"I want to be able to make sure that we have financial accountability, we're transparent and accountable launched an education campus project, debuted a long-planned tribal casino, been prominently involved in glacial flood protection efforts and made other advances. working with Congress and various presidents, and all the tribal governments in the country on issues like the right for the indigenous voice at UN forums, and I made a choice to come home because I wanted to make

Alaska Seaplanes makes trips between Juneau and small coastal community on New Year’s Day; man stuck to NY home A worker loads an Alaska Seaplanes floatplane at Juneau International Airport before it takes Like many rural Alaskans, trips to hub communities like Juneau mean concentrating tasks so one trip serves With most airport businesses closed, White ordered take-out pizza for delivery to the airport during “I’ve been doing all this work to take care of my daughter’s college.

A hotter globe from the burning of coal, oil and gas means more extreme weather including floods, droughts Even though it's only a few tenths of a degree, some of the planet's ecosystems, such as coral and glaciers Because of that, Seabrook said 2027 will likely break the 2024 heat record. lead to flooding, Seabrook said. “Whether it’s extreme heat, mega-storms, floods, massive wildfires or droughts hitting food supply and

The family set up the refreshment stand at the corner of Mendenhall Loop Road and Glacier Spur Road to offer drinks to Mendenhall Glacier visitors awaiting the Capital Transit bus downtown. Monday has a chance at being the warmest day of the year so far in Juneau, although temperatures aren’t likely The heat will likely increase the fill rate of Suicide Basin somewhat, but not enough to significantly The highest likelihood of exceeding 80 degrees is expected to be inland areas, such as near Ward Lake

Petersburg Lake in the Tongass National Forest. (U.S. When managed forests are harvested, the resulting low vegetation — including species like huckleberry This work aims to create old-growth-like forests along stream corridors. “It could be flooring, could be trim, could be paneling, it can be all different kinds of things. It could be studs, floor joists, floor beams, rafters, all the kinds of lumber that we would typically

Trump has a lot of irresponsible ideas: Igniting a trade war with Canada because I figure he never liked hockey; declaring that Lake Ontario should forever more be called Lake America because it’s easier to spell; and taking much of Venezuela’s oil because no one can stop him and he loves the idea of the U.S We need to think like Trump, just without the obscenities and insults in his social media posts. We need to start thinking like Trump.

streams, salmon runs and cultural history deep in the national forest Hillsides upstream of Kathleen Lake Jamie Daniels, 53, and his crew of Tlingit forestry workers take cover in a glade of alders.

"I like rules and I like figuring out how to stay within those rules — and when the rules don't make sense I like figuring out what we can do about that," she said. Also, beyond the process itself, "I like just the customer service side of things." I touch utilities, which has been really hot lately." And to me that's what the clerk's office is all about — is making people feel like this is not insurmountable

Administration since 2006, describes the rapidly changing features of the Arctic, including sea ice, glaciers about Arctic conditions such as sea ice extent and thickness, air temperature, vegetation changes, glacial or contributing authors from Alaska, usually from UAF but also from other Alaska-based institutions like “For 20 years, the Arctic Report Card has helped Alaskans track the profound changes taking place across Ice Data Center, forcing the Colorado-based center to reduce services that track sea ice, snow and glacier

other tragedies The Mendenhall River Bridge built in 1915 that was washed out in September 1918 by flooding Flood damage near Gold Creek in September of 1918 showing debris and Juneau’s Alaska Native hospital Juneau endured severe flooding after 6.32 inches of rain fell in 24 hours. The heavy rain caused landslides on Basin Road and Thane and flooded the lower floor of the Alaska Native Alaska Daily Empire front page Sept. 28, 1918: “Floods Cause $250,000 Damages.”

Resurrection Lutheran Church is not offering its weekly food pantry. to be open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., although the water main to the resort is still not repaired, so no food Sunday "we’ve had 7.2 additional inches since midnight" at the station near the Mendenhall Glacier. Snow blankets trees near Auke Lake on Monday, Dec. 29, 2025. Please make sure you check your outside heater exhaust vents for snow blockages and make sure your carbon

That includes the ecologically sensitive Teshekpuk Lake, the largest lake on the North Slope, which is 2010 and annually from 2011 through 2019, but with protections for certain areas, including Teshekpuk Lake “We can’t let this administration destroy key habitat for cherished wildlife like caribou, polar bears