Juneau News

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.

A spokesman for the U.S. Postal Service says the agency has sent a couple clerks from Juneau to help ease staffing problems at the Skagway post office.

The Assembly usually holds a single meeting in December to consider applicants for city enterprise boards.

Clockwise from top left: Tilani Meyers, Lilli Pothier, Nick Bouker, and Abbey VandenBerg were some of the teens talking about youth leadership at the Second Annual Prevention Summit in Juneau.

Capital City Weekly will be hosting Santa Claus at their old downtown offices during this year's Gallery Walk.

This time last year, Nathan Block was in jail. A veteran who served two years in Iraq and three months in Afghanistan, when he returned he suffered from post traumatic stress disorder and had a hard time adjusting.

SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium has once again earned The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval for accreditation by demonstrating compliance with The Joint Commission's national standards for health care quality and safety in ambulatory care organizations.

Juneau School District teachers and a community program partner were recognized by the Alaska Association for Career and Technical Education as 2013 Outstanding Teachers at their annual conference in Anchorage on Oct. 30. Kari Monagle, JDHS Health Sciences Teacher received the Outstanding Health Services Teacher of the Year award.

Ever since miners began exploring and occupying Alaska, there have been fraternal organizations like the Pioneers of Alaska.

Recordings of 911 calls from the Newtown school shooting are being released, days after a state prosecutor dropped his fight to continue withholding them despite an order to provide them to The Associated Press.