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• Report shows negative job growth in Southeast due to federal layoffs, population decline

  07-01-2026 23:09 via ktoo.org
  Workers construct a retaining wall at the outdoor food court location on Franklin Street on Monday, April 15, 2024. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  A drop in new and existing jobs is forecast in Southeast Alaska this year due to federal layoffs, funding cuts and steady population decline in the region, according to a recent report released by the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
  Economist Dan Robinson heads the state’s labor research department. He said the region is ex
  
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• Alaska Airlines works to fix issue that left Club 49 members with hefty baggage fees

  07-01-2026 20:27 via ktoo.org
  The Alaska Airlines airport terminal in Bethel. (Katie Basile/KYUK)
  On Jan. 4, Bethel resident Shane Iverson said that he was shocked when he stepped up to the Alaska Airlines counter at the Anchorage airport to check in for his flight home.
  “I had two kids. We each had three items to check in, so nine items. I was sitting there with a ton of boxes and luggage when they told me they were gonna have to charge me for most of it,” Iverson said.
  It was a surprising bill that Iverson and
  
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• Landslide bill puts new focus on atmospheric rivers like those that triggered deadly Alaska events

  07-01-2026 19:47 via ktoo.org
  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. The slide was triggered by heavy rain carried north by an atmospheric river. (Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities)
  Future assessments of U.S. landslide hazards could include the study of risks posed by atmospheric rivers, which caused extreme precipitation
  
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• Dunleavy approves assistance to Juneau after city, tribe declare disaster following record snow

  07-01-2026 04:57 via ktoo.org
  Residents brave the snowy roads in downtown Juneau on Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2025. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  City and tribal leaders in Juneau announced a disaster declaration last night.  
  The declaration opens the doors for the city to request aid from the state. The mayor said that Gov. Mike Dunleavy has verbally approved the request and will send a state emergency management specialist Thursday.
  Last week, the capital city was inundated with more than four feet of snow after prolon
  
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• City, tribal leaders in Juneau declare local emergency following record-breaking snowfall

  07-01-2026 04:57 via ktoo.org
  Residents brave the snowy roads in downtown Juneau on Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2025. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  The City and Borough of Juneau and the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska announced a joint disaster declaration Tuesday evening following record-breaking snowstorms and cold temperatures. 
  The declaration opens the doors for the city to request aid from the state. Gov. Mike Dunleavy has not announced whether he will approve the request. 
  In a joint
  
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• Bill Ray Center roof collapses downtown as roof-shoveling conditions grow more dangerous

  07-01-2026 03:58 via ktoo.org
  The Bill Ray Center roof collapse, seen through a first-story window on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. (Photo by Alix Soliman/KTOO)
  The roof of the Bill Ray Center, an empty building on F Street in downtown Juneau, collapsed Tuesday following back-to-back snowstorms and rain.
  Although Tuesday’s rain has melted some of the several feet of snow that’s accumulated over more than a week, dripping roofs can still hold a lot of weight.  
  The warm-up has also caused roadways to pool with
  
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• Newscast – Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026

  07-01-2026 03:05 via ktoo.org
  https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/20260106-News-Update.mp3
  In this newscast:Schools in Juneau were closed again today (TUES) as the capital city continues to dig out from successive snowstorms,
  The roof of the Bill Ray Center, an empty building on F Street in downtown Juneau, collapsed today after back-to-back snowstorms,
  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 a
  
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