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Sep 13 2019

Alaska’s sales pitch: Vast resources and a melting Arctic

By Elizabeth Jenkins, Alaska's Energy Desk | Alaska's Energy Desk, Arctic, Climate Change, Economy, Environment, Juneau

Gov. Mike Dunleavy had an audience of more than 30 sovereign wealth funds at a global forum happening in Juneau this week.

By Elizabeth Jenkins, Alaska's Energy Desk | September 13, 2019 12:23 pm

Sep 13 2019

Gardentalk – The bulbs have arrived

By Matt Miller, KTOO | Gardentalk, Juneau, Outdoors

Store bulbs in a cool, dry and dark place for now. Don’t start planting until the end of September or early October, or at least until just before the ground freezes and the snow falls.

By Matt Miller, KTOO | September 13, 2019 10:02 am

Sep 11 2019

Updated: Coast Guard suspends some Allen Marine tour boats

By Rashah McChesney, Alaska's Energy Desk | Business, Juneau, Southeast, Tourism

The scenic and wildlife-viewing tour company said most guests on Wednesday were able to be shifted to other Allen Marine boats.

By Rashah McChesney, Alaska's Energy Desk | September 11, 2019 6:28 pm

Sep 11 2019

Bridget Weiss smiles as she's congratulated on her appointment to interim superintendent of the Juneau School District at a meeting of the Juneau School Board on Aug. 6, 2018. (Photo by Jeremy Hsieh/KTOO)

Juneau superintendent gets new three-year contract

By Zoe Grueskin, KTOO | 2 Alaska, A News, Education, Juneau, Juneau Schools

Bridget Weiss has been in the role since August 2018, when she became the interim superintendent before the school board officially chose her to lead the district in January.

By Zoe Grueskin, KTOO | September 11, 2019 4:47 pm

Sep 10 2019

Delta Western fined $400,000 over Juneau tank farm violations

By Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | Business, Juneau

The Seattle-based company neither admitted nor denied any wrongdoing in the settlement. But had it been convicted and sentenced to the maximum penalties, it could have paid out more than $90 million.

By Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | September 10, 2019 2:01 pm

Sep 10 2019

In this picture taken in early June 2019, Tom Lafollette, caretaker of the Annex Creek Hydroelectric Facility in Taku Inlet (obscured behind left side of greenhouse), explains to visitors how he built this scratch-built geodesic greenhouse for growing tomatoes, peppers, and other vegetables. The greenhouse is about 10 feet in diameter and is a slightly smaller version than a previous greenhouse he constructed from plans.

Gardentalk – How to avoid the greenhouse blues

By Matt Miller, KTOO | Food, Gardentalk, Juneau, Outdoors

Keep mold from turning your vegetable plants into gray mush by ventilating your greenhouse and moving the air. Also, still more about this summer’s most controversial gardening subject: woolly bear caterpillars and whether you should squish them.

By Matt Miller, KTOO | September 10, 2019 5:00 am

Sep 09 2019

The Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority has put the waterfront property known as the subport up for sale. (Photo by Adelyn Baxter/KTOO)

The bids are in: Norwegian Cruise Line is apparent high bidder on waterfront property

By Adelyn Baxter, KTOO | Business, Juneau, Local Government, Southeast, Tourism

If the sale goes through, the City and Borough of Juneau will have to determine if its long-term goals for waterfront development can be compatible with Norwegian’s plans.

By Adelyn Baxter, KTOO | September 9, 2019 6:38 pm

Sep 09 2019

A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew medevacs a 17-year-old male from Wrangell to Sitka, Alaska, July 17, 2018. The man was transported to awaiting emergency medical services personnel for further care.

Patient medevaced from Admiralty Island after explosion

By Adelyn Baxter, KTOO | Juneau, Military, Search & Rescue, Southeast

The Coast Guard says a 60-year-old man lost the fingers on his left hand in an explosion in the Hawk Inlet area.

By Adelyn Baxter, KTOO | September 9, 2019 1:02 pm

Sep 04 2019

Robert Meireis and Elizabeth Tonsmeire, were discovered dead inside one of the Admiralty condos in West Juneau on Nov. 15, 2015.

West Juneau double homicide trial now underway

By Matt Miller, KTOO | Crime & Courts, Juneau

Laron Carlton Graham has pleaded not guilty to two counts of first-degree murder in connection with the deaths of Robert Meireis and Elizabeth Tonsmeire.

By Matt Miller, KTOO | September 4, 2019 4:47 pm

Sep 04 2019

International organization set to meet in Juneau next week

By Associated Press | Business, Economy, Environment, Juneau, Southeast

Representatives of more than 30 nations will attend a meeting of the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds that is taking place in Juneau next week.

By Associated Press | September 4, 2019 2:05 pm

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Alaska’s sales pitch: Vast resources and a melting Arctic

Gardentalk – The bulbs have arrived

Updated: Coast Guard suspends some Allen Marine tour boats

Juneau superintendent gets new three-year contract

Delta Western fined $400,000 over Juneau tank farm violations

Gardentalk – How to avoid the greenhouse blues

The bids are in: Norwegian Cruise Line is apparent high bidder on waterfront property

Patient medevaced from Admiralty Island after explosion

West Juneau double homicide trial now underway

International organization set to meet in Juneau next week

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