Ketchikan and Juneau are the only two Southeast communities designated as urban.
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Transportation officials to share locations for a possible second Juneau-Douglas crossing
Over the fall and winter, transportation planners will hold more meetings to refine the ideas and narrow down the options. Their study is scheduled to be complete in the spring.
Ferry board recommends adding crew quarters to Tazlina, does not vote on Cascade Point terminal plan
The state is already paying around $15 million to add crew quarters on the Hubbard.
Juneau police seized nearly 10K pills believed to contain fentanyl in a string of busts this week
Fentanyl is behind a 71% increase in drug overdose deaths in Alaska from 2020 to 2021. More than 250 Alaskans died from a drug overdose last year.
CEO search delayed at Juneau’s regional hospital as most candidates withdraw
Hospital leadership has not yet announced its next steps.
Weekly COVID cases have doubled in Juneau
Because the city’s COVID-19 emergency operations ended at the end of April, city officials can no longer mandate mask wearing or any other pandemic mitigation strategies.
Juneau affordable housing project challenges city’s permit denial
The city has acknowledged housing as a top priority in its comprehensive plan.
Alaska Senate bill would expand regulation of ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water
Alaska lawmakers are considering a bill that would expand testing and regulations for PFAS chemicals in drinking water, which has been linked to cancer and other serious health conditions.
Alaska Supreme Court upholds district pairing Skagway and Haines with Juneau’s Mendenhall Valley
Skagway filed suit last year, challenging the redistricting board’s legislative map pairing it with the Mendenhall Valley by arguing that it was more socio-economically aligned with downtown Juneau.
Travel industry figures are bullish on a near-normal 2022 Alaska cruise season
This summer, cruise ship schedules are packed — on some days, Ketchikan and Juneau are expecting as many as seven ships in port at a time.