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Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - With the first prep cross-country race of the season set to begin at 10:30 a.m. Saturday along the Treadwell Mine Ruins Trail in Douglas, the Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé Crimson Bears and Thunder Mountain High School Falcons are ready to welcome schools from Haines and Petersburg in the Sayeik Invitational.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Saturday at 9 a.m. one of the largest gatherings of like-minded community members will don race bibs at the Riverbend Elementary covered play area to address a disease that is the leading cause of death worldwide.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Juneau Huskies, East Anchorage Thunderbirds and Colony Knights all opened the prep season last weekend with wins and sit atop the Alaska Sports Broadcasting Network Poll in Division I.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - She doesn’t have to shovel snow off the driveway when looking for a game now but Pepperdine University starting point guard Kendyl Carson remembers those elementary school days that led her across Juneau middle and high school courts to sandy beaches in Malibu, California.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Once considered a hot-bed for youth basketball play in Southeast Alaska the city of Hoonah is hoping to reinvigorate that passion through their roots on the hardwood courts.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Montana Creek pedestrian bridge on the Kaxdigoowu Héen Dei, or the Brotherhood Bridge Trail, is closed effective immediately due to risk of structural failure.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Following the landslide on Gastineau Avenue which displaced many residents, the community is coming together to support one homeowner, Jin Mitchem, whose house was essentially totaled.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Drone footage is revealing that the slide on Gastineau Avenue was more of a treefall than a large mudslide.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - October marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month, an annual campaign to raise awareness of the disease and to explore research into the causes, treatments and cures for breast cancer.

Wrangell, Alaska (Wrangell Sentinel) - The 935-foot-long Holland America Noordam made a stop in Wrangell last Wednesday, bringing 1,664 passengers and 700 crew members to town.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The City and Borough of Juneau Planning and Zoning Commission has approved a request from a local church and its cold-weather shelter.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The City and Borough of Juneau is beginning clean-up work at the site of the Gastineau Avenue landslide.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Juneau Economic Development Council presented the results of their 2022 legislative satisfaction survey during a chamber luncheon.

Washington, DC (AP) — Federal officials say an increasing number of fake prescription pills containing potentially deadly fentanyl are helping drive overdose death rates to record levels in the U.S. And officials warn that some of the pills are being manufactured in rainbow colors designed to look like candy.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - In July and August, the Fish for Families project delivered more than 14,000 pounds of Bristol Bay sockeye salmon to families in the Chigniks and Yukon River regions where communities saw record-low wild salmon returns and subsistence fisheries were shut down.

(Alaska Beacon) - Two people died this week after a short time in Alaska Department of Corrections custody, bringing the total number of in-custody deaths this year to 14.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan introduced legislation Tuesday to permanently waive a federal provision requiring seniors who are seeking mental health services to have an in-person visit before receiving services virtually.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé girls basketball team put a scare into the visiting Ketchikan Lady Kings on Friday night at the Crimson Bears den, taking the preseason favorite down to the wire before succumbing 41-32 in the first southeast conference game of the season for both teams.

The House voted 32-7 to send to the senate fast track legislation that provides 24 million for the marine highway system to keep running and 45 million for medicaid.