News and Weather

Salvage captain Trevin Carlile, left, and diver Phil Sellick at Melino’s Marine Service re-float a sunken boat in Harris harbor on Jan. 8, 2026. Record-breaking snow at the beginning of the month caused at least eight boats to sink in Harris, Douglas and Aurora harbors, resulting in oil spills. (Chloe Anderson for the Juneau Empire)

A historic storm in Juneau: 10 sunken boats and what it takes to re-float them

Sunken boats don’t become wrecked relics. Left underwater, they can damage vessels overhead and threaten the environment

 

Mount Juneau stands among fog on Jan. 14, 2025. (Chloe Anderson / Kenai Peninsula Clarion)

CBJ lifts all avalanche evacuation advisories for Juneau

That includes the advisory for the Behrends slide path, the last remaining evacuation notice.

 

A map from the City and Borough of Juneau shows the potentially impacted area of an avalanche advisory that was issued Friday morning (Jan. 9, 2026) (City and Borough of Juneau)

UPDATE: Thane Road reopened, “Hazard is still high” for downtown avalanche

Avalanche risk remains high, and more rain is expected through tomorrow evening

 

A Douglas street is blanketed in snow on Dec. 6, 2025. (Mari Kanagy / Juneau Empire)

Precipitation is forecast later this week. Will it be rain or snow?

Two storm systems are expected to move through Juneau toward the end of the week.

A Douglas street is blanketed in snow on Dec. 6, 2025. (Mari Kanagy / Juneau Empire)
Capital City Fire/Rescue completes last season’s ice break rescue training at the float pond near Juneau International Airport. (photo courtesy of Capital City Fire/Rescue)

On thin ice: Fire department responds to season’s first rescue at Mendenhall Lake

This week’s single digit temperatures have prompted dangerous ice ventures.

Capital City Fire/Rescue completes last season’s ice break rescue training at the float pond near Juneau International Airport. (photo courtesy of Capital City Fire/Rescue)