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• Juneau Assembly OK’s City Hall sale to Sealaska Heritage Institute — to demolish it

  18-08-2026 22:31 via ktoo.org
  City Hall in downtown Juneau on Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  Juneau’s City Hall building is getting a new owner — Sealaska Heritage Institute. The nonprofit plans to demolish it. 
  On Monday, the Juneau Assembly voted to approve the $1.5 million sale to its neighbor SHI,  whose mission is to uplift Lingít, Haida and Ts’msyen cultures of Southeast Alaska. The Assembly’s other option would have put the building up for sale at a minim
  
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• It’s Alaska’s statewide primary election day. Here’s what you need to know.

  18-08-2026 19:49 via ktoo.org
  Voters line up on Aug. 17, 2026, at the early voting station set up in Anchorage’s Midtown Mall. Voters reported waiting about an hour to cast their primary election ballots. (Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)
  Over a month ago, Shelley Cotton cast the first vote in Alaska’s statewide primary election, downloading a blank ballot and sending it quickly by mail from Texas to Alaska.
  Since then, more than 31,000 other Alaskans have cast their ballots, and tens of thousands more residents will
  
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• Juneau Assembly highlights: selling City Hall, flood damage and electric motorcycles on trails

  18-08-2026 07:26 via ktoo.org
  Juneau Assembly member Paul Kelly, center, asks a question during a meeting on Monday, Aug. 17, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  The Juneau Assembly met on Monday for a regular meeting to decide the fate of City Hall, update residents following the recent glacial outburst flood and hear community concerns over electric motorcycles on local trails. 
  Here are some highlights from the meeting:
  • The Assembly voted to sell Juneau’s City Hall building to its neighbor, Sealaska Her
  
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• Newscast – Monday, Aug. 17, 2026

  18-08-2026 03:00 via ktoo.org
  https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/20260817-News-Update.mp3
  In this newscast:Juneau’s Egan and Vanderbilt intersection is back open after months of construction.
  The Juneau School Board approved a new lease for after-school childcare at Sayéik: Gastineau Community School last Thursday.
  With Alaska’s primary election on Tuesday, money is pouring into Alaska’s U.S. Senate race, and not just for the two candidates running multi-million-dollar campaigns. Pop-u
  
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• After-school childcare slated to return to elementary school in Douglas

  18-08-2026 01:16 via ktoo.org
  Sayéik: Gastineau Community School as pictured in Douglas on May 6, 2026 (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  The Juneau School Board approved a new lease for after-school childcare at Sayéik: Gastineau Community School last Thursday. The elementary school has not offered childcare since 2025, when the school district ended its program due to staffing issues.
  Juneau business The Spark – which runs Little Stars Daycare in the Mendenhall Valley – came forward, looking to expand
  
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• Juneau’s Egan and Vanderbilt intersection reopens after months-long closure

  18-08-2026 00:38 via ktoo.org
  A video depiction of the new Egan Drive and Vanderbilt Hill Road intersection. (Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities)
  Juneau’s Egan and Vanderbilt intersection is back open after months of construction.  
  The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities announced it reopened Saturday afternoon. Sonny Mauricio, a spokesperson for the department, said the changes were made due to safety concerns at the intersection. 
  “With any safety pro
  
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