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Mixed rain/snow with up to 5" accumulation Tuesday; schools, CBJ facilities closed
3" more snow expected Wednesday; forecast calls for rain beginning Friday night and continuing through weekend.
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Cooking for Pleasure: Venison stew
Perfect to warm up with after shoveling and plentiful for leftovers, "if you can restrain yourself."
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Report: Mary Peltola moves toward Alaska Senate campaign
Former U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, D-Alaska, and current U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska. (Official congressional portraits) Former Rep. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) is taking concrete steps toward a Senate run, including interviewing potential campaign managers, Axios has learned. Peltola is expected to make a formal announcement challenging Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) this month, according to two people familiar with the matter…( Read full story )
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Juneau mayor heads to Washington seeking funding for long-term flood solution
Juneau Mayor Beth Weldon is travelling to Washington, D.C., this week to press federal officials and Alaska’s congressional delegation for funding and coordination on the city’s long-term solution to recurring flood risk from Suicide Basin, even as the capital city grapples with ongoing winter weather…( Read full story )
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Police blotter for Jan. 4
This report contains public information available from local emergency response and law enforcement organizations.
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Alaska's court system built an AI chatbot. It didn't go smoothly.
Dealing with a loved one’s belongings after their death is never easy. But as Alaska’s state courts have discovered, an inaccurate or misleading artificial intelligence chatbot can easily make matters worse…( Read full story )
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Residents at a mobile home park in Juneau go weeks without adequate water pressure
Dozens of Thunder Mountain Mobile Park residents weren’t able to use their showers or do laundry over the holidays and during recent snowstorms. Wright Services, the company that owns the park, said it won’t be able to repair the main water line until temperatures warm. And warm weather isn’t in the forecast any time soon…( Read full story )
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Murkowski weighs in on public broadcasting, transboundary mining and Peltola’s options
It was an eventful year in national politics, and Alaska’s senior senator was often in the spotlight for bucking the Republican Party or the Trump administration.
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Juneau exhibition evokes the entity of womanhood in print
“My Mother’s Bones,” weaves women’s stories through the language of folklore and fairytales. An exhibition by artists Rachel Levy and Alex Bookless, the show debuted at First Friday at the Juneau Arts and Culture Center…( Read full story )
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Update: Avalanche advisory issued as downtown gets a foot of snow as of 2 p.m. Monday; 4-10" more forecast
Free parking in downtown garages until Friday as city tries to clear snow from streets; mixed rain and snow expected overnight, with varying amounts of snow Tuesday.
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Alaska Family and Community Services commissioner leaves state post for Trump administration job
The State Office Building in Juneau is seen on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025. (James Brooks/Alaska Beacon) By Yereth Rosen Alaska Beacon The commissioner of Alaska’s Department of Family and Community Services has departed that position to take a job with the Trump administration. Kim Kovol has accepted a job with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced last week. Her last day working for the state was on Friday, and Tracy Dompeling, the depa
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With more heavy snow falling, some Juneau residents push city to declare December's record storm a disaster
Concerns for neighbors, need to unbury the town persists as problems deepen; CBJ says it is 'utilizing every available resource' and monitoring situation.
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