The second session of the 27th Alaska State Legislature begins Tuesday. The House of Representatives will gavel in at 1 p.m. The Senate comes in at 1:30.
Rosemarie Alexander
Petition drive nets 30,000 signatures
Organizers of a citizen’s ballot initiative to restore Alaska’s coastal management program have well over the number of signatures required to put it on the statewide ballot.
Dr. King focused on education
Juneau celebrated Martin Luther King Day with a focus on education. Appropriately, the event sponsored by the Juneau Black Awareness Association was held at the University of Alaska Southeast. KTOO intern Danny Peterson was there.
Juneau airport body scanners start Jan. 23
TSA will begin using Advanced Imaging Technology at the Juneau International Airport on January 23rd.
Juneau girl dies in Seattle gunfire
Seattle Police are investigating the January 3rd death of a young Juneau woman, apparently the victim of a parking lot shooting in the Rainier Beach area.
Too much snow to ski
The snowed-clogged town of Cordova had rain Wednesday, adding pounds to the snow, increasing avalanche danger, and complicating the cleanup.