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University of Alaska Board of Regents approves 4%...

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2025/11/08

The board unanimously approved Student Regent Fernando Escobar's proposed higher tuition.

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SNAP uncertainty drives up demand at Juneau food...

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2025/11/08

The delay in SNAP benefit payments has driven Juneau residents to worry that their next meal isn’t guaranteed, and local organizations are stepping up their efforts to fill the gaps.

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Alaska commercial fishing jobs have fallen to a...

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2025/11/07

New data shows the industry has lost more than a third of harvesting jobs over the past decade.

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Sullivan votes to block Senate measure intended to...

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2025/11/07

Murkowski was one of two Republicans in favor of taking up the issue, saying she's not convinced by the Trump administration's justifications.

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Alaska’s public schools serve as emergency shelters....

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2025/11/07

Across hundreds of Alaska communities, public schools are often the safest buildings where people can take shelter during disasters. After decades of state neglect, however, some have become emergencies themselves.

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Anchorage International, Sea-Tac among 40 airports...

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2025/11/06

Officials at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport say they're working to minimize impacts to passengers and cargo operations.

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Juneau leaders begin to grapple with budget shortfall...

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2025/11/06

Assembly members agreed on Wednesday to absorb this year's $6.4 million revenue shortfall using interest earnings from last fiscal year. They opted against implementing any broad service reductions — for now.

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Alaska’s furloughed feds take on ‘lemonade’ projects...

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2025/11/06

Despite fear of retribution, some are speaking out. "I might as well go down swinging," one says.

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Federal agency designates Alaska’s Donlin gold mine...

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2025/11/06

Donlin Gold says the FAST-41 designation will not accelerate the mine's timeline nor allow it to skip required steps. Environmental and tribal groups have raised concerns.

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Haines and Skagway collect donations for people...

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2025/11/06

The Dahl Memorial Clinic and Chilkoot Indian Association are gathering supplies and food from community members, which will be shipped to Anchorage.

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Alaska opens two special hunts to aid Southwest...

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2025/11/06

For many state agencies, it’s been ‘all hands on deck’ to help victims of ex-Typhoon Halong.

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Alaska aims to regulate its own hazardous waste

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2025/11/05

If the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency authorizes the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation’s new hazardous waste program, Alaska will no longer be one of two states without it's own program.

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The number of debt collection cases in Alaska state...

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2025/11/05

Consumer debt is at record-high levels, and the number of Americans behind on their credit card payments is also on the rise.

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University of Alaska unions ask Board of Regents not...

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2025/11/05

While no formal action is on the table for the University of Alaska Board of Regents, a controversial higher education compact from the Trump administration has sparked a petition from several unions.

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Juneau Assembly weighs cost of buyout for View Drive...

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2025/11/01

The Juneau Assembly is hoping to avoid paying a portion of the cost for a federal program that would offer buyouts to residents of the street hardest-hit by Juneau’s annual glacial outburst floods.

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Juneau schools work to keep students fed as federal...

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2025/11/01

Juneau schools are finding ways to support students and families in the midst of the government shutdown, which has put food benefits for low income families at risk.

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Newscast – Friday, Oct. 31, 2025

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2025/11/01

In this newscast: Thousands of Juneau residents will be in limbo as of tomorrow, as the SNAP program remains caught in a political battle between Congress, the Trump administration, and federal courts; Juneau schools are finding ways to support students and families in the midst of the government shutdown; The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced last night that it will pay the full cost to extend and repair Juneau's temporary levee meant to protect almost all Mendenhall Valley neighborhoods from

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Juneau residents left in limbo as SNAP battle...

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2025/11/01

Thousands of Juneau residents will be in limbo as of Saturday, when SNAP benefits officially become a victim of the political battle between Congress, the Trump administration and the federal courts.

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Army Corps agrees to pay for HESCO barrier expansion,...

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2025/10/31

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will pay the full cost to extend and repair Juneau’s temporary levee meant to protect the Mendenhall Valley, and it will expedite its process to choose a long-term solution.

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Telephone Hill tenants must vacate homes by Saturday...

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2025/10/31

The evictions come after outcry by local advocates, who asked the city to halt them until it produces a clearer redevelopment plan. Right now, a developer has not signed on to the project.

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