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Emergency planners urge Southeast Residents to plan ahead
When disaster strikes a Southeast Alaska community, emergency planners urge residents to rely on their own stockpiles before turning to the state’s new food caches.
SE leaders concerned about ferry plan change
A number of Southeast leaders are upset about the governor’s plan to scale back the Alaska Class Ferry project. He made his announcement Tuesday in Ketchikan. Legislators and members of an advisory board say they should have been consulted first.
Alaska’s moon rocks return to State Museum in Juneau
Alaska’s long lost moon rocks are back in Juneau and on display at the State Museum through at least the end of the month. The rocks actually are tiny fragments of moon dust collected by Apollo 11 astronauts in July 1969, and later presented to Governor Keith Miller by President Richard Nixon. In 1973, the…
Juneau Assembly hears about capital project funding schedule
When Juneau voters approved an extension of the city’s temporary one-percent sales tax and a $25 million bond proposition earlier this year, it created a dilemma members of the CBJ Assembly are probably happy to have: When to fund the nearly 20 projects identified in both ballot measures? Engineering Director Rorie Watt presented a preliminary…
What’s next for longtime lawmaker Albert Kookesh?
Angoon Democratic Senator Albert Kookesh ends his 18-year career at the Capitol when the Legislature is sworn in this January. But the longtime Southeast Alaska politician still has plenty on his plate.