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• Pelican finally gets supplies after going a month without ferries or seaplanes

  06-01-2026 23:03 via ktoo.org
  Pelican harbor, pictured here in late 2019. (Photo courtesy of Heather Bauscher)
  Boxes of food, mail and late Christmas presents arrived by plane to the small Southeast Alaska fishing town of Pelican on New Year’s Day. The goods came after the isolated town went more than a month without access to outside services. 
  From late November till New Year’s Day, the Chichigof Island town of Pelican relied completely on itself. Extreme weather this winter prevented any seaplanes and or
  
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• Sustained snow and cold stretch resources of northern Lynn Canal residents. Community spirit and a list are helping.

  06-01-2026 22:56 via ktoo.org
  Fort Seward in Haines under heavy snow on Jan. 5, 2026. (Avery Ellfeldt/KHNS)
  Haines and Skagway have suffered through weeks of bitterly cold temperatures and several feet of snow.
  Snowfall in Haines has been so heavy that residents are worried about roof loads. Community members are caring for each other in these extreme conditions with shovels and the Internet.
  When the National Weather Service reported snow depth of 36 inches over the weekend, Haines resident Sheri Loomis started making a lis
  
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• Alaska Family and Community Services commissioner leaves state post for Trump administration job

  06-01-2026 21:28 via ktoo.org
  The State Office Building in Juneau is seen on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025. (Photo by James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)
  The commissioner of Alaska’s Department of Family and Community Services has departed that position to take a job with the Trump administration.
  Kim Kovol has accepted a job with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced last week. Her last day working for the state was on Friday, and Tracy Dompeling, the department’s deputy comm
  
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• Residents at a mobile home park in Juneau go weeks without adequate water pressure

  06-01-2026 03:52 via ktoo.org
  The sun sets on Friday, January 17, 2020 at the Thunder Mountain Mobile Park in Juneau, Alaska. (Photo by Rashah McChesney/KTOO)
  Dozens of Thunder Mountain Mobile Park residents weren’t able to use their showers or do laundry over the holidays and during recent snowstorms. 
  Wright Services, the company that owns the park, said it won’t be able to repair the main water line until temperatures warm. And warm weather isn’t in the forecast any time soon. 
  Tammy Jablonski
  
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• Snowpocalypse continues as Juneau runs out of places to put it all; school closed again

  06-01-2026 03:36 via ktoo.org
  An operator scoops snow in downtown Juneau on Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2025. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  Residents of Juneau are living in a snow globe. Another winter storm began Sunday night, dropping more snow on top of the 4 feet that fell just after Christmas.  
  City offices and facilities will remain closed Tuesday, as well as local schools.
  During a break in the snow over the weekend, many residents prepared for the oncoming winter storm by digging out roofs, driveways and cars.&nbs
  
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• Snowpocalypse continues as Juneau runs out of places to put it all

  06-01-2026 03:36 via ktoo.org
  An operator scoops snow in downtown Juneau on Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2025. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  Residents of Juneau are living in a snow globe. Another winter storm began Sunday night, dropping more snow on top of the 4 feet that fell just after Christmas.  
  During a break in the snow over the weekend, many residents prepared for the oncoming winter storm by digging out roofs, driveways and cars. 
  As of Monday afternoon, the National Weather Service reported 6 inches to a foo
  
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• Girdwood dog, missing for 2 weeks, rescued from deep Alyeska ravine

  06-01-2026 03:15 via ktoo.org
  A team of five rescued Otis, a friendly Bernese Mountain Dog on Dec. 29 near the Ted’s Express lift. (Ryan Hutchins-Cabibi)
  Ski patrollers at Alyeska Ski Resort in Girdwood rescued a dog from a deep ravine last week that had been missing for 13 days.
  Otis, who’s described as a friendly Bernese Mountain Dog who loves snacks, was reported missing on Dec. 17 from his home in Girdwood on Crystal Mountain Road.
  Then, on Dec. 29, an Alyeska staff member heard a faint bark as they were head
  
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• Newscast – Monday, Jan. 5, 2026

  06-01-2026 03:04 via ktoo.org
  https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/20260105-News-Update-1.mp3
  In this newscast:The City and Borough of Juneau issued an avalanche alert via text this afternoon, telling residents in the Mount Juneau slide path to be prepared,
  Residents of Juneau are living in a snow globe. Another winter storm began last night, dropping more snow on top of the four feet that fell just after Christmas,
  Amid record-breaking snowfalls and unusually low temperatures, some residents in a mobile home pa
  
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• New avalanche alert issued for Behrends, White neighborhoods, Thane Road

  06-01-2026 01:24 via ktoo.org
  A view of Mt. Juneau from across the channel shows the Behrends avalanche path as a treeless swath on the side of the mountain. (Photo by David Purdy / KTOO)
  The City and Borough of Juneau issued an avalanche alert via text Monday afternoon, telling residents in the Mount Juneau slide path to be prepared.
  It’s the second avalanche alert issued in the last week, as record-breaking snow blankets the community and the mountains above it.  
  Ryan O’Shaughnessy, Juneau’s em
  
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