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The main reason he’s running, Begich said, is to reverse what he sees as state stagnation. He emphasized the need to boo...
08/19/2025

The main reason he’s running, Begich said, is to reverse what he sees as state stagnation. He emphasized the need to boost education funding and wants to raise state revenues — from corporate taxes, trimming oil tax credits and the like.

(From Alaska Public Media)

A former state senator, Tom Begich is the first Democrat in the race. He says he'd step aside if Mary Peltola decides to run. He's the uncle of U.S. Rep. Nick Begich III, R-Alaska.

The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities says emergency repairs are currently underway, but they do...
08/18/2025

The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities says emergency repairs are currently underway, but they don't have a timeline for when it will reopen to the public.

The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities says emergency bridge repairs are currently underway, but it did not have a timeline for when it will reopen to the public.

The service interruptions have affected AT&T, GCI, Verizon and Visible, according to Upper Lynn Canal residents.(From KH...
08/18/2025

The service interruptions have affected AT&T, GCI, Verizon and Visible, according to Upper Lynn Canal residents.

(From KHNS-fm)

The service interruptions have affected AT&T, GCI, Verizon and Visible, according to Upper Lynn Canal residents.

The Alaska-based airline had struggled since launching in late 2020, laying off staff and eliminating routes.(From KUCB)
08/18/2025

The Alaska-based airline had struggled since launching in late 2020, laying off staff and eliminating routes.

(From KUCB)

The regional airline had been cutting staff and routes nearly from its inception in 2020.

The district said in an email the only damage that occurred was some fencing near Back Loop Bridge, which remained close...
08/16/2025

The district said in an email the only damage that occurred was some fencing near Back Loop Bridge, which remained closed Friday due to damage from the flood.

Despite a one day delay for most students due to flooding, Juneau School District staff reported it was a relatively normal first day of school.

Don Habeger and his View Drive neighbors paid thousands of dollars to build a colossal berm over the past month in a las...
08/16/2025

Don Habeger and his View Drive neighbors paid thousands of dollars to build a colossal berm over the past month in a last-ditch effort to save their homes ahead of the glacial outburst flood.

It failed. Now they're left deciding whether to fight the flood again next year, or cut their losses and move.

Officials and residents are exploring a federal buyout program that would pay willing View Drive residents to move and turn the land into a park.

Presiding Judge Larry Woolford declared a mistrial Wednesday for two of the 16 sexual assault and harassment charges. Fu...
08/15/2025

Presiding Judge Larry Woolford declared a mistrial Wednesday for two of the 16 sexual assault and harassment charges. Fultz will continue to stand trial for the remaining 14 charges.

Friday marked the end of the third week of a sexual assault trial against former SEARHC chiropractor Jeffrey Fultz, who stands accused of abusing patients in Juneau between 2014 and 2020.

The 2025 Juneau Glacial Lake Outburst Flood Joint Information Center will hold a press briefing at 11 a.m. Tune in here:
08/15/2025

The 2025 Juneau Glacial Lake Outburst Flood Joint Information Center will hold a press briefing at 11 a.m.

Tune in here:

The National Weather Service has confirmed that the river crested at 16.65 feet a short while ago and water levels are now dropping.

While the Ukraine war is the main subject of the presidential meeting, many Alaskans wonder whether Putin will express R...
08/15/2025

While the Ukraine war is the main subject of the presidential meeting, many Alaskans wonder whether Putin will express Russia’s long-simmering sellers’ regret while he’s here.

Follow Alaska Public Media for coverage of today's meeting. Tune in to KTOO 104.3 FM at 3:30 p.m. for live coverage from NPR.

Some in Anchorage plan to protest. Others say it could elevate Anchorage's place in history. "It could be the new Versailles," one resident said.

The third episode of KTOO's new podcast looks at how other countries have protected residents from glacial outburst floo...
08/15/2025

The third episode of KTOO's new podcast looks at how other countries have protected residents from glacial outburst floods and why Juneau's long term solution is taking so long.

Juneau city officials are looking at everything from dams to explosives to keep Mendenhall Valley residents safe from future glacial outburst floods.

On View Drive, a street along the Mendenhall River not protected by the city’s barrier, residents report that flooding w...
08/15/2025

On View Drive, a street along the Mendenhall River not protected by the city’s barrier, residents report that flooding was more catastrophic than ever before.

After the water receded from this week’s all-time record breaking glacial outburst flood, Mendenhall Valley residents spent Thursday taking stock of the damage.

Summer school is a part of the Alaska Reads Act, a state law passed in 2022 that aims to get every student reading at gr...
08/15/2025

Summer school is a part of the Alaska Reads Act, a state law passed in 2022 that aims to get every student reading at grade level by the end of third grade.

After passing the Alaska Reads Act in 2022, districts across the state use summer school as a way to help students struggling to read. Juneau students appear to be showing some improvements since the…

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