The Alaska State Council on the Arts facilitates the selection of the Writer Laureate. The Governor’s Awards for the Arts and Humanities can be seen on 360 North beginning at 8 p.m.
Juneau
Former Fish Board nominee charged again with PFD fraud
Roland Maw, 73, has been charged with six felony counts of unsworn falsification and six felony counts of theft.
Juneau Assembly names new hospital board members
The Juneau Assembly has appointed Dr. Bob Urata and Lance Stevens to the nine-member Bartlett Regional Hospital board. Urata is a physician with a longtime practice. Stevens is a former president of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce.
Juneau Assembly votes 6-3 to support the road
The Juneau Access Project envisions 50 more miles of road up Lynn Canal to a ferry terminal closer to the road system. It has divided the Juneau community for decades and faces significant opposition from other southeast cities including Haines and Skagway. Alaska Gov. Bill Walker pulled the plug on the $574 million project last month.
Vote postponed over Juneau’s controversial ‘camping ordinance’
The Juneau Assembly heard more than 90 minutes of testimony from dozens of residents including merchants, social workers and homeless people themselves who all agreed on one thing: Juneau has a serious homeless problem. But speakers had radically different viewpoints.
Eaglecrest GM resigns, takes job at Vermont ski area
Matt Lillard starts work at Mad River Glen in March.
ACLU: Juneau’s proposed ‘anti-camping’ law could be unconstitutional
Juneau Mayor Ken Koelsch introduced the ordinance following complaints from merchants that the numbers sleeping in front of doorways was hurting commerce in Juneau’s historic downtown.The ACLU of Alaska’s urges Juneau Mayor Ken Koelsch to reconsider his position saying criminalizing homelessness is unconstitutional.
Alaska man caught with meth on ferry sentenced to prison
A 21-year-old man caught transporting methamphetamine on a ferry running between Washington state and Ketchikan, Alaska, has been sentenced to nearly two years in prison.
Consultant raises concerns about Alaska gas project
A legislative consultant is raising red flags about Alaska taking the lead on a major proposed liquefied natural gas project, even as Gov. Bill Walker has said he’s comfortable with it. Legislators are scheduled to hear a project update Monday. In a recent report to lawmakers, consultant Nikos Tsafos outlined challenges threatening the project’s potential…
Two days, two Capitol protests and two very different turnouts
Alaskans for Life protest the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision every year. ‘Women’s March on Juneau’ organizers said they chose to protest to show solidarity with other women’s marches, like the ‘Women’s March on Washington.’