Yvonne Krumrey

2 weeks ago | ktoo.org | Yvonne Krumrey

This is Lingít Word of the Week. Each week, we feature a Lingít word voiced by master speakers. Lingít has been spoken throughout present-day Southeast Alaska and parts of Canada for over 10,000 years. Gunalchéesh to X̱’unei Lance Twitchell, Goldbelt Heritage Foundation and the University of Alaska Southeast for sharing the recorded audio for this series.

2 weeks ago | ktoo.org | Yvonne Krumrey

At Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center earlier this week, cultural ambassadors were learning how to best represent Lingít stewardship and connection to the glacier to the roughly one million tourists slated to visit this summer. Saaní Liana Wallace set off down the walkway toward Steep Creek. For this training, her supervisor sent her and her fellow ambassadors out to study the plants along nearby trails and take photos of the ones they don’t know. “Join the crowd,” she said.

2 weeks ago | alaskapublic.org | Yvonne Krumrey

With Juneau’s cruise ship season less than two weeks away, Juneau officials are proposing to set aside city money to hire staff for one of the city’s main tourist attractions: the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center. The jobs were formerly filled by federal workers, and city leaders say the proposal would act as a safety net in the face of further uncertainty at the federal level. Juneau’s Visitor Industry Director Alix Pierce asked the Assembly Finance Committee to set aside $200,000.

3 weeks ago | ktoo.org | Yvonne Krumrey

With Juneau’s cruise ship season less than two weeks away, Juneau officials are proposing to set aside city money to hire staff for one of the city’s main tourist attractions: the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center. The jobs were formerly filled by federal workers, and city leaders say the proposal would act as a safety net in the face of further uncertainty at the federal level. Juneau’s Visitor Industry Director Alix Pierce asked the Assembly Finance Committee to set aside $200,000.

3 weeks ago | ktoo.org | Yvonne Krumrey

After nearly four years, the sexual assault case against a former Juneau chiropractor is slated to go to trial April 21. Jeffrey Fultz is accused of assaulting more than a dozen women under the guise of medical care. Police arrested Fultz in 2021 based on initial accusations that he had assaulted three patients while he was a chiropractor for Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium.