Juneau Assembly votes to increase property tax and utility rates
The rate hikes were passed alongside the city’s budget for next year, which the Assembly unanimously approved during a meeting Monday night after months of work.
NOAA firings and cuts will reduce services used to manage Alaska fisheries, officials say
Trump administration job cuts in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will result in less scientific information that is needed to set and oversee Alaska seafood harvests, agency officials have warned fishery managers.
On National Trails Day, the future of trail work in Juneau looks brighter
This spring, federal funding uncertainty meant that trail work on some of those beloved trails could have been deferred. Now, the situation is more hopeful: trail workers have their jobs back, and funding may still come.
ICE officials send 40 immigration detainees to Alaska correctional facilities
The move comes amid a national crackdown on immigration by the Trump administration.
Juneau Assembly approves Telephone Hill demolition plan that will evict residents this fall
It’s part of a plan to clear the area for newer, denser housing in response to the city’s housing crunch.
Mendenhall Valley residents prepare for annual glacial outburst flood
Residents learned about FEMA’s National Flood Insurance Program and picked up free sandbags and weather alert radios at a community meeting Saturday.
Sealaska Heritage Institute wants help identifying people in a late Lingít elder’s photo collection
Ḵaalḵáawu Cyril George Sr.’s family unearthed the photo collection in the wake of his death 11 years ago. Now, the organization wants help identifying people and places in the photos.
Lingít Word of the Week: Saak — Hooligan
This week’s word is saak, which means hooligan.
Juneau is getting a new city-owned public use cabin
The new cabin will be a short hike beyond the existing Amalga cabin.
Tongass Voices: Conservator Ellen Carrlee on preserving the Alaska State Museum’s collection
Carrlee is currently collaborating with artists and culture bearers across the state to better understand bead preservation.
Feds ask court to dismiss timber industry lawsuit that aims to increase Tongass old-growth logging
Timber companies allege that the Forest Service failed to fulfill a promise to supply the companies with enough timber to meet market demand. But the government asserts it didn’t promise that.
A retiring Juneau first responder says mobile crisis units get care to the community
Joe Mishler has been an emergency responder for more than 40 years, about half of which he spent in Juneau. He’s retiring at the end of the month. Mishler has spearheaded a team of mobile response units that address needs that can fall through the cracks. The teams can meet people where they are — at home, at a shelter, or on the street.
Juneau’s new Coast Guard icebreaker is on its way to Alaska
The cutter Storis is expected to arrive in Juneau this August, but it will leave again to be temporarily berthed in Seattle. The Coast Guard estimates it will bring hundreds of Coast Guard personnel and their families to Juneau in the coming years.
Alaska Board of Education adopts reading standards for Alaska Native languages
The standards recognize students can achieve literacy in state languages other than English.
National Guard to hold multi-day emergency response training in Juneau
The exercise is meant to prepare Alaska cities to respond to emergencies of national significance.
British Columbia wildfire disrupts traffic on the Alaska Highway
A wildfire in northeastern British Columbia has led to intermittent closures on the Alaska Highway since it started burning last week.
Climber’s body found after fall on Denali
National Park Service rangers recovered the body of a ski mountaineer on Wednesday who fell 3,000 feet to his death off the West Buttress of Denali.
Alaska legislative leaders call on governor to end ‘obstruction’ by Revenue Department
Lawmakers have been trying to figure out if the state is getting the tax money it is owed. But the Dunleavy administration has refused to give legislators the same information that previous administrations gave up willingly.
Federal cuts could end key library services for rural Alaskans
At the Moose Pass Public Library, kids were playing in a room lined with bookshelves. Children’s toys lay scattered across the floor. This is a typical day for the library, which has become a hub for the Kenai Peninsula community of about 80 people. It’s one of the roughly 70 libraries in Alaska that participate…
Climber missing after fall from Denali, rangers say
Bad weather has halted a search for a 41-year-old mountaineer who remains missing after falling Monday off the West Buttress of Denali.