Different versions of the Alaska LNG project have been discussed in Alaska for decades, and there are longstanding questions about how it would pencil out.
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King Cove applauds Trump’s order to build Izembek road
The road would give King Cove residents access to potentially life-saving medical care, but it could threaten key subsistence species and create a dangerous precedent.
Flood barriers are on their way to Juneau’s Mendenhall Valley
Property assessments are underway for the large dike meant to hold back glacial outburst floods this summer.
Newscast – Wednesday, March 5, 2025
In this newscast: State lawmakers unveiled a revised education funding ahead of a floor debate in the House tentatively scheduled for Monday; The City of Juneau is doing site assessments at homes to prepare for flood barrier installations; Untried defendents – people accused of crimes but presumed innocent until found otherwise by the court – remain in jail as criminal cases take a long time to go to trial; GCI users in Sitka will lose internet service starting Friday for up to ten days.
Pretrial delays leave everyone in Alaska’s court system waiting
A January hearing in Juneau was a snapshot of how pretrial delays have affected Alaska courts: victims, witnesses and defendants are often waiting years for a resolution, and their lives are put on hold in the meantime.
3 heli-skiers killed in avalanche near Girdwood, troopers say
The skiers were caught in a slide Tuesday afternoon near the west fork of the Twentymile River, which buried them “between 40 feet and nearly 100 feet deep.”