According to the City and Borough of Juneau urban avalanche advisory, the danger is four on a scale of 1-5.
Environment
Throwdown: Contest generates organic buzz and good will
Voting in Ski Town Throwdown ends at 4 p.m., Alaska time.
Warming Arctic likely contributing to erratic worldwide weather
It’s not proven, but the evidence is growing, the report’s chief author said, that a warming Arctic is making the jet stream waver more and delivering more erratic weather patterns to the Lower 48 states, Europe and Russia.
Car accident on Egan sends one car into the water
One car wound up in the wetlands near Vanderbilt Hill Road this morning, with water up to its tires, but the driver was able to get out.
Only two days left in Ski Town Throwdown
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Update: Winter weather leads to power outages, snow days
Alaska Electric Light and Power crews worked nonstop from about 5 a.m. Wednesday until just after 4 o’ clock in the afternoon.