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Land and marine hazards released by the National Weather Service were updated Monday, Sept. 22. (National Weather Service screenshot)

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High winds in Juneau today, flood warning expected through Tuesday

Two landslides along Auke Lake Trail prompted the trail’s closure on Saturday

Juneau’s cruise ship dock is seen July 11, 2025. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Juneau Empire file)

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Juneau chamber opposes Proposition 3, takes no stance on Propositions 1 and 2

Proposition 3 would institute a 7.5% sales tax rate from April through September

Things you won’t find camping in Southeast Alaska. (Jeff Lund/Juneau Empire)

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I Went to the Woods: Sodium and serenity

The terrain of interior Alaska is captivating in a way that Southeast isn’t

Roasted tofu and quinoa salad with sunflower miso dressing make a high-protein salad to fuel busy afternoons. (Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion)

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A meal to feel good about

Roasted tofu and quinoa salad with sunflower miso dressing is a high-protein salad to fuel busy afternoons.

A brown bear near the boundary of Izembek National Wildlife Refuge in King Cove, Alaska, May 18, 2022. The Trump administration is poised to approve a deal that would allow a long contentious project to build a road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, a vast wild area in southwestern Alaska, according to internal Interior Department documents reviewed by The New York Times. (Acacia Johnson/The New York Times)

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Trump nears deal for road through Alaskan wildlife refuge

The deal calls for the Interior Department to transfer 490 acres of land within the Izembek National Wildlife…

The offices of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. are seen Monday, June 6, 2022, in Juneau. (James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)

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Alaska’s 2025 Permanent Fund dividend will be $1,000 and arrives starting Oct. 2

This year, lawmakers set a specific dividend amount

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The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition held an event and candlelight vigil for the National Day of Remembrance at the Indian Gaming Association in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday Sept. 16. They honored U.S. Indian boarding school survivors and the children who never returned home.

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‘I would not cry:’ National Day of Remembrance recognizes boarding school survivors and families

A candlelight vigil, songs, and talks marked a day set aside to remember the children who survived boarding…

This photo shows the University of Alaska Southeast Juneau campus on a rainy day. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire File)

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Trump cuts to University of Alaska programs for Native students worse than previously announced

UAF officials estimate $8.8 million in canceled funding for a variety of programs and student services

Electrify Juneau! A Clean Energy Fair will be held inside the Juneau Arts and Culture Center from 2-5 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 21. Admission is free.

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Upcoming fair aims to celebrate clean energy and ‘Electrify Juneau!’

The event on Sunday coincides with the national Sun Day initiative

The Juneau League of Women Voters and KTOO are hosting a candidate forum on Friday, Sept. 19, at 7 p.m.

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Watch Now: 2025 League of Women Voters candidate forum

The forum will be held Friday, Sept. 19 at 7 p.m.

The harbor floats in front of Hansen Boat Shop were covered by almost a foot of snow in this 1997 photo. (Wrangell Sentinel file photo)

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Boat shop ends 97-year career on Wrangell waterfront

The business started as Hansen Boat Shop in 1928 and later became Wrangell Shipyard and then Wrangell Boatshop

The Mount Roberts Tramway car nears the top of its run above Juneau, Alaska. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Cruise ship passenger dies after fall from Mount Roberts trail

The man is among a handful of people to die this summer while exploring Juneau’s outdoors

Lew Shapiro, in white hat, inspects a potential water system repair project in Ghana on July 5, 2010. (Photo by Josie Sam)

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Alaska Science Forum: From the Bronx to Barrow to Ghana

Lewis Shapiro covered a lot of ground during his 90 years.

The deadly landslide that crashed through the outskirts of Wrangell on the night of Nov. 20, 2023, is seen from the air on the following day. The landslide killed six people and blocked a major road, the Zimovia Highway. (Photo provided by Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities)

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From rain-drenched mountains to Arctic permafrost, Alaska landslides pose hazards

Scientists with government agencies and academia depend on each other and the public to help keep track of…

An albacore tuna is hooked on a bait pole on Oct. 9, 2012, in waters off Oregon. Tuna are normally found along the U.S. West Coast but occasionally stray into Alaska waters if temperatures are high enough. Sport anglers catch them with gear similar to that used to hook salmon. (Photo provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/West Coast Fisheries Management and Marine Life Protection)

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Brief tuna bounty in Southeast Alaska spurs excitement about new fishing opportunity

Waters off Sitka were warm enough to lure fish from the south, and local anglers took advantage of…

Isaac Updike breaks the tape at the Portland Track Festival. (Photo by Amanda Gehrich/pdxtrack)

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Updike concludes historic season in steeplechase heats at World Championships

Representing Team USA, the 33-year-old from Ketchikan raced commendably in his second world championships

A whale breaches near Point Retreat on July 19. (Chloe Anderson/Juneau Empire)

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Weekly Wonder: The whys of whale breaching

Why whales do the things they do remain largely a mystery to us land-bound mammals

Trees standing in water on the flooded shore of Mendenhall Lake are pictured from the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor’s Center on Sept. 15, 2025, in Juneau, Alaska. (Chloe Anderson for the Juneau Empire)

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Updated: Flood warning canceled as Suicide Basin release comes to an end

Mendenhall Lake observed a crest of 9.6 feet as of 7 p.m.

The main campus of the University of Alaska Southeast. (Jasz Garrett / Juneau Empire)

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Trump administration terminates University of Alaska grants for Alaska Native, Indigenous students

The full extent of the grant funding freeze across the University of Alaska system is still being analyzed

Renee Boozer, Carlos Boozer Jr. and Carlos Boozer Sr. attend the enshrinement ceremony at the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in Sprinfield, Massachusetts, on Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025. As a member of the 2008 U.S. men's Olympic team, Boozer Jr. is a member of the 2025 class. (Photo provided by Carlos Boozer Sr.)

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Boozer Jr. inducted into Naismith Hall of Fame with ‘Redeem Team’

Boozer Jr. is a 1999 graduate of Juneau-Douglas: Yadaa.at Kale