JUNEAU DAILY NEWS MINUTE
Tuesday, February 11, 1997 (c) Alaska Juneau Communications
*There has been what is believed to be another bomb threat at the
State Office Building. A call came in at 11:15 this morning that
gave an unspecified threat. Employees were evacuated from the
State Office Building and the Alaska Office Building, after
someone pulled the fire alarm. Commissioner of the Department of
Administration, Mark Boyer, says that the building is closed, and
all employees are asked to call their voice mail or listen to
KINY/KSUP for further instructions on when the building will be
open.
*Larry Persily says that The Paper will be making it's return in
mid-March. This comes after the closure of the weekly
publication on January 14, because it was losing money, and
Persily was losing backers. He says that he has several small
investors lined up, but that he can't identify them until after
negotiations are completed. The Paper will come back with a
heavier focus on regional issues affecting Southeast, and without
the popular television guide, Channels.
*Property that is currently being leased by the Southeast Alaska
Guidance Association in Amalga Harbor may become property of the
City and Borough of Juneau. The Assembly voted last night to
have city manager Dave Palmer enter into negotiations for the 114
acre parcel that is owned by Joe Smith. The land is surrounded
by other CBJ holdings, and will most likely be incorporated into
a park. The Assembly also approved a change to the water utility
rate schedule for seafood processing and export manufacturing,
that would amend the property code, and change certain
exemptions. There will not be an Assembly meeting next week due
to the President's Day Holiday.
*Wrangell Senator Robin Taylor said on this morning's Capital Chat
that he is advocating a move of the Alaska Marine Highway offices
to help the agency run more efficiently. Citing the 17 mile one-way
commute between the ferry terminal in Auke Bay and the
offices downtown as one reason, Taylor said it makes better sense
for management to be across the street from the workers. As for
bills that would move the Capitol to Anchorage, Taylor said he
hasn't seen much support, but that such legislation won't go away
until the problem of access is finally fixed.
*Juneau International Airport will be getting a very big visitor.
The largest plane manufactured in the U.S., the C5 air transport,
will be landing at JIA at 5 o'clock this afternoon. The plane is
the biggest to come to Juneau, overshadowing even the DC-10 that
visited in 1995. The C5 is 248 feet long, and has a wing span of
223 feet, and is used for transporting outsize equipment. It's
capabilities range from carrying 345 fully equipped troops or two
16 ton trucks. It is currently scheduled to depart JIA at 11:30
tomorrow morning. You can see the plane tonight, it will be
parked on the Alpha runway at the airport.