Casey Kelly fills in for Matt Miller. Stories include, 25-year-old Juneau man to be indicted on 2nd degree murder charge; OfficeMax will open a store in Juneau; more on the City and Borough of Juneau’s opposition to the boundaries of a proposed Petersburg Borough; and it’s been a good year for commercial fishermen in Southeast…
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Office Max coming to Juneau
The national chain OfficeMax is coming to Juneau. The office supply company says it will serve all of Southeast Alaska. OfficeMax plans to open a retail store in Nugget Mall early next year. It owns two stores in Anchorage and one in Fairbanks. OfficeMax already has business contract customers throughout Southeast Alaska, according to company…
Neighboring communities question Petersburg Borough boundaries
Petersburg’s plan to form a borough is drawing opposition from several surrounding communities. While Juneau, Kake and Kupreanof say they don’t oppose a Petersburg borough, they are concerned about its boundaries. Petersburg is on Mitkof Island, where the Wrangell Narrows meet Frederick Sound. Its proposed borough would be about 4-thousand 347 square miles – both…
Wednesday Newscast
Casey Kelly fills in for Matt Miller. Stories include, the City and Borough of Juneau considers objecting to the boundaries of a proposed Petersburg Borough; US Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius visits Anchorage; bottle bombs are blowing up all over Juneau; and a profile of the state’s crime lab in this week’s Court…
Police warn of plastic bottle pressure bombs
Pressure bombs – plastic bottles filled with Drano, water and tinfoil – have been exploding around Juneau. Police have received several calls in recent weeks about the homemade bombs found in various places; the remnants of one near the road on Dudley Street just last week. There’ve also been reports of explosions, then pieces of…
First full-time Rabbi at Temple Sukkat Shalom
Dov Gartenberg will be the first year-around Jewish Rabbi in Juneau. He says Dov is pronounced like the bird or the past tense of dive – and he goes by either. “In Hebrew it’s pronounced Dov. If anyone reads the book of Exodus, it’s one of the main characters; but Dov means bear. In moving…