Last week’s sailing across the Gulf of Alaska was cancelled after the vessel’s cooling system malfunctioned.
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Southeast commercial salmon season off to slow start
Returns for most species are not meeting forecasts, which weren’t very high in the first place.
Filing period for Juneau municipal election opens Friday
Applicants who file and meet all the qualifications will face off in the upcoming municipal election on Oct. 5.
With border still closed to inessential travel, Haines tourism businesses adapt and make do
Haines Tourism Director Steven Auch estimates the activity is at about a quarter of a typical year.
Dynamic glaciers identified as cause of Southeast Alaska’s summer ice quakes
Ice quakes are believed to occur around Mt. Ogden east of Juneau when water gets underneath Wright Glacier, causing it to slip. They also occur when a glacier calves, a crevasse opens up or icebergs scrape against each other.
Ask a Climatologist: How does a hot Pacific Northwest affect Alaska?
There have been some pretty incredibly high temperatures recently in the Pacific Northwest. Southeast Alaska has shared in that, with some local, daily record highs.
At home in an avalanche path: Why Juneauites buy and keep homes in a hazard zone
Decades of studies have pointed to the very real possibility of a big, destructive slide in this Juneau neighborhood’s future. But a mix of personal choices and policy decisions keeps people in at-risk areas.
‘Night and day’: What Juneau learned when an avalanche turned out the city’s lights
In the spring of 2008, a huge set of avalanches wiped out towers for a power transmission line, severing Juneau’s connection to its main source of hydroelectricity.
Juneau Assembly drops property taxes to the lowest rate since 2013
Assembly members chose not to raise property taxes in the city after seeing better-than-expected property values and a potential uptick in tourism.
Research team looks at potential landslide hazard in Juneau, plans to track landscape changes
A group of researchers and emergency management experts hiked into the area to assess the risk Thursday morning.