This Icebreaker Has Design Problems and a History of Failure. It’s America’s Latest Military Vessel.
The builder of the icebreaker Aiviq has given more than $7 million to political campaigns, parties and committees since 2012.
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Juneau-based Coast Guard icebreaker in final budget bill as Congress tries to avoid shutdown
Funding for the U.S. Coast Guard to purchase a commercial icebreaker for Arctic use, with the intent of homeporting it in Juneau, is included in a budget deal reached by Congress on the eve of a ...
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Buying time: Juneau’s Marine Exchange of Alaska saves lives, cargo, communities and wildlife
The shipshape third-floor conference room inside the waterfront Marine Exchange of Alaska is as efficient and functional as ...
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Juneau to house Coast Guard’s latest icebreaker, despite the vessel’s troubled history
ProPublica journalist McKenzie Funk says the Aiviq has a history of failures and design problems, but the Coast Guard doesn’t ...
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When distress calls near Kodiak go unheard by the Coast Guard, Juneau’s Marine Exchange comes in
The Marine Exchange of Alaska, a nongovernmental agency based out of Juneau, has been acting as a 24/7 middle man ...
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Rules for short-term housing such as Airbnbs getting another long look from new CBJ task force
Trying to resolve a long-term debate about short-term rentals such as Airbnbs in Juneau is the ... hundreds of homes and the announced homeporting of a U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker that could ...