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• Allen Marine shutters overnight cruise company Alaskan Dream Cruises

  06-02-2026 23:58 via ktoo.org
  The Admiralty Dream (Courtesy photo)
  A Sitka-based cruise line is closing its doors. Alaskan Dream Cruises announced Wednesday that it has ceased operations and cancelled all future sailings.
  In a post on its website, the cruise company said since 2011, it’s had the “privilege of sharing the wonders of Alaska and the richness of our Alaska Native heritage with incredible guests from across the globe.”
  The company is owned by Allen Marine, a local maritime business that’s
  
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• Perseverance Theatre postpones Anchorage run of spring show amid funding woes

  06-02-2026 22:42 via ktoo.org
  Actors Ben Brown, Travis Clark Morris, Kristen Rankin and Lauren Parkinson perform a scene from “The Thanksgiving Play” at Perseverance Theatre. (Photo Courtesy/Joshua Lowman)
  Alaska’s largest professional theater indefinitely postponed a run of its show in Anchorage this spring due to financial concerns. 
  Perseverance Theatre had originally planned to bring its newest production, opening in Juneau later this month, to Anchorage. For the past decade, the theater has regula
  
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• Juneau man accused of killing Anchorage cellmate found competent to stand trial on murder charges

  06-02-2026 20:29 via ktoo.org
  Lawrence Fenumiai appears in court in Anchorage on February 19, 2025. Fenumiai is charged with murder after a fellow inmate died following an assault at the Anchorage jail in December 2024. (Marc Lester/ADN)
  Lawrence Fenumiai, the 34-year-old Juneau man charged with killing his Anchorage jail cellmate in a December 2024 assault, will return to the criminal justice system after being found mentally competent to stand trial.
  Both Fenumiai and his cellmate, 36-year-old William Farmer, were dia
  
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• Juneau Crimson Bears football will be featured on Super Bowl Sunday

  06-02-2026 20:06 via ktoo.org
  A video team from NBC records a Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé football team on Sept. 20, 2025. (Photo by Yvonne Krumrey/KTOO)
  Juneau’s Crimson Bears high school football team is slated to be featured in the most-watched sporting event in the United States this weekend — the Super Bowl. 
  In September, a team of five reporters and cameramen from NBC Sports visited Juneau and filmed their game against Anchorage’s Dimond High School at Adair-Kennedy Memorial
  
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• How (and when) to watch Alaska athletes in the Winter Olympics

  06-02-2026 19:49 via ktoo.org
  Hailey Swirbul competes in the 2025 Alaska SuperTour in Anchorage’s Kincaid Park on Dec. 6, 2025. (Hailey Swirbul)
  The 2026 Winter Olympics kick off in Italy on Friday at 10 a.m. Alaska time with an opening ceremony.
  The Games run through Feb. 22 and will feature about a dozen athletes with ties to Alaska.
  Here’s what to know about how (and when) to watch them.
  But first: Who’s competing?
  The athletes with Alaska connections include eight skiers with Alaska Pacific University N
  
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• Newscast – Thursday, Feb. 2, 2025

  06-02-2026 03:06 via ktoo.org
  
  
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  In this newscast:On Monday, a Juneau jazz musician canceled a show that was meant to be a part of a festival in town this week.  The show was advertised as a fundraiser for the ACLU of Alaska but the organization who planned the festival said they didn’t agree to that.
  The Alaska Department of Fish & Game recently euthanized a sick mountain goat that had a highly contagious viral skin infection that can tra
  
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• ADF&G euthanizes mountain goat kid with contagious skin infection found on Perseverance Trail

  06-02-2026 02:08 via ktoo.org
  A healthy mountain goat kid and adult pictured in the Haines area. (Photo courtesy of Alaska Department of Fish & Game)
  A Juneau resident took home a sick mountain goat kid with crusty skin lesions after hiking Perseverance Trail last weekend and contacted the Alaska Department of Fish & Game. Officials say the goat had a highly contagious viral skin infection that can transfer to humans and pets.
  “It’s very important that people — if they see a sick or a dead wild anim
  
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• Would Gov. Dunleavy’s fiscal plan solve Alaska’s long-running budget issues?

  06-02-2026 01:10 via ktoo.org
  Alaska Department of Revenue officials listen to questions from lawmakers about Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s fiscal plan during a House Finance Committee meeting on Feb. 5, 2026. (Eric Stone/Alaska Public Media)
  If you ask Gov. Mike Dunleavy, a lot of the state’s problems come back to the budget process.
  Every year, lawmakers gather in Juneau for four months and spend much of that time debating how the state should spread around its limited funds: how much for education, how much for public
  
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• Juneau Assembly considers school and wastewater bonds, temporary tax for next election

  06-02-2026 00:54 via ktoo.org
  People walk past City Hall in downtown Juneau on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  The Juneau Assembly has some big financial decisions to make in the coming months. That’s because the city faces a multimillion-dollar budget hole that could result in cutting some city services in order to stay afloat. 
  Along with figuring out how to balance the city’s budget, the Juneau Assembly will need to decide in the coming months whether a temporary tax and two bond d
  
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