A broken bow thruster on the ferry LeConte will disrupt several hundred northern Southeast residents’ Thanksgivings.
Transportation
Juneau resident Dick Knapp appointed to MTAB
Knapp is a retired Coast Guard admiral and former Alaska Department of Transportation commissioner. More recently he has been chairman of Citizens Pro Road.
Two people hospitalized after car accident shuts down 3 lanes of Egan Drive
Two people were sent to the hospital after a car accident that shutdown three lanes of Egan Drive.
Alaska Airlines now allows electronics gate-to-gate
Under a new rule that took effect last week, passengers on Alaska Airlines flights are now allowed to use electronic tablets, readers, games and other personal devices from gate to gate.
Thin attendance at first middle school travel task force meeting
Only three people showed up for the first meeting of a community task force looking at Juneau middle school travel policies.
FAA Says Fliers Can Safely Use Most Electronics
The agency says it expects that by the end of this year, “many carriers will prove to the FAA that their planes allow passengers to safely use their devices in airplane mode, gate-to-gate.”