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Multi-boat fire at Douglas Harbor displaces resident, causing $500K in damages
A fire that spread to three boats at the Douglas Harbor Monday evening displaced one liveaboard resident and caused more than half a million dollars in damages. Capital City Fire/Rescue Assistant Chief Dan Jager said the cause of the fire is still being investigated. “The main boat that was on...
Alaska hasn’t executed anyone in over 70 years. The stories of the last two men hanged in Juneau may explain why.
When Mary Lou Spartz was a senior at Juneau High School in 1948, she says she could hear the sounds of construction at the federal jail a block away from her classroom on 5th and Main Street. “We didn’t talk about it,” Spartz said. “But you’d sit in class and...
Juneau’s municipal attorney will resign in August
Juneau Municipal Attorney Robert Palmer is leaving his job with the City and Borough of Juneau later this summer to take a position with a private law firm. City Manager Katie Koester announced his coming resignation during an Assembly meeting Monday night. “Huge shoes to fill – we’re super excited...
Alaska hospital searches for 4th CEO in less than 1 year
Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau, Alaska, is moving forward with the search for a permanent CEO, who will be the hospital's fourth leader in less than a year. Ian Worden was selected as interim CEO of the hospital in September and has been serving in that role since October. "Our...
With staff layoffs pending, Juneau Assembly approves school district budget
The Juneau Assembly unanimously approved the school district’s more than $85 million budget for next school year at a meeting Monday night. The move comes after months of turmoil and difficult decisions as the district faced a nearly $10 million deficit. The approved budget plan is funded via city, state and federal dollars.
Tongass Voices: Rebecca Hsieh on intertwining community and art with Head in the Clouds Collective
This is Tongass Voices, a series from KTOO sharing weekly perspectives from the homelands of the Áak’w Kwáan and beyond. It’s been over a year since Rebecca Hsieh moved into her new studio space downtown. Since then, she and three other artists have formed Heads in the Clouds Collective, a growing community space for anyone in Juneau to learn a new art medium – or make new friends.
Federal judge calls cruise ship stabbings off Alaska’s coast ‘violent’ & ‘unprovoked’
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The public defender for a South African man prosecutors say stabbed multiple people on a cruise ship headed to Juneau early Monday morning said he planned to file a written motion about his client’s mental health during an Anchorage federal court hearing Thursday. Federal Public...
Volunteers want the city to manage Douglas Island’s cemeteries. Instead, the Assembly is asking for help.
Trudging through the bumpy, brush-covered grounds at the old Douglas city cemetery, Ed Schoenfeld squints at a headstone. It’s half protruding out of the ground, with fiddleheads popping up around it. “It’s a headstone for Fred Schuler. It says he was born in Germany in 1859 and died November...
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