In a 7-2 vote, the CBJ assembly approved a three percent pay increase for city manager Kim Kiefer. That means Kiefer will be getting an annual salary of $149,350 with benefits retroactively effective April 1, 2013. The merit increase was put forward by the city manager evaluation subcommittee made up of Mayor Merrill Sanford and…
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Front Street Clinic on the chopping block
Juneau’s Front Street Clinic is in danger of shutting down due to fiscal reasons.
The public health facility, run by the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium, caters to the capital city’s homeless and low-income residents.
Students start school this week
Back to school time is just around the corner. High school orientation took place earlier this week and teachers returned to work yesterday. At Auke Bay Elementary School, renovations to entry areas, offices, and the parking lot are finishing up. Students at Gastineau Elementary will start the new school year with a renovated playground. School…
Windfall Fisherman gets a makeover
After being gone for two and a half months, the bear sculpture in front of the Alaska State Capitol is back.
Derby participants catch 50 percent more salmon
Three days of derby fishing amounts to almost $44,000-dollars toward the Territorial Sportsmen Scholarship Fund.
Hass reels in derby’s biggest fish
After more than two days of trolling for salmon during the Golden North Salmon Derby, Jody Hass and her family were wrapping it up when one decided to bite.