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Alaska legislators advance stopgap spending bill intended to address construction and disasters
Supplemental budget bill has been stymied by disagreements in the House over whether to unlock a key savings account.
Mar 233 min read


‘Special weather statement’: OK, so maybe Juneau will set the all-time winter snow record today after all
Snowfall early Monday unofficially puts airport about an inch shy of all-time high; advisory issued Monday afternoon calls for 1-3" of snow by this evening.
Mar 232 min read


Juneau high schoolers travel to Hawaii to help rebuild homes destroyed by Lahaina wildfires
Ten Juneau high school students gained real-world home-building experience — and some much-needed Vitamin D — earlier this month during a school district trip to Maui, Hawaii.
Mar 231 min read


Rough draft of revised Tongass plan envisioning more resource development released for public comment
Forest Service refers to document as ‘preliminary draft plan content’; proposes increasing annual timber harvests to 72M board feet, up from 46M in plan last revised in 2016.
Mar 233 min read


Governor's race survey: the PFD question (and ferries)
Candidates propose their PFD amounts — and tell us the last time they rode an Alaska state ferry.
Mar 237 min read


Supreme Court sounds skeptical of late-arriving ballots, a Trump target
A ruling eliminating grace periods for mailed ballots postmarked by Election Day would affect Alaska, 13 other states
Mar 233 min read


Police blotter for March 21
This report contains public information available from local emergency response and law enforcement organizations.
Mar 231 min read


Medicaid cuts could add pressure to already-stressed psychiatric units
Between 2023 and 2024, 126 hospitals across the US shut down their inpatient psychiatric units.
Mar 236 min read


Alaska Beacon state and legislative daybook for the week of March 16, 2026
Here’s what’s happening at the Alaska Capitol and elsewhere across the state.
Mar 234 min read


Federal ‘SAVE Act’ risks denying thousands of Alaskans the ability to vote, Murkowski says
Alaska’s senior U.S. Senator is the only Republican to join Democrats in opposition to the bill, which currently lacks the votes to pass.
Mar 234 min read


Juneau sets daily and monthly snow records – but not winter record after discovery of error in historic data
3.6" on Sunday gives Juneau 195.8" since Oct. 1, surpassing 194.3" in 1964-65; but discovery of ’missing’ 7.5" in 2006-07 means record is 197.9", according to weather service.
Mar 232 min read


First games show Gold Medal spirit is still on the court
Haines runs past Klawock, Hoonah nips Angoon, Kake women win, Yakutat women victorious, Hoonah masterful.
Mar 236 min read
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