Speaking at JEDC’s Innovation Summit, Walker says Alaska will need ingenuity – and possibly carrot beer – to deal with the state’s budget deficit.
Southeast
New Sealaska logging sites near earlier cuts
Sealaska says it will begin logging its new lands later this year. The first two parcels to be cut will be on Prince of Wales Island and the Cleveland Peninsula.
Gun lawsuit will be heard by Juneau jurors next month
Family of Simone Kim sues Rayco Sales over rifle used in August 2006 murder.
Juneau hosts Innovation Summit
More than 200 business leaders, researchers and policy-makers gather in Juneau this week for the 2015 Innovation Summit.
Walker says Rupert terminal will be rebuilt
Gov. Bill Walker says he’ll continue pushing for construction of a new ferry terminal in Prince Rupert, British Columbia.
Former Commissioner Marc Luiken appointed DOT chief
There’s a new boss at the state agency overseeing, roads, airports and ferries. Marc Luiken is the commissioner of the Department of Transportation.
Science societies oppose old-growth logging
More scientists have joined a campaign to stop old-growth logging in Southeast Alaska’s Tongass National Forest.
Tongass transition panel chafes at early deadline
Members of the Tongass Advisory Committee are unhappy with U.S. Forest Service efforts to speed up their work.
DOT cleans up small slide along Glacier Highway
DOT spokesman Jeremy Woodrow says the slide occurred in the White path avalanche area of Mount Juneau and was mopped up relatively quickly.
Heavy rains prompt landslide warnings for Southeast communities
Another large, wet and warm weather system is looming off the Southeast Alaska coast.