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A 20-year-old Juneau man is behind bars after allegedly leading police on an early morning chase Sunday. Keith Hanson is charged with driving under the influence, failure to stop, and driving without a valid license. According to a JPD press release, police responded to a report of a vehicle fire near Douglas Harbor at about…

Casey Kelly fills in for Matt Miller. Stories include, CBJ Assembly to introduce ordinance repealing recent rezone decision and look at possible locations for the Alaska Commercial Fishermen’s Memorial; Juneau longshoremen plan informational picket of cruise industry; RCA delays AEL & P rate case decision again; plus a wrap up of high school sports action…

In high school football action over the weekend, the Juneau-Douglas Crimson Bears took down the Palmer Moose 29-13 on Friday, improving to 3-0 on the year, while the Thunder Mountain Falcons struggled against the Nikiski Bulldogs, losing 46-6 and dropping to 0-3. McLean Cannon has this recap.

Juneau runners took the top spots in the Capital City Invitational cross country meet this weekend (Saturday). Sidney Browning finished the 5 kilometer race in 21:16 to best the girls’ field, followed by Juneau-Douglas High School classmate Martina Miller at 22:10 – one second ahead of Ketchikan’s Courtney Galloway, who was third. Katie Jones was…

It will now be September 2nd before Alaska Electric Light and Power and Juneau rate payers know the size of a pending rate increase. The Regulatory Commission of Alaska today (Friday, Aug. 26) extended its decision for the second time. Last month the commission announced it would issue its final order today, a month later…

Juneau longshoremen will hold an informational picket Monday to protest the practice of using foreign workers to tie up cruise ship shuttle boats. The picket will start about 1:30 p.m. in Marine Park, timed to coincide with the arrival of Holland America’s Zuiderdam. When cruise ships anchor in Gastineau Channel, they use shuttle boats to…