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Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - A section of roadway was blocked off Saturday on Back Loop after a man with multiple warrants fled from authorities and later crashed.

An Aukeman triathlete leaves the Auke Lakes swim portion to transition to the bike portion in this file photo. (Klas Stolpe) Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Aukeman Triathlon is set to splash off at 7:30 a.m. Saturday with the 750-meter swim on Auke Lake, transitioning to a 19K bike ride to the glacier and back, and finishing with an out-and-back 5K run from the University of Alaska Southeast campus to complete the sprint distance course.   “It’s just a quiet little race this year,” Aukeman race director Liz Smith said. “We haven’t done...

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Monday's winter storm brought a good amount of snow before it turned to rain. Meteorologist Jake Ruckman at the Juneau Forecast Office said just over five inches were recorded at the airport and just under six inches at their office on Back Loop Road. From the reports, they received from around the area the five to six-inch range was pretty typical, however, he said there were a couple of reports from West Juneau and Douglas of a foot of snow. Five to 12 inches was forecast. A precipitation record for the date was established.  A total of point 69 inches w...

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The thermometer at Juneau's Airport is flirting with a below zero temperature. Meteorologist Code Moore in the Juneau Forecast Office tells us the record for the date is minus 2 degrees set in 1951.  It stood at 1 above zero at 6:45 a.m.  It was at minus 7 at the forecast office on Back Loop Road. The last time it fell below zero at the Juneau Airport which is the official reporting station was on January 7, 2009, when it dropped to 9 below. The last time the airport hit zero was on January 12 of 2014.  The last time it dropped to single digits at the ...

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - A winter storm warning has been issued for Juneau. Meteorologist Cody Moore in the Juneau Forecast Office says heavy snow is expected around Juneau Thursday into Friday.   He says they are forecasting 8 to 13 inches of heavy, wet snow during that time period.