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Begich: Shipping riskier than drilling in Arctic

ANCHORAGE - More than 250 vessels operated last year in the Arctic Ocean and made 480 transits through the Bering Strait, and the increasing traffic poses more of a threat than Arctic offshore drilling, U.S. Sen. Mark...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-03-28/begich-shipping-riskier-drilling-arctic
State
Open House and Survey to Identify Potential Ways to Improve Public Transit Services In Juneau

A Transit Plan update for Juneau is underway. This plan will identify transit needs and priorities for the community for the next five years, and will result in transit service recommendations. The City and Borough of...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-06-09/open-house-and-survey-identify-potentia
Local
Public weighs-in on Capital Transit improvements

...wheels for capital improvement to Capital Transit are in motion.Improvement and development of the capital city's transit system was the topic of several community...comprehensive operations analysis and transit development plan, Nelson/Nygaard...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-06-12/public-weighs-capital-transit-improveme
Local
Public meetings on Capital Transit to begin today

...Assembly meeting Monday praised Capital Transit and addressed options for development...at both the census data as well as data transit providers report to the government...we have a pretty good sense that the transit system in Juneau is, I would say, among...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-06-11/public-meetings-capital-transit-begin-t
Local
Ketchikan artists add color to borough bus

...salmon bus designed by Ray Troll, the transit department commissioned a new bus designed...complete the eye-catching display.The transit department issued a call with a budget...the salmon theme.Kyan Reeve, borough transit manager, was impressed with the speed...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-06-03/ketchikan-artists-add-color-borough-bus
State
Spring break: Senegal

...lovely abodes were actually "slaves houses" that held slaves in rather cruel conditions. Apparently the island was a major transit point for shipping slaves out to the Americas. I have to admit, as an American who was taught about slavery since childhood...

http://juneauempire.com/neighbors/2013-06-09/spring-break-senegal
Neighbors
USCG keeps ship in Valdez - testing oil

...with a load of steel I-beams for the southcentral Alaska city.The beams had been welded to the deck for stability during transit. When a crew member used a cutting torch to free the beams, sparks ignited sawdust that was spread around to soak up leaked...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-06-06/uscg-keeps-ship-valdez-testing-oil
State
Bears, bad meat among issues faced by flooded town

...other main Alaska rivers is a major spring event, marking the transition between winter transportation over ice and summer transit by boat. However, if the thick river ice begins to break up and move downstream before it has melted into small pieces...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-06-04/bears-bad-meat-among-issues-faced-flood
State
Juneau groups receive grant money

...groups throughout Alaska, of which $47,367 came to Juneau.The Catholic Community Service received $12,287 for their transit vehicle project; Juneau Jazz and Classics, Inc. received $19,984 for furniture and equipment; and the Sealaska Heritage...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-05-08/juneau-groups-receive-grant-money
Local
Hitting 400 ppm in CO2 marks a milestone for the millions. What is our response?

...morally shameful particularly because we know the solutions - turn off coal, turn on clean energy, weatherization, mass transit, high mileage autos etc. We also know that the most efficient way to deploy these solutions is through the power of the marketplace...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2013-05-18/hitting-400-ppm-co2-marks-milestone-m
Opinion

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