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Jul 18 2019

University of Alaska Southeast's Juneau campus on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016. (Photo by Quinton Chandler/KTOO)

UAS accreditation renewed despite budget concerns

By Zoe Grueskin, KTOO | 2 Alaska, Education, Juneau, Politics, Southeast, State Government, University of Alaska

The announcement comes despite concerns expressed by the accreditation commission’s president, who has warned that cuts to the University of Alaska’s budget could jeopardize accreditation in the future.

By Zoe Grueskin, KTOO | July 18, 2019 5:58 pm

Jul 16 2019

The Glory Hall homeless shelter in downtown Juneau. (Photo by Adelyn Baxter/KTOO)

Juneau’s Glory Hall will cut breakfast, lunch service in response to budget vetoes

By Adelyn Baxter, KTOO | Community, Economy, Health, Housing, Juneau, Politics, Southeast, State Government

The most recent state budget cuts mean the shelter will have to reduce its hours. The building will close from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., likely starting next month. That means no breakfast and no lunch.

By Adelyn Baxter, KTOO | July 16, 2019 6:04 pm

Jul 16 2019

In this picture taken in early June 2019, tomatoes, peppers, and other vegetables thrive in the scratch-built geodesic greenhouse that Tom Lafollette made at the Annex Creek Hydroelectric Facility in Taku Inlet.

Gardentalk – Harvest potential exploders before the big rain

By Matt Miller, KTOO | Food, Gardentalk, Juneau

Master Gardener Ed Buyarski recommends that you harvest as many ripe cherries and cabbage as you can before they split and become inedible.

By Matt Miller, KTOO | July 16, 2019 6:00 am

Jul 15 2019

The Juneau School Board approved an operating budget for fiscal year 2020 at a special meeting on March 26, 2019. (Photo by Zoe Grueskin/KTOO)

Despite governor’s legal challenge, Juneau School District expects to receive full funding

By Zoe Grueskin, KTOO | 2 Alaska, Education, Government, Juneau, Juneau Schools, Local Government, Politics, State Government

Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration has challenged the legality of this year’s school funding, but the Juneau School District still expects those funds.

By Zoe Grueskin, KTOO | July 15, 2019 5:14 pm

Jul 15 2019

View from Meander Way of Mendenhall River as water levels begin to rise on July 14, 2019.

Flood warning cancelled after Saturday’s jökulhlaup releases water into Mendenhall lake and river

By Matt Miller, KTOO | Climate Change, Environment, Juneau, Outdoors, Public Safety

National Weather Service says Mendenhall Lake and Mendenhall River water levels crested at 8.62 feet late Sunday, a little earlier than expected and just below minor flood stage

By Matt Miller, KTOO | July 15, 2019 11:22 am

Jul 12 2019

Theo Houck looks for pedicab passengers as Volendam passengers disembark in downtown Juneau on July 12, 2019. Houck had taken 6 days off because air quality had gotten unhealthy and he asthma-like symptoms.

Juneau officials lift borough-wide ‘air emergency’

By Jeremy Hsieh, KTOO | Environment, Health, Juneau, Local Government, Outdoors, Southeast, Weather

Anecdotal reports attribute this week’s poor air quality to respiratory problems and canceled hiking tours, though a Bartlett Regional Hospital official says activity there hasn’t been out of the ordinary.

By Jeremy Hsieh, KTOO | July 12, 2019 2:28 pm

Jul 12 2019

A helicopter arrives to pick up scientists left on the Mendenhall Glacier for the study of nearby Suicide Basin (background), the source of jökulhlaups that have flooded Mendenhall Lake and Mendenhall River in recent years. Water from Suicide Basin Falls (located just under the lips of ice on the ridge) accumulates in the basin and is trapped by Mendenhall Glacier until a glacial dam release starts.

Jökulhlaup watch: Scientists, Juneau officials waiting for Suicide Basin’s glacial dam release

By Matt Miller, KTOO | Climate Change, Environment, Juneau, Outdoors, Public Safety

There’s enough water in Suicide Basin to fill an estimated 10,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools. This year, as in previous years, that water could eventually flow under Mendenhall Glacier and flood Mendenhall Lake and Mendenhall River.

By Matt Miller, KTOO | July 12, 2019 2:12 pm

Jul 12 2019

How hospital ERs in Alaska are helping patients with opioid use disorder

By Elizabeth Jenkins, KTOO | Alcohol & Substance Abuse, Family, Health, Juneau, Mental Health, Science & Tech, Southeast

A trip to the emergency room can be a crucial window to assist people in their recovery. Now some providers are giving patients a medicine to ease the transition so they can seek additional care. Recently, a hospital in Juneau completed one year of this program with encouraging results.

By Elizabeth Jenkins, KTOO | July 12, 2019 12:40 pm

Jul 11 2019

The Eurodam, a Holland America Line ship, sits in port on Monday, June 24, 2019. Video posted to Facebook on Monday appears to show the ship passing close to a pod of humpback whales. (Photo courtesy of Anjuli Sastry)

NOAA closes investigation into close call between cruise ship and humpback whales

By Adelyn Baxter, KTOO | Juneau, Oceans, Tourism, Wildlife

NOAA Fisheries confirmed that the agency’s Office of Law Enforcement determined Holland America Line’s Eurdoam altered course and slowed speed as it approached the humpback whales on June 24.

By Adelyn Baxter, KTOO | July 11, 2019 6:12 pm

Jul 11 2019

With no veto override, UAS chancellor expects layoffs at Southeast campuses

By Zoe Grueskin, KTOO | 2 Alaska, Education, Government, Juneau, Politics, Southeast, State Government, University of Alaska

Without an override of Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s budget vetoes, the UAS chancellor says the university will likely see significant layoffs of staff and faculty at the Juneau, Sitka and Ketchikan campuses.

By Zoe Grueskin, KTOO | July 11, 2019 5:17 pm

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UAS accreditation renewed despite budget concerns

Juneau’s Glory Hall will cut breakfast, lunch service in response to budget vetoes

Gardentalk – Harvest potential exploders before the big rain

Despite governor’s legal challenge, Juneau School District expects to receive full funding

Flood warning cancelled after Saturday’s jökulhlaup releases water into Mendenhall lake and river

Juneau officials lift borough-wide ‘air emergency’

Jökulhlaup watch: Scientists, Juneau officials waiting for Suicide Basin’s glacial dam release

How hospital ERs in Alaska are helping patients with opioid use disorder

NOAA closes investigation into close call between cruise ship and humpback whales

With no veto override, UAS chancellor expects layoffs at Southeast campuses

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