Elizabeth Jenkins, Alaska's Energy Desk - Juneau

Juneau police are searching for a masked man who attempted to kidnap a woman at gunpoint on Wednesday as she walked to her car. It’s likely the second time the man had harassed her family in a week.

Hawk Inlet is healthy according to state officials. That’s the message Angoon received about three weeks after concerns were raised about high levels of mercury found in a subsistence seal.

The Juneau Assembly unanimously decided Monday to unseat the chair of the Planning Commission. Several assembly members said it was the first time such a decision was warranted during their time in office.

“There’s a huge variety of issues that we have to tackle. I feel like I have a lot of good life experience, and I enjoy Juneau.”

Three Southeast villages endured the longest ferry drought in recent memory. The LeConte didn’t arrive for more than a month, leaving communities such as Angoon to depend more on subsistence or the only grocery store in town. As lawmakers consider even deeper cuts to ferry services, some locals are already getting a taste of what that reality could be like.

Ken Koelsch and Karen Crane were asked questions about the economy, housing, homelessness, addiction, marijuana ordinances and a growing senior population.