SE lawmakers upset with ferry design changes

JUNEAU — A number of Southeast leaders are upset about the governor’s plan to scale back the Alaska Class Ferry project.

Gov. Sean. Parnell made his announcement last week in Ketchikan. Legislators and members of an advisory board say they should have been consulted first.

You can tell a project’s in trouble when its website gets pulled off the ‘net. That’s what’s happened to the Alaska Class Ferry, which had a site including design elements, public comments and other information.

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Documents of famed Juneau carver to be archived by SHI

JUNEAU — Amos Wallace was a keeper. So his longtime home on Juneau’s Douglas Island held numerous documents from his nearly 70-year career.

Since he and his wife Dorothy passed away, their son, photographer Brian Wallace, has been going through the collection.

“I was in the basement in the earlier part of this year and I opened up some boxes of stuff and I saw some photos that I’ve never seen before, and unfortunately I found this,” Brian Wallace says.

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3 Alaska cruises had norovirus outbreaks this year, officials say there's no cause for alarm

JUNEAU — Federal health officials say three Alaska cruises have been hit by norovirus outbreaks so far this year. They say that’s more than usual, but not cause for alarm.

The most recent was the Sea Princess, which sails 10-day tours from San Francisco to Southeast ports

Two cruises, ending May 30 and June 9, each had about 140 people become ill. The numbers included around 6 percent of passengers and 1 percent of crew.

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SE lawmakers upset with ferry design changes

Documents of famed Juneau carver to be archived by SHI

3 Alaska cruises had norovirus outbreaks this year, officials say there's no cause for alarm

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