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• Pride flags back up at Skagway’s Red Onion Saloon

  30-06-2026 20:10 via ktoo.org
  
  A Pride flag at the Red Onion Saloon on June 25. (Melinda Munson/KHNS)
  Besides serving as a popular tourist destination, the Red Onion Saloon has been a local meeting place for drag events and all things queer. But until recently, the new owner had a No Pride flags policy, although she donated money to the Pride Committee and hosted a Pride event. Some in the LGBTQ+ community are upset and say that policy put them at risk. But others say it’s more about how employers act and less about wha
  
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• Gas pipeline developer raises issues with LNG tax bill as lawmakers work out final draft

  30-06-2026 15:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Senators and representatives on a conference committee set up to work out a final draft of a bill offering tax relief to the Alaska LNG project listen to a presentation from Glenfarne and the Alaska Gasline Development Corp. on Saturday, June 27, 2026.
  A group of state lawmakers tasked with drafting a final version of an Alaska LNG tax relief bill kicked off its work Friday and Saturday, a week after Gov. Mike Dunleavy rejected the version passed by the Senate and called lawmakers back into spec
  
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• A new program will bring free veterinary care to 80 Alaska villages

  30-06-2026 15:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Executive Director of Alaska Native Rural Veterinary Angie Fitch (middle), Koyuk residents and their pets during a veterinary visit.
  A group of Alaska Native organizations is launching a new rural veterinary public health program in July to provide care for animals in 80 villages across the state. That care includes rabies vaccinations, testing for infectious diseases, and spaying and neutering.
  Mike Williams, a musher and the chief of the village of Akiak in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region, sa
  
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• Juneau “Glitz” drag show celebrates LGBTQ+ love and community

  30-06-2026 03:07 via ktoo.org
  
  Aria B. Cassadine holds out the microphone to the crowd during her drag performance on June 26, 2026. (Photo by Alix Soliman/KTOO)
  Bubbles, a giant rainbow flag, 3 days of performances, 15 drag artists, Cookie Monster, sequins, glitter and glam. Over the weekend, more than 300 people attended Glitz, Juneau’s annual LGBTQ+ Pride extravaganza. 
  Juneau Drag is organized by local Drag Queen Gigi Monroe, who started Glitz in 2015. The show is filled with gender expression in the form of gl
  
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• Alaska Supreme Court orders a spot on the ballot for 2nd Dan Sullivan

  30-06-2026 03:07 via ktoo.org
  
  The Alaska Supreme Court hears oral argument from Christopher Murray, middle right, representing the Alaska Division of Elections. Jeffrey Robinson, bottom left, represents Daniel J. Sullivan. The case was argued June 29, 2026. (Gavel Alaska/KTOO)
  The Alaska Supreme Court issued an order Monday afternoon that Dan J. Sullivan, a retired teacher from Petersburg, must be included on the ballot for Alaska’s U.S. Senate seat. The court sent the case back to the Division of Elections to decide h
  
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• Newscast – Monday, June 29, 2026

  30-06-2026 02:59 via ktoo.org
  
  https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/20260629-News-Update.mp3
  In this newscast:A group of state lawmakers tasked with drafting a final version of an Alaska LNG tax relief bill kicked off work this weekend,
  Governor Mike Dunleavy vetoed nearly half a million dollars from the state budget Wednesday that would have gone toward efforts to retain and recruit teachers in Alaska,
  A new nonprofit Jiu Jitsu studio opened this month,
  One Alaska couple shares their experience over a 50 year re
  
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• A new Jiu Jitsu studio in Juneau brings trust and care to the mat

  30-06-2026 02:45 via ktoo.org
  
  Jiu Jitsu Instructor Becca Charbonneau demonstrates a hold on June 23, 2026 at Flow State Jiu Jitsu and Yoga. (Yvonne Krumrey/KTOO)
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  https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/29JJ.mp3
  Right off the bat I wasn’t prepared. I didn’t have shorts to wear under my Gi — the jacket, pants and belt ensemble people typically practice Jiu Jitsu in.  
  “Its just that sometimes the pants come down a little,” Flow State Jiu Jitsu and Yoga founding member S
  
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