A crowd of about 40 gathered in the drizzling rain outside Juneau’s federal building this Thursday to protest Royal Dutch Shell’s oil rig, the Polar Pioneer.
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Landless Natives bill gets first hearing before Congress
Haines, Petersburg, Wrangell, Ketchikan and Tenakee were left out of 1971’s Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, which gave land, money and corporate status to many other communities.
Juneau’s state employees may not suffer the full impact of cuts
Nearly 500 jobs could be cut as the dust settles on the 2016 state operating budget, but the local economy may not immediately feel the impact of those losses.
Juneau: Boundary commission analysis was ‘constitutionally infirm’
Within 5 minutes of Juneau’s attorney beginning her arguments in the Alaska Supreme Court, the chief justice wondered out loud if Juneau had a case at all.
New report questions KSM mine’s safety
A new report from two environmental groups claims the proposed KSM gold and copper mine northeast of Ketchikan is too risky and too expensive to build.
Alaska Supreme Court to hear Juneau v. Petersburg boundary dispute
The Alaska Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a local boundary case Wednesday morning that could redraw lines around a chunk of Southeast the size of Delaware.