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• Newscast – Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026

  23-10-2026 02:55 via KTOO
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  In this newscast:The U.S. Geological Survey announced a new estimate for natural gas potential across Alaska’s North Slope
  The Alaska Federation of Natives kicked off its annual convention in Anchorage and marked its 60th anniversary
  Alaska Native education specialists stressed self-determination at the Elders and Youth conference in Anchorage
  Juneau’s top-paid city officials are police officers due to overtime pay
  
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• Why are Juneau’s highest-paid city employees mostly cops?

  23-10-2026 02:21 via KTOO
  A Juneau police officer stands on duty in March 2023. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
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  Juneau’s highest-paid city employee in 2025 was a cop. So was the second highest. And the third. In fact, 6 out of the 10 top-paid city employees last year were officers at the Juneau Police Department. 
  That’s according to a records request by KTOO to the City and Borough of Juneau. Last year, Juneau’s top earner was Police Sgt. Mich
  
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• New Juneau opera Black Rock, USA centers labor rights and queerness in a fictional 1890s mining town

  22-10-2026 23:01 via KTOO
  From left, Chazz Gist (bass), Spencer Edgers (piano), Caleb Wylie (guitar), and Carter Bancroft (fiddle) rehearse with vocalists Marian Call and Jessica Skiba for “Black Rock, USA” on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, at the Juneau Arts & Culture Center. (Photo courtesy Tripp J Crouse)
  Juneau poet Tripp J. Crouse and composer Spencer Edgers have created an original opera called Black Rock, USA. A workshop performance of it will be on Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Juneau Arts and Culture Center. 
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• King salmon runs are crashing. In Kodiak, a pioneering conservation project aims to save one

  22-10-2026 21:38 via KTOO
  KRAA technician Morgan Belflower clips the adipose fins off of hatchery king salmon on Sept. 15. This process helps them distinguish the hatchery fish from wild fish when they return to freshwater. (Photo by Katherine Irving/KMXT)
  The mountains had turned orange and yellow above Kodiak’s Pillar Creek hatchery as James ‘Hawk’ Turman waited at the hatchery gate on a September day.
  “It smells a little bit right now, because you got a bunch of pink salmon out there dying in the river,” he
  
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• Alaskans to vote on language change in voter eligibility law in midterm election

  22-10-2026 21:33 via KTOO
  Volunteers operate an in-person polling place for the special U.S. House primary election on Friday, May 27, 2022 in the atrium of the State Office Building at Juneau, Alaska. (Photo by James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)
  This midterm election, Alaskan voters will decide whether to change state voter qualification language related to the citizenship requirement to vote.
  Only U.S. citizens are eligible to vote in national and state elections. Ballot Measure 3, which appears on the ballot as 25USCV, woul
  
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• New USGS estimate says undiscovered North Slope gas resources equal nearly 3 years of U.S. consumption

  22-10-2026 21:20 via KTOO
  The Trans-Alaska Pipeline along the Dalton Highway near Atigun Pass in September, 2021. (Photo by Alena Naiden/KNBA)
  The U.S. Geological Survey has announced a new estimate for the natural gas potential across Alaska’s North Slope. According to the agency, the region might be storing about 96 trillion cubic feet of technically recoverable natural gas.
  “It’s roughly three times the size of the known gas accumulations on the Alaska North Slope,” Alicia Lindauer, a coordinator for the agen
  
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• New opera ‘Black Rock, USA’ premieres with workshop | Glory Hall Empty Bowls 2026 | Juneau Adult Hockey Association preps for winter sign-ups

  22-10-2026 03:05 via KTOO
  Juneau Afternoon recorded live on Wednesday, October 21, 2026
  The Glory Hall benefit, Empty Bowls 2026, is set for Sunday, November 1 at 5:00 p.m. at Centennial Hall. Emcee Jorden Nigro and Executive Director Kaia Quinto share what’s in store, including the artists involved in making the popular bowls.A workshop presentation of a new opera called “Black Rock, USA” is set for Sunday, October 25 at 2:00 p.m. at the Juneau Arts and Culture Center. With a libretto by tripp j crouse and music
  
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• Newscast – Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026

  22-10-2026 03:04 via KTOO
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  In this newscast:Juneau will have a new seasonal sales tax beginning next year. And there will be some new faces on the Juneau Assembly, while the school board remains unchanged. That’s according to the final results for Juneau’s municipal election shared last night.
  Here’s the clue: He is an Alaska resident, a longtime Jeopardy! fan, and won the game on October 13 after decades of training. If you said: Who is Ron
  
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• Alaska voters’ privacy could be at risk from state’s handling of voter rolls, judge says

  22-10-2026 02:21 via KTOO
  A banner showing President Donald Trump hangs on the Department of Justice on Feb. 20, 2026. (Photo by Shauneen Miranda/States Newsroom)
  A Superior Court judge said last week that the state Division of Elections may have violated the Alaska Constitution’s right to privacy when it handed an uncensored version of the state’s voter list to the U.S. Department of Justice last year.
  On Friday, Judge Adolf Zeman turned down the division’s request to dismiss a lawsuit filed this spring by the Le
  
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• Hill campaign gains ground, but supporters worry it’s too late

  22-10-2026 02:17 via KTOO
  Bill Hill met with supporters in Anchorage on Oct. 8. (Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public Media)
  More than 100 supporters of U.S. House challenger Bill Hill turned up at a strip mall in Anchorage in early October for a meet-and-greet/crafting event.
  The theme was make-your-own Bill Hill campaign swag. Some supporters stamped and decorated t-shirts, signs and caps. Others, like Kathryn Carovano of Anchorage, said they were just there to meet the independent candidate.
  She said she gave to Hill early, in p
  
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• Juneau’s Thatcher Brouwer named executive director of United Fishermen of Alaska

  22-10-2026 01:54 via KTOO
  Thatcher Brouwer outside the KTOO studio in Juneau on Oct. 5, 2026. (Photo by Jamie Diep/KTOO)
  Juneau’s Thatcher Brouwer was recently named executive director of United Fishermen of Alaska, also known as UFA. Brouwer has more than two decades under his belt as a commercial fisherman and years of experience with statewide fisheries policy.
  KTOO’s Mike Lane recently sat down with Brouwer to talk about  the challenges and rewards of working in the commercial fishing industry.
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• Final Juneau election results: seasonal sales tax passes, new members elected to Assembly

  21-10-2026 03:24 via KTOO
  Candidates and supports waves signs downtown on municipal Election Day on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  Juneau will have a new seasonal sales tax beginning next year. And there will be some new faces on the Juneau Assembly, while the school board remains unchanged. That’s according to the final results for Juneau’s municipal election shared Tuesday night. 
  Juneau Assembly welcomes Mila Cosgrove, Joyce Niven and incumbent Paul Kelly
  District 1 candidate Mi
  
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• Newscast – Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026

  21-10-2026 03:00 via KTOO
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  In this newscast:Heavy rain and high winds are slated to continue slamming parts of Southeast Alaska through Tuesday night. The National Weather Service issued a flood watch as well as high wind advisories and warnings, concentrated mostly in the northern panhandle. Meteorologists expect impacts in Juneau, Sitka, Gustavus, Elfin Cove, Haines, Skagway and Yakutat.
  Alaska released more than a billion-and-a-half hatcher
  
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• Ketchikan issues disaster declaration after landslide

  21-10-2026 01:30 via KTOO
  Ketchikan Public Utility’s Fair Street Substation, pictured in 2024. (Photo by KRBD)
  Ketchikan’s city and borough mayors have issued a joint disaster declaration after a landslide north of town severely damaged an electric substation on Thursday. There were no injuries in the slide.
  The declaration calls for coordinated efforts between the city and the borough, as well as state and federal assistance, to restore Ketchikan Public Utility’s Ward Cove Electric Substation. Severe w
  
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• Alaskan wins Jeopardy! after decades of applying to be on the show

  21-10-2026 00:46 via KTOO
  A screenshot of Ron Clarke tying with another Jeopardy! contestant in the final Jeopardy! round, triggering a rare tiebreaker question. The question was “A posted sign told the artists to ‘check your egos at the door’ before the recording of this 1985 single.”
  Here’s the clue: He’s an Alaska resident, a longtime “Jeopardy!” fan, and won the game on Oct. 13 after decades of training. 
  If you said: Who is Ron Clarke? – you’d be corre
  
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• Atmospheric river slams parts of Southeast

  20-10-2026 23:35 via KTOO
  High winds snapped a tree at the intersection of James Blvd. and Riverside Dr. in Juneau during the storm. (Photo Courtesy of Lacey Alexis)
  Heavy rain and high winds are slated to continue slamming parts of Southeast Alaska through Tuesday night. 
  The National Weather Service issued a flood watch as well as high wind advisories and warnings, concentrated mostly in the northern panhandle. Meteorologists expect impacts in Juneau, Sitka, Gustavus, Elfin Cove, Haines, Skagway and Yakutat. 
  
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• This midterm election, 21 Alaska judges are on the ballot for retention

  20-10-2026 22:03 via KTOO
  Alaska Supreme Court Justice Jude Pate, right, asks a question during oral arguments in a case concerning correspondence education allotments, on June 27, 2024, in the Boney Courthouse in Anchorage. (Photo by Andrew Kitchenman/Alaska Beacon)
  Early in-person voting opened Monday across the state, and in addition to high-stakes races for governor and U.S. Congress voters also have a chance to weigh in on whether or not to allow 21 judges to remain on the bench.
  Under the Alaska Constitution, judge
  
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• Conservatives worry Trump’s Alaska visit may have done more harm than good

  20-10-2026 21:44 via KTOO
  President Donald Trump gestures while speaking at a rally supporting Republican candidates at the Menard Sports Center in Wasilla, Alaska on Oct. 13, 2026. (James Daggett/Alaska Public Media)
  It’s been nearly a week since President Trump held a rally in Wasilla campaigning for Republican candidates up and down the ballot. He urged supporters to vote for Republicans in the races for House and Senate and unveiled his pick for governor: business owner Bernadette Wilson.
  And since the preside
  
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• Republican Treg Taylor refuses Trump’s call to exit Alaska governor’s race

  20-10-2026 15:00 via KTOO
  Former Republican Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor at Debate for the State at Alaska Public Media’s studio on Oct. 8, 2026. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media)
  Former Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor says he, too, is staying in the race for governor despite President Trump’s call for Republicans to unite behind small business owner Bernadette Wilson.
  In a Truth Social post endorsing Wilson on Tuesday, Trump denigrated Taylor and former Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson. He said he h
  
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• Alaska Federation of Natives convention celebrates 60th anniversary this week

  20-10-2026 15:00 via KTOO
  Anna Frank accepts the Citizen of the Year Award at the 2025 Alaska Federation of Natives Convention. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media)
  Two major gatherings of Alaska Native people are taking place at Anchorage’s Dena’ina Civic & Convention Center this week. The Elders & Youth Conference began on Sunday. And on Thursday, the Alaska Federation of Natives will begin its 60th anniversary AFN convention.
  Roy Agloinga, president of First Alaskans Institute, said the convention o
  
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• Two events in Juneau this week focus on cancer and community wellness

  20-10-2026 03:24 via KTOO
  The Southeast Cancer Center, which houses Cancer Connection, in Juneau on Monday, Aug. 10, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  Two community wellness events in Juneau are coming up – one focused on empowering cancer survivors, and the other on early cancer detection. 
  This Friday, Oct. 23, Southeast Radiation Oncology Center is hosting a free prostate cancer screening. It’ll be at Devil’s Club Brewing Company and it’s for men over age 40.
  Jess Gutzwiler with Aurora
  
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• Newscast – Monday, Oct. 19, 2026

  20-10-2026 03:00 via KTOO
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  In this newscast:Two community wellness events focused on cancer are coming up this week in Juneau.
  More than 70 people gathered in the rain Saturday morning in Juneau to partake in a nationwide No Kings rally downtown.
  Ketchikan’s city and borough mayors have issued a joint disaster declaration after a landslide north of town severely damaged an electric substation last week.
  The Ketchikan Wellness Coalition has be
  
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• No Kings ralliers in Juneau urge residents to get out and vote in midterm election

  19-10-2026 23:46 via KTOO
  Juneau residents brave the rain on Saturday to partake in a nationwide No Kings rally downtown on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  More than 70 people gathered in the rain Saturday morning in Juneau to partake in a nationwide No Kings rally downtown. 
  The rally aimed to inspire people to get out and vote in this November’s midterm election. Bundled up in rain gear at the Juneau-Douglas bridge intersection, Judy Urquhart said she’s using her vote to protect
  
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• Early voting opens in Alaska’s midterm elections

  19-10-2026 21:17 via KTOO
  Voters cast their ballots in the 2022 primary election in Anchorage on Aug. 16, 2022. (Photo by Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media)
  Early voting for the midterm elections is officially underway across most of Alaska. Polls opened Monday morning for the 15-day period leading up to Election Day on Nov. 3.
  Alaskans are voting this year on races for U.S. Senate, U.S. House, governor and the state Legislature, plus two ballot measures.
  In Anchorage, voters can cast early ballots at the Midtown Mall, A
  
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• Trump administration expands vehicle access to Alaska’s Denali National Park

  19-10-2026 15:00 via KTOO
  Denali National Park visitors, ferried by shuttle bus, take in a view of Denali, North America’s tallest peak, on Aug. 9, 2012. Seen in the background is the sole road that runs through the park. Denali is unusual among U.S. national parks for its strict limits on vehicle traffic. Vehicle use is restricted beyond the first 15 miles of the park’s 92-mile road, and most of it is by shuttle bus. A new rule will increase the number of vehicles allowed past the road’s first 15 mile
  
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• In Alaska campaign rally, Trump and Sullivan say Iran war is worth the cost to Americans

  19-10-2026 15:00 via KTOO
  A U.S. Air Force E-3 Sentry AWACS aircraft refuels from a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft during Operation Epic Fury, March 31, 2026. (U.S. Central Command Public Affairs/U.S. Air Force photo)
  At a rally in Wasilla on Tuesday, President Donald Trump and Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan said America’s war with Iran is worth the resulting increased cost of fuel and food for Americans.
  “No matter what it is, it’s a small price to pay for stopping them from having a nuclear weapon,&
  
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• Newscast – Friday, Oct. 16, 2026

  17-10-2026 03:06 via KTOO
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  In this newscast:
  A former manager of Juneau’s Switzer Village Mobile Home Park allegedly embezzled funds, failed to pay back millions in loans and sold property she didn’t own. That’s according to a lawsuit her mother, the majority owner of Switzer Village, filed earlier this month.
  Juneau’s Tlingit Culture, Language, and Literacy program received a $14,000 food sovereignty grant. The money comes
  
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• Juneau family business accused of embezzlement and theft from Switzer Village Mobile Home Park

  16-10-2026 23:45 via KTOO
  Caution tape surrounds the home of a fatal fire at the Switzer Village Mobile Home Park in December, 2025. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  A former manager of Juneau’s Switzer Village Mobile Home Park allegedly embezzled funds, failed to pay back millions in loans and sold property she didn’t own. That’s according to a lawsuit her mother, the majority owner of Switzer Village, filed earlier this month. 
  Marlene Schneider of S&S Development, LLC, is suing her daughter, J
  
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• Sullivan, Peltola trade verbal blows, accuse the other of lying during ‘Debate for the State’

  16-10-2026 22:36 via KTOO
  Democrat Mary Peltola (left) and Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan participated in Debate for the State at Alaska Public Media’s studio on Oct. 15, 2026. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media)
  Alaska’s top two candidates for U.S. Senate disparaged and frequently interrupted each other during ‘Debate for the State” Thursday night.
  Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan and his challenger, Democratic former Congresswoman Mary Peltola, traded barbs over affordability, Alaska’s energy fu
  
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• Begich and Hill spar over affordability, healthcare and each other’s records in Debate for the State

  16-10-2026 15:01 via KTOO
  Congressman Nick Begich (R-Alaska) and his independent challenger Bill Hill participated in Debate for the State at Alaska Public Media’s studio on Oct. 14, 2026. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media)
  Alaska’s sole member of the U.S. House, Republican Nick Begich, and his challenger, independent Bill Hill, made their case to voters during Debate for the State Wednesday night.
  The candidates answered, and sometimes dodged, questions about resource development, the cost of living, climat
  
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• Taiwan is nearing an investment in the trans-Alaska natural gas pipeline project, officials say

  16-10-2026 15:00 via KTOO
  Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick talks about the proposed trans-Alaska natural gas pipeline in front of President Donald Trump, left, and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, in Wasilla. In the foreground, a rally attendee holds up a sign urging construction of the pipeline. (James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)
  The nation of Taiwan is coming closer to a multibillion-dollar investment in the trans-Alaska natural gas pipeline and is preparing to buy as much as 30% of the pipeline&rs
  
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• DNR commissioner will appear at hearing on land transfer after state Senate subpoena

  16-10-2026 15:00 via KTOO
  Department of Natural Resources Commissioner John Crowther speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the Alaska State Capitol in Juneau on Jan. 21, 2026. (Eric Stone/Alaska Public Media)
  The Department of Natural Resources’ commissioner will appear before the Senate Resources Committee later this month to discuss a roughly 20,000-acre proposed land transfer that the state’s development agency plans to use for an industrial park that could include data centers.
  The department confirmed Thur
  
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• In Fairbanks, Interior Secretary Burgum touts deregulation and data centers

  16-10-2026 03:11 via KTOO
  Interior Secretary Doug Burgum speaks at a Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce event on Oct. 14, 2026. (Shelby Herbert/KUAC)
  Interior Secretary Doug Burgum spent Wednesday evening in Fairbanks, after campaigning with President Trump in Wasilla earlier this week.
  Burgum spoke at a Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce event, where he touted Alaska’s potential for Artificial Intelligence data centers. He held up a project in his home state of North Dakota as an example.
  “We have people knocking on
  
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• Northwest ADA Center voting accessibility | Taku Winds ‘Where the Waters Gather’ | Garden Talk: Winter prep

  16-10-2026 03:00 via KTOO
  Juneau Afternoon recorded live on Thursday, October 15, 2026
  Katie Warden, Executive Director of the Northwest ADA Center, on the work the center does, plus some accessibility tips for voting.Juneau Community Bands Taku Winds Ensemble, conducted by Alan Young, presents “Where the Waters Gather” at Chapel by the Lake on Saturday, October 17 at 7:00 p.m.Darren Snyder from the UAF Cooperative Extension shares winter prep tips in the latest episode of Garden Talk.Audio PodcastVideo Live
  
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• Newscast – Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026

  16-10-2026 02:46 via KTOO
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  In this newscast:A Ketchikan fire station is back in operation after a fire damaged the facility
  The St. Ann’s building in Juneau has grant funding to be redeveloped into a senior care center
  Alaska’s ferry laundry is done by people incarcerated a Lemon Creek Correctional Center less than $2 per hour
  A group of Sitka’s Mt. Edgecumbe High School alumni, parents and educators want to see improvements at th
  
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• Through food sovereignty grant, Juneau students learn traditional Lingít food practices

  16-10-2026 02:18 via KTOO
  (Photo courtesy of TCLL)
  Juneau’s Tlingit Culture, Language, and Literacy program received a $14,000 food sovereignty grant. The money comes from Native Movement, a nonprofit supporting grassroots-led projects that ensure Indigenous Peoples’ rights. 
  The grant helps with the “the revitalization, reclamation, and sustainability of traditional Tlingit food practices, cultural knowledge, and language,” explained TCLL Principal Molly Yerkes. TCLL is a place-based, cultur
  
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• Though food sovereignty grant, Juneau students learn traditional Lingít food practices

  16-10-2026 02:18 via KTOO
  (Photo courtesy of TCLL)
  Juneau’s Tlingit Culture, Language, and Literacy program received a $14,000 food sovereignty grant. The money comes from Native Movement, a nonprofit supporting grassroots-led projects that ensure Indigenous Peoples’ rights. 
  The grant helps with the “the revitalization, reclamation, and sustainability of traditional Tlingit food practices, cultural knowledge, and language,” explained TCLL Principal Molly Yerkes. TCLL is a place-based, cultur
  
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• Juneau nonprofit gets $3.6M to transform historic building into senior care center

  16-10-2026 01:06 via KTOO
  St. Ann’s Center in downtown Juneau on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  A historic building in the heart of downtown Juneau could get new life soon. 
  For years, the St. Ann’s building near the Starr Hill neighborhood has sat largely empty despite its prime location downtown. 
  In September, the Juneau Economic Development Council was announced as an awardee of a $3.6 million grant through the Rural Health Transformation Program. The nonprofit is one of
  
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• As King Cove road issue heads to federal appeals court, Peltola reiterates her support

  15-10-2026 15:00 via KTOO
  An aerial view, taken by drone, shows the King Cove area where the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities is seeking to start construction on a road to Cold Bay. (Photo by Gabe Strong/Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities)
  Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mary Peltola reiterated her support for construction of the proposed Izembek road between Cold Bay and King Cove during a visit to King Cove this month.
  Peltola’s position is identical to the one he
  
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• Halong: 1 year after the storm

  15-10-2026 14:59 via KTOO
  Construction crews repair storm-damaged buildings in Kipnuk on Aug. 11, 2026. (Photo by Gabby Hiestand Salgado/KYUK)
  A year after ex-typhoon Halong, repairing damage from the storm folds into preparing for what comes next.
  “You got to sit back and say ‘let’s not take everything for granted.’ You could have a good community today, but tomorrow it might be a completely different scenario,” said Napaskiak resident Earl Samuelson.
  A year ago today, daily life in dozens
  
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• What a ‘Godzilla’ El Niño could mean for snow across Alaska this winter

  15-10-2026 04:36 via KTOO
  Termination dust powders the Juneau Ridge on Oct. 14, 2026, marking the change in season. (Photo by Alix Soliman/KTOO)
  As a potentially historic El Niño heats up, snow predictions across Alaska this winter are “unfortunate.” That’s according to Brian Brettschneider, a senior climate scientist with the National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center in Anchorage.
  “Strong El Niño winters are terrible for snow. Not every one, but most of them,” he said
  
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• Newscast – Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026

  15-10-2026 03:00 via KTOO
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  In this newscast:Republican gubernatorial candidate Dave Bronson is pushing back after President Trump endorsed another Republican in the race, Bernadette Wilson.
  As a potentially historic El Niño heats up, an Anchorage climate scientist says it might lead to below average snow for most of Alaska, but all options are still on the table.
  The Juneau School District is projected to lose close to a sixth of its student
  
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• Cancer Connection Community Health Forum | Evening at Egan: ‘Climate change and high-altitude agriculture: the work plants do’ | Thrush Hill Music faculty recital

  15-10-2026 02:53 via KTOO
  Juneau Afternoon recorded live on Wednesday, October 14, 2026
  Cancer Connection’s annual Community Health Forum on October 24 at Centennial Hall featuring Dr. Amy Loschert, presenting on “A holistic model of survivorship: How to come back stronger after cancer.”
  Also, “Beer for my Boys” free prostate screening at Devil’s Club Brewing on Friday, October 23.
  The UAS Evening at Egan Lecture Series features Dr. Shae Frydenlund, Assistant Professor of Alpine and A
  
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• Juneau School District explores new elementary school model as enrollment declines

  14-10-2026 23:14 via KTOO
  Families enter Mendenhall River Community School on Aug. 15, 2025. (Photo by Jamie Diep/KTOO)
  The Juneau School District is projected to lose close to a sixth of its students over the next five years. That’s a drop in enrollment of about 600 students. 
  District administration presented this information to the Juneau School Board’s facilities committee Tuesday afternoon. 
  “Some of this isn’t information I want to hear. But, it’s very very important informat
  
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• Trump rally brings pardons, promises and endorsements to Wasilla

  14-10-2026 21:17 via KTOO
  President Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Wasilla on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026. (Photo by James Daggett/Alaska Public Media)
  President Donald Trump rallied his supporters in Wasilla Tuesday, celebrating his moves to allow more resource development in Alaska.
  “Nobody’s done more for Alaska than Donald J. Trump,” he said. “That I can tell you.”
  He spoke for nearly 90 minutes, not always truthfully or with accuracy.
  It was a mix of endorsements for Republicans, mocking
  
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• Passenger numbers on track for record at major Alaska airports

  14-10-2026 15:00 via KTOO
  Passengers arrive at the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport on April 20, 2022. (Photo by Jeff Chen/Alaska Public Media)
  Alaska’s major airports in Anchorage and Fairbanks are on track to set a new annual passenger record, following a busy first half of the year. That’s according to a report from the Alaska International Airport System, an enterprise fund under the state transportation department.
  The peak season for travel to Alaska tends to be between May and September, sa
  
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• ‘Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity’: Trump supporters line up hours early for Wasilla rally

  14-10-2026 15:00 via KTOO
  Juneau resident Cindy Fuller sits in a chair with an American flag print near the shuttle to get to President Donald Trump’s midterm rally in Wasilla. (Photo by Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media)
  Juneau residents Cindy Fuller and Shannan Greene were among the first in line Tuesday to board the shuttle to President Donald Trump’s midterm rally in Wasilla.
  “We have been here since 4 a.m.,” Fuller said, holding a folded camping chair with an American flag print near Church o
  
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• Alaska governor candidates address growing gap in childcare

  14-10-2026 15:00 via KTOO
  Children at the Hmoob Cultural Center of Alaska on Aug. 7, 2024. The childcare center opened in Anchorage in 2022 and struggled with high operating costs and low state subsidies. It has since closed. (Photo by Adam Nicely/Alaska Public Media)
  One of the many issues before the next governor of Alaska will be the growing gap between available providers and the demand for childcare, which some advocates are calling a “childcare crisis.”
  Many Alaska families struggle to find reliable ca
  
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• Newscast – Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026

  14-10-2026 03:00 via KTOO
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  In this newscast:A Juneau man was charged with two felonies last weekend after struck and seriously injured a pedestrian early Sunday morning on Douglas Island.
  Indigenous scholars from across the country are convening in Juneau this week to learn from local experts, write grants and build community.
  Updated preliminary results for Juneau’s municipal election show residents continue to support implementing a new sea
  
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• Two sent to hospital in separate vehicle strike incidents in Juneau this weekend

  14-10-2026 01:51 via KTOO
  Juneau Police Department vehicles park in downtown Juneau on Thursday, June 13, 2024. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  A Juneau man was charged with two felonies this weekend after he struck and seriously injured a pedestrian early Sunday morning on Douglas Island. 
  According to an information release, Juneau police received a report at just before 1 a.m. on Sunday that a vehicle had hit a pedestrian in the parking lot of Savikko Park in South Douglas.
  Police identified the driver as 32-year-
  
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