The City and Borough of Juneau began a new fiscal year this week with the equivalent of 12 fewer full-time employees.
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Sewer and water fees going up in 2015
Right now, typical residents pay about $90 a month in combined water and sewer fees. By July 2018, they’ll pay about $130.
Bill Walker poll suggests Parnell vulnerable … in a two-way race
Since Independent candidate Bill Walker and Democrat Byron Mallott launched their campaigns, both have concentrated on beating Republican Gov. Sean Parnell.
IFA Hollis dock breaks, cancels Sunday sailings
The Inter-Island Ferry Authority canceled its Sunday sailings between Prince of Wales Island and Ketchikan because the Hollis dock was broken.
ANTHC wins $153 million settlement
$153 million is the huge new settlement for back contract support costs due the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium from the Indian Health Service.
Public comment begins for sea lion protections
NOAA is opening public comment on a plan to relax Steller sea lion protections and allow more commercial fishing in the western Aleutian Islands.
Cell phone tower ordinance to be reworked, again
SueAnn Randall’s wore this hat to Monday’s Assembly meeting. It’s a dig at the cell phone tower on Spuhn Island, which her home on North Douglas Highway faces.
U.S. House passes bill to open NPR-A
For the second time in six months, the U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill aimed at greater oil industry access to the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
Behind the scenes of Alaska’s film industry
Feature-length movies, documentaries, and TV shows have flocked to the 49th state in recent years, supporting a multi-million dollar industry.
U.S. Senate Republican candidates debate resource development, government overreach
All three candidates vying for the Republican nomination in August’s senatorial primary election squared off over a variety of issues in Anchorage on Thursday.