The Juneau Assembly tonight (Monday) will settle a simmering controversy over a zone change request in the Mendenhall Valley. At issue is a property on the corner of Atlin Drive and Loop Road, and whether it should go from medium density residential to light commercial. Homeowners in the neighborhood, along with the city’s Community Development…
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Prosecutors drop sex abuse charges against former officer, file new charge of interfering with a witness
A former Juneau police officer initially accused of sexual abuse of a minor could still face as much as two years in prison. Prosecutors dropped the three felony abuse charges on Friday, just before Brian Ervin’s jury trial was to start on Monday, August 8th. But the 38-year old former downtown officer pled “no contest”…
Japanese students visit Juneau
Like most Juneau tourists, shopping, the Mendenhall Glacier, and whales were the highlights of a recent visit for 18 middle-school students from northern Japan. Amanda Compton tagged along for part of their 3-day trip.
9th Circuit denies state’s Juneau Access appeal
The full US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals will not take up the State of Alaska’s latest petition in the Juneau Access case. In May, a three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit upheld a lower court’s order for a new Environmental Impact Statement for the road project. The state petitioned to have all 11 members…
Girl reports false abduction, sexual assault
Juneau Police say an 18-year-old woman made up a story about being abducted and sexually assaulted because she was having problems in her personal life. At about 2:45 last Saturday morning, the woman’s mother called police saying her daughter had reported being abducted at knifepoint by three men. The girl said she was taken to…
Searchers find body of missing man in Herbert River
The man found dead Tuesday from an apparent fall on the Herbert Glacier Trail was a nursing supervisor at Bartlett Regional Hospital. Forty-two year old James “Steven” Reese had worked at the hospital about ten years. Bartlett Spokesman Jim Strader says he was popular with both patients and staff, and the whole hospital is shaken…