It took 11 minutes for a law enforcement officer to arrive after a courtroom incident in which a woman says she was punched out.
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Best Starts initiative fails to make October ballot
The advisory ballot question would have asked voters if they’d support up to $2.8 million to expand child care availability in Juneau with higher property taxes.
Washington sent brain injury patients to Oklahoma — then all but forgot about them
Between 2014 and 2017, Washington’s Medicaid program sent 16 brain-injured patients to Oklahoma. In each case, the patient flew by air ambulance at a cost of $230,000 per flight.
Petersburg graduate with cerebral palsy ready for new challenges
Zack Christensen is no stranger to manual labor: staying active is actually the doctor’s orders for his cerebral palsy. “Through my life, I’ve learned that I just got to keep proving people wrong, that I can do all these things that I want to do and go places,” he said.
Klukwan Community Library carries out initiative to preserve stories of tribal members
A Klukwan Community Library initiative hopes to preserve the stories of tribal members. Chilkat Stories: Our Village, Our Lives aims to capture the experiences of Klukwan residents of all ages by creating audio recordings of their stories.
On immigration, Sullivan calls for more facilities, better processing
Sen. Dan Sullivan emphasized that the federal government is not currently set up to properly manage a flood of immigrants seeking asylum.