Local Government

The deadline to vote is Tuesday, Oct. 4. 

Ketchikan’s library director says she’d be forced to cut most programming and lay off half her staff. People who live outside city limits would not be eligible for a library card.

Supporters aren’t aware of any organized opposition, though a former city department manager says it’s the wrong time for the project, especially after the pandemic changed office space needs.

That makes federal funding available to Alaskans impacted by the storm.

This question asks voters to repeal measures the Juneau Assembly adopted in 2020 and this past February that mandate sharing real estate sales prices with the city assessor’s office.

People waved signs, handed out books and urged voters to support the library this October.

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.