Municipal and state government offices, along with Juneau’s public schools, will be closed Monday due to a storm expected to dump five to 13 inches of snow on a town still digging out of the last storm, according to official announcements Sunday evening. www.juneauindependent.com/post/city-an...

December 2025 in the Yukon Territory was the easily the coldest December since 1980, 9ºC below the 1991-2020 baseline average. Coldest any month since Jan 1996. ERA5 data courtesy @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social. #ytwx #Canada @explorenorth.bsky.social @jkanadisk.bsky.social @evaholland.bsky.social

Welcome to the Public Domain, ARCTIC ANTICS (1930) ❄️ 🐧 Another 10 Silly Symphony shorts join the public domain. No rattling bones like last year's THE SKELETON DANCE, but we do get up to some Arctic Antics 🐻❄️ Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai... #PublicDomainDay #PublicDomain

A group of Homer folks launched their own news publication this morning, with Homer News veteran @maarmstrong.bsky.social at the helm as editor! Exciting things happening for the south pen! #aknews homerindependentpress.com/2026/01/01/h...

Sounds like there is limited parking and access to Auke Rec for polar plunge this year. www.juneauite.com/polarbeardip/

Good morning, Juneau! #akwx #Alaska

NWS spotter near Haines, Alaska reports a Saturday morning to Tuesday evening snowfall total of 69 inches (175cm). That is a LOT of snow from one storm at sea level. #akwx #weather #Snow @alaska.bsky.social @spiraledu.bsky.social

The Dogs of 2025 youtu.be/K_1tNbud-8g?...

Gustavus area (northwest of Juneau) 55.6 inches (141.2cm) of snow for the nearly 4-day storm. That is a lot of snow. #akwx #Snow @climatologist49.bsky.social

The snow in Juneau keeps on falling. The 6 pm METAR indicates the snow depth is a new Juneau Airport record of 43". It appears a near certainty that they will record 10"+ snow on three consecutive days for the first time on record. @alaska.bsky.social @alaskawx.bsky.social

It’s very pretty though. #Juneau #Alaska #akwx

Ryan O’Shaughnessy, the emergency programs manager for the City and Borough of Juneau, says now is the time for residents within those areas to pack a ‘go bag’ and make plans to stay with friends or family in case evacuation is necessary.

We’re also now the snowiest December on record and in the top 10 snowiest months since 1936 — likely to finish in the top 5 when all is said and done. #akwx #Alaska

‘Selfless’: Alaskan veteran dies fighting for Ukraine 👉 https://tinyurl.com/3x8f6daz 

Guys, I found a poll from 1998 in the @ropercenter.bsky.social archives about their predictions for the year 2025 www.cnn.com/2025/12/29/p...

This is a story of a state legal system that failed every person it touched — especially Eunice Whitman. By @kylehopkinsak.bsky.social, with @adn.com

Our photographer Alex Kormann captured the exact moment the presses stopped for the last time in Minneapolis, ending a 158 history of locally printed newspapers.

Here's the deal, says USDOJ to states: we're going to send you lists of voters we think are ineligible, and you're going to take them off the rolls. That "would hand the federal govt a major role in election admin, a responsibility that belongs to the states under the U.S. Constitution." [Stateline]

The Alaska Department of Transportation has applied for a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permit to build the road and is taking public comments on the proposed work until Jan. 12.

Alaska Housing Finance Corp. has previously purchased a parking garage in Fairbanks, as well as more than 600 acres of university land statewide to develop residential properties.

Juneau, AK, with 9 days this month having a temperature at or below 0F. This ties for the second most on record. There will not be any more the rest of the month. @alaskawx.bsky.social @alaska.bsky.social

This is an almost shockingly wise essay. I'm glad I've finally read it.

Check out this story to see what it looks like when a firefighter puts out a fire in -30F. The owner of the house is fine, although the house is a complete loss. The firefighter is also OK, despite the massive amount of ice on him. www.kotz.org/kotz-local-n...

Gov. Dunleavy has selected Mat-Su Republicans Garret Nelson and Stephan St. Clair to fill two vacant seats in the Alaska House. www.adn.com/politics/ala...

The Juneau Intl Airport had consecutive -10F low temperatures for the first time in 50 years. @alaskawx.bsky.social @alaska.bsky.social 🥳

This logo is gonna be familiar to Alaskans...

I count 10 cities in 2025 that are on track to have the fewest murders since at least 1970. Newark is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1956 (though only have data through Oct this year) and San Francisco is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1942.

Alaska Airlines Cargo briefly embargoed its freight shipments last week, causing disruptions during the industry's peak holiday season. Nome public radio station KNOM talked to ISER economist Mike Jones about what that means and why it matters for rural Alaska. Listen in: knom.org/2025/12/18/m...

Police listed Benjamin as a missing person after he was last seen in Juneau on June 22 in the downtown area. He had been homeless for roughly two years.

Last month, @outsidemag.bsky.social sent me to spend 14 hours in a suburban ice rink, learning the stories of everyone I met. Why do they skate? I asked. To feel free, they told me. To feel God. To forget, for a minute, what they've done.

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Wrangell had two back to back house fires too! Scary time for people trying to keep warm!

Interesting: Associated General Contractors is running an ad campaign (I saw an ad on Reddit) to urge Alaskans to ask their legislators to fund the construction match that Dunleavy vetoed last year — www.agcak.org/meetthematch/ #akleg #Alaska

As @anchistorian.bsky.social and @askhistorians.bsky.social could probably tell you, sometimes when you see an interesting question, you just have to consult the newspaper archives to see what's there: www.reddit.com/r/AskHistori...

The Chicken, AK, Cooperative station reported a low temperature of -62F. This is the lowest temperature in Alaska since Chicken hit -62F on Feb 3, 2024. @alaskawx.bsky.social

Happy winter solstice from your capital city! In one month the legislative session will be underway, but for now let’s enjoy the holidays and be thankful we live in the most beautiful state 🎄

Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:

Britons are drinking less alcohol than before, as financial pressures, health concerns and an ageing population lead to cutbacks in consumption ft.trib.al/rad0Hny

Juneau, AK, broke their daily record low temperature yesterday with a reading of -6F (and have at least tied the record low for today of -5F). This is the first December record low for the Juneau Intl Airport in 30 years (Dec 9, 1995). @alaskawx.bsky.social

King County warns of toilet rats after record flooding

A Kodiak couple faces possible deportation due to a voter registration error by the state, writes @alaska.bsky.social for the @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2025/12/19/a...

Absolutely amazing organ concert today at the State Office Building. #akleg #Alaska

Volunteering to get malaria is a hell of a thing, but here’s hoping a good vaccine comes out of it.

Alaska Attorney General asks Fairbanks and Mat-Su electric utilities to reconsider charity programs, writes @alaska.bsky.social for the @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2025/12/18/a...

damn, @alaskasnewssource.com, I went almost 30 seconds without being sad

When Anchorage resident Sandy Snodgrass visited the White House for the signing of legislation named after her late son, she also mentioned her next goal to the president: Getting fentanyl classified as a weapon of mass destruction.

Gift link here: www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...

Duffy said he is retiring as a state employee at the end of the year and thought it would be a good time to retire from the organ concerts as well.

A group of Anchorage Girl Scouts successfully advocated for the passage of a resolution calling for a ban on plastic glitter in the school district. They spent award winnings on biodegradable glitter supplies for teachers.

It’s ugly sweater day at the Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. #akleg #Alaska