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• Juneau-based artist and author wins Pulitzer Prize for graphic memoir

  06-05-2025 23:07 via ktoo.org
  
  Artist and author Tessa Hulls published the graphic memoir Feeding Ghosts last year. It chronicles her family’s history with political oppression and mental illness. (Photo courtesy of Tessa Hulls)
  A Juneau-based author’s graphic memoir won a Pulitzer Prize on Monday for autobiography and memoir. 
  Tessa Hulls spent close to 10 years writing — and drawing — what would become “Feeding Ghosts.” KTOO interviewed Hulls last month about the memoir. 
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• Juneau Assembly moves forward with Telephone Hill demolition plan that would evict residents this fall

  06-05-2025 21:50 via ktoo.org
  
  A preliminary concept drawing of what the Telephone Hill neighborhood redevelopment could look like. (Courtesy of the City and Borough of Juneau)
  The Juneau Assembly chose a preliminary redevelopment plan on Monday night for the downtown Telephone Hill neighborhood that — if approved — would evict residents by Oct. 1. 
  The move marks a major step toward breaking ground after years of planning. But, the city would be asking for evictions before a developer has signed onto the pro
  
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• Mineral exploration company aims to offload mining project near Haines

  06-05-2025 19:50 via ktoo.org
  
  The Palmer project sits near a creek in the Chilkat watershed, pictured above on May 5, 2025. (Avery Ellfeldt/KHNS)
  A controversial mineral exploration project near Haines has been in limbo since its biggest investor backed out late last year. Now, the company that took full ownership wants to step back, too, further complicating the project’s future.
  American Pacific Mining Corp. confirmed last week it plans to distance itself from the zinc, copper, gold, silver and barite exploration sit
  
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• Republicans Nancy Dahlstrom and Click Bishop are first to file for 2026 Alaska governor’s race

  06-05-2025 05:02 via ktoo.org
  
  Alaska Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom, at left, and former state Sen. Click Bishop, at right, have each filed letters of intent signaling they will run for governor in 2026. (Alaska Beacon file photos)
  Former Republican state Sen. Click Bishop of Fairbanks and Republican Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom are running for governor.
  On Monday, Bishop filed a letter of intent with the Alaska Public Offices Commission, an act that signals his readiness to begin raising money for the 2026 election. Ho
  
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• Newscast – Monday, May 5, 2025

  06-05-2025 03:00 via ktoo.org
  
  https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20250505-News-Update.mp3
  In this newscast:Alaska’s oldest ferry is too expensive to fix,
  Tlingit and Haida announced that its annual food distributions of herring eggs have been canceled because the federal funding they planned to use for it was canceled,
  A lawsuit over Juneau’s Mendenhall River levee will now focus on how the cost of the flood protection project will be divided,
  A controversial mining exploration project near Haines
  
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• Mine near Wrangell prompts tribal concerns about Canadian mining regulations

  06-05-2025 02:41 via ktoo.org
  
  The open pits and waste rock pile at Red Chris Mine in the headwaters of the Iskut River, a major tributary of the salmon-bearing Stikine River. (Colin Arisman)
  Editor’s note: This is the second part of a two-part series about the Red Chris Mine in Canada, which could contaminate Southeast Alaska waters. Read Part 1 here.
  Red Chris Mine sits 25 miles from Alaska’s border in the Stikine River Watershed. It has operated for a decade, but its ownership changed two years ago.
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• KTOO Public Media responds to White House executive order attacking public media funding

  06-05-2025 01:45 via ktoo.org
  
  Last Thursday, President Trump issued an executive order directing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and all federal agencies to cease federal funds, both directly and indirectly, to NPR and PBS.
  It also attempts to restrict how local stations use their independent funding. This action jeopardizes the partnerships and funding that power the trusted journalism, educational programming and public safety messages that local communities rely on every day.
  In response, KTOO President and
  
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