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Gold Medal teams continue to rack up the points
A wrap up of the days action and scores with photo highlights and Tuesday's schedule
7 days ago6 min read
Dunleavy seeks huge tax break for Alaska LNG Project, says state won’t benefit from any revenue if it isn’t built
Some legislators and skeptics say governor’s bill will cost the state billions of dollars, question if it’s fair and necessary in order for the pipeline to be built Glenfarne President Adam Prestidge, right, Alaska Gas Line Development Corp. Commercial Director Matt Kissinger, center, and Northern Compass Group LLC President Mark Begich discuss the Alaska LNG Project during a House Resources Committee meeting Monday, March 23, 2026, at the Alaska State Capitol. (Mark Sabbatin
Mar 234 min read
Men and women on the basketball court, Stolen Sisters outside the lines
Gold Medal tournament aids organizations across many communities.
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
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
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
Cast a ballot and wait for the plane. In Alaska, a grace period for ballots is seen as a necessity
Many worry that a case from Mississippi challenging whether ballots received after Election Day can be counted in federal elections could end Alaska's practice of accepting late-arriving ballots. Alaska counts ballots if they are postmarked by Election Day and received within 10 days, or 15 days for overseas voters in general elections.
Mar 225 min read
3 hurt, including child with possible head trauma, when truck hits median on ‘extremely slick’ Egan Drive
CCFR issues safety warning, closure of Thane Road planned as Juneau within 2.1" of all-time winter snowfall record as of 11:59 p.m. Saturday; forecast says record may occur Sunday.
Mar 222 min read
Braves outlast Whalers in triple-overtime state championship game
Mt. Edgecumbe topples powerhouse Barrow for Alaska’s 3A boys crown.
Mar 2213 min read
Sitka falls to Nome in third/fifth-place state game
Wolves give it all in season finale against Nanooks at March Madness tournament.
Mar 227 min read
US Forest Service staffing in Southeast down 30% from a year ago
Leadership at agency in flux as plans shift for managing 17-million-acre Tongass National Forest, officials say
Mar 214 min read
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