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• ChoiceFest welcomes guest filmmaker Asha Dahya, Sentinal Lighthouse event ‘Hops & History’

  16-01-2026 23:43 via ktoo.org
  Juneau Afternoon recorded live on January 15, 2016
  The Gastineau Channel Historical Society, which manages the Sentinel Island Lighthouse, has teamed up with Alaska Brewing Company for an event on Thursday, January 22, called “Hops & History.” Gary Gillette, Renee Hughes, and Amanda Breslow preview the event and the history and mystique of lighthouses.The 3rd Annual ChoiceFest, featuring films and a guest speaker/filmmaker, Asha Dahya, is scheduled for Friday, January 16, at Cen
  
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• Anchorage judge overturns state law limiting live music at breweries and distilleries

  16-01-2026 23:17 via ktoo.org
  Musicians perform Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024, at Devil’s Club Brewing in Juneau. The event was among the first three allowed under a newly amended state law. (James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)
  An Alaska Superior Court judge has ruled that a state law limiting live shows at breweries, distilleries and wineries in Alaska is an unconstitutional violation of the First Amendment and the Alaska Constitution’s protections for free speech.
  Judge Adolf Zeman issued his decision Wednesday in a two-year-o
  
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• Alaska Appeals Court takes up American Samoa-born woman’s voter misconduct case

  16-01-2026 19:14 via ktoo.org
  The seal of the state of Alaska hangs behind the dais at the Boney Courthouse, where a three-judge panel of the Alaska Court of Appeals heard oral arguments Thursday, Jan. 15 in the voter misconduct case of Tupe Smith. (file photo/Alaska Public Media)
  The Alaska Court of Appeals took up the case of a Whittier woman Thursday who was indicted in 2023 on felony charges of voter misconduct.
  Like others born in American Samoa, Tupe Smith is a U.S. national but not a U.S. citizen. Smith says she thoug
  
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• Newscast – Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026

  16-01-2026 03:00 via ktoo.org
  
  
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  In this newscast:The Juneau School District Board of Education agreed to approve the $180,000 in funding to help pay for a new playground at the Dzantik’i Heeni campus in Lemon Creek,
  Southeast Alaska’s largest tribe has earned nearly $40 million from U.S. Navy contracts in Guantanamo Bay,
  KTOO is checking in with members of Juneau’s legislative delegation to talk priorities, predictions, and plans for t
  
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• Dzantik’i Heeni playground inches toward reality following school board funding approval

  16-01-2026 02:40 via ktoo.org
  This is a concept design rendering of a portion of the proposed Dzantik’i Heeni campus playground. (Courtesy/Juneau School District)
  The Juneau School District Board of Education agreed to approve up to $180,000 dollars in funding to help pay for a new playground at the Dzantik’i Heeni campus in Lemon Creek.
  During a special meeting Thursday, board members agreed to pull the money from an afterschool child care fund to match a foundation’s grant toward the project. The child ca
  
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• Juneau weaver receives national fellowship with $50,000 attached

  16-01-2026 00:07 via ktoo.org
  Master weaver Lily Hope. (Courtesy of Lily Hope).
  Local master Chilkat and Ravenstail weaver Lily Hope has been awarded a national fellowship that bolsters culture and tradition across the United States.She is one of the United States Artists awardees for 2026, which means she gets $50,000 toward her work with no strings attached. 
  “It’s a wild gift to have somebody just hand you some money and say, ‘Do what you will,’” she said. “There is absolutely zero
  
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