GCI said technicians were working to temporarily reroute Sitka’s internet traffic with hopes to restore basic voice and text service and limited internet sometime Friday.
Public Safety
Alleged victims of former volunteer at Juneau’s Echo Ranch Bible Camp are suing
The people who say they were victims of Bradley Earl Reger are trying to hold the institutions where the abuse took place accountable.
Cleanup efforts begin, crews assess further risk after fatal Ketchikan landslide
Teams of scientists, engineers, and meteorologists were assessing the slide site’s steep hillside Tuesday in Ketchikan.
Extensive private search led to the discovery of plane that went missing between Juneau and Yakutat
Southeast Alaska’s aviation community continued the search after official efforts were called off.
Ketchikan residents describe a chaotic scene in the hours after fatal landslide
Marty Gillet was in his home in the White Cliff neighborhood when he said he heard something that sounded like a freight train.
1 person killed in Ketchikan landslide, multiple homes destroyed
Emergency crews responded to a large landslide that killed one person and destroyed several houses in Ketchikan on Sunday.
Juneau Assembly approves emergency funds for flood recovery, lays out plans to investigate flood mitigation
Most of the money will go toward debris removal and repairs to city infrastructure, but $150,000 will go toward studying ways to prevent catastrophic flooding in the future.
Stolen suitcase and quarantined steamship led to arrest in Juneau woman’s 1919 murder
Myra Schmidt, around 22 years old, was killed in her isolated cabin in February 1919. Later that year, a jury convicted John “Whiskey Jack” Gaslow of her murder.
2 Soldotna troopers charged with assault over May arrest in Kenai
Joseph Miller Jr. and Jason Woodruff are each charged with fourth-degree assault. Both have served as troopers for more than a decade.
Southeast Alaska tribe continues hands-on response to glacial flooding
As many as 500 tribal citizens live in the flood zone, though not all were impacted by flooding last week.