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• Alaska is a dud at the Great American State Fair

  03-07-2026 22:58 via ktoo.org
  
  Mary and Ken Rinke drove from Michigan to attend the Great American State Fair on June 27, 2026. They were disappointed Alaska had no presence. (Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public Media)
  WASHINGTON — All 50 states have space at the Great American State Fair, underway now on the National Mall, but only some states approach greatness.
  Michigan, for instance, homestate of Kellogg’s, is giving away little bags of cereal and Michigan-grown potato chips. It’s got a prize wheel and quizzes. It
  
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• Juneau’s July Fourth fireworks display postponed to Saturday

  03-07-2026 22:50 via ktoo.org
  
  People watch the fireworks launched from Gastineau Channel for the 2017 Fourth of July celebration. (Photo courtesy Matt Miller)
  Juneau’s July Fourth fireworks show is being postponed until Saturday night at 11:59 p.m. 
  In a video posted to social media, the Juneau Fireworks Crew made the announcement from a barge in Gastineau Channel. 
  “We are letting you know that, unfortunately, it is so windy and rainy out on the barge that we can’t set up tents to set up your fir
  
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• Alaska’s persistently high SNAP payment errors top nation for fourth consecutive year

  03-07-2026 22:19 via ktoo.org
  
  A shopper passes by a sign welcoming SNAP recipients at a Fred Meyer store in Anchorage on Monday, Nov. 3, 2025. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media)
  Alaska’s food assistance program had the highest payment error rate in the country for a fourth straight year last year, according to rankings put out by the Agriculture Department late last month.
  During the last federal fiscal year, which ended in September 2025, 23% of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients in Alaska ended up w
  
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• Fostering 48 parakeets: Alaska’s senior boom strains bird rescue groups

  03-07-2026 15:00 via ktoo.org
  
  A handful of the nearly 30 parakeets that Karen Rappe is fostering in her South Anchorage home on June 24. 2026. To apply to adopt a bird, contact the Alaska Bird Club.
  Parakeet cages filled a room in a modest house in South Anchorage. The birds’ chattering and chirping mixed with country music coming from a boombox below the cages.
  As the music swelled at the refrain “Somebody pour me a drank” the birds’ chirping increased, followed by loud squawks.
  The sound keeps them
  
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• Alaska school districts plead for guidance on oil surplus funding before students return

  03-07-2026 15:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Anchorage school buses are parked next to each other at the ASD Transportation Center on Aug. 2, 2023. (Tim Rockey/Alaska Public Media)
  School districts across Alaska are set to receive up to $115 million in one-time funding this year thanks to high oil prices. That’s due to what’s known as a “waterfall” in the state budget that passed shortly before the end of the Alaska Legislature’s regular session in late May.
  But how much of that $115 million will actually mate
  
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• Newscast – Thursday, July 3, 2026

  03-07-2026 02:59 via ktoo.org
  
  https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/20260702-News-Update.mp3
  In this newscast:Two cruise ships in Southeast Alaska have reported norovirus outbreaks in recent weeks,
  Tlingit and Haida’s president spoke about addiction prevention during the grand opening of Juneau’s first casino,
  Cancer Connection now has its first executive director,
  Alaska lawmakers failed to meet an informal deadline Wednesday to vote on a bill reducing taxes for the Alaska LNG project
  
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• Tlingit and Haida plans to launch gambling addiction treatment alongside its casino

  03-07-2026 02:43 via ktoo.org
  
  Tlingit and Haida President Chalyee Eesh Richard Peterson speaks at the grand opening of Two Coppers Casino on July 1, 2026. (Photo by Yvonne Krumrey/KTOO)
  The Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska’s president, Chalyee Eesh Richard Peterson, spoke about addiction prevention during the grand opening of Juneau’s first casino on Wednesday. The ceremonial event follows a soft open of the tribe’s Two Coppers Casino on Douglas Island last month.
  “We m
  
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• CDC reports two cruise ships in Southeast Alaska had norovirus outbreaks in June

  03-07-2026 02:27 via ktoo.org
  
  Cruise ships berth in downtown Juneau on Monday, June 9, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  Two cruise ships in Southeast Alaska have reported norovirus outbreaks in recent weeks, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  The Ruby Princess – a Princess Cruises ship – had 102 of its 3,032 passengers as well as 23 crew members fall ill.
  The National Geographic Sea Bird also reported a norovirus outbreak. More than a quarter of the 68 passengers on the smaller vesse
  
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