It was revealed at a Juneau Assembly meeting that local investors want to bring AEL&P back under local control. The Juneau utility’s parent company is itself being acquired by the Canadian energy firm Hydro One.
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Juneau Assembly mining task force to add members
The three-member Juneau Assembly mining task force is seeking to add two planning commissioners and two members of the public. The group is studying a proposal to streamline the city’s mining review process.
Gustavus Community Center gets a boost from the Rasmuson Foundation
Efforts to build a community center in Gustavus is getting a boost from the Rasmuson Foundation which announced it’s awarding a local nonprofit a $400,000 grant. The community is working to build a 200-seat center that could open its doors in 2018.
Newscast – Friday, July 21, 2017
In this newscast: Juneau city engineers: no contaminated soil at burned Twin Lakes Playground site Sitka weighing proposals over community hospital’s future Coast Guard says it spent $311,000 searching for an Alaska man who faked his own disappearance Federal researchers uncover wreck of the doomed F/V Destination that sunk in the Bering Sea with six…
Why isn’t Gastineau Channel navigable all the way through?
Curious Juneau examines why Gastineau Channel isn’t maintained as a through waterway. Instead most vessels have to take the long way around Douglas Island.
First challenger emerges in Juneau Assembly race
Rob Edwardson has filed papers to run in the October race for Juneau Assembly. All three incumbents have signaled their intention to run for re-election.