Juneau

Citing engineering and funding challenges, the city will wait to expand the levee project until after the flood expected this summer.

Alaska uses a ranked choice voting system for statewide elections. This October’s local election will not use a ranked choice voting system, even if members adopt the proposed ordinance before then.

If approved, the regulation could affect services for about half of the state’s public school students.

Some stay here, many visit Haines to feast on salmon and others travel even farther.

One organizer says she wants to create chances for people to connect with their community amid attacks by the Trump administration.

The three petitions seek to cap the local property tax rate, remove sales tax on food and utilities, and make in-person voting the default again in Juneau’s local elections. Advocates will get another 10 days to get the remaining signatures.

In March, the company announced it would be closing all of its nearly 800 stores nationwide and going out of business.

The nonprofit was expected to break ground in April for a three-story building with 51 long-term housing units. But the Trump administration pulled a key grant and Congress nixed earmarked funds.

After multiple meetings and extended debate, the school board has agreed to fund more of the Lingít language immersion program in the upcoming school year – even amid statewide school budgeting concerns.

The website is intended to help residents understand and plan for the floods.