The skies cleared Tuesday morning, allowing Juneau Mountain Rescue volunteers to continue the search for two climbers missing since last week. A Juneau Mountain Rescue team took off shortly after 10 a.m. and will search as long as they can.
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Juneau high school activists plan school safety walkouts in solidarity with national protest
Juneau high schoolers will join students across the country on Wednesday by walking out of class to protest inaction on gun violence in schools. Students from Juneau-Douglas and Thunder Mountain high schools worked together to plan separate but related events for the one month anniversary of the shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida.
Newscast — Monday, March 12, 2018
In this newscast: The search continues for two climbers missing who did not return from the Mendenhall Towers last week, Juneau will now be allowed to take part in negotiations over whether a Canadian power company can buy the city’s electric utility and student leaders from two Juneau high schools vote to send the new district mascot back to the drawing board.
Weather hampers ongoing search for missing climbers
The search continues for two missing climbers who did not return from their ascent of the Mendenhall Towers last week. Winter weather has made it difficult for rescuers to search for Ryan Johnson of Juneau and Marc-Andre Leclerc of British Columbia on the Mendenhall Ice Field.
Concerned by potential slur, students oust Thunder Bears as district mascot
Local students decided that Thunder Bears, the mascot students across the district chose last month, would need to be reevaluated after an alternative meaning was discovered online.
State regulators OK city as party in AEL&P purchase negotiations
The Regulatory Commission of Alaska ruled that Juneau will be allowed to intervene as a party to the negotiations between Hydro One and Alaska Electric Light and Power’s parent company, Avista.