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Alaska News Nightly: Friday, January 9, 2026

A slide coming off Mt. Juneau down Chop Gully above the flume in the Basin Road area on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026.
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A slide coming off Mt. Juneau down Chop Gully above the flume in the Basin Road area on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026.

Friday on Alaska News Nightly

Evacuations in Juneau as more intense weather threatens swaths of the city with avalanches. Plus, a look at what bills lawmakers are proposing for the upcoming legislative session. And, why the mayor of Busan, South Korea, was in Nome this week.

Reports tonight from:

Alix Soliman and Eric Stone in Juneau
Rhonda McBride and Alena Naiden in Anchorage
Tim Ellis in Delta Junction
Katherine Rose in Sitka
Ben Townsend in Nome

This episode of Alaska News Nightly is hosted by Casey Grove with audio engineering from Crystal Hyde and producing by Madilyn Rose.

Madilyn Rose is the program producer at Alaska Public Media. Reach her at mrose@alaskapublic.org.
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