https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/en-usCopyright (C) 2026 newslocker.comThu, 23 Jul 2026 19:28:00 +0200 In this newscast:Human remains were discovered inside a chest freezer at a Lemon Creek residence on Sunday.
Juneau residents in the glacial outburst flood zone are preparing for the annual flood expected soon. At a sandbag event in Mendenhall Valley on Saturday, some of that prep work is easier and faster than it was last year.
Alaska U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski announced last week that her bill allowing five Alaska Nat]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-wednesday-july-22-2026/Thu, 23 Jul 2026 19:28:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-wednesday-july-22-2026/ Juneau Afternoon featuring Theater Alaska’s “Cry It Out” play opening this week, and CBJ Emergency Services on flood preparation and safety.
Audio PodcastVideo LivestreamBostin Christopher hosts the conversation. Juneau Afternoon airs at 3:00 p.m. on KTOO and KAUK with a rebroadcast at 7:00 p.m. Listen online or subscribe to the podcast at ktoo.org/juneauafternoon.Subscribe to the podcast:Apple PodcastsNPR]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/theater-alaska-opens-cry-it-out-a-funny-and-heartfelt-comedy-about-motherhood-flood-preparation-and-safety-with-the-city-and-borough-of-juneau/Thu, 23 Jul 2026 02:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/theater-alaska-opens-cry-it-out-a-funny-and-heartfelt-comedy-about-motherhood-flood-preparation-and-safety-with-the-city-and-borough-of-juneau/ The first two votes in Alaska’s Aug. 18 primary election have already been cast.
According to records published by the absentee and petition office of the Alaska Division of Elections, two voters — one in South Carolina and another in Hawaii — returned their ballots on July 17.
Thousands more voters will cast the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/seventeen-governor-candidates-vie-for-votes-in-alaskas-primary-election/Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:28:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/seventeen-governor-candidates-vie-for-votes-in-alaskas-primary-election/ A bill allowing five Alaska Native communities in Southeast to receive land entitlements passed out of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
Alaska U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski announced July 16 that her bill had advanced to the Senate floor.
The legislation, called the Alaska Native Landless Equity Act, would allow Haines, Ketchikan, Wrangell, Petersburg and Tenakee to form Alaska Native corporati]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/sen-murkowskis-landless-bill-advances-to-us-senate-floor/Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:16:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/sen-murkowskis-landless-bill-advances-to-us-senate-floor/ Calls to “ban trawling” or “end bycatch” in the pollock fishery are reaching a fever-pitch this election season. A survey last year by a progressive polling firm, Data for Progress, found 74% of Alaskans support a federal ban on trawling. The framing of the question surely contributed, but it still suggests an eye-popping leve]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/bycatch-what-to-know-about-the-fish-issue-taking-the-spotlight-in-alaskas-us-senate-race/Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:07:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/bycatch-what-to-know-about-the-fish-issue-taking-the-spotlight-in-alaskas-us-senate-race/ Juneau residents in the glacial outburst flood zone are preparing their homes for the annual flood expected soon. At a sandbag event in Dimond Park, some of that labor is a bit easier and faster than it was last year.  
On Saturday, a steady stream of Mendenhall Valley residents drove up to a grid of wooden pallets with around 40 sandbags stacked on each. The m]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/filling-sandbags-to-prepare-for-juneaus-glacial-outburst-flooding-is-quicker-this-year/Wed, 22 Jul 2026 20:42:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/filling-sandbags-to-prepare-for-juneaus-glacial-outburst-flooding-is-quicker-this-year/ Human remains were discovered inside a chest freezer at a Lemon Creek residence on Sunday.
That’s according to an information release from the Juneau Police Department on Tuesday. Police received a report from a person cleaning out the home of a dead family member when they discovered the remains in a chest freezer Sunday evening. The freezer was in a shed on the property. 
Juneau Deputy Police C]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/human-remains-discovered-in-freezer-in-juneau/Wed, 22 Jul 2026 03:25:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/human-remains-discovered-in-freezer-in-juneau/ In this newscast:Juneau now has a free vending machine to distribute community health and healing supplies,
As the threat of the next glacial outburst flood looms over Juneau, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it will pay for repairs to the flood wall in the aftermath,
A woman is safe after she lost strength while swimming in the water near Mill Street in downtown Ketchikan,
Rockskippers recently competed on a beach a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-tuesday-july-21-2026/Wed, 22 Jul 2026 03:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-tuesday-july-21-2026/ Juneau now has a free vending machine to distribute community health and healing supplies. The Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska recently opened one downtown. 
The vending machine is located at the tribe’s Edward K. Th]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/new-free-vending-machine-in-juneau-distributes-lifesaving-interventions/Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:39:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/new-free-vending-machine-in-juneau-distributes-lifesaving-interventions/ The Southeast island town of Wrangell is moving forward with plans to build a massive shipyard that could repair state ferries, U.S. Coast Guard ships, research vessels and military vessels.
Wrangell already has a busy marine service center that hauls out large commercial vessels locally and from nearby communities. The proposed shipyard would service much larger ships, up to 500 feet long]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/wrangells-proposed-repair-shipyard-could-cost-up-to-726m/Tue, 21 Jul 2026 23:11:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/wrangells-proposed-repair-shipyard-could-cost-up-to-726m/ A legislative audit committee instructed the state auditor to investigate the past three years of process and legal compliance of the board tasked with developing policy and managing Alaska’s fisheries.
Rep. Louise Stutes, R-Kodiak and chair of the House Fisheries Committee, made the request for the special audit of the Alaska Bo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/lawmakers-approve-state-audit-of-the-alaska-board-of-fisheries/Tue, 21 Jul 2026 23:06:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/lawmakers-approve-state-audit-of-the-alaska-board-of-fisheries/ Listen to this story:
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As the threat of the next glacial outburst flood looms over Juneau, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it will pay for repairs to the flood wall in the aftermath and a bipartisan federal bill that would accelerate a long-term solution heads to the U.S. Senate.
The Water Resources Development Act pas]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/bill-to-fast-track-glacial-outburst-flood-solution-in-juneau-heads-to-us-senate/Tue, 21 Jul 2026 20:24:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/bill-to-fast-track-glacial-outburst-flood-solution-in-juneau-heads-to-us-senate/ In this newscast:A driver struck a Juneau man on a skateboard near the Juneau-Douglas Bridge late last night, causing life-threatening injuries.
Setting a trial date for a former Juneau school principal is delayed again.
The city of Wrangell is moving forward with plans to build a massive shipyard.
The lead Democrat in the race for Alaska’s U.S. House seat is suspending his campaign.
Making biochar adds another way]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-monday-july-20-2026/Tue, 21 Jul 2026 03:04:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-monday-july-20-2026/ Setting a trial date for a former Juneau school principal is delayed again.
John Paul was charged with assault in April following an incident with a student. Paul is accused of restraining a student in March. He was placed on administrative leave the same day.
Paul’s trial was already pushed back once in June. At a pre-trial hearing Monday at the Dimond Courthouse in Juneau, his defence attorney requested more t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/pre-trial-for-juneau-principal-assault-case-delayed-for-a-second-time/Tue, 21 Jul 2026 03:03:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/pre-trial-for-juneau-principal-assault-case-delayed-for-a-second-time/ This is a developing story.
A driver struck a Juneau man on a skateboard near the Juneau-Douglas Bridge late Sunday night, causing life-threatening injuries.
According to the Juneau Police Department, the collision happened at around 11 p.m. Sunday night. The 36-year-old man, who has not been identified, was riding a skateboard over the Juneau-Douglas Bridge toward 10th Street. While crossing the intersection on the Juneau si]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/skateboarder-hit-by-vehicle-near-juneau-douglas-bridge/Mon, 20 Jul 2026 23:18:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/skateboarder-hit-by-vehicle-near-juneau-douglas-bridge/ Rep. Garret Nelson, R-Sutton, chased a black bear away from Rep. Julie Coulombe, R-Anchorage, in front of the Alaska State Capitol during a late-night encounter this week.
“It was a real safari night,” Nelson said on social media.
According to Coulombe, she was walking toward the Assembly Building, home to apartments used by legislators, when s]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-state-legislator-chases-bear-away-from-fellow-lawmaker-outside-state-capitol/Mon, 20 Jul 2026 22:20:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-state-legislator-chases-bear-away-from-fellow-lawmaker-outside-state-capitol/ For weeks, Schrage had been in charge of negotiating a compromise version of the tax break that could get approval from the state House, Senate and Gov. Mike Dunleavy.
He walked Glenfarne Alaska President Adam Prestidge through the compromise, explaining sect]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/hilcorp-killed-alaska-lng-bill-some-legislators-say-but-governor-calls-the-claim-bullst/Mon, 20 Jul 2026 22:19:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/hilcorp-killed-alaska-lng-bill-some-legislators-say-but-governor-calls-the-claim-bullst/ The Environmental Protection Agency issued a temporary waiver Friday under the Clean Air Act for using diesel with higher sulfur levels above the Arctic Circle in Alaska. In a letter to Gov. Mike Dunleavy, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said the 20-day waiver was meant to address fuel supply disruptions caused by the war in the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/epa-waives-restrictions-on-using-high-sulfur-diesel-on-the-north-slope/Mon, 20 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/epa-waives-restrictions-on-using-high-sulfur-diesel-on-the-north-slope/ U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has detained a state of Alaska lawyer who is originally from China, according to ICE officials.
Federal officers arrested Shucheng “Charlie” Yang, 32, on July 10 in Anchorage, a spokesperson for ICE said in an email.
Yang is a Chinese national and violated the terms of his admission to the U.S. and is subject to deportation, the spokesperson said.
As of]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-state-attorney-arrested-by-ice-held-at-tacoma-detention-center/Mon, 20 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-state-attorney-arrested-by-ice-held-at-tacoma-detention-center/ Alaska regulators on Wednesday assessed a $741,520 civil penalty against the operator of a small and trouble-plagued North Slope]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-regulators-fine-north-slope-oil-field-operator-for-unauthorized-gas-flaring/Mon, 20 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-regulators-fine-north-slope-oil-field-operator-for-unauthorized-gas-flaring/