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• Ahead of legislative session, Alaska lawmakers propose big changes and small tweaks

  10-01-2026 03:20 via ktoo.org
  The Alaska State Capitol is illuminated by sunlight on Feb. 14, 2025. (Eric Stone/Alaska Public Media)
  The start of Alaska’s annual legislative session is just over a week away. And there’s plenty on the agenda for lawmakers this year, from a possible gas pipeline to a plan to stabilize the state’s finances. But lawmakers have some other ideas they’d like to discuss in the next four months, too. Alaskans got their first look at a set of pre-filed bills ahead of this year&
  
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• Newscast – Friday, Jan. 9, 2026

  10-01-2026 03:00 via ktoo.org
  https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/20260109-News-Update.mp3
  In this newscast:The City and Borough of Juneau issued an avalanche evacuation advisory for all residents in slide zones this morning. The advisory comes as an atmospheric river slams Juneau, after previous storms dumped several feet of snow,
  As snow turned to rain in Juneau today, the city is warning residents that roads are beginning to flood, and the snow on roofs is getting heavier,
  The City and Borough of Juneau has
  
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• Multiple small avalanches release in Juneau after city issues evacuation advisory

  10-01-2026 00:22 via ktoo.org
  Ezra Strong in front of the Behrends slide path on Friday, Jan. 9, 2025. (Photo by Alix Soliman/KTOO)
  Two small avalanches released on a slide path of Mount Juneau, above the Behrends neighborhood, as Ezra Strong was on a walk this morning in the pouring rain. 
  The city issued an evacuation advisory about an hour earlier for Juneau residents in all known slide paths downtown and along Thane Road. Strong and his wife live on Gruening Avenue with their dog. He said he’s not heeding the
  
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