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Police blotter for Dec. 25
This report contains public information available from local emergency response and law enforcement organizations.
Dec 27, 20251 min read


The unimpressive historical case of preserving Telephone Hill
The complaint regarding the historic significance of the neighborhood won’t be heard until August. However, as CBJ noted in their response to that issue in this case, Telephone Hill is not on the National Historic Register. And the bar for admission to that is so low that it contains hundreds of places that have no historic significance whatsoever.
Dec 27, 20253 min read


Capital City Classic basketball tourney starts Saturday
Crimson Bears welcome Fort Yukon, Kake, Monroe and Petersburg.
Dec 26, 20257 min read


UPDATE (Sat. 9:30 a.m.): 22-34" of snow possible in Juneau and vicinity by Monday morning
Forecast as of 8:45 p.m. Friday calls for extended precipitation from atmospheric river, winds gusting to 45 mph; mixed rain and snow possible throughout next week.
Dec 26, 20253 min read


Year in review: Deportations, tariffs, court clashes, record shutdown make history in Washington, D.C.
This year produced a seemingly endless array of history-making events and nearly constant change to immigration policy, tariffs, the Education Department and federal health care programs.
Dec 26, 20259 min read


JPD: Crash that killed 7-year-old girl occurred when Jeep she was in lost control and hit oncoming truck
Girl and 17-year-old driver trapped when Jeep rolled into ditch in Christmas Eve crash; driver and the two occupants of the other vehicle were not significantly injured.
Dec 26, 20252 min read


Dunleavy picks 2 Mat-Su Republicans to fill vacant Alaska House seats
The Republican governor made the appointments Wednesday, and the two men may replace Sens. Cathy Tilton, R-Wasilla, and George Rauscher, R-Sutton, whom the governor previously appointed to fill two vacancies in the Senate.
Dec 26, 20252 min read


‘Not going to just give up’ on summer tourism plans if gondola is a no-go, Eaglecrest officials say
Expectation is installation will go forward when decision point is reached early next year, but plan B needed if project is too costly since CBJ may limit subsidies to ski resort.
Dec 26, 20255 min read


Police blotter for Dec. 24
This report contains public information available from local emergency response and law enforcement organizations.
Dec 26, 20251 min read


How much of Project 2025 has actually been accomplished this year?
In the months leading up to his election, President Donald Trump insisted that he had nothing to do with the far-right vision for his second administration known as Project 2025, a Christian-nationalist blueprint to remake the federal government. As the year draws to a close, a crowd-sourced effort, as well as trackers from advocacy organizations and labor unions, show that his administration has implemented roughly half of the goals laid out in the document’s 920 pages.
Dec 26, 20259 min read


State health care affordability efforts complicated by One Big Beautiful Bill Act
As Congress debates whether to extend the temporary federal subsidies that have helped millions of Americans buy health coverage, a crucial underlying reality is sometimes overlooked: Those subsidies are merely a band-aid covering the often unaffordable cost of health care.
Dec 26, 20256 min read


Christmas meal goers left out in the cold as church locks doors due to ‘threat of trespass’ by organizers
Resurrection Lutheran Church’s new leadership bans former pastor from property, asserts planned holiday worship and meal were unauthorized intrusion into building.
Dec 25, 20256 min read
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