Juneau News

For one Alaska city, it's not rain, sleet or snow that's slowing mail delivery. It's a broken postal sorting machine that has forced officials to fly letters and packages more than 200 miles away to be separated and flown back for delivery.

Tuesday at 3 on A Juneau Afternoon, Pat Moore hosts. We'll find out about December events at the Nugget Mall; We'll get a preview of Wednesday's Mudrooms event; George Brown will be here with details about Wednesday's screening of Escape Fire, a film about healthcare; We'll talk to members of the Thunder Mountain High School's Softball team.

Slabs of broken lake ice on the beach, caused by a reverberation wave under the ice.

Assembly member Randy Wanamaker wants a simplified resolution guiding Juneau departments' decisions on the use of project labor agreements.

A crew member from L.A.-based Intuitive Entertainment checks the lighting at The Alaskan Hotel & Bar.

Blood from a 44-year-old man shot on Friday was evident in the area on Saturday.

Snow is a bunch of ice crystals stuck together. It's a very complex arrangement.

The final three teams headed back to the U.S. in the final leg, learning as they left Japan that they would head next to Juneau, Alaska.

The woman uses her body to protect the scared child. You wonder if you should intervene, and if so, how? What do you do? When participants at a Juneau workshop on Thursday were asked what would prevent them from intervening in such a scenario, the list was lengthy.

In the month of December, there are a lot of fun holiday celebrations happening in Juneau.

SCREEN GRAB . . . Well darlings, the Omniscient Orifice predicted that war between KTUU-Channel 2 and KTVA-Channel 11 would be fun, and now the fun has begun: The new KTVA News signed on at 5 p.m. last Monday with its Star-Trekky set and shiny new staff.

It comes as no surprise that the recommendations for next year's halibut catches are down again for all regions except Southeast Alaska.

The Juneau Assembly has appointed Mary Borthwick, Lauree Morton and Mark Johnson to the Bartlett Regional Hospital Board of Directors.

JPD officers walk along the guardrail on Egan Drive between Vanderbilt Hill Road and the Wal-Mart off ramp, looking for evidence related to a shooting and possible kidnapping early Friday morning.

"I had no idea what I was getting into," Hayes says laughing at a talk about the new book at the downtown library.

Von der Heydt came to Alaska in 1943, working in construction before winning appointments as deputy U.S. marshal, U.S. commissioner at Nome and U.S. attorney.

State transportation officials say the Juneau-based ship will leave Friday morning, Dec. 6, for Haines and Skagway.

Gastineau Humane Society Executive Director Chava Lee says the first incident happened on Thanksgiving when a large mixed breed dog attacked a smaller breed dog on 1st Street in Douglas.

The fascinating Luminescence show is a celebration of aquatic light, exploring the world of fluorescent and bioluminescent light that exists in the depths of the ocean, featuring glowing creatures that create and use light in startling ways.

Eaglecrest Ski Area is excited to hold the Annual Hilary Lindh Scholarship Competition again this year.