Gov. Dunleavy has formed a working group to study his controversial emergency dispatchers consolidation plan. In some areas of Southeast, a 911 call would travel a 1,500-mile loop to reach the local Village Public Safety Officer.
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The U.S. Forest Service argues in court that throwing out the largest Tongass timber sale in decades will do irreparable harm to Southeast’s logging industry. Environmentalists say the federal agency needs to start from scratch after the judge found the environmental review process to be flawed.
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A mechanical failure has sidelines the IFA’s sole running vessel leaving Prince of Wales Island without its ferry link with Ketchikan. The Inter-Island Ferry Authority projects service to resume around June 11.
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The merger will unify the Catholic Church’s administrative centers in Anchorage and Juneau. It won’t include the Diocese of Fairbanks.
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The Coast Guard found a combination of mechanical breakdown and human error caused the cruise ship to lose power as it tried to maneuver out of Juneau’s Gastineau Channel. The Coast Guard fined Princess Cruise Lines $5,000 for failing to immediately report the August 10, 2019 mishap.
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