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Alaska's oldest original lighthouse opens for future generations, honors maritime history
2+ hour, 22+ min ago (1763+ words) Restore, preserve, share" is the motto of the Eldred Rock Lighthouse Preservation Association. After 10 years of massive volunteer efforts, the nonprofit organization shared the restoration of Alaska's oldest original lighthouse on May 30 for the first time. It was also the…...
Postal Service proposes blocking mail ballots in states that don't turn over voter data
4+ hour, 20+ min ago (109+ words) Juneau Independent The U. S. Postal Service has proposed a new rule that would allow it to refuse to deliver mail ballots in states that don't turn over voter rolls to the federal government. The rule, proposed last week, is vaguely written…...
State says Petersburg's Dan Sullivan not eligible to run for US Senate
2+ hour, 2+ min ago (224+ words) Petersburg resident Dan Sullivan, targeted by two complaints because he is seeking the U. S. Senate seat held by an incumbent with the same name, is not eligible to be a candidate based on evidence collected to date, the Alaska Division of…...
Peltola-Sullivan US Senate race moved to toss-up in forecast, two other races also move in Democrats" favor
4+ hour, 9+ min ago (638+ words) Democrats" prospects in a trio of key U. S. Senate races are improving, an influential elections forecaster said Thursday, though Republicans are still favored to retain control of the chamber after the midterm elections. Sabato"s Crystal Ball, which predicts election outcomes,…...
Meet the Spanish company at the heart of Alaska's oil industry revival
4+ hour, 10+ min ago (1355+ words) Josu Jon Imaz, a former member of European Parliament, runs Spain's largest oil company. Recently, though, his focus has drifted thousands of miles from Madrid, to the far north. Imaz's company, Repsol, is one of several oil and gas businesses…...
Two Assembly seats will be open this fall as Alicia Hughes-Skandijs says she isn't running again
5+ hour, 44+ min ago (489+ words) Alicia Hughes-Skandijs said this week she won't see a third full term on the Juneau Assembly, becoming the second of three incumbents up for reelection this year who will depart after the October municipal election. Hughes-Skandijs, first appointed to the…...
Launch of Safe Place sites for youths to seek crisis help scheduled Friday at ZGYC
5+ hour, 53+ min ago (160+ words) (City and Borough of Juneau press release) This month, in partnership with Tlingit and Haida, first responders, and several others, the Sh'iyi Xaat H't Youth Shelter launched Safe Place, a new community initiative designed to better serve youth in crisis....
Silencing the whistle
9+ hour, 3+ min ago (276+ words) In early June a former executive in the Social Security Administration stepped forward to disclose a since-thwarted Trump administration plan to classify 2. 7 million living people " including some U. S. citizens and lawful permanent residents " as dead as part of its immigration enforcement…...
Dan Sullivan of Petersburg defends run for Alaska's U. S. Senate against state investigation
9+ hour, 29+ min ago (1228+ words) The Alaska lieutenant governor's office, which oversees state elections, announced an investigation into the validity of a U. S. Senate candidate from Petersburg following complaints from Alaska's incumbent senator with the same name, Dan Sullivan. Dan J. Sullivan of Petersburg formally responded to…...
El Nino is here and scientists fear it'll be big, bad and costly with heat, floods, droughts, fires
9+ hour, 29+ min ago (692+ words) El Nino, Nature's chaotic climate agent, has formed in a warmed-up Pacific Ocean and is expected to grow to historic strength, meteorologists announced Thursday. Experts said the El Nino, a natural warming cycle, should further heat a globe already warming…...