In this newscast: Thunder Mountain football program may be absorbed by Juneau-Douglas High School Downtown Juneau hit by brief blackout Ketchikan preps for bigger cruise ships Alaska music group Indian Agent releases “Meditations in the Key of Red”
Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska
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Power failure hits downtown Juneau
A swath of downtown Juneau went dark for about a half hour on Friday morning. AEL&P blamed the outage on unspecified equipment failure in a feeder circuit.
Juneau Assembly OKs another mile of Douglas Island pioneer road
The pioneer road being built in West Douglas will be extended another 1.1 miles. This after the Juneau Assembly authorized the use of $600,000 in state money from a long-dormant dredging project.
Juneau Assembly sends expansion of senior sales tax break back to committee
The Juneau Assembly declined to pass a broaden sales tax exemption for seniors. Opposition from businesses prodded elected officials to refer the initiative back to committee.
Juneau hikes fees for impounded pets
Fines for pet owners whose for critters scooped up by animal control officers have gone up. The fees hadn’t been adjusted for nearly 17 years.
Juneau Assembly eyes expanding senior sales tax exemption
An initiative to expand the sales tax exemption for seniors will go before the Juneau Assembly. But the local business community opposes the measure.