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Register now for Juneau Pools lifeguarding class July 31 – August 3
Register now for Juneau Pools lifeguarding class July 31 – August 3. Registration is now open for the upcoming Juneau Pools lifeguarding class on July 31 – August 3 at Dimond Park Aquatic Center. Participants who successfully complete the class will earn an American Red Cross Lifeguard Certification, valid for two years.
Nature’s Canvas: Petersburg’s Ephemeral Art and Music Festival
Petersburg residents celebrated the temporary in late June with art installations, live music, and reflections on the beauty of the natural world. The Ephemeral Art Show, a highlight of the Rainforest Festival, took place on the forested north beach of Petersburg. Dozens of people gathered at low tide to witness and participate in the event. Rainforest Festival organizer Sunny Rice was seen crouching down with a stick in hand, etching a haiku into the sand. Her poem, titled “Ode to the Tide,” read: “Words scratched in the sand, until ocean comes flowing. Moons forget me not.”
After SEAPA shutdown, Petersburg utility customers can expect a smaller fuel adjustment charge than last year.
The roar of diesel generators filled Petersburg’s downtown for a week in June while the region’s hydropower plants were shut down for maintenance. Now, the cost of fuel for those generators will be passed on to utility customers in Petersburg. But the increase will be less than half of what it was last year.
Wet Socks and Winning Streaks: Erickson Brothers Battle for Logrolling Glory
Petersburg’s waterfront came alive with splashy competition as part of the community’s Fourth of July festivities. Participants engaged in traditional games inspired by the town’s history of fishing and forestry, making waves in more ways than one. In Petersburg’s North Harbor, the stage was set for a...
Officer-involved shootings require due process, cautions Alaska deputy attorney general
Alaska Deputy Attorney General John Skidmore said releasing footage from officers’ body-worn cameras after use-of-deadly-force situations is a matter involving both transparency and due process. Skidmore’s press conference came as the Anchorage Assembly majority is ramping up demands for the release of video in recent officer-involved shooting incidences, particularly...
The hunt is on to find U.S. Capitol Christmas tree in Tongass National Forest
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Christmas may be months away but the hunt for the perfect Christmas tree to adorn the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington D.C. was in full swing this weekend in Southeast Alaska. The tradition of selecting a Capitol Christmas Tree from one of...
Stray Welding Current May Have Caused $1.2M Total Loss
The National Transportation Safety Board has released its analysis of a fire that destroyed a small passenger / research vessel in Homer, Alaska last year. Though hot work occurred inside the vessel before the blaze, NTSB ruled this common fire hazard out, and concluded that an electrical fault was responsible for ignition.
Tongass Voices: Hans Javier on celebrating the Fourth with Filipino flare
This is Tongass Voices, a series from KTOO sharing weekly perspectives from the homelands of the Áak’w Kwáan and beyond. Every year on July 4th, drums awaken the streets of downtown Juneau. This iconic sound is Juneau Ati-Atihan, a musical marching group that brings the Filipino festival of the same name from Aklan to Juneau.
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