Community

“I’m not normally a receiver. My family, my husband and I, we work hard. We don’t want handouts,” says Ketchikan resident Jenn Tucker. “But there’s all this love coming in. You can’t not accept it, but it is an awkward situation.”

This year marks 56 years for the organization, which has been renamed Juneau Animal Rescue. Director Samantha Blankenship said the change was prompted by a desire to make more people aware of their role in the community.

This year’s record cruise ship season brought in $21.6 million in state passenger fees that will be mostly shared with coastal communities. But the cruise industry’s recent victory in a lawsuit against Juneau has implications on how port communities can spend their share.

It’s taken more than 20 years, but the Newtok relocation effort is going into hyperdrive this summer, with construction planned for the community center, infrastructure, residences and more.

“They are putting our employees at risk by shooting in blind areas,” mine spokesman Mike Satre said. The Alaska Board of Game will weigh the proposal at its January meeting in Petersburg.

Two priests in high-level positions at Gonzaga University resigned today. Both previously held leadership roles in the Jesuits’ Oregon Province while it sent Jesuits accused of sexual abuse to live in a home on campus.