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• The comment period for the first phase of construction of a new ferry terminal north of Juneau ends this Friday.
• For the first time, Juneau’s famous Mendenhall Glacier is not touching Mendenhall Lake.
• As Thanksgiving approaches, some Southeast residents are already putting up Christmas decorations, including a Christmas tree that can be harvested in the Tongass National Forest and Juneau city land.
• Lingít and Dena’ina writer and playwright Vera Starbard recently clinched her fourth Emmy nomination for the PBS show, “Molly of Denali.”

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• Sitka city officials look into what to do about the ability for uninsured boats to use the marine haulout at the Gary Paxton Industrial Park.
• Marc Wheeler talks about potential changes to Juneau Parks and Recreation services.
• S’eitlin Jamiann Hasselquist talks about community soup nights where she makes soup from traditional Lingít foods.

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• Alaska’s state government is increasingly failing to keep up with requirements in state and federal law, according to the state’s nonpartisan auditor.
• Thousands of Alaskans who rely on the federal marketplace for health insurance are experiencing sticker shock as they apply for coverage for the coming year.
• Earlier this month, the Juneau School District unilaterally announced it was entering arbitration with its teacher’s union after more than nine months of contract negotiations.
• An Alaska Marine Lines barge that was taking on water off the coast of British Columbia has continued its journey south to Seattle.

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• Maggie McMillan is the new Juneau Arts and Humanities Council Executive Director. The JAHC announced the hire Friday, more than six months after the former director stepped down in May.
• A District Court judge has dismissed the eviction cases against three tenants refusing to vacate their rentals in the historic Telephone Hill neighborhood in downtown Juneau.
• Juneau’s sole electricity provider, Alaska Electric Light & Power, is appealing the Regulatory Commission of Alaska’s decision to approve a new public utility. This month, the Superior Court of Alaska consolidated two separate cases involving disputes between the hydroelectric companies.
• A lawsuit from Alaska’s only Native reservation will proceed over the objections of other Southeast tribes. That’s after a federal judge declined a request from a coalition of tribes, including the largest in Southeast, to throw out Metlakatla Indian Community’s lawsuit challenging the state’s authority to regulate its fishermen.
• The Trump administration has a new offshore drilling proposal to offer nearly all of the oceans off Alaska to potential leasing.

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• Earlier this week, the Juneau Assembly approved spending more than $320,000 — made up of mostly grant funding from the FAA — to purchase an amphibious wetland rescue vehicle for the Juneau International Airport,
• Starting today, Juneau residents won’t have to pay local sales tax on essential food and residential utilities. Voters in Juneau approved exempting them during this fall’s recent municipal election,
• Researchers and community members gathered in Yakutat late last month, in northern Southeast Alaska, to discuss local geohazards, like landslide-induced tsunamis, and how they can be addressed
• Congress has nullified the Biden administration’s resource plan for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska

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• Last night, the Juneau Assembly officially killed a proposal to locally implement ranked choice voting. The body unanimously voted to table the ordinance to adopt a ranked-choice voting system for municipal elections beginning next year,
• The man who was slammed to the ground by a former Juneau police officer this summer is suing the City and Borough of Juneau and the officer in civil superior court,
• A controversial mineral exploration project near Haines is changing hands again – just one year after the last shakeup. Vizsla Copper Corporation is the new owner. The company says one of its key priorities is earning local support. But at least for one local tribe, that’s not in the cards,
• Researchers say vessel strikes are a major threat for whales — including in the waters off Alaska. But a new technology is aiming to change that, by using AI, thermal imagining and marine observers