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The four journalists signed a joint resignation letter castigating Alabama-based Carpenter Media Group for its decision to modify the story without consulting the reporter or editor responsible, saying it “gravely undermined” their ability to do their jobs. (From @alaskapublic.org)

City Manager Katie Koester says both the city-owned Telephone Hill and Pederson Hill subdivisions could meet the Coast Guard’s housing needs.

Alaskans have occasionally participated in the parade in New York City, which is celebrating its 99th anniversary this year, but the company believes this will be the first time that the state will be represented by a float in the event. (From @alaskabeacon.com)

A short-term bill to keep government operations going failed in the U.S. Senate Tuesday, so a government shutdown began at midnight. (From @alaskapublic.org)

Ultimately, 32 Chunk’s grit and determination tipped the scale. Fat Bear Superfan Na Mee celebrates the impressive, massive, emphatically fat champion and all his resilience.

Oct. 1 is a historic day. It marks the official end of federal funding for public radio and television. But public media endures: independent, resilient and powered by you. Here at KTOO, we’ll keep telling the stories that matter to Juneau and Alaska. We may be defunded, but we remain determined.

Chief Bos said that following the incident, the department has updated its policies for requesting medical assistance when someone loses consciousness and training around tactics officers use.

Goldbelt’s leadership presented its plans to the Juneau Assembly in front of a packed audience to explain exactly what’s in store for the development called Goldbelt Aaní.

In other regions of the U.S., some centers are expected to run out of money soon because the federal government has stalled funding and essential agreements with universities that the U.S. Geological Survey needs to manage the centers.

In a message accompanying Monday’s veto, Dunleavy said he will not approve any tax measures unless they are part of a larger plan intended to bring state income and expenses into line over the long term. (From @alaskabeacon.com)

It’s the Fat Bear Week Finals and two of the biggest boars of Brooks River are here to conceptually duke it out. Around 150K voters have been weighing in daily, and as superfan @yourfriendnamee.bsky.social writes, this one’s a real claw-biter.

It comes just two days before residents were supposed to vacate the neighborhood.

Juneau’s winter warming shelter opens in mid-October. It offers food in the mornings and evenings. But until then, the city’s unhoused population has limited options for finding a warm meal. So volunteers from several local churches stepped in.

The newspaper’s owners later removed, edited and reposted the story, a move that Rep. Vance welcomed in a post on social media. But a former editor of the newspaper said Vance took it “a step too far for an elected representative.” (From @alaskapublic.org)

Very few tribes in Alaska have authority over land, so they haven’t had a way to open reservation-style casinos like tribes in the Lower 48. Many, like Tlingit and Haida, have sought to assert authority over Native allotments owned by individual tribal members.

In recent years, H1B visas have become increasingly popular for Alaska schools to hire teachers from abroad. (From KMXT - Kodiak)

Research stations, like the Juneau Forestry Science Laboratory in Auke Bay, will be closed and “consolidated into a single location in Fort Collins, Colorado.” (From @alaskabeacon.com)

We’re down to the final four, and it’s any bear’s game. Fat Bear fanatic Na Mee recaps last week's match-ups and brings us today's chubby contenders.

With the federal government’s outsized influence in Alaska, the impacts could be acute in the 49th state. (From @alaskapublic.org)

There are 20,000 acres of potentially oil-rich land between the two waterways, and the state of Alaska had sought ownership of the area for oil and gas drilling. (From @alaskabeacon.com)

Earlier this week, the city-owned hospital’s board of directors voted unanimously to purchase the assets of the practice and bring the clinic under Bartlett’s umbrella of care.

Have you filled out your ballot yet? Find everything you need to know about this year's municipal election at ktoo.org/election. Get up to speed on the candidates, local ballot measures and the latest news.

A proposition on Juneau’s local ballot this year asks voters whether to lower the cap on the local property tax rate, also known as the mill rate.

Today's first match has fierce femininity on both sides. @yourfriendnamee.bsky.social brings us the insider scoop on the Day 4 contenders.

Sorensen filed with the city to run as a write-in candidate Wednesday. She’s now the fifth candidate vying to fill three seats on the board. This would be her third term if elected.

The road construction comes more than three years after the city bought the used gondola from Austria. Now, the ski area’s future is riding on it.

Researchers studied Meta Mesdag’s oyster farm in Juneau to understand the environmental conditions there and what it might say about the challenges and opportunities for growing shellfish in Southeast Alaska.

Both agreements are nonbinding, but proponents say it’s proof of ongoing positive momentum. (From KDLL - Kenai)

Welcome back for Day 3 of Fat Bear Week! Learn about Na Mee's "gateway bear" and the three other contenders vying for caloric supremacy.

Spectators, cheerleaders and players at Saturday's high school football game braved the rain along with a film crew from NBC.

The $735,000 project is the next step in what’s turned into a yearslong process to build a new playground for the campus that houses Yaaḵoosgé Daakahídi High School, Montessori Borealis and Juneau Community Charter School.

Some Telephone Hill residents find themselves without a plan leading up to the Oct. 1 eviction deadline.

Friday on Juneau Afternoon, St. Vincent de Paul discussed Emergency Cold Weather Shelter and upcoming Poor Walk/Run. The JAHC also previewed comedian Sam Miller as part of their JAHC Laughs series and Juneau LIVE! TV Studio is offering an all-ages TV production course.

The tiny but ginormous, glorious and notorious B.I.G.G.I.E 128jr took the dub in Match 1 yesterday, and in Match 2 the crowds went wild for beach babe 901. Na Mee breaks down today's matchup.

As written, SB 54 would have allowed interior designers to register with the board, enabling their work on large, public-use projects to be submitted to permitting agencies without an engineering review. (From @alaskabeacon.com)

The expiring subsidies are at the heart of the budget standoff that has the government teetering on the edge of a shutdown. (From @alaskapublic.org)

The Alaska Supreme Court hears oral arguments in three cases this morning. Watch these and all Supreme Court cases live or on-demand at gavelalaska.org.

Two chubby junior champs go digitally head-to-head in the first match of Fat Bear Week. Here's the Day 1 breakdown from superfan Na Mee.

More than 20 Juneau residents testified at Monday's Juneau Assembly meeting and held disapproving signs in the audience. Many people were also there to criticize the Assembly’s general spending in recent years.

Prosecutor Krystyn Tendy said the details of how many charges will be retried are still being determined.

After voters rejected two separate bond measures to build a new city hall, the city put enough money aside to purchase the floors in the Burns building outright.

In a letter sent Friday, 14 lawmakers urged the state’s all-Republican congressional delegation to oppose cuts that President Donald Trump proposed in his 2026 budget. (From @alaskapublic.org)

Four-year-old Cade Jobsis was diagnosed with a rare, uncurable disease several years ago. Now, his family is enlisting the help of the entire Juneau community to help fundraise for an experimental treatment that could change his life.

The bears of Katmai have been busy feasting on salmon and stocking up on nutrients for their winter hibernation, and they’ve got the fall bods to prove it. Juneau writer and fat bear superfan Na Mee is has your primer.

Forecasters expect one to three inches of rainfall in Juneau Monday. That could cause minor flooding in low-lying areas near creeks and rivers following heavy rain over the weekend.

The future clinic will offer cardiology, dermatology and rheumatology services. Construction is underway and the organization’s goal is to open the facility later this fall.

For years, a national database that tracks and maps landslides has had a major hole: Alaska. That's about to change. (From KHNS - Haines)

The dolls based on storybook characters are all over the internet, with their fuzzy bodies, big colorful eyes and pointy teeth. In the craze, Lily Hope saw an opportunity to continue to push Northwest Coast weaving into the spotlight.

An arraignment has been scheduled in Haines for Oct. 8, the state said in a release. Reached by phone on Friday morning, Kroschel was in Central Russia and not yet aware of the charges. (From KHNS - Haines)