Juneau

This year’s theme is “Positively Powerful!” and speakers have been encouraged to make calls to action.

As the legislative session gets underway, education will once again be at the front of many Alaskans’ minds. That includes Southeast legislators. 

A woman jumped into the 39 degree waters of Gastineau Channel on Tuesday night and needed rescue. According to a Coast Guard news release, the 27-year-old was in a group when she jumped into the channel at the cruise ship terminal near the Taku Fisheries pier.

Juneau District Court Judge Thomas Nave and Juneau Superior Court Judge Louis Menendez are both retiring on June 29.

Twenty years ago, a group of parents in Juneau banded together to establish a school where they could be more directly involved in their children’s education. Ever since, the Juneau Community Charter School has offered an alternative learning environment.

The deadline to submit entries to Poetry Omnibus, the contest that puts locally written work in our Capital Transit buses, is Jan. 31.

“We’re willing to sit down and negotiate and to talk about what it takes to not only get a budget done for the upcoming year, but to put a package together that keeps essential services in plan and allows for our economy to once again stabilize,” said House Speaker Bryce Edgmon.

Juneau International Airport manager Patty Wahto said the plane circled and attempted to unjam the gear. Emergency personnel set up and waited for the plane to come in.