Alaska

The state Transportation Department wants feedback on its plan for next summer’s ferry sailings.

The Tlingit-Haida Central Council’s Head Start program serves more than 250 Southeast Alaska preschoolers. But they’ll have less time in the classroom this year due to budget cuts tied to sequestration.

Peter Nestler has been hooked on jumping rope since second grade, when he saw an exhibition at Glacier Valley Elementary School. In third grade, he joined the Juneau Jumpers. By the time he finished high school, he had helped his team win seven world championships. Now 33 and living in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Nestler has come…

Glacier Bay Lodge will stay open, at least for another 2 years.

Several weeks of negotiations between National Park Service and the current concessionaires ended yesterday. This resulted in a 2-year extension of the contract held by Aramark and Huna Totem Corporation.

Juneau’s Front Street Clinic is in danger of shutting down due to fiscal reasons.

The public health facility, run by the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium, caters to the capital city’s homeless and low-income residents.

A new lawsuit has been filed against the state redistricting board. This time, it’s by the Alaska Democratic Party.