Funding moves project on track

The City and Borough of Juneau Finance Committee voted Wednesday to move a $1.8 million funding promise for the Housing First project to the Assembly… Continue reading

Seattle student who stopped gun attack among Carnegie Heroes

PHILADELPHIA — A student building monitor who stopped a fatal campus shooting in Washington state is one of 24 people being honored with medals and… Continue reading

Wildlife trooper, patrol truck collides with car in Juneau

JUNEAU — An Alaska State Trooper assigned to wildlife enforcement was involved in a two-vehicle crash Tuesday in Juneau.Troopers say 36-year-old Trooper Shaun Kuzakin of… Continue reading

Photo: Berth construction

Employees of the Manson Construction Company prepare to drive a 200-foot long pile into the southern-most breasting dolphin for the new cruise ship berths on… Continue reading

Platini refuses to attend FIFA ethics hearing

GENEVA — Fighting for their careers in soccer politics, Michel Platini plans to boycott his hearing at the FIFA ethics court on Friday while Sepp… Continue reading

  • Dec 17, 2015
  • By GRAHAM DUNBAR

Around town for Thursday, Dec. 17

Juneau Gastineau Rotary Club meeting, 7 a.m., The Prospector Hotel.Open lab computer training, 9 a.m.-11 a.m, The Learning Connection, 210 Ferry Way.Storytime, 11 a.m., Douglas… Continue reading

Helicopter lands hard at Valdez airport; no one injured

VALDEZ — Officials in Valdez say three people on Wednesday survived a hard landing by a helicopter at the city airport.City public information officer Allie… Continue reading

Fairbanks woman arrested in death of Fairbanks man

FAIRBANKS — A 50-year-old Fairbanks woman has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of a man missing since last month.Alaska State Troopers say… Continue reading

Village man held on suspicion of assaulting women

KASIGLUK — A southwest Alaska man suspected of luring young women onto his snowmobile, taking them to remote tundra and assaulting them has been taken… Continue reading

State of STEM meeting open to public

The Juneau School District invites STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) professionals, community members and teachers to a community-wide discussion about the state of STEM… Continue reading

Photo: Middle school concert

Annika Schwartz, 12, plays a violin solo during the sixth-grade orchestra concert at Dzantik’i Heeni Middle School Tuesday evening. The group is taught by Karen… Continue reading

Tanker set to carry natural gas under review

FAIRBANKS — A new trailer specially designed to haul natural gas across Alaska will be under review to determine whether it sees widespread adoption.The 53-foot… Continue reading

Airport worker Resky Killion stows gear after pumping fuel into an Alaska Airlines jet, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015, at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, in SeaTac, Wash. Boeing Co., Alaska Airlines and the Port of Seattle announced Wednesday that they are partnering on a $250,000 study to explore how to bring more aviation biofuel to airplanes at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Executives for the companies and port signed an agreement, saying the study will help stimulate production of alternatives to conventional jet fuel. They say the longer term plan is to incorporate more biofuel into the airport’s fuel farm, which is used by all 26 airlines.

Alaska Airlines, Boeing, port to study biofuels

SEATTLE — Boeing Co., Alaska Airlines and the Port of Seattle are partnering on a $250,000 study to explore how to bring more biofuel to… Continue reading

Airport worker Resky Killion stows gear after pumping fuel into an Alaska Airlines jet, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015, at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, in SeaTac, Wash. Boeing Co., Alaska Airlines and the Port of Seattle announced Wednesday that they are partnering on a $250,000 study to explore how to bring more aviation biofuel to airplanes at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Executives for the companies and port signed an agreement, saying the study will help stimulate production of alternatives to conventional jet fuel. They say the longer term plan is to incorporate more biofuel into the airport’s fuel farm, which is used by all 26 airlines.

Why US will lift restrictions on oil exports

NEW YORK — The U.S. could soon end restrictions on oil exports put in place in the mid-1970s. The lifting of the embargo is part… Continue reading

For GOP candidates, a fight to define party’s foreign policy

WASHINGTON (AP) — For Republicans, this week’s presidential debate highlighted a brewing fight to define the party’s foreign policy posture, exposing divisions among candidates about… Continue reading

FBI: Calif. shooters privately discussed commitment to jihad

NEW YORK (AP) — The husband-and-wife team who killed 14 people and wounded 21 others this month in San Bernardino, California, communicated privately about jihad… Continue reading

Jazmin Holloway sits below a mural depicting Freddie Gray at the intersection of his arrest, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015, in Baltimore. The first effort to find a police officer criminally responsible for Freddie Gray's death from a broken neck in a police van ended Wednesday with a hung jury and a mistrial. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Mistrial for first officer in Freddie Gray death case

BALTIMORE — The first effort to convict an officer in Freddie Gray’s death from a broken neck in a Baltimore Police van ended Wednesday with… Continue reading

  • Dec 17, 2015
  • By JULIET LINDERMAN and DAVID DISHNEAU
  • Nation-World
Jazmin Holloway sits below a mural depicting Freddie Gray at the intersection of his arrest, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015, in Baltimore. The first effort to find a police officer criminally responsible for Freddie Gray's death from a broken neck in a police van ended Wednesday with a hung jury and a mistrial. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Fed raises interest rate from record low

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve is raising interest rates from record lows set at the depths of the 2008 financial crisis, a shift that heralds… Continue reading

South Sudan: Devastation of civil war continues, 2 years on

LEER, South Sudan — South Sudan’s civil war took away everything that had been precious to Mary Nyak Chot.“All my children were killed. The youngest… Continue reading

Ford promises older, wiser Solo in ‘Force Awakens’

LOS ANGELES — When speaking about “Star Wars,” there are few topics that inspire a twinkle in Harrison Ford’s eyes.The 73-year-old actor is matter-of-fact about… Continue reading

  • Dec 17, 2015
  • By DERRIK J. LANG