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• Alaska ferry system to receive $410 million in delayed federal funds

  22-08-2026 03:35 via ktoo.org
  A screenshot of the press conference featuring U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (left) and Lisa Murkowski (right) as well as Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy (center) from the livestream on Facebook.
  The Alaska Marine Highway System will finally receive $410 million in federal grant money, according to federal and state officials at a press conference held in Anchorage on Friday. 
  The money is from ferry grants that were delayed from last year and appropriated from the Biden-era Bipartisan Infrastructur
  
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• Newscast – Friday, August 21, 2026

  22-08-2026 03:01 via ktoo.org
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  In this newscast:Eight people died Thursday after the charter plane they were flying in crashed on a remote cape in Southwest Alaska,
  Just days after opening to students, the main structure on a new playground at a Juneau School District campus is closed,
  More than two years after Juneau’s only compounding pharmacy closed its doors, a new one is taking its place — literally,
  Seventeen-year-old Elly Carpenter m
  
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• ‘As You Wish’ Rob Reiner Tribute weekend | Mudrooms 15th season | Kindred Post looking for emerging artists

  22-08-2026 02:42 via ktoo.org
  Juneau Afternoon recorded live on Friday, August 21, 2026
  Juneau Afternoon featuring the Rob Reiner Tribute Weekend, Mudrooms storytelling series season preview, and Kindred Post artist call.
  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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• New playground at Juneau’s Dzantik’i Heeni campus closes just days after opening

  22-08-2026 01:22 via ktoo.org
  Students play on a playground at the Dzantik’i Heeni campus in Juneau on Aug. 20, 2026. (Photo by Jamie Diep/KTOO)
  Just days after opening to students, the main structure on a new playground at Juneau School District’s Dzantik’i Heeni campus is closed. 
  In a message to the campus’ families and staff on Friday, Juneau Superintendent Shawn Arnold announced the playground will be temporarily closed “out of an abundance of caution,” due to a broken cable.&nbs
  
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• State approves controversial New Amalga mine access road in Juneau

  22-08-2026 01:04 via ktoo.org
  Herbert Glacier on Sunday, Aug. 9, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  The state approved the first segment of a new access road for the controversial New Amalga gold mine in Juneau on Tuesday, after the vast majority of public comments opposed the project.
  The approval comes just a few weeks after the mine secured a fast federal permitting process and would be located at the face of Herbert Glacier. It’s proposed by Grande Portage Resources, Ltd., a Canadian junior mining company. 
  
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