Douglas has a new Treadwell Mine Historic Park. The City and Borough Assembly Monday night named the historic district within Savviko Park after the old mine.
Outdoors
Aviation marker wears through transmission line
It appears an aviation marker ball is to blame for Sunday night’s power outage in downtown Juneau. The red ball wore through a transmission line and it broke, knocking out power to about 3,800 customers between 6 and 8 p.m.
High winds cause Juneau outage, power restored
About 4,000 customers were without power for a couple hours Sunday night after a pair of feeder lines failed due to wind damage.
Hunting, charter fishing violations filed against guide’s associates
Blake Coombs was a deckhand and Benjamin Olson allegedly shot a beaver while bear hunting with Michael Duby.
Guide’s client charged with hunting violation
Hawaiian client of a Juneau guide is the latest to be implicated in possible poaching activities in the area.
Officials investigating strange smell at campground
Officials are trying to determine the source of an offensive odor coming from the Mendenhall Lake Campground. Initial testing indicates the smell is not coming from a toxic source, including sewage.