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With second storm incoming, governor declares...

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2025/10/10

State emergency officials are deploying response teams and have requested help from the Alaska National Guard and State Defense Force.

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Grand jury indicts Juneau man for allegedly...

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2025/10/10

If convicted, he faces up to five years of prison time for each of the charges.

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Tongass Voices: Ldaan.aat Laurie Cropley and...

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2025/10/09

Lingít elder Ldaan.aat Laurie Cropley and elder-in-training Yuxgitsiy George Holly are leading dawn prayers at the annual Elders and Youth conference in Anchorage next week.

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Remnants of Typhoon Halong could bring further...

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2025/10/09

The weekend's potential storm is reminiscent of 2022's ex-typhoon Merbok, which caused millions of dollars in damage across western Alaska.

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Government shutdown creates uncertainty for fisheries...

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2025/10/09

Managers and advocates worry about getting adequate information in time to set the 2026 harvest levels for Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska groundfish.

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Sullivan endorses Trump’s deployment of military to...

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2025/10/09

Sen. Sullivan says the crime rate justifies sending in the troops. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, on the other hand, considers it inappropriate.

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Kotzebue issues mandatory evacuation order ahead of...

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2025/10/09

Water could rise as much as 10 feet above the high tide line, according to the National Weather Service.

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Juneau upzoned land for denser housing throughout the...

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2025/10/09

The hope was that by allowing for denser housing in those areas, it would entice private developers to build units there. But so far, nobody’s biting.

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Newscast – Friday, Oct. 3, 2025

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2025/10/04

In this newscast: Among the most vulnerable Alaskans to the ongoing federal shutdown could be thousands of parents who depend on WIC to help them buy food; Former Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson is joining the race for governor; Juneau voters will decide in this fall's municipal election whether to exempt essential food and residential utilities from local sales tax; Earlier this month, the judge in a case against a former Juneau chiropractor dismissed a charge, which revealed a gap in state sexual

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Dismissed charges in Fultz case show limitations of...

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2025/10/04

Earlier this month, a judge one of those remaining charges against former Juneau chiropractor Jeffrey Fultz. It reveals a gap in state laws that makes it harder for alleged victims of sexual assault to achieve justice.

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Former Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson joins 2026 race...

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2025/10/03

Bronson often clashed with the left-leaning Anchorage Assembly over its approach to COVID-19 and homelessness and weathered a number of scandals during his time as mayor.

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Juneau voters weigh costs and benefits of removing...

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2025/10/03

If voters choose to pass Proposition 2 on the local ballot this year, the current 5% sales tax would drop to zero percent for everyone, regardless of their income.

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Alaska cities and boroughs consider higher sales...

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2025/10/03

Most of Alaska's local governments will hold municipal elections on Oct. 7, and voting has already begun in many places.

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Petersburg joins other Southeast Alaska communities...

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2025/10/03

Sea otters were once wiped out in Southeast Alaska due to the fur trade, but their population has skyrocketed since reintroduction in the 1960s.

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From boxes to bookshelves: Kax̲dig̲oowu Héen...

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2025/10/03

The school put more than $90,000 in insurance money toward modernizing and rebuilding its library after flood damage in 2022.

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Federal shutdown could complicate Juneau’s plans to...

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2025/10/03

The shutdown comes as the Juneau Assembly is considering major questions about protecting Mendenhall Valley neighborhoods, including repairing or upgrading the existing flood levee.

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Former Juneau chiropractor accused of sexual assault...

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2025/10/02

Prosecutors argued that Jeffrey Fultz shouldn't be eligible for a public defender, but the judge disagreed.

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14 small public broadcasting stations in Alaska will...

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2025/10/02

Months after losing federal money, the Interior Department steps forward with a one-year reprieve. Meanwhile, stations like KUCB in Unalaska are basking in love from afar.

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Suit challenging use of Alaska homeschool funds for...

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2025/10/02

A judge denied a group of homeschool parents' effort to dismiss the case, saying a Supreme Court ruling requires a closer look at how allotments are spent in practice.

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Juneau descendants of boarding school survivors sing...

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2025/10/02

Orange Shirt Day recognizes the Indigenous children who were separated from their language, families and culture and sent to residential schools across North America from the late 1800s well into the 20th Century.

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