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Gasline bill remains stalled in Senate as Dunleavy vetoes 9 bills, threatens another special session

19-06-2026 08:21 via ktoo.org

Sen. Bert Stedman, left, chats with a Capitol tourist while he and Sen. Lyman Hoffman, right, await a meeting in the governor’s cabinet room on June 18, 2026. (Eric Stone | Alaska Public Media)
Members of the Alaska Senate’s bipartisan majority caucus spent Thursday in another round of closed-door talks discussing a bill that passed the state House offering tax breaks for the Alaska LNG project.
It was the penultimate day of a special session Gov. Mike Dunleavy called to consider th

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Juneau issues preemptive disaster declaration ahead of 2026 glacial outburst flood

19-06-2026 03:07 via ktoo.org

Flood water seeps through HESCO barriers on Killewich Drive on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
The Juneau Assembly passed a resolution Thursday declaring a local emergency in anticipation of the annual glacial outburst flood expected later this summer.
Since the catastrophic 2024 flood impacted around 300 homes in the Mendenhall Valley, the city has been operating under an ongoing emergency due to the continued threat to the community. Last year, the city issued a

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Newscast – Thursday, June 18, 2026

19-06-2026 03:01 via ktoo.org

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In this newscast:Capital City Fire/Rescue responded to a structure fire at the site of two historic, abandoned cabins in the Mendenhall Valley Thursday afternoon. Smoke could be seen from the surrounding area. No injuries were reported.
Juneau residents will have their first chance to testify in front of Juneau’s Visitor Industry Task Force Thursday at City Hall or online at 5:30 p.m.
A critical deep ocean observati

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Fire destroys historic farm ruin in Mendenhall Valley

19-06-2026 02:07 via ktoo.org

Capital City Fire/Rescue responds to a fire in Mendenhall Valley on Thursday, June 18, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
Capital City Fire/Rescue responded to a structure fire at the site of two historic, abandoned cabins in the Mendenhall Valley Thursday afternoon. Smoke could be seen from the surrounding area. No injuries were reported.
Division Chief Brandon Bagwell said the fire was fully contained within about an hour of initial reports.
“We had fire coming from the top

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Deep sea observation system that tracks climate change saved from disassembly

19-06-2026 01:11 via ktoo.org

Researchers pull in a surface buoy that’s part of the Coastal Endurance Array on the West Coast, one of five stations in the national Ocean Observatories Initiative. (Photo courtesy of Kim Kenny/OSU)
A critical deep ocean observation network that includes a long-standing station off the coast of Alaska has been saved from getting dismantled. As first reported by the New York Times, the Trump administration dropped its plan to get rid of the ocean and climate tracking system after the U.S.

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