Juneau

Despite pleas, the Juneau Assembly voted 7-2 Monday to scale back the senior sales tax exemption.

“There seems to be one bear that terrorizes South Franklin Street with the garbages,” Degarimore said.

A top British Columbia official is meeting with owners of the Tulsequah Chief Mine, which is leaking pollution into a river that flows into Alaska.

“This building basically houses our lift ticketing, our snow sports school, our rental, the repair departments, as well as the children’s area, the adaptive area and some offices,” said Eaglecrest general manager Matt Lillard.

“This is one of those moves that’s going to help us become more efficient and we save some expense,” said Juneau Empire publisher Rustan Burton.

The Forest Service is raising the entrance fee at the visitor center from $3 to $5 starting in May. Murkowski said the increase is reasonable, but was leery of plans to expand the fee area beyond the visitor center.