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NOTN- Capital City Fire/Rescue responded to another trailer fire in the Switzer Creek area earlier today, and according to a statement released on their social media, extremely cold temperatures have complicated firefighting and emergency response operations.
The post said the severe cold can cause firefighters to fatigue more quickly and can even lead to equipment freezing or malfunctioning. Accessing structures also proves more difficult due to weather conditions.
CCFR reported receiving medical calls during the fire, stretching available resources and requiring crews to triage incidents as the fire response continued.
The statement said, “If it’s not a time-sensitive emergency or they are in a clinic setting, we will have to delay responses and get to them as quickly as we can, we apologize for some of the delays, however that’s the reality of a small town without neighboring departments to help fill it.”
NOTN- Juneau’s Parks and Recreation Department has a full slate of programs this winter, even as city officials prepare for difficult budget decisions that could affect long-term funding.
Mark Wheeler, recently appointed director of City and Borough of Juneau Parks and Recreation, said as the City and Borough of Juneau continues discussions on its upcoming budget, funding remains the department’s biggest challenge.
“Our biggest constraints are funding with our budget.” said Wheeler, “If you care about parks and Rec, we would love to have your voice be heard.”
Parks and Recreation operates multiple facilities and programs across the community, and future citywide cuts could force some difficult decisions.
The city will roll out a three phase public engagement process to better understand community priorities, facing next fiscal year.
“We are doing a public process, we will try and figure out what we need to know from the residents and how they can engage with us about these services and other things that are going to be affected by the budget cuts.” Said Juneau Mayor Beth Weldon, “So what we hope to achieve is basically gathering community input to have a deeper understanding and depth of knowledge of our CBJ services.”
In January, residents can expect an online survey, with QR codes distributed throughout the community for easy access.
The final phase will involve in-person engagement, featuring small interactive workshops, limited to 25 participants each for deeper discussion as well as a community listening session where citizens can testify about the budget.
Even facing the upcoming funding challenges, the department is promoting several winter offerings designed to keep residents active through Juneau’s bitter cold this December, including its winter recreation pass.
The Parks and Recreation winter pass is available for $200 and provides unlimited access through March 31 to city pools, the Treadwell Arena, the Dimond Park Field House and the Mt. Jumbo Gym. Wheeler described the pass as one of the department’s best values.
“It’s a great bargain,” he said.
Parks and Recreation staff are also encouraging residents to follow the department online for updates on programs, facility schedules and upcoming events as the season progresses.
NOTN- A 38 year old man has died following a residential structure fire Saturday night in Juneau.
According to an information release, the Juneau Police Department said officers were called to a report of a structure fire in the 6500 block of Glacier Highway at about 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 20, after a caller reported that a resident might still be inside the home.
Police and Capital City Fire/Rescue responded to the scene. After firefighters extinguished the blaze, they located the body of a 38-year-old man inside the residence.
Sunday, first reported by the Juneau Independent, the deceased was identified as Calvin Olsen. Next of kin have been notified.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
By: Yereth Rosen, Alaska Beacon
The Trump administration on Friday affirmed a controversial federal Cook Inlet oil and gas lease sale held at the end of 2022, asserting that impacts to endangered beluga whales and other resources were adequately considered and no changes in the leasing plan are needed.
In a Federal Register notice scheduled to be published on Monday, the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced its decision to uphold Lease Sale 258 as held. The decision “balances the national policies mandated by Congress to expeditiously and safely develop the natural resources of the (Outer Continental Shelf), subject to environmental safeguards, in a manner that is consistent with the maintenance of competition and other national needs,” the notice said.
The lease sale, mandated by Congress in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, offered 193 blocks over nearly 1 million acres, but it drew only one bid. The sole bid was from Hilcorp, the dominant oil and gas operator in the inlet.
The auction went through a tumultuous history and remains a subject of debate.
Planning for the sale started in 2020, but two years later, the Biden administration canceled it, citing a lack of industry interest. The sale was resurrected by a provision in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 that was inserted by then-Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia. That provision required Lease Sale 258 to be held by the end of 2022; it was ultimately held on Dec. 30 of that year.
Environmental groups that sued to block the sale secured a victory after it was held. U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason ruled in July 2024 that pre-sale studies failed to properly analyze impacts to endangered Cook Inlet beluga whales and other resources. Gleason ordered BOEM to do the new analysis of beluga and other resource impacts, putting the sole lease that was sold into suspension.
In response to Gleason’s order, BOEM compiled a supplemental environmental impact statement, completing that work in three months. The agency did not release any draft for public review, held no public meetings on the subject and took no public comment.
The agency considered three additional alternatives that would have increased protections for belugas and other resources, but it rejected those and kept the original plan in place, according to the document.
“As LS 258 has already occurred, selecting any alternatives other than those described above would not affirm that lease sale and would void the one lease issued as a result of it,” the Federal Register notice said.
In its supplemental environmental impact statement, BOEM asserted that the risks of leasing and the development that would result from it are minor for Cook Inlet belugas and other marine mammals.
“The likelihood of a large oil spill affecting Cook Inlet marine mammals is relatively low, but the consequences could affect some populations. Sea otters face the highest vulnerability from a large spill due to their dependence on fur for insulation, resulting in a moderate impact level. Cook Inlet beluga whales are at risk due to the small population size, but geographic and temporal factors substantially reduce the risk of exposure to a large spill, yielding a minor overall impact level,” the document said.
The agency’s impact statement also describes impacts of noise as minor. While Cook Inlet belugas are highly dependent on hearing other whales’ calls to navigate the murky waters, ship and industrial noise that would drown out those calls “are expected to be temporary, with anticipated localized effects on beluga behavior and no anticipated long-term effect on survival or fitness.” Additionally, no injuries to belugas are expected from lease-related activities, the document said.
The three new alternatives that BOEM considered would have added new protections for marine mammals and for subsistence and commercial fishing. Those alternatives would have reduced the available leasing territory in different increments, ranging from about one fifth to nearly half, according to the document.
The environmentalists who sued to overturn the lease sale criticized the decision and the lack of public participation leading up to it.
“BOEM’s decision to conduct the whole process in secrecy represents the federal government’s new approach to cutting the public out of decisions about our waters, and favoring the billionaire class and giant corporations over the people who call this place home. We are disgusted by this rushed and sloppy process on this final SEIS,” Bridget Maryott, co-executive director at Cook Inletkeeper, said in a statement, referring to the agency’s just-published supplemental environmental impact statement.
Hannah Foster, an attorney for Earthjustice, the environmental law firm that represented the plaintiffs, called the process leading to the decision a “black box.”
“We won our challenge against this lease sale because Interior failed to adequately consider sale alternatives and the impacts to the endangered beluga whales that will be harmed by blaring vessel noise and other oil industry operations. Yet BOEM has now reaffirmed the sale without seriously considering new alternatives or imposing any new measures to protect belugas,” she said in the statement.
Foster said Earthjustice and its clients are still reviewing the information about BOEM’s decision.
Including the lease sold in 2022, there are currently eight active leases in federal waters of Cook Inlet, all held by Hilcorp.
The Trump administration has already started planning a new Cook Inlet oil and gas lease sale, the first of six nearly annual sales mandates for the inlet through 2032 under the sweeping budget bill that was called the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
Additionally, the administration included five Cook Inlet lease sales among the 21 it has proposed for federal waters off Alaska through 2031. Those 21 sales are proposed in the administration’s five-year outer continental shelf oil and gas leasing plan, released last month. It envisions oil development in nearly all federal waters off the state’s coasts.
The five-year plan drew praise from Gov. Mike Dunleavy, a Trump ally.
“Once again, the Trump Administration is leading the way to American energy dominance by restoring confidence in the federal government’s offshore leasing policies,” Dunleavy said at the time in a post on the social media site X.
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We have tragic news to report out of Hollywood this evening.
Actor James Ransone — who was best known for his role on the acclaimed HBO series The Wire — has passed away.
He was just 46 years old.
News of Ransone’s death comes courtesy of a report from the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office.
According to the report, the cause of Ransone’s passing was suicide by hanging.
Ransone has long been open about his battles with substance abuse and mental illness.
Earlier this week, his wife, Jamie McPhee, posted a link to a fundraiser for the National Alliance for Mental Health, an organization that was reportedly close to James’ heart.
The couple had two children together.
Ransone had dozens of TV and film credits to his name, but he is likely best remembered for portraying Ziggy Sobotka, the son of Chris Bauer’s Frank Sobotka, on the second season of The Wire.
In more recent years, Ransone starred in a wide array of popular films, including Prom Night, Sinister, Sinister 2, Tangerine, Mr. Right, It Chapter Two, The Black Phone, and this year’s Black Phone 2.
Ransone spoke publicly about his personal struggles
Admirably candid about his private challenges, Ransone admitted to battling heroin addiction, but reported that he had been sober since 2007.
In 2021, Ransone alleged that his former tutor, Timothy Rualo, sexually abused him numerous times at his childhood home in Maryland in 1992.
“We did very little math,” Ransone recalled (per The New York Post), adding:
“The strongest memory I have of the abuse was washing blood and feces out of my sheets after you left. I remember doing this as a 12 year old because I was too ashamed to tell anyone.”
Ransone alleged that the abuse led to a “lifetime of shame and embarrassment” that propelled him to drug and alcohol abuse.
Our thoughts go out to James Ransone’s loved ones during this incredibly difficult time.
James Ransone Cause of Death: ‘The Wire,’ ‘It’ Star Passes Away … was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.
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With Todd and Julie Chrisley newly released from federal prison, reality TV’s most problematic family was poised to enjoy a very merry Christmas.
Unfortunately, the couple’s troubled son came along and said, “Hold my eggnog.”
Yes, Kyle Chrisley was arrested in Tennessee on Saturday night, and he’s facing a whole slew of charges.
Kyle Chrisley’s legal woes continue
According to a report from TMZ, Kyle was picked up by the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Department on Saturday night around 7 pm.
He was booked into the Rutherford County Adult Detention Center later that night.
Kyle is being charged with domestic assault, public intoxication, disorderly conduct, three charges for assaulting a first responder, and resisting arrest.
He’s also facing three charges for retaliation for past actions, which means that he may have harmed or threatened someone as an act of retaliation.
If you’ve been gawking at the trainwreck Chrisley family for any length of time, then you probably know that this is not the 34-year-old’s first brush with the law.
Chrisley was arrested for aggravated assault in March of 2023.
And in September of last year, Kyle was arrested for allegedly stabbing a man.
He later filed a $1.7 million lawsuit against Rutherford County and two sheriff deputies, alleging that he had been wrongly arrested.
Needless to say, 2025 has been a bit of a mixed bag for the Chrisley family.
In May, Todd and Julie were both unexpectedly sprung from jail after being pardoned by Donald Trump on bank fraud and tax evasion charges.
This would have been the family’s first Christmas together since 2022, but given the length of his rap sheet, it’s likely that Kyle will be denied bail.
Todd previously revealed that Kyle has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and PTSD and “will struggle for life.”
In 2019, Kyle tried to take his own life after suffering a bad reaction to psych meds.
“I take medication and I had a bad side effect to it, and I tried to take my own life,” he shared on an episode of the “Chrisley Confessions” podcast (via Page Six). “With the meds, I got all kinds of crazy thinking going on.”
We will have further updates on this developing story as new information becomes available.
Kyle Chrisley Arrested For Assault, Public Intoxication, Disorderly Conduct was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.
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Geena Davis has been married and divorced more than once over her legendary career.
Some of those unions were more complex than others. There’s been actual debate about how many times she legally married.
The critically acclaimed actress and inspirational activist has loved and lost repeatedly throughout her exemplary career.
Here’s a look at her history — and where things stand today.
Geena Davis’ first marriage was to Richard Emmolo
In 1978, Geena Davis had not yet achieved critical acclaim or name recognition. She was 22.
In December of that year, she began dating Richard Emmolo, a restaurateur.
A month later, around her twenty-third birthday, she moved in with him.
The two married in March of 1981.
Almost two years later, in February of 1983, they separated.
On June 27, 1984, Geena Davis and Richard Emmolo divorced. So ended her first marriage.
Geena Davis’ second marriage was to Jeff Goldblum
Following a brief engagement to Christopher McDonald (who would go on to appear in Thelma & Louise), Geena Davis met fellow actor Jeff Goldblum in 1985.
They first connected on the set of Transylvania 6-5000, but this was far from their first memorable collaboration.
The two actors co-starred in The Fly and in Earth Girls Are Easy.
She and the future Jurassic Park actor married on November 1, 1987.
In October 1990, she filed to divorce him, finalizing the split the next year. However, she has since praised their marriage — particularly enjoying that she and her fellow actor did not perceive each other as competitors.
Geena Davis’ third marriage was to Renny Harlin
In September of 1993, Geena Davis married filmmaker Renny Harlin following a five-month relationship.
Harlin directed her in Cutthroat Island and in one of her most iconic films, The Long Kiss Goodnight. (It’s not convenient to stream and, yes, we checked as of writing this)
Unfortunately, Davis would go on to file for divorce on August 26, 1997. The day before, her personal assistant had given birth.
The timing of the filing was not a coincidence. The child’s father was Harlin.
Geena Davis officially became divorced from Renny Harlin in June of 1998. That was it for her third marriage.
Her fourth marriage was to Reza Jarrahy, albeit with some debate
The year that she divorced Harlin, Davis began dating Reza Jarrahy, an Iranian-American craniofacial plastic surgeon.
Here is where this gets tricky. The two allegedly married on September 1, 2001. Yeah. We’ll circle back to that.
In April of 2002, they welcomed their first of three children, a daughter named Alizeh.
Then, in May of 2004, Davis and Jarrahy welcomed fraternal twins, sons Kaiis and Kian.
In 2018, Jarrahy filed to divorce Davis. He listed their date of separation as November 15 of the previous years.
Where do things stand today?
In her response, Geena Davis filed a petition in which she claimed that she and Jarrahy did not need to get divorced in the traditional sense, because they had not been legally married.
(That’s where the “allegedly” comes from about their September 1, 2001 nuptials)
However, in December of 2021, the court finalized their divorce anyway.
Interestingly, both sons had their surname revised from the “Davis-Jarrahy” hyphenate to simply “Jarrahy.”
These days, it sounds like Geena Davis is single.
When she’s in the mood to date again, we’re sure that she will. In the mean time, we’re in the mood to rewatch some of her best work. Commander In Chief. The Long Kiss Goodnight. She even voiced a recurring character on She-Ra And The Princesses of Power.
Geena Davis Divorced: Her History of Marriage, Explained was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.
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