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Pure Sole: Powerless and powerful
I am OK.” She was powerless in that generation of cures and fixes. Yet she was powerful in not leaving behind those who ...
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Juneau’s Special Olympics bowlers show just how fun the game can be
Only five town sites in Alaska participate in Special Olympics bowling qualification: Anchorage, Juneau, Kodiak, Mat-Su and ...
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Trauma records show high risks of cold-exposure injuries for Alaska’s homeless
Unhoused people accounted for nearly a quarter of the Alaskans who were hospitalized with cold-related injuries like ...
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On the Trails: Crows and their relatives
Crows, jays, ravens, magpies and their various other relatives (nutcrackers, choughs, jackdaws, etc.) belong to the taxonomic ...
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October’s flood doesn’t mean risk of one next year is lower, expert says, as protective efforts continue
The flood risk from Suicide Basin when warmer weather returns next year won’t necessarily be lower following the unseasonably ...
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Residents spend their hours before peak of flood preparing for worst-case scenario in various ways
Ron Flinn spent Saturday getting his belongings off the floor on the lower level of his two-story home at the end of View ...
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Scientists are mapping landslide risk in Alaska. Some homeowners don’t want to know.
Maps of the hazards remain controversial in some parts of the state, including Juneau. James and Bill Montivér had just finished boxing up their home on a steep road in Ketchikan, a fishing community ...
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Mendenhall River crests at 10.77 feet at 11:30 p.m. Sunday — lower and earlier than expected
An uncharacteristic late-October glacial outburst flood from Suicide Basin caused the Mendenhall River to crest at 10.77 feet at 11:30 p.m. Sunday — both earlier and lower than had been forecast, ...