Gambling would be allowed only when ships are more than 3 miles off Alaska’s coasts, something already allowed aboard cruise ships.
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Waves of heavy rain could bring some flooding to Juneau this weekend
Avalanche danger will also rise as the rain soaks the snowpack.
Remembering Gary Fife: Blazing trails for Native journalism
Fife was the first to host “National Native News,” a program that was launched in Alaska in the late 1980s. He was still hosting radio shows and writing a weekly column when he died on Jan. 14 in Oklahoma, at the age of 73.
Alaska’s schools have among the highest rates of chronic absenteeism
In 2022, only one state, Arizona, had more chronically absent students than Alaska. Nearly half of Alaska students missed at least 10% of the school year, in the most recent available data.
On Kake Day, Alaska Quakers to apologize for forced assimilation and donate funds for healing center
The Quakers are giving Kake $92,000 to help fund a healing center, along with a formal, public apology for harm they caused to Kake in the 1900s.
How wind causes avalanches, even after the snow stops falling
The right kind of wind storm can deposit snow faster — up to 10 times faster — than an actual snow storm.
Juneau Empire to get new owner as parent company faces revenue loss
A Black Press Media spokesperson didn’t answer questions about layoffs or whether its three Alaska papers would continue to publish long-term.
Education funding dominates first day of 2024 Alaska legislative session
Senate President Gary Stevens, R-Kodiak, said a boost to the base per-student funding was the top priority for his caucus.
Alaska’s harbors grapple with rusty pilings and rising costs
The majority of the public boat harbors in Alaska were constructed and funded by the state during the 1960s and 1970s. Over the last 30 years, those state subsidies have dried up.
Reopened case into the death of Bethel woman leaves ‘more questions than answers’
The investigator who reviewed the case eventually found more than a dozen “points of contention” — essentially red flags in the initial investigation.