News of the North

Juneau, Alaska (AP) - The city assembly in Alaska's capital has voted to rename a district with a traditional Native name.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The City and Borough of Juneau Public Works & Facilities Committee received the initial report of MRV Architects on updates to Centennial Hall and the New JACC on Tuesday at City Hall.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Partnership, Inc., has requested funding from the City and Borough of Juneau to assist in construction of the New Juneau Arts & Culture Center.

Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) - The Legislative Council voted to restore full-time hours and reopen Legislative Information Offices year-round on Fridays during the interim.

Bartlett Cove, Alaska (KINY) Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve Acting Superintendent Jacob Ohlson announced Tuesday that a vessel speed limit of 13 knots through the water for all vessels is being implemented in Whidbey Passage and around Willoughby Island to protect numerous humpback whales that have been sighted in this area.

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Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker air refueler plane spent four hours in Juneau Monday.

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Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - A 30-minute protest was held outside the offices of US Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Juneau Chamber of Commerce officials contended on Action Line that the Governor's desire to increase access to the Legislature for citizens by moving the next special session to Wasilla actually decreases access.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Smoke from an Alaska wildfire is interrupting traffic on a highway to one of the state's busiest tourist destinations.

SITKA, Alaska (AP) — A health care business group plans to rename five southeast Alaska facilities.

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — The University of Alaska Fairbanks will require all first-year freshmen to live on campus beginning in the fall semester.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Assembly addressed issues like on-site marijuana consumption, the Juneau International Airport North Terminal expansion, tourism impacts, and the Valley Transit Center at a regular meeting Monday.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Alaska Legislature announced today it will convene in Juneau on July 8 for the 2nd special session, with the majority of meetings to be held in Anchorage.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Governor Mike Dunleavy is speaking out about the legislature’s move on Monday to hold the second special session in Juneau, rather than Wasilla.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Juneau Senator Jesse Kiehl called the announcement from legislative leaders about the special session good news.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - A number of arrests were highlighted in the blotter issued by the Juneau Police Department Monday afternoon.

Angoon, Alaska (KINY) - Kootznoowoo, Incorporated, the Alaska Native village corporation for the community of Angoon, held its 46th annual meeting of shareholders on Friday, June 21 in Angoon. Nine candidates ran for the three open board seats.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The exploration of a proposed underground mine in the Chilkat Valley near Haines won a round in court in recent days.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - It is the second domestic violence-related stabbing in the past week.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The recipients will receive $38,500 in financial support.

Ketchikan, Alaska (KINY) - The dry conditions helped build a brush fire in a wooded area, fire officials said.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska's largest airport is considering the addition of a hotel to the facility.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - An ordinance up for introduction at Monday's regular meeting of the CBJ Assembly deals with the on-site consumption of marijuana.

Ketchikan, Alaska (KINY) - The Ketchikan Little League 2019 8-10-year-old “A” team has been selected.

Salem, Oregon (AP) - The Oregon Capitol was closed Saturday due to a "possible militia threat" from right-wing protesters as a walkout by Republican lawmakers over landmark climate change legislation drags on.

Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) - Shareholders elected Barbara Blake, the first-ever shareholder descendant to join the board of directors of Sealaska on Saturday.

Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) - Sealaska CEO Anthony Mallott addressed shareholders about the financial strength of the organization during the Native corporation’s annual meeting on Saturday.

Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) - 38-year-old Ronald Oquilluk disappeared from an assisted living home near Butte in the Matanuska Valley in 1987.

Homer, Alaska (AP) - Shipyards in Homer and Seward will receive federal grants for capital improvements.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Capital City Fire Rescue crews spent one hour at the scene of a shed fire off Nugget Drive.

Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) - The shareholders of Sealaska have spoken in their 2019 board of directors election.

Seward, Alaska (AP) - Alaska State Troopers say three people were killed when a small plane crashed on land near a bay on the Kenai Peninsula.

Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) - Sealaska Chief Operating Officer Terry Downes spoke to shareholders Saturday during the Native corporation's annual meeting.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The book, Proud Raven, Panting Wolf, Carving Alaska's New Deal Totem Parks, written by Dr. Emily Moore was the focus of a lecture at the Alaska State Museum Saturday.

Juneau, Alaska (AP) - The developer of a proposed mine in southeast Alaska is moving ahead with exploration following a favorable court decision.

Prince Rupert, BC (KINY) - Superyacht, El Leon, sailed into Prince Rupert’s harbor on Friday, June 21.

Bethel, Alaska (KINY) - A drug task force investigation has led to multiple arrests in Bethel.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Juneau Police Department has closed a missing person case open since last year.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Juneau Rep. Sara Hannan, representatives from Southeast Alaska Conservation Council, and the Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network will gather on the steps of the Alaska State Capitol on Saturday to show local support for the 2001 National Roadless Rule.

Ketchikan, Alaska (KINY) - Ragnar Myking Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4352 will donate $1,000 to the First City Homeless Shelter and $1,000 to the North Tongass Fire Department as a result of the Flag Day Shrimp Boil held at the Post on June 14.

Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) - An Anchorage man allegedly discharged a firearm inside a bank and demanded money from tellers.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The City and Borough of Juneau Parks & Recreation Department is offering a five-week round-robin pickleball mixer July 18 to August 15.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Juneau Assemblymember Loren Jones doesn't understand why the Governor is calling for the second special session to be held in Wasilla rather than the Capital City.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The U.S. Coast Guard urges the boating public of Alaska to immediately call the Coast Guard in the event that a vessel is missing, floats away, or is suspected to be adrift.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Jennifer Greenberg pled guilty to drug conspiracy charges in U.S. District Court for helping to smuggle $200,000 worth of drugs into Juneau last August.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Ty Grussendorf was sentenced to 66 months in prison for two felony charges related to child sex abuse from incidents seven years ago.

Juneau, Alaska (AP) - New cost estimates suggest a 30-day special session in Wasilla could cost $1.3 million.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A Juneau woman has been charged with felony assault in the stabbing of a man at a home.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Anchorage police have released the name of a man killed on a motorcycle that was being chased by a stolen sport utility vehicle.

KODIAK, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska farm has begun selling the state's first certified goat milk dairy products.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — So many gray whales are dying that scientists are having a hard time finding a place to put them.

Anchorage, Alaska (AP) - The State of Alaska has agreed to pay $1.8 million to settle the lawsuit of a former inmate who suffered paralysis in a state prison.

Salem, Oregon (KINY) - Oregon’s Democratic governor, Kate Brown, has dispatched state troopers to find missing Republican senators and bring them back to Salem to legislate.

Wasilla, Alaska (AP) - When Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy called for the Legislature's next special session to be held in Wasilla, some agreed with him that a change of venue would be good for lawmakers struggling to finish their work after a drawn-out five months at the state capital.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Assessor’s Office soon to canvass downtown Juneau, downtown Douglas and other areas

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Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Coast Guard Civil Engineering Unit Juneau held a change-of-command ceremony at the Juneau Arts and Culture Center on Thursday.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Port Director Carl Uchytil was the featured speaker at the Greater Juneau Chamber of Commerce luncheon.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Juneau Representative Andi Story is working to keep the second legislative session called by the Governor to convene in Wasilla in the Capital City instead.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Charles Edward Cotten Jr. received 10 years in prison and 25 years of supervised release at an appearance in US District Court Thursday.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Anchorage police say they're investigating as a homicide the death of a motorcycle rider they say was chased by a stolen vehicle.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Authorities have released more disturbing details in the slaying of a developmentally disabled woman.

SOLDOTNA, Alaska (AP) — An invocation offered by a Satanic Temple member has caused a walkout at an Alaska borough assembly meeting.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska's congressional delegation said the state's fishermen and seafood processors should be included in a federal trade war relief package.

WASILLA, Alaska (AP) — The wait is on to see what the house and senate do about the governor's change of venue maneuver.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - From more than 13,000 images submitted by the public in the “Sea to Sky Princess Photo Contest,” Princess Cruises on Wednesday announced the grand-prize consumer winner.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - NOAA Fisheries responded to a harbor seal pup in distress at Auke Bay Wednesday morning.

New York (AP) - The former chief executive at an Alaska-based fiber-optic cable company has been sentenced to five years in prison for cheating New York investors of over $270 million.

Naknek, Alaska (KINY) - The Coast Guard is responding to a fuel barge that settled in the mud and began to show signs of structural stress while offloading petroleum product on the Naknek River in Naknek, Wednesday.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Juneau Police Lieutenant Krag Campbell, who heads up the department's patrol unit, returned earlier this month from a ten-week training course at the FBI National Academy.

Fairbanks, Alaska (KINY) - Alaska State Troopers identified the victim as Shawn Wilson, 48, of Fairbanks.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) ─ The U.S. Coast Guard Civil Engineering Unit Juneau personnel are scheduled to hold a change-of-command ceremony at the Juneau Arts and Culture Center at 10 a.m., Thursday.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Over the past six months, the Juneau Police Department has been changing the way they conduct vehicle auctions.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska borough plans to leave a state municipal group over the organization's opposition to proposed spending cuts.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Two people charged with involvement in the fatal shooting of an Alaska teen have been indicted on child pornography charges.

Anchorage, Alaska (AP) - A soldier died when his military vehicle rolled during training in interior Alaska.

Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) - The business manager and spokesperson for Local 71, the public sector employee union based in Anchorage, has submitted an op-ed piece in response to news that the Pioneer Homes hospitality services will now be handled by a private company, rather than the state.

Sitka, Alaska (KINY) - Russian Ambassador Anatoly Antonov will visit Sitka Wednesday.

Homer, Alaska (AP) - A state school district has lost 86 staff members and administrators so far this year because of resignation, redundancy or retirement, officials said.

Washington, DC (KINY) - U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, a senior member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Congressman Ruben Gallego, a member of the House Natural Resources Committee, introduced legislation Tuesday to permanently protect millions of acres of national forests.

Wrangell, Alaska (KINY) - NOAA fisheries got a tip from a fisherman, followed up, and located the dead gray whale Monday.

Modesto, California (KINY) - Juneau Police and federal agencies busted six people in a large drug operation last year.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Alaska Pioneer Homes will see a change in hospitality service across the state.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - State DOT's work on Egan Drive from the bridge at 10th Street and Main Street nearly caused a change in the 4th of July parade route this year and it will for sure next year.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - US Coast Guard Sector Juneau picked up the girl Sunday and took her to an awaiting Capital City Fire Rescue ambulance.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Capital City Fire Rescue put out some shipping containers found on fire Monday night at the end of Valley Boulevard.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Juneau Police will welcome two fully trained officers to the ranks soon.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Dion J. McCabe, 22, was charged with violations of conditions of release.

QUINHAGAK, Alaska (AP) — Accelerating erosion is forcing villages in western Alaska to begin making plans to move.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) Mark De Simone was sentenced to 65 years for the murder of Dullio Antonio "Tony" Rosales

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Maria Gonzalez wanted to know why Mark De Simone killed her husband.

MIAMI (AP) — Four people who say they were harmed by pollution from Carnival Corp. cruise ships are seeking status as victims with rights to review a recent settlement.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Juneau Representative Sara Hannan believes the call of the upcoming special session in Wasilla should be expanded.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - After 13 months Mark De Simone will learn his sentence for murdering a Juneau jeweler sometime today.

Ketchikan, Alaska (KINY) - Alaska State Troopers report they have seized $30,000 in illegal drugs.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The US Coast Guard, Juneau Mountain Rescue, and Alaska State Troopers combined forces to rescue two hikers Sunday near Lemon Creek.

HOMER, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska school district has lost 86 staff members and administrators so far this year because of resignation, redundancy or retirement, officials said.

Bethel, Alaska (KINY) - Alaska State Troopers arrested a man after receiving a report of an intoxicated person shooting at and threatening to kill household members.

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Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Juneau Pride 2019 kicked off in a big way on Friday and Saturday night with GLITZ, held at Centennial Hall in downtown.

Wrangell, Alaska (KINY) - Three people were rescued after their boat began taking on water near Mitkof Island in the Wrangell Narrows.

Sitka, Alaska (KINY) - A 50-year-old man fell off a steep cliff while hiking the Sisters Mountain Saturday.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Police were called to the report of a disturbance and arrested a local man on felony assault.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Capital City Fire Rescue had another successful rescue for a medical call Friday night.

Fairbanks, Alaska (KINY) - The Alaska State Troopers say a man is dead and a trooper was injured after a shooting in a Fairbanks home.

Kenai, Alaska (KINY) - Southcentral is experiencing degraded air quality due to wildfire smoke from the Swan Lake fire located on the Kenai Peninsula.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Partnership, Inc., the non-profit which exists for the purpose of raising the funds to build the New Juneau Arts & Culture Center, has announced the donation of $50,000 by the Smith family of Juneau in honor of their mother Betty Jane Smith.

Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) - The Alaska Supreme Court ruled Friday that a state law requiring the registry of all sex offenders is unconstitutional because it violates offenders' rights to due process.

Wasilla, Alaska (AP) - Alaska legislators face mounting pressure to decide the annual dividend paid to residents from Alaska's oil-wealth fund, with Gov. Mike Dunleavy threatening additional special sessions for anything but a full payout.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The City and Borough of Juneau Friday filed a draft annexation petition for information review by the state's Local Boundary Commission.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Juneau fashion designer Shea Zahedi has been invited to show her products at New York City fashion week this fall.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The CBJ urged caution around the construction site on Whittier Street.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Governor Dunleavy's decision to call for another special session this time in Wasilla is not sitting well with Juneau officials.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Downtown Transit Center has reopened, so Capital Transit will go back to its adjusted downtown routes due to the Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities’ Egan Drive Improvements Project.

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Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Fire Chief Rich Etheridge happened to be driving down Channel Drive when he noticed black smoke coming from an apartment building.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An environmental group sued the Trump administration Thursday for failing to designate critical habitat for two species of seals that rely on sea ice off Alaska's northwest coast.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A bipartisan group of lawmakers from four U.S. states bordering British Columbia said the Canadian province needs to do a better job preventing mining pollution from fouling downstream rivers in the U.S.

KODIAK, Alaska (AP) — The owners and former operator of an Alaska hunting lodge have been ordered to pay nearly $8 million for an oil spill cleanup.

Angoon, Alaska (KINY) - The Alaska Native village corporation recently entered into an amended grant agreement for the Thayer Creek Hydropower Development Transmission Project.

Cordova, Alaska (KINY) - The US Coast Guard saved the man who was stranded three days

Juneau, Alaska (AP) - Legislators will be able to collect retroactively an allowance for days they were in Juneau for the special session before the operating budget passed.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Reps. Harriet Drummond (D-Anchorage) and Andi Story (D-Juneau), co-chairs of the House Education Committee, welcomed the news Thursday that the Gov. Mike Dunleavy administration released $20 million in school funding.

Sitka, Alaska (KINY) - On Friday, 39 new law enforcement officers, including 16 Alaska State Trooper recruits, will be graduating from the Public Safety Training Academy in Sitka.

Ketchikan, Alaska (KINY) - The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation has issued an advisory for five coastal areas in Ketchikan due to elevated levels of bacteria in recent samples of the marine water.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Downtown Transit Center will be temporarily closed starting at 6 a.m. on Friday, June 14 until further notice.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Emily Edenshaw, Business & Economic Development Director for the Central Council Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska spoke on social enterprises: Impacts beyond economic development at the weekly Greater Chamber of Commerce luncheon.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The City and Borough of Juneau is currently accepting sealed competitive bids for four lots in the South Lena Subdivision.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Following legislative gridlock on the Permanent Fund Dividend throughout a 121-day regular session and month-long special session, Gov, Michael J. Dunleavy has issued a proclamation calling the Alaska Legislature into special session again.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Southeast Alaska Conservation Council is braced to go to work once the Forest Service sends out its draft environmental impact statement on an Alaska specific roadless rule for public comment.

Juneau, Alaska (AP) - The Alaska Legislature has ended its special session, leaving unfinished work on the capital budget and Alaska Permanent Fund dividend that guarantees another special session.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A Valdez man has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and driving under the influence in a 2018 hit-and-run crash.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — At least 60 ice seals have been found dead along Alaska's west coast and federal biologists on Wednesday were trying to determine the cause.

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — The death of a bald eagle found at the University of Alaska Fairbanks is under investigation by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, an official said.

BETHEL, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. military has begun construction work on a site expected to become the new location of an Alaska village.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Anchorage Police were recently equipped with a national wireless network which helped communication during last years earthquake.

Juneau, Alaska (AP) - The Alaska House has passed a state infrastructure budget but fell short of the support needed to fund major provisions.

Juneau, Alaska (AP) - The Alaska House has voted down a proposal to pay residents full dividend checks of around $3,000 this year from the state's oil-wealth fund, setting the stage for another special session.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Accused killer Fenton Jacobs, 39, is a long way from trial.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Sealaska Heritage Institute is collaborating on a genetics study that will explore how historical trauma associated with European colonization may have changed the DNA of Native people.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Egan Drive Project started up last week. Its the first year of a two year project between Tenth and Main Streets with this year's work focused between Willoughby Avenue and Whittier Street.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Ten environmental groups are suing to challenge what they view as the Trump administration's decision to weaken critical safety rules created after the nation's worst offshore drilling disaster.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Child pornography found on the cellphone of an Alaska murder suspect led to the arrest of an Indiana man.

The House voted 32-7 to send to the senate fast track legislation that provides 24 million for the marine highway system to keep running and 45 million for medicaid.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A federal study says more shrubs growing on Arctic tundra likely will have little effect on the abundance of most bird species until the vegetation grows tall.