Alaska’s pioneer homes have far fewer beds than needed to meet demand. The region and state’s rapidly-growing senior population means waitlists have grown longer and longer.
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Juneau School Board adds back one position for Native Success support
Members of the Alaska Native Sisterhood, parents and concerned community members told the School Board the programs that help Native students graduate should be a higher priority.
U.S. Forest Service chief says no to delaying Tongass timber transition
The U.S. Forest Service is working on a plan to shift the timber industry in the Tongass away from old-growth trees. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell told the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Tuesday that the plan can sustain Southeast Alaska’s timber industry.
Juneau School Board to take public testimony on budget tonight
If the Alaska Legislature passes a budget with education cuts deeper than the governor’s, Juneau schools will see some essential programs disappear.
Allen Hall’s new art a tribute to Tlingit culture
Strength, loss, healing and transformation: those are themes present in a new permanent art installation that acknowledges the history of the original Sheldon Jackson Training School. The school later became a college and was influential in the lives of many Alaska Natives.
Feds accuse 4 Southeast gift shops of peddling bogus ‘Native’ bone carvings
The shops accused of peddling bogus “Native” bone carvings include Juneau’s Northstar Gift Shop.
Masked man attempts kidnapping at gunpoint in Mendenhall Valley
Juneau police are searching for a masked man who attempted to kidnap a woman at gunpoint on Wednesday as she walked to her car. It’s likely the second time the man had harassed her family in a week.
Tribal council takes over foster care for region’s Native children
The largest tribal government in Southeast Alaska now has authority over foster care and other services for Native children facing abuse or neglect.
UAS hosts 14th Annual Oratory Event on Saturday
The free event begins at 9 a.m. Saturday in the Egan lecture hall.
Angoon mayor unsatisfied with state response to tainted subsistence seal
Hawk Inlet is healthy according to state officials. That’s the message Angoon received about three weeks after concerns were raised about high levels of mercury found in a subsistence seal.