The Juneau Chamber of Commerce and 13 other Southeast businesses and organizations will join in the state’s lawsuit against a federal rule that prevents road construction in certain areas of the Tongass National Forest. The Parnell administration in June appealed a federal district court decision setting aside an eight-year-old policy that exempted the Tongass from…
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Fluetsch and Smith to run for CBJ Assembly
Two more candidates say they’ll run for Juneau Assembly. Financial Investment Advisor Bradley Fluetsch says he’s running for the District One seat being vacated by Merrill Sanford. Realtor Carlton Smith plans to run for the Areawide seat held until recently by Bob Doll. Fluetsch ran for mayor and lost to Bruce Botelho. He says he’s…
Cross-town football rivals kick off season
Juneau’s cross-town rivals take to the football field Saturday (Aug. 13). The first game of the season pits the Juneau-Douglas Crimson Bears and the Thunder Mountain Falcons against each other. The Falcons are just in their third year; the Bears’ football program is more than two decades old. Though they play in different conferences, they’re…
Friday Newscast
Stories include the latest on the Arne Fuglvog fishery violation case and the newest candidates to jump into this fall’s CBJ Assembly races.
Kids learn chemistry through cooking
What makes dough rise? How do you preserve milk? Twenty-seven young chefs are learning the answers to those questions and more this week at a Juneau Economic Development Council summer camp designed to teach kids the science of cooking. Casey Kelly has more. Its day three of the Kitchen Chemistry camp and students are making…
Cold case closed of Wasilla abduction and assault
Alaska State Troopers are reporting a big break in a cold case of a child kidnapping and sexual assault. Brooks E. Jackson of Wasilla has been linked to the crime, twenty years after it occurred. The eight-year girl was abducted by a stranger from a bus stop near Wasilla in February, 1991. She was taken…