The Anchorage Municipality may use its leverage as the state’s population center to influence how laws on commercial marijuana take shape in the year ahead.
Economy
Experimental pollock seine fishery opens in Cook Inlet
Because seining for pollock hasn’t been done here before, extra precautions are in place to make sure it’s done right.
EPA regs hit fishing industry, unless Congress meets deadline
Federal lawmakers return to Washington this week for the final days of the 113th Congress.
Update: First big snow of season expected in Southeast Alaska
The National Weather Service called off the winter storm warning for Juneau and northern Southeast Alaska on Sunday at 7 p.m.
Public meetings on Juneau’s proposed Capital Transit plan start Monday
“It’s really about, do we implement these plans or do we keep the system that we’ve got?” says Kirk Duncan.
New Goldbelt CEO is CIA, Homeland Security veteran
Robert Irwin of Virginia has decades of experience in the federal government and officially begins work at the Juneau-based Native corporation Dec. 15.
Why local businesses aren’t big on Black Friday
While the big box stores fill their aisles with Thanksgiving and Black Friday deal hunters, small businesses in Juneau are eager for Small Business Saturday.
Industry blames pirate fishing as red king prices drop
The Bering Sea red king crab fleet finished catching 10 million pounds of quota last week — and they’re facing some lackluster prices as the crab goes to market.
Nome proposes new taxes to deal with dwindling state, federal dollars
Other Alaska cities, large and small, face similar budget shortfalls, raising questions of just what jobs people expect their city to do.
Juneau Housing First project inches closer to reality
Juneau is getting closer to becoming the third community in Alaska with a Housing First project to provide the chronically homeless with housing.