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Gov. Dunleavy veto of increase for Alaska child care...

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2025/07/10

The governor cited declining state revenues for the budget vetoes. Legislators and advocates say funding for child care and early intervention services should be prioritized.

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Tongass Voices: Juneau’s mobile crisis responders on...

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2025/07/10

Meghan DeSloover and Sarah Zaglifa reflect on their role in filling some of the gaps in behavioral health care.

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29 homes have been lost in Denali Borough fires,...

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2025/07/09

Wet weather has been helping firefighters' progress, but it's also making air quality worse in the Interior

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Alaska lawmakers plan rare use of subpoenas to get...

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2025/07/09

It's the latest development in a dispute between the Legislature and Dunleavy administration over whether the state is getting all the revenue it should from oil and gas taxes.

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Body of missing cruise ship passenger found in Juneau...

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2025/07/04

The crew of an Alaska Army National Guard helicopter located the body of 62-year-old Kentucky resident Marites Buenafe Thursday afternoon.

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Defense attorney says man accused of local woman’s...

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2025/07/04

Anthony Michael Migliaccio maintains his innocence and his attorney argues that public pressure for police to make an arrest led to this outcome. Police stand by their investigation.

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Family of missing Juneau man asks for community’s...

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2025/07/04

Benjamin Stepetin is well-known in the downtown area and his family says he has been experiencing homelessness for the last two years.

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US Department of Education withholds over $47 million...

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2025/07/03

The federal department blocked $6.8 billion nationally for the upcoming school year.

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Amid a summer overflow of cats, Juneau Animal Rescue...

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2025/07/03

JAR is raising money for a new facility that would meet its needs. Until then, Driscoll said people can help prevent the influx of animals by sterilizing their pets.

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To stymie veto overrides, Dunleavy asks Republicans...

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2025/07/03

Lawmakers have five days at the start of a session to consider veto overrides. The Senate president called Dunleavy's request "absurd" and "unconscionable."

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Green crab discoveries in Ketchikan show the invasive...

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2025/07/03

Thousands of the crabs have already been trapped in southern Southeast Alaska, and experts advise the public to be on the lookout for more that are likely to arrive.

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Sullivan pitches LNG pipeline to Pentagon leadership

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2025/07/03

He says bringing the federal government on to the project could "dramatically lower the cost of capital."

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Juneau School District will end its after school...

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2025/07/03

The district is ending the program due to staffing challenges but plans to replace it with a private provider.

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Humpback whale severely injured in Glacier Bay...

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2025/07/03

A humpback whale was deeply wounded in what National Park staff say is an apparent boat collision.

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State seizes 39 animals from a wildlife facility...

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2025/07/03

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game said two animals died during or shortly after the raid, which comes amid a years-long saga between Kroschel Films Wildlife Center and the state.

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Homeowners along Mendenhall River may pay less in...

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2025/07/02

The average residential property value rose by less than 1% this year. But many homes in the Mendenhall Valley near the river saw a decline in their assessed values after last August’s glacial outburst flood.

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Alaska Gov. Dunleavy forces early vote on education...

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2025/07/02

Lawmakers must vote in the first five days of the special session on overrides to the governor’s budget vetoes and his vetoes on several policy bills.

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Cruise ship passenger goes missing while hiking Mount...

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2025/07/02

Marites Buenafe, 62, of Kentucky was last known to be hiking Gold Ridge and Gastineau Peak from the Goldbelt Tramway on top of Mount Roberts.

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Haines Assembly agrees to move towards smaller Lutak...

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2025/07/02

In a rare unanimous vote, the Assembly directed the interim borough manager to come back to their next meeting with a new contract that includes a smaller, less expensive dock.

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Juneau’s controversial landslide maps make a comeback...

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2025/07/02

In response to public feedback, the landslide hazard maps are now more generic in the draft — without severity ratings.

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