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E-bike dangers
This Saturday while driving home on Mendenhall Loop Road I recorded on my dashcam a young person on his e-bike dashing across the road in front of oncoming traffic.
2 days ago1 min read


Flu and flu-related sickness killed 36 Alaskans last winter
Influenza-related illnesses killed 36 Alaskans during the 2025-2026 flu season, the Alaska Section of Epidemiology said Friday in a regular annual report summarizing the prior flu season.
2 days ago2 min read


Assembly to discuss flood solution funding, View Drive buyout, e-bike regulations Monday
Local funds for long-term flood fix ‘should be borne by the entire borough, and not a service area of projected homes,’ memo for Committee of the Whole meeting states.
2 days ago3 min read


Why I support Karla Hart for Assembly
The Juneau Assembly Committee of the Whole decided on Aug. 31 against advancing an ordinance proposed by Assembly members Alicia Hughes-Skandijs, Christine Woll and Paul Kelly to codify the five-ship-a-day cruise ship limit.
2 days ago2 min read


Police blotter for Sept. 19
This report contains public information available from local emergency response and law enforcement organizations.
2 days ago1 min read


Follow the money
A quick internet search finds that 9% of the current U.S. cabinet secretaries are billionaires and 35% of the current administration are worth over $100 million.
2 days ago2 min read


Developers, loggers can kill endangered species, Trump administration says
Memo says animals can be killed as long as killing is not the main ‘purpose’ of an action.
2 days ago5 min read


Pitched battle for Alaska’s Senate seat is enveloped in a fight over fish
Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan and Democrat Mary Peltola are fighting bitterly over fisheries management, especially the hot-button issue of trawl bycatch.
2 days ago14 min read


Crimson Bears feast in the waters of the Kings
JDHS swim and dive athletes sweep boys and girls team titles at Ketchikan Invitational.
2 days ago8 min read


The value of regret
In retrospect, it is common to muse on the things we would change if we could. Some see revisiting past losses and mistakes as time spent idle, but there is value in regret. If you regret nothing you have done, it may simply mean you failed to learn from the mistakes of the past. The value of regret is in not repeating them.
3 days ago2 min read


Police blotter for Sept. 18
This report contains public information available from local emergency response and law enforcement organizations.
3 days ago1 min read


Trump says higher gas prices are worth it; voters aren’t so sure
Interviews with voters in several states, along with a fresh round of national polling, reveal an overwhelming sense of frustration that skyrocketing gas prices — a direct result of Trump's war — are creating serious and sustained financial hardships for America's working class.
3 days ago5 min read
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