Biochemist Jason Kuhn and his team are using eDNA to see if they can detect blooms before they make shellfish toxic.
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Police investigation reveals a Juneau woman concealed her husband’s death and body to receive benefits
It’s unclear when Ross Pasquan’s remains were put into a chest freezer. Juneau Police estimate it was between 2018 and 2025. That’s based on the freezer being manufactured in 2018 and his wife’s death in July 2025.
How to make the most of this year’s $1,200 Permanent Fund check
Laurel Renkert, a financial advisor in Anchorage, recommends splitting your PFD into even thirds: spending, saving and splurging. That’d be $400 of this year’s check in each category.
Navy prepares to commission USS Ted Stevens destroyer in Whittier
The USS Ted Stevens is named for Alaska’s longtime U.S. senator and it brings state-of-the-art technology for missile and air defense to the world’s waters, Navy officials say.
Alaska prepares to surrender some Statehood Act land claims as it nears 105 million-acre goal
This week, the Alaska Department of Natural Resources announced that it is preparing to surrender the claims to as much as 5.7 million acres scattered across the state, an area collectively bigger than New Jersey.
Second glacial outburst flood in Juneau crested at 10.18 feet
Water level in Mendenhall Lake peaked at 10.18 feet at 5:45 a.m. It’s now dropping rapidly, according to the National Weather Service in Juneau.