Anchorage news

• Southeast economy down, with a few bright spots

  30-09-2017 03:47 via ktoo.org
  The cruise ship Noordam brought close to 2,000 passengers to Haines on Sept. 20, 2017. It and other ships carried more than 1 million passengers this summer, helping increase the region’s tourism economy. (Ed Schoenfeld/CoastAlaska News)
  The loss of state jobs is hitting Southeast Alaska hard.
  Tourism has overtaken fishing as the region’s largest private industry. That’s the word from a new report released in September detailing the region’s economic booms and busts.
  
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• Walker says tax is needed to pay for services

  30-09-2017 03:36 via ktoo.org
  Gov. Bill Walker’s chief of staff Scott Kendall, left, listens as Walker speaks to Commonwealth North in Anchorage. Walker said a broad-based tax is needed. (Photo by Andrew Kitchenman/KTOO)
  Gov. Bill Walker and his top aides tried to make the case for enacting a new tax to a group of business and political leaders Friday.
  The state must figure out a more sustainable way to pay for services, Walker said.
  He spoke at a breakfast hosted by the nonpartisan think tank Commonwealth North in Anc
  
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• Juneau Afternoon – 10-2-17

  30-09-2017 02:00 via ktoo.org
  Monday on A Juneau Afternoon, Scott Burton hosts.
   
  Kolene James will be here with details about Indigenous Peoples Day;
   
  We’ll get an update on all things Perseverance;
   
  Police Chief Ed Mercer will be here to discuss JPD activities;
   
  We’ll talk with Cheryl Snyder about New Member Month here at KTOO;
   
  And Chef Stef will be here to discuss Juneau Appreciation Week at the Juneau Artists Gallery.
   
  That, Writers Almanac, Bird Note, music and more, today
  
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