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• Elly Carpenter becomes Juneau’s first-ever female Eagle Scout

  20-08-2026 23:27 via ktoo.org
  Ellie Carpenter, 17, smiles during her Eagle Scout Court of Honor ceremony at Resurrection Lutheran Church on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  Seventeen-year-old Elly Carpenter made history on Wednesday night when she was sworn in as Juneau’s first-ever female Eagle Scout. 
  Eagle Scout is Scouting America’s highest and most prestigious rank. Since its inception in 1911, only 4% of all scouts have earned the rank. For more than a century, girls weren&rsquo
  
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• Ellie Carpenter becomes Juneau’s first-ever female Eagle Scout

  20-08-2026 23:27 via ktoo.org
  Ellie Carpenter, 17, smiles during her Eagle Scout Court of Honor ceremony at Resurrection Lutheran Church on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  Seventeen-year-old Ellie Carpenter made history on Wednesday night when she was sworn in as Juneau’s first-ever female Eagle Scout. 
  Eagle Scout is Scouting America’s highest and most prestigious rank. Since its inception in 1911, only 4% of all scouts have earned the rank. For more than a century, girls weren&rsqu
  
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• Nunapitchuk voters only had about 3 hours to vote in-person on primary election day

  20-08-2026 20:31 via ktoo.org
  Nunapitchuk in 2024. (Photo by Katie Baldwin Basile)
  Nunapitchuk’s polls didn’t open until around 5 p.m. on primary election day, according to an Alaska Native voting group. The Alaska Division of Elections did not immediately provide information about the circumstances behind the delay when reached by email on the evening of Aug. 18.
  Ivalu Blanchett, a volunteer with advocacy group Get Out the Native Vote, had planned to fly to Nunapitchuk to assist Elders and others unable to make
  
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• New school year, new superintendent: getting to know Juneau schools head Shawn Arnold

  20-08-2026 15:00 via ktoo.org
  Juneau’s new superintendent, Shawn Arnold, smiles for a photo at KTOO on Friday, Aug. 6, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  Thursday is the first day of school for Juneau students in first through twelfth grade. It’s also Shawn Arnold’s first day as superintendent while school is in session. He officially started the job on July 1.
  Arnold is not new to the district though; he joined in 2021. KTOO’s Mike Lane recently spoke with Arnold, who’s also been superintende
  
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• Federal government officially files to rescind the Roadless Rule

  20-08-2026 03:30 via ktoo.org
  A roadless area of the Tongass National Forest in Juneau, near Herbert Glacier in fall of 2025. (Photo courtesy of Logan Berner).
  The U.S. Department of Agriculture filed to rescind the Roadless Rule on Tuesday. A rescission would allow new road construction in undeveloped parts of national forests across the country, including the Tongass National Forest. 
  Nearly half of the Tongass is inventoried as roadless.
  The rule has flip-flopped multiple times since it was established to protect for
  
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• Newscast – Wednesday, August 19, 2026

  20-08-2026 02:59 via ktoo.org
  https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/20260819-News-Update.mp3
  In this newscast:The City and Borough of Juneau did a preliminary assessment of residential damage form the glacial outburst flood that crested Thursday,
  Two Democrats and two Republicans are leading in early primary election results in the race for governor,
  Early results show Alaskans approving a ballot measure seeking to reinstate limits on individual campaign contributions by a roughly 3-to-1 margin,
  It looks like Ala
  
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• Matt the Electrician & Taylor Dallas Vidic play Amalga, new Master of Public Administration faculty member Meghan Holtan, and Garden Talk

  20-08-2026 02:23 via ktoo.org
  Juneau Afternoon recorded live on Wednesday, August 19, 2026
  Musicians Taylor Dallas Vidic and Matt the Electrician, UAS Public Administration new faculty member Meghan Holtan, and Garden Talk.
  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.Subscribe to the podcast:Apple PodcastsNPR OneSpotifyStitcherRSS
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• Juneau homes assessed for “minor” damage from glacial outburst flood

  20-08-2026 00:50 via ktoo.org
  An industrial-sized pump pipes water over the flood wall on Riverside Drive as the flood crested on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  The City and Borough of Juneau completed a preliminary assessment of residential damage from the glacial outburst flood that crested on Thursday. Compared to previous years, it was minor.
  Ryan O’Shaughnessy, the city’s emergency manager, said that out of about 185 homes assessed along the Mendenhall River, 10 were “affected&
  
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