Blue Market AK, a farmer’s market cart turned brick-and-mortar store, spent the better part of its first year in retail adjusting to COVID-19 restrictions.
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Tongass Roadless Rule exemption leaves subsistence users feeling left behind
Southeast Alaskans who rely on the Tongass National Forest for food say the Trump administration’s decision to lift the Roadless Rule threatens their way of life.
New Pebble tapes: ‘You aren’t held to your promises’ in election season, mine exec says
The environmental group that captured Pebble Mine executives bragging about their sway over Alaska’s senators and governor have released new footage from those secretly recorded sessions.
Juneau Assembly votes to require disclosing final real estate sale prices — but could be headed for a do-over
Some realtors objected to the new policy and said they should have been consulted. The Assembly could vote on the policy again as early as Nov. 16.
Alaskans react to Trump Administration’s Roadless Rule rollback in the Tongass
The Trump administration’s decision could be reversed through a court challenge or an act of Congress. Alternatively, another presidential administration could revisit the rule — but that would require public comment, meetings and another multi-year process.
Plan approved to sink the Lumberman, Juneau’s troublesome tug
Juneau Port Director Carl Uchytil says permit from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency gives the city permission to flood the 192-ton steel hulled boat and sink it in 8,400 feet of water.