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Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Juneau Assemblymember Michelle Bonnet Hale is up for reelection this year. She announced her plans while a guest on Action Line.   "I am going to run again." She said it was a hard year.  She had a talk with herself in January and decided she needed to make it work better for her or not run. So she set about very deliberately to do that.   "I love what I'm doing and I think I do a good job for Juneau." When asked what she made work better, Bonnet-Hale said things were stressful and they received an enormous amount of input from the public, and sometime...

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Norwegian Cruise Lines has announced that they are going to donate $10 million in total to several Alaskan communities. Howard Sherman, Executive Vice President for Norwegian Cruise Lines said on the KINY Morning Show that they usually donate to their partner communities during crises They've given money and supplies to communities affected by hurricanes, volcanoes, and more. Sherman said "Our partners here in Southeast Alaska, especially the Southeast Alaska port cities, we don't know of anywhere really in the world that's been more affected economically b...

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Juneau Mayor Beth Weldon announced on Action Line Friday morning that she will seek re-election to that office in October's local election. Weldon has served on the Assembly since October 2015 and was elected mayor in the October 2018 election Share

April 13, 2021 Capital Transit has added a battery-electric bus to its fleet. This is the first electric bus owned and operated by a public transit agency in Alaska. “The City and Borough of Juneau (CBJ) is committed to bringing clean public transportation to its ridership and the community,” says Katie Koester, public works and engineering director of CBJ. “Capital Transit drivers and mechanics have been retraining to operate and maintain the new 40-foot long bus and to learn the nuances of its integrated battery management system. We have eliminated oil changes.” Capital Transit rec...

Juneau's new electric bus, at the ribbon-cutting ceremony on April 8. Photo by Anna Frazier Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Capital Transit unveiled its new all-electric bus at a small celebration on Thursday, April 8. The event was called "Running on Rain," a nod to Juneau's hydropower electric generation. The Proterra ZX5 will be the first fully-electric bus owned by a public transit agency in the state, according to a release from the City and Borough. It marks the beginning of a transition from diesel to electric-powered buses that Capital Transit i...