Join us tonight, 6/3 - 7pm, at the Juneau UAS Campus - Egan Lecture Hall. Local experts will share the latest on Mendenhall Outburst Flood monitoring and forecasting programs for the 2024 season. Not able to attend in person? Watch the livestream! www.youtube.com/live…

At candidate filing deadline, seven Alaska legislators decline to seek re-election, writes @AK_OK for the @AlaskaBeacon alaskabeacon.com/202…

A voluntary agreement of 16,000 cruise ship passengers a day in Juneau, with a lower limit of 12,000 on Saturdays, beginning in 2026 was announced Monday between city leaders and an association representing major cruise lines. www.juneauempire.com…

The 2024 @USCapitolTree ornament challenge kicks off today on Facebook! The first challenge - turn that old tarp in your backyard into a decoration for the "People's Tree". Learn more and participate on our Facebook page www.facebook.com/pho…

While the Áak’w Rock Festival takes place during the years between Celebration, organizers figure this week is still a sound time for what they’re calling a “Side Stage” event featuring 10 music acts at various downtown venues Friday and Saturday. www.juneauempire.com…

Some providers will offer low-cost internet even as federal program ends, White House says, reports @ShauneenMiranda of @statesnewsroom, via the @AlaskaBeacon: alaskabeacon.com/202…

With fishing season almost in full swing, its time to bring back our "where's that harbor" game. This week's prize is an incredible 10,000 salmonbucks, this currency can be collected and is redeemable only at the bottom of the ocean. #SEACC #alaskalife #naturelovers

JDHS played their opponents even for eight innings of their final game of the baseball season, but Chugiak High School scored three runs in the fourth inning of the 4th/6th-place consolation title game of the state baseball championships in Anchorage. www.juneauempire.com…

Last day to turn your rhubarb into delicious cocktails! (A.k.a. sell it to Amalga Distillery for credit…)

States are already collecting more abortion data. And HIPAA won’t always keep it private, writes @KelcieMMorris for @statesnewsroom and the @AlaskaBeacon. alaskabeacon.com/202…

Really looking forward to this! Songs! At The Alaskan! This Tuesday! At a reasonable hour! @AnnieBAlaska and I will each be playing short solo sets in support of R.O. Shapiro!

Bright green tips emerging now on Juneau’s spruce trees kept alive sailors searching for a safer route between Europe and the Orient. Spruce tip beer was the secret to survival, including during the 1790s “Voyage of Discovery” along the Inside Passage. www.juneauempire.com…

Celebration returns next week to uplift Indigenous culture in Juneau www.ktoo.org/2024/05…

The clock is ticking on sacred lands protection, writes @JudithLeBlanc in this commentary republished by the @AlaskaBeacon from @IndianCountry alaskabeacon.com/202…

About 75 cancer survivors, supporters and other people participated Sunday in the annual Celebration of Life Walk from Marine Park to Bill Overstreet Park, with dancers, bagpipes, a cookout and a symbolic healing bell part of the midday event. www.juneauempire.com…

Permanent Fund bosses vote to defy Alaska Legislature, keep Anchorage office, reports James Brooks (@AK_OK) of the @AlaskaBeacon: alaskabeacon.com/202… #akleg