery today for a police memorial ceremony that about 20 people attended.
Video: ‘Flight of the Bumblebee’ in the State Office Building
Pianist William Ransom and cellist Zuill Bailey packed the State Office Building’s atrium today during Juneau Jazz and Classics’ free lunchtime concert.
Return to sender: Juneau pot business blocked from mailing tax payments
The U.S. Postal Service says Alaska’s pot businesses can’t mail their state tax payments. Without guidance from the Justice Department or an act of Congress, the postal office is blocking attempts to mail tax payments to the state tax office in Anchorage.
School board recognizes retiring Juneau educators
Two outgoing teachers and a principal said they aren’t going anywhere anytime soon and they still plan to contribute to education — just in new ways.
Tlingit and Haida Central Council joins chorus of Rep. Eastman’s critics
Leaders within the organization, which represents more than 30,000 Tlingit and Haida people, had piles of unflattering adjectives to characterize Eastman’s comments, including “venomous,” “indefensible” and “demonizing.”
Juneau police propose expansion of patrol car fleet
The Juneau Police Department wants to expand its fleet of market patrol cruisers so that officers can take them home after work. The Juneau Assembly will weigh the $210,000 proposal.
Bartlett CEO: A decade under House GOP health care bill could cost hospital $69 million
Juneau’s hospital could lose $69 million over 10 years under the House GOP’s health care bill. Alaska’s health care sector is making its case to the U.S. Senate in Washington.
Video: Vega String Quartet plays lunchtime concert
The Vega String Quartet played for about an hour in the State Office Building’s 8th floor atrium with everything from Beethoven to Haydn to Brahms and even some folk and fiddle tunes.
Officer Reishus honored, remembered by JPD and CCFR
Karl Reishus died after a fall during a training exercise at the Hagevig Regional Fire Training Center 25 years ago.