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JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska state Rep. Justin Parish says he will not seek re-election this year. That means none of the three members of the Legislature representing Juneau plan to run in this year’s elections. Sen. Dennis Egan and Rep. Sam Kito III announced previously that they do not intend to seek re-election. All three are Democrats. Parish announced his intentions in a video posted to his Facebook page, and confirmed them in a phone interview with The Associated Press. The first-term lawmaker said he had maintained that he would see...
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) —The penalty is going up for hanging out in a car and not actively loading passengers outside the Juneau International Airport terminal. Juneau radio station KTOO reports the Juneau Assembly voted Monday to quadruple the fine from $25 to $100 for drivers clogging up the loading zone in front of the terminal. Airport Board Chairman David Epstein says too many people idle in the active loading area while waiting for passengers. He says there’s a free cellphone lot where people cars can wait until passengers emerge. Mun...
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A small cruise ship company is already offering trips to Alaska as part of an effort to persuade the industry to set sail for the state earlier in the year. UnCruise Adventures has launched cruises in southeast Alaska a few weeks before the first large passenger vessel is due in Juneau at the end of the month, the Juneau Empire reported Friday. “It’s the whole idea of making May the new June and April the new May,” said Dan Blanchard, the company’s CEO. “We can do that in southeast and even a little bit in south centr...
The USCG Auxiliary is offering Free Vessel Safety Checks Sat., May 12 at the South Boat Harbor starting at 9 AM....
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is moving toward oil and gas drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, fulfilling a longtime Republican priority that most Democrats fiercely oppose. A notice being published Friday in the Federal Register starts a 60-day review to sell oil and gas leases in the remote refuge, one of the most pristine areas in the United States and home to polar bears, caribou, migratory birds and other species. President Donald Trump has said he “really didn’t care” about opening a portion of the refug...
Lisa Schramek Adams had her first solo Art Show last Friday at the Clausen Museum. Her work will be available to view for two weeks. She creates unique art like watercolor and ink on paper, ink prints, gouache on paper, that is transferred to fabrics. The recycling frames that she has been collecting make her art even more special....
