The agency received zero offers on the Kuiu Island timber sale before its closing deadline on Tuesday.
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Avrum Gross: Gov. Hammond’s ‘long-haired hippie’ ally, attorney general and in-house antagonist
Avrum Gross died in May 2018. The East Coast Democrat and lawyer was an unlikely ally of Republican Gov. Jay Hammond. He served as Alaska’s attorney general during the permanent fund’s seminal years.
Special audit finds Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority violated multiple state laws
The Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority violated state statutes by investing $44.4 million in commercial real estate. Those are the findings of a special audit of the Trust released Tuesday by the Alaska Division of Legislative Audit. The audit also says the Trust’s board violated the Opening Meetings Act and the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act by purposely trying to keep some board issues out of the public eye.
Newest megaship docks in Juneau for the first time
The 4,000-passenger Norwegian Bliss was specially designed for sailing in Alaska and will be making weekly stops in Juneau through the season.
Canoes arrive and unofficially kick off Celebration 2018
A group of paddlers and their canoes have finished their weeklong journey to Juneau. They traveled from Ketchikan, Sitka, Kake, Angoon, Hoonah, Yakutat — even Canada for Celebration.
Arctic tern eggs destroyed in Mendenhall Lake nesting colony ‘wipeout’
U.S. Forest Service officials believe someone entered a closed, roped-off area with a dog and destroyed 18 eggs in seven nests.