The skies cleared Tuesday morning, allowing Juneau Mountain Rescue volunteers to continue the search for two climbers missing since last week. A Juneau Mountain Rescue team took off shortly after 10 a.m. and will search as long as they can.
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State gets timeline for federal environmental review of Alaska LNG project
The state-led LNG export project still needs customers and financing to build $45 billion mega-project.
Florida AG will seek death penalty for Parkland shooting suspect
Nikolas Cruz, 19, has already been charged with 17 counts of murder in the shootings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Public defenders had sought to avoid a trial by having Cruz plead guilty.
Old guard content to watch new generation of mushers take reins of sport
Currently, the top of the Iditarod leader-board is filled out with younger mushers, most of them in their 20s and 30s — the race’s up-and-comers. Many esteemed members of mushing’s old guard are content to watch a new generation inherit the mantel.
Trump replacing Secretary Of State Tillerson with CIA director Mike Pompeo
Trump tweeted that former congressman and CIA Director Mike Pompeo will take over for Rex Tillerson, who has had a strained relationship with the president. Pompeo will need Senate confirmation.
Nominee to marijuana regulatory board withdraws
The man nominated by Gov. Bill Walker to fill the public safety seat on Alaska’s marijuana regulatory board has withdrawn from consideration after losing his law enforcement job.