The Flood Advisory has ended and Thane Road has reopened, though closures are still possible.
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Alaska station that covered devastating storm cuts jobs
KYUK public TV and radio station in Western Alaska serves dozens of villages damaged by Typhoon Halong. But with federal funding eliminated, KYUK makes severe cuts to its staff and news department.
Juneau’s avalanche forecasters prepare for winter snowfall
The state Department of Transportation and the local electric utility re-installed scientific instruments to help them predict avalanche risk at their largest research site in town.
State attorneys attempt to preserve legal limit on who can provide an abortion in Alaska
A law in place since 1970 says only licensed doctors can provide abortion care; the Alaska Supreme Court is considering whether advanced practice clinicians can provide abortions.
Study at Juneau’s only oyster farm lays out challenges and opportunities for growing oysters in Southeast
When Salty Lady Seafoods asked researchers if they could predict toxic algal blooms, a broader study of the oyster farm was born.
Autumn brings heavy rain and gale-force winds to Juneau
The National Weather Service advises residents to secure vessels and loose objects that could be blown around or damaged by the wind.
Alaska DOT drone team livestreamed Juneau’s glacial outburst flood to emergency managers
Department staff say it was one of their most complex drone missions ever.
US House Natural Resources Committee members tour Alaska to survey mining, timber resources
Members of the the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee stopped in Juneau Monday to talk about expanding logging and mining in Southeast Alaska.
Trump sets meeting date with Putin in Alaska
The two world leaders are set to meet in Alaska on Aug. 15.
Cave sediments found on Prince of Wales Island could help scientists understand Earth’s climate history
The sediments are evidence of massive glacial meltwater floods, called Siku events, that happened during the last Ice Age.