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• Volunteers mark 5 years of cleaning Douglas cemeteries

  27-08-2026 15:00 via ktoo.org
  S’eiltin Jamiann Hasselquist stands next to a headstone she and others clean in the Lawson Creek cemeteries on Douglas Island on August 25, 2026. (Photo by Yvonne Krumrey/KTOO)
  Gleaming headstones stick out of the ground, some at an angle as S’eiltin Jamiann Hasselquist walked through a graveyard on a hill in Douglas. 
  Some have ornate designs with a Bible, a bear, or the pearly gates, while others are simple: just a name, and years of a life lived. Many of those lives were shor
  
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• The Mukluk Fire has destroyed 44 homes in Tok

  27-08-2026 15:00 via ktoo.org
  A charred oil tank left over from a house that burned in the Mukluk Fire. (Shelby Herbert/KUAC)
  State fire officials say the Mukluk Fire has destroyed 44 homes in Tok, more than double last week’s early estimate.
  Sam Harrel, a spokesperson for the Alaska Division of Forestry and Fire Protection, described the loss of so many homes as a tragedy for the town, which has just 1,600 residents.
  “It’s the fire nobody wants to have start in a populated area,” Harrell said. &ldqu
  
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• More out-of-state students opt for University of Alaska Southeast, with new in-state tuition rate

  27-08-2026 15:00 via ktoo.org
  New students at the University of Alaska Southeast attend orientation at the Egan Library on the Juneau campus on Aug. 21, 2026. (Corinne Smith/Alaska Beacon)
  Under a driving Juneau rain, dozens of new students at the University of Alaska Southeast gathered Friday for orientation and to kick off the fall semester. This year, the public university saw a boost in enrollment of out-of-state students, which officials and students say is largely due to a new policy eliminating the non-resident tuiti
  
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• Whittier gas restored after Enstar secures temporary LNG supply

  27-08-2026 03:00 via ktoo.org
  The Begich Towers resident apartment building in Whittier. (Valerie Lake/Alaska Public Media)
  Whittier residents now have access to natural gas after a pipeline failure forced the local utility to temporarily shut off service.
  A boater on the Twentymile River smelled gas Aug. 9 near an underwater section of pipeline, according to Enstar Natural Gas Company. Enstar said about a week later that the pipeline had deteriorated to the point that the gas flow to Whittier, a community of about 250 peop
  
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• Newscast – Wednesday, August 26, 2026

  27-08-2026 02:59 via ktoo.org
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  In this newscast:The University of Alaska Southeast is seeing a boost in enrollment of out-of-state students,
  A niche subset of scientists has started exploring a new and controversial question: whether its possible to save glaciers by engineering them,
  Tongass Voices: Holly Huber on competing for Miss USA
  
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• Primary standings largely unchanged as Alaska elections officials update ballot count

  27-08-2026 00:34 via ktoo.org
  Nome’s 2026 primary election polling location at Old St. Joe’s Church on Aug. 18, 2026. (Margaret Sutherland/KNOM)
  The standings in the races for governor and U.S. Congress were largely unchanged after Alaska elections officials released an updated count of ballots Wednesday morning.
  The top four vote-getters in the primary will advance to the ranked choice general election in November. For now, the top four in the race for governor are:Democratic former state Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-T
  
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• State, Coast Guard investigating oily sheen in Western Cook Inlet

  27-08-2026 00:31 via ktoo.org
  The view across Cook Inlet from Nikiski. (Riley Board/KDLL)
  State officials, the U.S. Coast Guard and one of Alaska’s leading oil and gas producers are investigating the cause and source of a large oily sheen on the west side of Cook Inlet. A pilot flying over the area Monday afternoon reported the sheen to the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation.
  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says the sheen is near a former oil platform that’s been out of service f
  
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