Tonight is the peak of the Perseid meteor shower.
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Southeast divers must travel far for emergency care
Scubua diving emergencies can no longer be treated at Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau. After more than 30 years, the facility discontinued its hyperbaric chamber program and recently removed the 13-foot chamber.
35,000 sockeye caught in first six hours of Snettisham fishery
50,000 sockeye salmon is the early catch estimate for a 3-day gillnet opening at Port Snettisham and the Speel Arm near Juneau, with 35,000 of those fish caught in the first six hours.
CBJ noise ordinance still in the works
The latest version dictates what times are considered ‘day-time’ hours versus ‘night-time’ hours. It also defines noise level in terms of decibels, which CBJ attorney Amy Mead says is hard to enforce.
Closed door meetings planned to hear report on personnel investigation
The CBJ assembly and hospital board hold separate executive sessions today to discuss a confidential personnel investigation at Bartlett Regional Hospital regarding allegations of a hostile work environment.
Celebration highlights the reversal of DOMA
A celebration in the Capital city called Equality For All centers around the recent Supreme Court’s landmark reversal of the Defense of Marriage Act.