The recommendations would revise tourism rules at 13 locations across town. Three of those would be locations where tourism companies haven’t been allowed before, including the Under Thunder Trail and Telephone Hill Park.
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Newscast – Monday, Dec. 09, 2024
In this newscast: The way tourism companies in Juneau can take advantage of city-owned trails and parks is getting an update.A new city analysis recommends changes that, if approved, would allow companies to operate on some popular trails they haven’t been able to before — while others would stay off limits; As Kenai Peninsula school board members mull the best way to restrict student cellphone use, three schools offered reflections on the policies they’ve already implemented; Republicans in the Alaska House have formed a 19-member minority caucus, and elected Anchorage Representative-elect Mia Costello as their leader. The outgoing House speaker, Wasilla Republican Cathy Tilton, will serve as minority whip.
Tribal group appeals Clean Water Act permit for contentious gold dredging project near Nome
A western Alaska tribal consortium has appealed a key permit for a proposed gold dredging project in waters near Nome. Kawerak, a nonprofit that serves some 20 Iñupiaq and Yup’ik tribes in the Bering Strait region, last month asked state regulators for a hearing on a wastewater discharge permit for the project. The permit, a…
Juneau School District announces third chief financial officer in less than two years
Nicole Herbert will take on the role in March. She currently serves as the director of accounting services for the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District.
Settlement requires corrective actions at two Alaska plants formerly operated by Peter Pan Seafood
The company that operated the sprawling but shuttered fish processing plant in King Cove must do annual seafloor surveys to check for impacts of waste deposits there and take other corrective actions to protect the marine environment, under civil settlement signed earlier in the year.
Lingít Word of the Week: Kéidladi — Seagull
This week’s word is kéidladi, which means seagull.
Newscast – Friday, Dec. 06, 2024
In this newscast: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski occupies a rare place among her 99 colleagues. She doesn’t necessarily stick to what party leaders would want her to do and her propensity to cross the aisle could stand between Trump and his agenda. Alaska Public Media Washington Correspondent Liz Ruskin reports on Murkowski’s spot in the dynamics of the Senate as it switches to Republican control; Just in the last five years the State of Alaska has declared nearly three dozen weather or climate related disasters- nearly double the five years before. As Alaskans grapple with a rapidly changing climate, what changes can we expect to the environment? As KNOM’s Ben Townsend shares, a new report attempts to answer that question; Tribal members from the Wrangell Cooperative Association were introduced on the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol Building this week for the Christmas Tree lighting. They blessed the tree and the people at the ceremony with traditional songs.
Renewed Southeast Alaska wastewater discharge permits require better bacteria controls
The communities – Haines, Skagway, Sitka, Wrangell, Ketchikan and Petersburg – must make improvements to reduce what are deemed to be overly high levels of fecal coliform and enterococcus bacteria that are being discharged into marine waters, under terms of the renewed permits
Newscast – Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024
In this newscast: The U.S. Coast Guard has released the names of the five fishermen lost in the boat sinking near Hoonah on Sunday; Alaska is turning down millions in federal funding earmarked to replace water infrastructure that contains lead — because the state doesn’t have any; Eaglecrest Ski Area has just enough snow to partially open to skiers on Saturday — its scheduled opening day. It marks the kick-off of the winter ski season in Juneau; Ketchikan’s new city-sponsored Mobile Integrated Healthcare program launched in June, but recently one of the programs two paramedics was fired – a week after he criticized the city; The Northwest Arctic community of Kiana has been without running water for several days
Coast Guard releases names of 5 men missing after their fishing boat capsized
A Coast Guard public information officer confirmed the names of the missing Wednesday morning. They are: Travis Kapp, Jacob Hannah, Alex Ireland, Emilio Celaya-Talamantez and Michael Brown.