State House budget-writers have restored much of the ferry system cut proposed by the governor for the next fiscal year. They money could expand Fairweather sailings.
Juneau
JACC sports new paint thanks to Anchorage graffiti artist
Anchorage artist Will Kozloff the Alaska State Council of the Arts and the Alaska Humanities Forum to do the set pieces for the Governor’s Awards for the Arts in January. The mural outside of the JACC is his.
CBJ: Bergmann Hotel shutdown and evictions imminent due to health and safety problems
City Manager Rorie Watt says the owner was given “ample time to become compliant to little effect.”
Juneau weighs winter campground for downtown homeless
The City and Borough of Juneau has been offered a site for a winter campground for homeless people. But whether the city wants to take on that responsibility next year remains undecided.
Mendenhall Valley home burglary suspect arrested, guns reported stolen
Juneau police arrested Brandon L. Bowhay, 36, of Juneau, on three felony charges including burglary and theft.
Low salmon projections cancel popular Southeast spring king derby
Juneau’s Spring King Salmon Derby won’t happen this year, because there aren’t enough fish. State biologists predict chinook returns will be low this year.
Juneau women participate in ‘Day Without a Woman’
This year many women in the U.S. are staying home from work as part of a loosely coordinated “Day Without a Woman” that organizers say will highlight the economic clout of women. Women in Juneau are also taking part.
Rep. Wilson seeks deeper budget cuts, to no avail
The House Finance Committee voted to fully fund school debt reimbursement, and voted against cutting the Base Student Allocation.
Juneau exempts cruise ships from sales tax, then tees up $100,000 in sales tax for cruise industry lawsuit
Separate from the sales tax exemption, the Juneau Assembly had its first reading on an ordinance to earmark sales tax revenue to keep paying lawyers retained to fight the cruise industry’s lawsuit against the city.
Teachable moments from Saturday’s avalanche near Eaglecrest
It was actually the boarder’s second run down Showboat that day. He had unwittingly cut a slide on his first run, too.