About 100 firefighters from Alaska are heading to the lower 48 to help fight wildfires.
Outdoors
June rainfall broke record and prompted flood advisory
Juneau received 6.69 inches of rain in June. That beats the previous record of 6.22 inches in June 1996, according to the National Weather Service forecaster Richard Lam. Due to the rainfall and near constant cloudy weather, Juneau was nearly three degrees cooler than normal in June. “We didn’t get much sun this past month,”…
New trash carts don’t pass the bear-proof test
Yesterday morning police responded to a call on Mountainside Drive where a resident had reported a bear with cubs was in the neighbor’s trash.
Auke Lake boating regulations under review
The CBJ Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee will review Auke Lake regulations in the wake of an inner tube / jet ski collision that resulted in the death of a Juneau teenager.
Mountain climbers could cause solid waste problem in Denali park’s future
About 1500 climbers attempt to summit Denali each summer. And as they make their way up North America’s highest peak, a lot of the human waste they produce gets thrown into the mountain’s glacial crevasses.
The jig is up for Juneau litterbugs
Last month the city installed cameras at popular spots for dumping garbage. Now that footage is being used to cite people for illegal dumping.