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• Future of Juneau Makerspace location in limbo as its building goes up for sale

  05-08-2026 23:27 via ktoo.org
  
  The Juneau Makerspace on Douglas Island on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  The building and land that house the Juneau Makerspace on Douglas Island are for sale — but the community workspace isn’t closing its doors. 
  Sam Bornstein is one of the nonprofitʼs founders and formerly served as president. Heʼs now the interim treasurer. 
  “The landlords are looking to sell the property, which includes the building. Our current hope is th
  
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• Abandoned and derelict boats removed from waterways in three Southeast Alaska communities

  05-08-2026 15:00 via ktoo.org
  
  
  BoatUS Foundation cleans up waterways in Metlakatla (photo courtesy of BoatUS Foundation)
  The Metlakatla Indian Community is in the process of removing 27 abandoned and derelict vessels from its waterways. It’s part of an effort – also happening in Yakutat and Sitka – to improve marine habitat and clean up tidelands, funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association Marine Debris Program.
  Michael Moore, Program Director for The BoatUS Foundation, spoke with KTOO about
  
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• Humpback whale sinks Gustavus family’s sailboat in Glacier Bay National Park

  05-08-2026 03:56 via ktoo.org
  
  
  The Gustavus family’s sailboat with a large patch over the hole where the whale struck it. (Photo courtesy of Lu Syrene)
   
  https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/04WhaleSank-WEB.mp3
  A Gustavus family’s sailboat suddenly sank in Glacier Bay National Park on July 29. The family survived. When they recovered the sailboat a few days later, they found something unusual: the rubbery, black skin of a humpback whale. 
  Tania Lewis has been a wildlife biologist at Glacier
  
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• Newscast – Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026

  05-08-2026 03:00 via ktoo.org
  
  
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  In this newscast:It’s been almost six months since Junior Siufanua was last seen in Juneau. He had been staying at a local shelter for unhoused people before he was reported missing by staff on Feb. 25.
  Seventeen candidates are running to be Alaska’s next governor. Alaskans are already heading to the polls for early voting in the Aug. 18 nonpartisan, pick-one primary, which will narrow the fi
  
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• Six months pass since this Juneau man went missing

  05-08-2026 00:00 via ktoo.org
  
  A missing person poster for Juneau resident Junior Siufanua hangs inside the Glory Hall homeless shelter in the Mendenhall Valley on Friday, March 13, 2026. (Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  It’s been almost six months since Junior Siufanua was last seen in Juneau. He had been staying at a local shelter for unhoused people before he was reported missing by staff on Feb. 25. 
  Siufanua is 39 years old and was last seen at the Glory Hall homeless shelter in the Mendenhall Valley on Feb. 9. Staff at
  
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