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Which ports is yet to be decided, but the announcement adds a feather to the cap of Sen. Sullivan as he runs for reelection.

Tlingit and Haida’s Generations Southeast Juneau Campus is offering free community emergency response team training beginning April 25.

Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau was evacuated Thursday after a fire broke out in a utility closet. A maintenance staff member accidentally cut heat tape in a closet in the surgery unit shortly before 2 p.m.

The average price of a gallon in the state costs about a dollar more today than it did a year ago, according to AAA.

The Coast Guard confirmed that the pilot and plane were from Ward Air, a private charter service in Juneau.

For the past three years, Shaakindustoow Ed Littlefield has been a part of a team composing what will be the first full opera in the Lingit language. It’s about the Battle of Sitka in the early 1800s.

This is the first time a sitting governor has served on the commission, which promotes Arctic research and advises on funding priorities.

Montessori Borealis and Yaaḵoosgé Daakahídi High School principal John Paul was put on administrative leave following the incident.

About $100 million of the draft budget would go toward catching up on deferred maintenance at facilities around the state.

The approval marks the end of a more than yearlong negotiation process.

Two Chilkat robes — one very old, one not yet on the loom — will soon belong to a Lingít clan as they work to rebuild their clan house in Sitka.

It was the House’s first floor vote in this two-year Legislature on a major oil and gas tax measure — and a moment illustrating a major disagreement between two Democrat-heavy bipartisan coalitions.

The move doesn’t stop the project, but it will likely delay the demolition by at least a few months, if not longer.

The meeting will be held at the Juneau Ranger District building on Mendenhall Loop Road from 5 to 7 p.m.

Alaska Democrat Mary Peltola announced that her campaign raised $8.9 million in the first quarter of the year, a record for any U.S. Senate campaign in Alaska.

The owner cited ongoing financial struggles along with a failed negotiation over the restaurant’s lease.

The budget now heads to the Senate, which will come up with its own draft and set the stage for final negotiations in the closing days of the legislative session in May.

Bartlett Regional Hospital has temporarily moved its emergency room entrance in preparation for the $13.5 million project.

The Juneau School District and Juneau Education Association came to a tentative agreement last month, and union members approved the contract last week.

President Donald Trump on Friday called on Alaska voters to repeal ranked choice voting at the November election.