Juneau

It includes a 2 percent pay increase, though the district won’t say what the budget impact would be.

“When you read it, please keep in mind the fact that it will represent what the law requires. It will not represent any notions of approval or disapproval on my part of trapping,” said Judge Thomas Nave.

“It sounds so aggressive, the idea of a poetry slam. But it’s actually kind of been dubbed the friendliest competition in town,” says Woosh Kinaadeiyi Poetry Grand Slam co-founder Christy NaMee Eriksen.

“Going back to school cost me $1,100 and being homeless,” said Elliot Scott.

Savikko Park and Gastineau Elementary School will be the future sites of two totem poles. Plans include interpretive signs in Tlingit and English, explaining the history of the original people of Juneau and Douglas: the Auk and Taku Kwaan.

The public is invited to share stories about addiction and discuss solutions at Wednesday night’s Community of Compassion gathering.