In this newscast: The National Weather Service issued a glacial outburst flood warning alerting the public that the flood has begun on Tuesday; Sport fisherman in Southeast can catch more king salmon in the region beginning this month; Officials from Fairbanks and the Arctic Winter Games inked an agreement Monday naming the Interior Alaska city as the host for 2028; Flushable wipes are wreaking havoc on Anchorage’s wastewater treatment systems.
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LIVE UPDATES: Juneau’s 2026 glacial outburst flood
The National Weather Service in Juneau is now forecasting the flood will crest between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Thursday, still between 16.1 and 16.6 feet.
Newscast – Friday, August 7, 2026
In this newscast: The Juneau School District is slated to start the school year in two weeks with 10 open elementary teaching positions; An answer to Juneau’s plea for a solution to glacial outburst flooding is on the horizon. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said that it will post a request for proposals after the next flood, which is expected to hit any day; Alaska will now regulate its own hazardous waste; If you ask 10 Filipino families in Juneau how to make adobo, chances are you’ll hear ten different recipes. KTOO’s Elan Chappell spoke with families, chefs, and local businesses to find out why adobo tells a different story in every home
Newscast – Wednesday, August 5, 2026
In this newscast: The University of Alaska is eliminating an out-of-state tuition rate; The building and land that house the Juneau Makerspace on Douglas Island are for sale, but the community workspace isn’t closing its doors; A Gustavus family’s sailboat suddenly sank in Glacier Bay National Park last week. The family swam to shore, and later learned a humpback whale could be the culprit; The U.S. Forest Service has released the final Record of Decision for a logging project just east of Ketchikan
Newscast – Monday, August 3, 2026
In this newscast: After two years of sitting empty, Juneau’s Marie Drake building will soon see new life; the New Amalga gold mine in Juneau secures a fast federal permitting process; Contract negotiations between University of Alaska and its staff union begins; The summer Southeast commercial Dungeness crab season ended three weeks early
Newscast – Thursday, July 30, 2026
In this newscast: Juneau police have confirmed the identity of a man whose remains were discovered in a chest freezer last week at a home in Lemon Creek; Three people are dead after a fiery plane crash Tuesday night near McCarthy; A volunteer group freed a humpback whale that was entangled in a gillnet near Petersburg last night; Juneau veteran says he was denied First Amendment rights during July 4 parade; Members of the Alaska Legislature are asking the state Division of Elections to immediately retore the voter status of thousands of Alaskans the division deactivated based on outdated information; Hundreds of people gathered in Haines this weekend for the annual Southeast Alaska State Fair
