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Office of Children’s Services demographics show...

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2025/10/22

The agency is turning to training and partnering with tribes to address the gap.

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Last year’s Alaska tourism season was a record year —...

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2025/10/22

The data includes the 12-month period starting in May 2024 to April 2025 and shows that winter travel dipped for the first time in nearly 20 years.

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Newscast – Friday, Oct. 17, 2025

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2025/10/18

In this newscast: Dozens of attendees at the Alaska Federation of Natives convention stood in protest during U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan's speech Friday morning; Juneau residents got a glimpse of what life in town looked like in the mid-20th century - in Kodachrome; Community leaders in Ketchikan and Saxman have teamed up with the state to build more affordable housing units; Western Alaska residents from the storm-ravaged communities of Kipnuk and Kwigillingok continued to land Thursday night in

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Gov. Dunleavy requests Trump declare federal disaster...

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2025/10/17

The disaster declaration would unlock federal resources to respond to the Lower Kuskokwim and Lower Yukon regions in Western Alaska, in addition to the Northwest Arctic Borough.

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Family videos from mid-20th century Juneau get a new...

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2025/10/17

A family donated 8 mm film reels to the Juneau-Douglas City Museum, which had them digitized and presented parts of the videos this week at Gold Town Theater.

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In Haines and Skagway, the feared Canadian boycott...

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2025/10/17

That comes in sharp contrast to what's happened nationwide, where summer border crossings dropped by 24%.

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Dunleavy appointment to Alaska judicial board will...

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2025/10/17

A fair courts group and a Juneau man had challenged the governor’s decision to put a suspended attorney in a public seat on the board that nominates people to fill judicial vacancies.

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Anchorage prepares for up to 2,000 evacuees from...

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2025/10/17

Mayor Suzanne LaFrance says she expects many people will stay through the winter.

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‘Everything is lost now’: Hundreds evacuate from...

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2025/10/17

On Wednesday and Thursday, hundreds of people from Kipnuk and Kwigillingok boarded military transport planes headed for Anchorage, leaving their homes, belongings and communities behind.

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Juneau high school graduation rate increases...

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2025/10/17

More than 96% of students graduated in four years at Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé last school year.

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Furloughed federal workers get free lunch in Juneau...

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2025/10/16

Volunteers plan to offer free lunches twice per week until the government shutdown ends.

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Catastrophic Western Alaska storm sets the tone for...

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2025/10/16

Indigenous organizations and local leaders were focusing on the destruction from the recent storm before the start of the convention.

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‘No one is giving up’: Local search continues for 2...

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2025/10/16

As authorities end their large-scale search, volunteers and village public safety officers vow to keep looking for two Kwigillingok residents whose home floated away in the storm.

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Hundreds evacuating from hardest hit Western Alaska...

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2025/10/16

Nearly all the homes in both towns were damaged and a tribal administrator said it was unsafe to stay.

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Juneau’s cold weather emergency shelter opens for the...

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2025/10/16

The shelter accepts anyone who comes in search of a place to sleep, as long as they aren't disruptive to other patrons. It’s a stopgap solution and meant to be a last resort for people to go for the night when the weather gets cold.

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New Indigenous science building uses technology to...

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2025/10/16

The building on Heritage Way hosts a digital media lab with a podcast booth and video production software, an Indigenous science research lab and a makerspace with a digital woodcarving machine.

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UAS scientists unveil new data about Juneau’s glacial...

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2025/10/15

Researchers presented preliminary data on how ice dynamics contributed to this summer’s record-breaking flood, and shared their ideas about how that could change in the future.

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Multiple people died in Juneau’s backcountry this...

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2025/10/15

Many of the people who died this year were cruise tourists or visitors.

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Juneau voters continue to favor affordability...

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2025/10/11

The results paint a similar picture compared to the first round results shared earlier this week. Nano Brooks continues to grow his lead over incumbent Wade Bryson.

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Newscast – Friday, Oct. 10, 2025

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2025/10/11

In this newscast: A grand jury indicted a Juneau man on two counts of felony assault for allegedly injuring two Juneau Police officers earlier this month Floodwaters have receded in Kotzebue and other western Alaska communities after a storm, but another is coming The Department of Education and Early Development backtracked on its initial recommendation…

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