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Juneau begins digging out after record-breaking snowfall

Schools and roads are reopening this week in southeast Alaska after record-breaking snowfall caused avalanches, flooding and infrastructure challenges across the region.

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with Robert Barr, deputy city manager at the City and Borough of Juneau, about what recovery looks like in the town.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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