Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska - Juneau
Jacob Resneck is CoastAlaska's regional news director in Juneau.
Residents to state work group: Ferries are essential, not ‘discretionary’
As a working group continues how to institute cuts, residents who rely on the ferry system say that they need it more than ever,
Large open-pit mine developer near AK border asks Canadian regulators for more time
The developer of what it promises to be one of the largest open pit projects on the continent wants more time from Canadian regulators while it seeks partners to develop its B.C. metals mine about 30 miles from the border.
Alaska Marine Highway System task force seeks more input
The nine-member group is working against a September 30 deadline to make recommendations to the administration after it concluded that privatization wouldn't pencil out.
Feds appeal ruling that nixed old-growth logging on Prince of Wales Island
Attorneys for the U.S. Forest Service are challenging a federal court’s decision to throw out the environmental review of one of the largest old-growth timber sales in the Tongass National Forest in decades.
Alaska Supreme Court halts ‘No Name Bay’ land transfer to mental health trust
In 2009 the state Department of Natural Resources began to quietly engineer a way to turn over the No Name Bay parcel to the Alaska Mental Health Trust which commercially logs in the region.
Retreating glacier opens up new mine claims in Herbert Glacier
Mining claims around the Herbert Glacier has a Canadian prospecting company excited and environmentalists concerned.
Matanuska crew cleared after passengers test positive for COVID-19
The crew of the state ferry Matanuska has been cleared after everyone was tested for COVID-19, Alaska Marine Highway System officials said Monday.
Alaska Republican Party “unequivocally” endorses Bristol Bay’s Pebble Mine
A resolution passed August 9 by the state’s central committee earlier this month says the mine would create more than 1,000 jobs, contribute to the state coffers and benefit Alaskans.
5 ferry passengers with COVID-19 disembarked in Juneau Aug. 10
Transportation officials say a group of five infected passengers boarded in Kake. They were traveling together and reportedly had no close contact with other passengers or crew.
COVID-19 outbreak at Juneau’s Kensington Mine grows to 19
Coeur Alaska’s Kensington Mine reported Wednesday that number of employees testing positive for the coronavirus had risen to 19. And that number could still rise. Juneau city officials say tests for 94 of the 210 workers at the mine are still pending.
Alaska ferry planners working on lean winter schedule
In most cases, only one ferry will be assigned to each route with no slack in the system.
Kake city officials seek to restrict travel over COVID-19
After some positive coronavirus cases, the community wants to restrict travel, but its authority to do so is still under question.
COVID-19 reported at Juneau’s Kensington Mine
A mine vehicle enters the Kensington Portal on Oct. 15, 2019. It’s one of two accesses for a network of about 28 miles of underground tunnels. (Jacob Resneck/CoastAlaska)
Three workers at the Kensington Mine north...
Kake on lockdown following COVID-19 positive resident
The predominantly Alaska Native community of about 500 has instituted some of the strictest COVID-19 precautions in the region.
LeConte ferry crew member tests positive for COVID-19
State transportation officials say the unnamed individual had finished a two-week shift on August 1 and began feeling ill after returning home to Juneau.
Global mine standards rest on voluntary compliance
There are concerns that new standards don’t go far enough to protect communities downstream.
Crane snags Douglas Bridge while leaving Juneau port
A construction barge carrying a crane on Wednesday evening failed to clear the underside of Juneau’s Douglas Bridge.
Sitka fired a police officer for assaulting prisoners. Then it hired him to work in the jail.
A legal loophole prevents a statewide police oversight council from taking any action against the officer.
Police across Southeast Alaska are defining and using force differently
A review of Southeast Alaska police manuals by CoastAlaska found varying definitions of appropriate use of force and acceptable techniques.
Marine highway advisory group seeks to right-size Alaska’s ferry fleet
A working group says the $24 million in subsidies proposed by Gov. Mike Dunleavy isn''t sufficient to keep the Alaska Marine Highway System running.