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• Sealaska Heritage Institute shares plan to tear down Juneau’s City Hall, build new arts facility

  16-07-2026 23:55 via ktoo.org
  
  This is an aerial view of Sealaska Heritage Institute’s plan to replace Juneau’s City Hall building with a new facility. (MRV Architects, courtesy of Sealaska Heritage Institute)
  The City and Borough of Juneau is looking to sell its City Hall building downtown as it moves staff to the Michael J. Burns building in the near future. 
  Sealaska Heritage Institute, whose mission is to uplift Lingít, Haida and Ts’msyen cultures of Southeast Alaska, says it’s interest
  
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• Juneau’s Spice Indian restaurant is up for sale

  16-07-2026 23:11 via ktoo.org
  
  Nimmy Philips poses for a photo outside her restaurant, Spice Juneau Indian Cuisine, on Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  A popular downtown Juneau restaurant is now up for sale — but it’s not closing any time soon. 
  Earlier this month, a listing for the sale of Spice Juneau Indian Cuisine went online. But according to Nimmy Philips, the restaurant’s owner, residents shouldn’t be worried. 
  “I want to stay open. No doors are closing.
  
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• New Indigenous Health and Healing courses from UAS | P.E.O. Chapter G student scholarships | Municipal elections breakdown

  16-07-2026 22:32 via ktoo.org
  
  Juneau Afternoon – Recorded live on Wednesday, July 15, 2026
  Juneau Afternoon featuring new UAS Indigenous Health and Healing learning pathway, P.E.O. Chapter G offers scholarships to Juneau Grads, and a look at city elections and how you can get involved.
  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.Subsc
  
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• Peltola vastly outraises Sullivan in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race

  16-07-2026 22:15 via ktoo.org
  
  Democrat Mary Peltola and Republican Dan Sullivan are vying for his U.S. Senate seat. (Alaska Public Media)
  WASHINGTON — The latest campaign finance data in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race show Democrat Mary Peltola has vastly outraised incumbent Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan.
  Peltola’s campaign raised $6.9 million since April 1, while Sullivan raised more than $2 million.
  Candidates also have other pots of money, like leadership PACs. Sullivan’s campaign said he’s raised
  
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• Three rescued from boat fire near Ketchikan

  16-07-2026 15:00 via ktoo.org
  
  The Coast Guard Station Ketchikan received a report that a fishing vessel was adrift and engulfed in flames near South Pennock Island. (U.S. Coast Guard Sector Southeast Alaska)
  Three people were rescued from a boat that caught fire near Ketchikan this weekend. At around 7:30 a.m. Sunday, the Coast Guard Station Ketchikan received a report that a fishing vessel was adrift and engulfed in flames near South Pennock Island. The three occupants on the vessel were rescued by a charter fishing boat an
  
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• Commercial troll fishery stays open with half of allotted kings remaining

  16-07-2026 15:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Trollers moored in Sitka’s Crescent Harbor. (Berett Wilber/KCAW)
  Southeast Alaska’s commercial king salmon fishery will remain open until further notice. The July 1 king opener for trollers, who fish with hook and line, is usually over quickly– it typically lasts anywhere from a handful of days to a week. But this year, with two weeks down, trollers are only at the halfway mark toward catching their target.
  Grant Hagerman is the Southeast region’s commercial troll managem
  
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• Newscast – Wednesday, July 15, 2026

  16-07-2026 03:03 via ktoo.org
  
  https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/20260715-News-Update.mp3
  In this newscast:A Juneau non-profit is looking for local childcare providers to offer after-school care at two elementary schools that lost the service in recent years.
  The Juneau Police Department is seeking the public’s help in locating the person who submerged a truck in Gastineau Channel near Douglas Harbor early this morning.
  Processors are paying more for commercial salmon this season than in recent years, an
  
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• City funds nonprofit to support childcare in Juneau schools

  16-07-2026 02:47 via ktoo.org
  
  The Harborview Elementary School playground on July 9, 2025. (Photo by Jamie Diep/KTOO)
  A Juneau nonprofit is looking for local childcare providers to offer after-school care at two elementary schools that lost the service in recent years. It’s part of an effort to stabilize childcare access for school-age children after the Juneau School District ended its program last year.
  Funding to get the effort underway came from the Juneau Assembly. In May, it approved awarding $270,000 to Southeas
  
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• Tongass Voices: Xeetli.éesh Lyle James on learning and teaching Indigenous languages

  16-07-2026 00:53 via ktoo.org
  
  
  A screenshot of Xeetli.éesh Lyle James speaking in a YouTube video titled “Strengthening our Community Lecture Series: Lyle James | Sealaska Heritage” (Courtesy Sealaska Heritage Institute)
  Xeetli.éesh Lyle James has been learning and teaching the Lingít language for more than two decades. His passion grew through attending classes and leading songs. 
  He lives in Juneau and has taught more than 1,000 students, emphasizing the importance of making mistakes and
  
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• Juneau police respond to submerged truck in Gastineau Channel

  16-07-2026 00:30 via ktoo.org
  
  Douglas Harbor on Monday, Dec. 30, 2024. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  The Juneau Police Department is seeking the public’s help in locating the person who submerged a truck in Gastineau Channel near Douglas Harbor early Wednesday morning. 
  According to the Juneau Police Department, at just before 2 a.m. Wednesday morning, police received a report that a maroon Chevrolet Silverado went into the water near Savikko Road in Douglas. When officers responded, the vehicle was submerged.&nb
  
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