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Police blotter for Oct. 17

This report contains public information available from local emergency response and law enforcement organizations.

Oct 191 min read

Police blotter for Oct. 16

This report contains public information available from local emergency response and law enforcement organizations.

Oct 191 min read

On The Trails: Chickadees

They’re fun to watch — always active, leading mixed species flocks in fall, sometimes storing seeds for hard times to come.

Oct 193 min read

‘Empty shelves, higher prices’: Americans tell of cost of Trump’s tariffs

On Thursday, a study from S&P Global revealed that companies were expected to pay at least $1.2tn more in 2025 expenses than was previously anticipated. But the burden, according to the researchers, is now shifting to US consumers. They calculated that two-thirds of the “expense shock”, more than $900bn, will be absorbed by Americans. Last month, the Yale Budget Lab estimated tariffs would cost households almost $2,400 more a year…( Read full story )

Oct 191 min read

Juneau joins nationwide protests with ‘No Tsars, No Kings’ event on Alaska Day

Peaceful protest invites all to tell their story in Juneau; one man standing solo on Douglas Bridge turns the U.S. flag at Juneau courthouse upside down.

Oct 187 min read

In Alaska, where overdose deaths are rising again, Narcan and community are a lifeline

Whenever he can, Shane Shelton offers neighbors naloxone, an overdose reversal medication, and a place to sleep out of the cold…( Read full story )

Oct 181 min read

Alaska Science Forum: Alaska volcano as climate disrupter

A circular scar on Alaska’s face speaks to an event that may have contributed to the fall of societies on the far side of the world.

Oct 183 min read

Typhoon disaster in Western Alaska raises questions around the region’s future

Climate change forces combine to make the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta especially vulnerable, threatening a region that has sustained Indigenous people for millennia.

Oct 188 min read