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• A University of Alaska Fairbanks student is out on bail after tearing up and eating another student’s AI-generated art

  27-01-2026 23:12 via ktoo.org
  Some pictures remained on the wall after Granger ate around 57 of the 160 images on display on Jan. 13. (Lizzy Hahn)
  A University of Alaska Fairbanks student is out on bail after ripping almost 60 images off the walls of a university art gallery and eating some of them earlier this month.
  The incident has since gone viral — prompting countless social media posts and even reaching national outlets. Lizzy Hahn, an undergraduate journalism student at UAF, broke the story in The Sun Star, the
  
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• Dunleavy introduces sales tax, new dividend formula and other pieces of fiscal plan

  27-01-2026 19:58 via ktoo.org
  Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks to reporters during a news conference on May 19, 2025. (Eric Stone/Alaska Public Media)
  Gov. Mike Dunleavy introduced a series of bills on Friday and Monday that he says would stabilize the state’s finances. The most prominent pieces of Dunleavy’s plan are a statewide sales tax and a new formula for Permanent Fund dividends.
  “I want to stop our fights over the PFD and the Permanent Fund, and I want to minimize arguments over how much we’re going
  
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• Investigation continues over massive oil rig toppling on North Slope as Nuiqsut residents raise concerns

  27-01-2026 08:10 via ktoo.org
  Doyon Rig 26 after it toppled over on Jan. 23, 2026. (Photo from the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation situation report.)
  The oil rig that crashed into the frozen ground on the North Slope near Nuiqsut Friday remains too unstable for responders to access the scene, state officials said. While no serious injuries were reported, days after the incident, there were still many unknowns for the companies involved and the nearby community.
  Doyon Rig 26 was commissioned in 2016 by Conoco
  
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• Rolling dice after midnight: Late night leveling up at Juneau’s Platypus Con

  27-01-2026 07:24 via ktoo.org
  Tim Mikulski (right) and friends play Flow of History at Platypus Con on Jan. 25, 2026. (Photo by Yvonne Krumrey/KTOO)
  With almost 700 participants, Juneau’s annual board game convention sold out for a second time this year. Some people traveled from as far as Indiana and Massachusetts to play at Platypus Con. And the weekend-long event stayed open late — until the early morning hours. 
  A lot of players were deep in their games late-night on Saturday. In Centennial Hall, a room
  
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• Newscast – Monday, Jan. 26, 2026

  27-01-2026 03:10 via ktoo.org
  https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/20260126-News-Update-3.mp3In this newscast:More than 200 Juneau residents gathered downtown at Overstreet Park last night for a candlelight vigil. They were there to honor a man who was fatally shot by a U.S. Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during protests against ongoing ICE operations,
  Juneau teens and residents are calling on the Alaska Legislature and Governor Mike Dunleavy to call off the state’s longtime push for a n
  
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• Juneau teens call on state lawmakers to halt Alaska LNG project

  27-01-2026 01:54 via ktoo.org
  Members of the Alaska Youth for Environmental Action hold signs at the steps of the Alaska State Capitol in downtown Juneau on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  Juneau teens and residents are calling on the Alaska Legislature and Gov. Mike Dunleavy to call off the state’s longtime push for a natural gas pipeline in Alaska. 
  On Saturday, more than 40 people gathered at the steps of the Alaska State Capitol in downtown Juneau to protest the long-sought Alaska LNG p
  
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