Rosemarie Alexander

A preliminary report indicates that rock from an underground blast struck the miner who was killed yesterday (Wednesday) at the Kensington Gold Mine. The Mine Safety and Health Administration and mine owners Coeur Alaska are investigating the accident and death of 30-year-old Juneau resident Joe Tagaban. According to MSHA (M-SHAW), Tagaban was working near a…

Thirty-year-old Joe Tagaban of Juneau is the victim of an underground accident early Wednesday morning at the Kensington Gold Mine. Coeur Alaska says Tagaban died while performing his regular duties at the mine. The accident happened in an underground stope at the 1260-foot level where Tagaban had been working. The company is investigating the circumstances…

The City and Borough of Juneau is considering a program that could increase the quality and availability of child care in the community. The lack of child care in Juneau is notorious, says JEDC’s Meilani Schijvens. “There’s a joke here in Juneau that if you wait until you think you might be pregnant you’re probably…

Dangerous highways, old bridges and the Alaska Class ferry top the Alaska Statewide Transportation Improvement Program over the next four years. The STIP is Alaska’s list of priority state and local projects from 2012 through 2015 eligible for partial or full federal funding. The Federal Highway Administration requires all state transportation departments to put together…

Electric bills that go out today (Tuesday) will reflect another rate increase. As KTOO has reported, the Regulatory Commission of Alaska late Friday approved Alaska Electric Light and Power’s petition for a permanent 24 percent rate hike. It turns out to be 22 percent on the average electric bill. Most of that is already in…