News brief

Officials say new sandbag-style barriers installed along a river in Juneau, Alaska’s capital, have held back record levels of flooding and prevented widespread damage after an ice dam at the nearby Mendenhall Glacier released a massive amount of rainwater and snowmelt downstream. Water pooled on several streets and in some yards and homes as the Mendenhall River crested Wednesday. But there were no damage reports similar to the last two years. Last year, nearly 300 residences were damaged.