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Scientist takes closer look at Sunday landslide in Sitka

...near the town of Sitka, according to a federal scientist who is taking a close look at Sunday's slide in southeast Alaska.U.S. Forest Service soil scientist Jacquie Foss told the Daily Sitka Sentinel that the landslide that destroyed the Redoubt...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-16/scientist-takes-closer-look-sunday-land
State
Murkowski pushes for Izembek road

ANCHORAGE - An Alaska U.S. senator hopes that Obama administration officials will support a plan to put a road through a national wildlife refuge after...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-08/murkowski-pushes-izembek-road
State
Judge rejects Alaska's challenge to roadless rule in Tongass

...In the meantime, I intend to work with the Congressional Delegation to repeal the roadless rule as it applies to Alaska."U.S. Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska, called the ruling frustrating. Unemployment in the region, he said by email...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-03-26/judge-rejects-alaskas-challenge-roadles
State
Vic Fischer to present this week's Sound and Motion

...Prudhoe Bay.These true-life anecdotes make "To Russia with Love" a page turner, as he personalizes key events in Alaska, U.S. and international history. The result is what reviewer and former Juneau resident Bob Rubadeau describes as "an...

http://juneauempire.com/art/2013-02-21/vic-fisher-present-weeks-sound-and-motion
Art
Sen. Begich visits new Chamber offices

...offices at the Huna Totem Building with Alaskan Amber beer, Abby's Kitchen hors d'oeuvres and a chance to grill Alaska U.S. Senator Mark Begich.About 50 people stopped by the chamber's new offices set under large pine trees off Glacier...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-03-05/sen-begich-visits-new-chamber-offices
Local
Alaska Editorial: Lawmakers slip surly bonds of tax pledge

...constituents who voted for them, one that binds them for as long as they are in office.Not so, say lawmakers like Alaska U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski.Asked about her view of the pledge, which she signed before her first full term in Senate...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2012-11-30/alaska-editorial-lawmakers-slip-surly
Opinion
State election plan gets the go-ahead - for now

...Alaska's challenged redistricting process, but a top federal judge has said he'll take a personal role in the case. Alaska U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason Friday declined to issue a temporary restraining order barring Alaska elections...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-06-17/state-election-plan-gets-go-ahead-now
Local
Juneau-based prosecutor to receive Attorney General's award

A federal prosecutor in Juneau has won an award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of the Attorney General. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Alaska announced Thursday that Jack S.

http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-10-05/juneau-based-prosecutor-receive-attorne
Local
Resources available to voters with disabilities

...to vote.Election Day is Tuesday. Voters around the country will be electing a president and vice president. In Alaska, U.S. Rep. Don Young of the Republican Party is also running for reelection against Democratic state Rep. Sharon Cissna...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-11-04/resources-available-voters-disabilities
Local
Douglas Post Office gets 'breathing room'

...Tenakee Springs, Elfin Cove and Pelican among those seeing hours cut, mostly from 8 hours a day to 6 hours a day.Alaska U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Mark Begich issued positive statements about the nationwide action."I have always said...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-05-10/douglas-post-office-gets-breathing-room
Local

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