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• 4 takeaways from Alaska’s primary election

  25-08-2026 20:06 via ktoo.org
  An Alaskan votes in the primary election at the State Office Building in Juneau on Aug. 18, 2026. (Jamie Diep/KTOO)
  Two Democrats and two Republicans are poised to face off this November in the race for governor after primary voting wrapped up on Tuesday. And it looks like there’ll be two Dan Sullivans and a Mary Peltola in the race for U.S. Senate.
  But the dust is still settling. Though all but three of Alaska’s 403 precincts had reported results by Thursday evening, thousands of e
  
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• Gasoline hits $26 per gallon in the northwest Alaska village of Shungnak

  25-08-2026 15:00 via ktoo.org
  Glenda Douglas of Shungnak, in the Northwest Arctic Borough, shared this photo on social media of a gasoline purchase she made on Friday, Aug. 21, 2026. (Glenda Douglas photo)
  It’s not a typo. The price of a gallon of gasoline in the northwest Alaska village of Shungnak was $26.82 on Friday, local residents and regional officials said, likely giving the community the dubious honor of having the most expensive gasoline in the United States.
  “It is very much real,” said Glenda Do
  
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• Newscast – Monday, August 24, 2026

  25-08-2026 02:59 via ktoo.org
  https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/20260824-News-Update.mp3
  In this newscast:The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to end Juneau’s annual glacial lake outburst flood before the flood of 2030,
  The state approved the first segment of a new access road for the controversial New Amalga gold mine in Juneau,
  The Alaska Marine Highway System will finally receive $410 million in federal grant money,
  Federal investigators say a charter plane crashed into a remote area of Southwest A
  
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• Army Corps plans to construct glacial outburst flood solution before Juneau’s 2030 flood

  25-08-2026 01:51 via ktoo.org
  A tree floats down the Mendenhall River as the flood crests on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026. (Photo by Corinne Smith/Alaska Beacon)
  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers gathered a group of potential industry partners in Juneau on Aug. 21 to discuss how they might drain Suicide Basin — the glacial lake that produces Juneau’s annual glacial outburst flood. 
  In a recording of the ‘Industry Day’ meeting obtained by Alaska Beacon reporter James Brooks, Army Corps officials laid ou
  
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