Resignations and firings have resulted in the loss of at least 23 Weather Service employees across Alaska, according to a source affiliated with a union for National Weather Service employees.
Environment
Juneau nonprofit aims to hire fired Forest Service staff to maintain local trails, if it can raise the money
The plan would allow skilled trail workers to continue their work this summer, after half of the Forest Service trail crews were fired last month by the Trump administration.
King Cove applauds Trump’s order to build Izembek road
The road would give King Cove residents access to potentially life-saving medical care, but it could threaten key subsistence species and create a dangerous precedent.
Flood barriers are on their way to Juneau’s Mendenhall Valley
Property assessments are underway for the large dike meant to hold back glacial outburst floods this summer.
3 heli-skiers killed in avalanche near Girdwood, troopers say
The skiers were caught in a slide Tuesday afternoon near the west fork of the Twentymile River, which buried them “between 40 feet and nearly 100 feet deep.”
Juneau’s Forest Service trails may be without maintenance this year
Juneau’s trail maintenance nonprofit made the decision to reallocate their Forest Service crews to other work, because they say they may lose the federal funding that pays them.