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• Sitka Mermaid Festival Highlights Benefits of Seaweed and Celebrates Nautical Legend

  Juneau, AK (KINY) - Mermaids, whether they are singing songs about discovered treasures or luring in sailors with their beauty, have always been a mythological creature of the ocean. They are connected wholeheartedly to the ocean and its mysteries, which is something being explored by the Sitka Mermaid Festival.

• Stuff the Bus Charity Event Gathers School Supplies for Juneau Students

  Juneau, AK (KINY) - Juneau residents and businesses came together to ensure that needy students in the area will have school supplies through the Stuff the Bus event.

• Candidate Withdraws from Areawide Assembly Race

  Juneau, AK (KINY) - After talking with another candidate and friend, Andy Hughes has withdrawn his name from the race for the Areawide Assembly seat.

• Mendenhall Glacier Master Plan Almost Finalized, Brings Changes to Entire Glacier Area

  Juneau, AK (KINY) - The forest service expects to have a final Master Plan for the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor center done this fall.

• Fire marshal: High number of fires unusual, but no connection found

  Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Capital City Fire Rescue has had an unusual number of fires recently.

• Construction to disrupt bus service

  Juneau, Alaska (KINY) Expect more people around the downtown transit center in the next few weeks.

• Schools schedule open houses

  Juneau, Alaska (KINY) School begins on Monday and parents can get a sneak peek at one school tonight.

• Crime rates continue to increase

  Juneau, Alaska (KINY) Crime rose nearly 6 percent in both Juneau and Alaska last year according to federal uniform crime reports released by the state.

• Scientists complete mission to map fast-moving fault off Alaska

  Juneau, Alaska (KINY) Researchers from NOAA, U.S. Geological Survey and their partners have completed the first high-resolution, comprehensive mapping of one of the fastest moving underwater tectonic faults in the world, located in southeastern Alaska.

• More Alaska land could be open to drilling

  Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) The Trump Administration has their eyes on millions of acres in the Arctic.

• Strong Earthquake Rocks Remote Western Aleutian Islands

  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Earthquake Center says a strong earthquake rocked an area of the remote Aleutian Islands.

• Alaska Marijuana Board taking Comment on Onsite Use Draft

  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska marijuana regulators will take public comment on the latest draft proposal for allowing the onsite use of marijuana in authorized stores.