Local Government

Muldoon launched a write-in campaign less than two weeks before the election. And he won. It was the first time someone in Juneau had won any election as a write-in in almost 30 years.

The new rules require owners to live on the property for at least six months a year.

For the past two municipal elections, Juneau’s city clerk had to fly to Anchorage with all of the city’s ballots to use the vote-counting equipment there. 

An inquiry found that Anchorage’s former health director violated four sections of the Alaska Code of Military Justice: fraudulent enlistment, false official statements, conduct unbecoming an officer and wearing an Army combat patch despite never seeing battle.

Members of the Borough Assembly secretly asked for Mayor Charlie Pierce’s resignation.

Borough employees and elected officials have declined to confirm the existence of another complaint.

Juneau’s only hospice and home care provider says it can’t sustain its services alone.

The industry’s commitments include giving advance notice to the city of ship schedules and capacity numbers and keeping big, outdoor screens turned off while in port.

Timmerman said he is “looking at” moving out of town at the end of the summer tourism season.

State troopers arrested Bradley Grigg, formerly the hospital’s chief behavioral health officer, Thursday evening for allegedly stealing more than $100,000 from the city-owned hospital.