The Juneau Assembly has asked the city’s Law Department to draft a resolution calling for an extension of electrical power to the end of Glacier Highway.
Local Government
Auke Lake users say enforce current regulations
Juneau’s laws regulating motorized use of Auke Lake need to be enforced.
Boundary commission postpones Juneau’s annexation petition
The state’s Local Boundary Commission has postponed indefinitely the City and Borough of Juneau’s petition to annex nearly 2,000 square miles south of the Capital City. Juneau is asking a judge to block the boundary commission’s earlier approval of Petersburg’s petition to form a borough, which includes much of the same territory. The Local Boundary…
Juneau Assembly approves funding for three projects
The Juneau Assembly approved three ordinances Monday to fund ongoing projects in the Capital City.
BRH to repay nearly $1-million in Medicare and Medicaid billing errors
Bartlett Regional Hospital must repay the state and federal governments close to a million dollars for six years of Medicare and Medicaid billing errors. The hospital also may have to pay penalties for the errors, which violated federal law. In a memo to the Bartlett Board of Directors Monday, Hospital Attorney Richard Monkman said Bartlett’s…
Juneau Assembly reaches decision on appeal of cruise ship dock permit
The Juneau Assembly has decided if it will allow the city’s Docks and Harbors Department to build two controversial floating cruise ship berths on the downtown waterfront. But its decision won’t be known by the public for a few more weeks. The Assembly met in executive session for more than hour Monday to discuss how…