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• SeaBank Report | Arts Vibrancy Grant | Artist Clifton Guthrie | Perseverance Theatre’s summer camp and new season

  12-06-2026 23:02 via ktoo.org
  
  Juneau Afternoon – Recorded live on Thursday, June 11, 2026
  SeaBank Natural Capital Report provides an overview of the economic and cultural value of the Southeast Alaska ecosystem. The new edition will be released this July.
  Juneau Community Foundation Arts Vibrancy and Artists Awards now accepting applications.
  Artist Clifton Guthrie on his collaboration and participation in the “Intertwined: Returning to Our Roots” show at Aan Hít.Perseverance Theatre’s STAR su
  
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• National Cancer Survivors Day | Mountain Rescue National Convention | SeaCoast Marathon Relay

  12-06-2026 22:33 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Juneau Afternoon – Recorded live on Wednesday, June 10, 2026
  Cancer Connection of Juneau hosts a National Cancer Survivors Day celebration on Sunday, June 14Juneau Mountain Rescue co-hosts the National Mountain Rescue Convention in JuneauSeaCoast Marathon Relay is a full marathon on Saturday, June 13
  Audio PodcastVideo LivestreamBostin Christopher hosts the conversation. Juneau Afternoon airs at 3:00 p.m. on KTOO and KAUK with a rebroadcast at 7:00 p.m. Listen online or subscribe to the p
  
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• Gasline tax bill heads for House vote as developer pledges to prioritize Alaska labor

  12-06-2026 21:27 via ktoo.org
  
  From left, Alaska Petroleum Joint Crafts Council President Joey Merrick, Fairbanks Building and Construction Trades Council President Lake Williams, 8 Star Alaska LLC Co-President Rex Canon and Building and Construction Trades Council of Southcentral Alaska President Bronson Frye pose with signed copies of an agreement to maximize the use of in-state labor on a gas pipeline project at an event in Chugiak on Thursday, June 11, 2026.
  Three weeks into a special session, the state House is on the v
  
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• Alaska Division of Elections intends to strike U.S. Senate challenger Dan Sullivan from the ballot

  12-06-2026 20:24 via ktoo.org
  
  Dan J. Sullivan of Petersburg has this image of himself on his campaign website.
  The Alaska Division of Elections says retired teacher Dan Sullivan of Petersburg is ineligible to run against Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan.
  “Based on a review of the evidence presented and in the Division’s possession, the Division has determined that the preponderance of evidence does not support your eligibility for the office of United States Senator,” Elections Division Director Carol Bee
  
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• Newscast – Thursday, June 11, 2026

  12-06-2026 02:59 via ktoo.org
  
  https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/20260611-News-Update.mp3
  In this newscast:A Safe Place initiative for youth in crisis arrives in Juneau,
  An 89-year-old woman died in Juneau today from injuries suffered during a crash yesterday,
  Republican lawmakers are working to repeal the Roadless Rule through Congress,
  The University of Alaska’s largest union filed an unfair labor practice complaint last week,
  Alaska is one of only two states that saw increased participation in SNAP la
  
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• Republican lawmakers send Roadless Rule repeal to U.S. Senate

  12-06-2026 01:20 via ktoo.org
  
  The Blue Lake dam under construction in September 2014. It’s located within an inventoried roadless area in Sitka. (Photo courtesy Desiree Brandis)
  Republican lawmakers are working to repeal the Roadless Rule through Congress at the same time that the U.S. Department of Agriculture pursues an administrative rescission of the rule.
  The 2001 Roadless Rule prevents new roads in national forests, including more than 9 million acres of the Tongass National Forest. The rule has been rolled back
  
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• Juneau launches Safe Place program for youth in crisis

  12-06-2026 00:41 via ktoo.org
  
  A Safe Place sign hangs in the window of the Zach Gordon Youth Center. June 10, 2026. (Photo by Yvonne Krumrey/KTOO)
  An initiative that gives youth in crisis more opportunities to connect with services is up and running in Juneau. The Safe Place program trains businesses and organizations to connect youth who feel unsafe with social services in Juneau. 
  Hannah Jenkins is the outreach coordinator at Juneau’s city-run youth shelter Shéiyi Xaat Hít. She learned about the pr
  
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• University of Alaska staff union files unfair labor practice charge against employer

  12-06-2026 00:18 via ktoo.org
  
  A University of Alaska Southeast shuttle stopped at an intersection at UAS on April 16, 2025. (Photo by Jamie Diep/KTOO)
  Listen here:
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  The University of Alaska’s newest and largest union filed an unfair labor practice charge against the university last week. The union alleges the university interfered with bargaining rights and retaliated against union members.
  The Coalition of Alaska University Employees for Equity, or C
  
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