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• High PSP toxin levels mean it’s ‘not a good time’ to harvest shellfish in parts of Southeast Alaska

  24-06-2026 21:26 via ktoo.org
  
  Liam Wirak Cassidy, who collects samples to track paralytic shellfish toxins for the Chilkoot Indian Association, participating in a beach cleanup in spring 2025.
  Samples collected this month show that high levels of harmful toxins that cause paralytic shellfish poisoning are again present in the waters around Southeast Alaska. That includes Haines, for the third year in a row.
  The Chilkoot Indian Association collects the samples as part of a broader effort by more than a dozen tribes across th
  
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• With Murkowski’s help, Senate votes to restrain Trump’s power to wage war on Iran

  24-06-2026 21:14 via ktoo.org
  
  U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski at the Alaska State Capitol in March.
  WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate voted Tuesday to curtail President Trump’s use of military force, telling him to cease hostilities against Iran unless Congress explicitly authorizes it.
  Sen. Lisa Murkowski was among four Republicans who voted with Democrats to pass the resolution, 50-48.
  The House passed the resolution weeks ago. It likely does not have the force of law but its passage is a blow to Trump and a reflection of
  
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• Alaska charities can now host snowfall betting pools

  24-06-2026 03:35 via ktoo.org
  
  Snow blankets the Mendenhall Wetlands and Juneau International Airport on Jan. 1, 2026. (Photo by Alix Soliman/KTOO)
  The Alaska legislature passed a law on Tuesday that allows charitable organizations to gamble on snowfall.
  Now, qualified organizations across the state can host betting games called “snow classics,” where prize money is awarded to the best guess of total snowfall at a specific location and time. 
  Previously, state law restricted the game to the Mount Alyeska Snow
  
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• Newscast – Tuesday, June 23, 2026

  24-06-2026 03:04 via ktoo.org
  
  
  https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/20260623-News-Update.mp3
  In this newscast:The Juneau Community Foundation is giving the Alaska Legislature 16 two-bedroom apartments as part of a long-term effort to keep the state’s capital in Juneau.
  Four U.S. Coast Guard crew members involved in a helicopter crash in Sitka Monday morning have been reported safe with “non-serious injuries.”
  Juneau residents say they want to see the city’s tourism task force address issue
  
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• Lawsuit aims to put sunflower sea stars on endangered species list

  24-06-2026 02:46 via ktoo.org
  
  A healthy sunflower sea star is seen on the seafloor in 2014. Sunflower sea stars are important for fish habitat because they eat sea urchins, which can mow down kelp forests if left unchecked. A wasting disease that struck more than a decade ago wiped out about 90% of the population, with the most severe losses in the southern part of the species’ range, off Mexico and California. Sunflower sea stars in Alaska have also died from the wasting disease, but the losses have not been as sever
  
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• State advances over four hundred projects in bid for Rural Health Transformation Program funding

  24-06-2026 01:51 via ktoo.org
  
  Kanakanak Hospital in Bristol Bay. The state asked hospitals and organizations to submit letters of interest for Rural Health Transformation Program funding.
  The state of Alaska has advanced more than 400 projects to the next step in its grant application process for the Rural Health Transformation Program. That’s a federal program to strengthen the state’s rural health infrastructure, as the country faces huge cuts and eligibility changes to federal healthcare programs.
  Alaska is e
  
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• Glitz 2026 to close out Pride Month with three shows | GLOF predictions | Juneau Commission on Aging

  24-06-2026 01:01 via ktoo.org
  
  Juneau Afternoon – Recorded live on Thursday, June 18
  Juneau Afternoon featuring GLOF updates with local scientists, GLITZ 2026 Drag Show, and updates with the Juneau Commission on Aging.
  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 podcast at ktoo.org/juneauafternoon.Subscribe to the podcast:Apple PodcastsNPR OneSpotifyStitcherRSS
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• ‘It has to be balanced with livability’: Residents share tourism concerns with Juneau task force

  24-06-2026 00:59 via ktoo.org
  
  Cruise ship passengers walk the seawalk in downtown Juneau on Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  Juneau residents say they want to see the city’s tourism task force address issues like helicopter noise, downtown bus traffic and whale watching congestion. 
  Those were just a few of the topics mentioned during more than an hour of public testimony last week at a Visitor Industry Task Force meeting. 
  Nathan Stewart lives in the Fritz Cove area and testified at the
  
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• Elizabeth Arnold, KTOO and NPR reporter and professor, dies at 66

  24-06-2026 00:18 via ktoo.org
  
  KTOO’s Elizabeth Arnold gets an award from APRN’s Corey Flintoff.
  Our beloved colleague, Elizabeth Arnold, has died.
  Elizabeth was an award-winning broadcast journalist whose work for National Public Radio spanned coverage of presidential politics, Congress and the global environment, died at her home in Anchorage on Thursday, June 18.
  She died from complications of endometrial cancer, her family said. She was 66.
  An unstoppable, one-of-a-kind reporter, Arnold also was an avid fisher
  
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