Meagan Nye doesn’t always know when or if her workweek will end. She’s an engineer on the Alaska Marine Highway System ferry Columbia. She is supposed to work two-week shifts at sea. But more and more often, those two weeks will turn into six. “I love my job, but I don’t want to be there…
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Judge rules that Alaska may limit sales of intoxicating hemp products
The ruling may end a legal challenge that has persisted since 2023 and means those products are restricted to marijuana retailers here.
Sitkans reject ballot proposition to cap cruise traffic
Sitka voters overwhelmingly rejected a ballot measure that would have capped the number of cruise visitors beginning next year.
An affordable housing project in Juneau hinged on federal funding. Now it’s in limbo.
The nonprofit was expected to break ground in April for a three-story building with 51 long-term housing units. But the Trump administration pulled a key grant and Congress nixed earmarked funds.
Alaska Legislature makes progress on aid package for ailing seafood industry
Bills intended to give incremental relief to fishers passed this session, while more substantive bills will be considered next year amid tough fiscal challenges.
Murkowski says pushing health care, disaster costs to states is trouble for Alaska
Murkowski said she is particularly concerned about looming cuts to Medicaid after the U.S. House of Representatives passed a tax and spending bill that would pay for sweeping tax cuts in part by reducing federal spending on Medicaid, among other programs.
The Juneau School District will pay for more of local Lingít language immersion program
After multiple meetings and extended debate, the school board has agreed to fund more of the Lingít language immersion program in the upcoming school year – even amid statewide school budgeting concerns.
Newscast – Wednesday, May 28, 2025
In this newscast: Researchers launched and interactive glacial outburst flood website today to help Juneau’s Mendenhall Valley residents plan for annual floods; Many businesses in Southeast Alaska say they’re facing uncertainty amid recent actions by the federal government, according to a report released yesterday by the Southeast Alaska Business Climate Survey; The Juneau School District is expanding its support of a local language immersion program; It’s been nearly three years since the town of Bar Harbor, Maine voted to limit cruise traffic. KCAW reached out to those involved in the decision to find out how things have been since the town enacted the limit
UAS launches glacial outburst flood website for Mendenhall Valley residents
The website is intended to help residents understand and plan for the floods.
Alaska state budget and other bills head to Gov. Mike Dunleavy
According to legislative records, the state’s operating, capital and mental health budgets were transmitted to the governor on Tuesday, giving the governor until June 19 to veto the bills or sign them into law.