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• Weather Service says drop in Juneau’s Suicide Basin likely not another glacial outburst flood

  15-09-2026 23:54 via ktoo.org
  Suicide Basin at 1140 feet on Sep. 15, 2026. (Image courtesy of USGS)
  The National Weather Service office in Juneau issued a special weather statement Tuesday at 9:49 a.m. saying a second glacial outburst flood could be underway in Juneau. Now, meteorologists say it’s probably not. 
  Nathan Compton, a meteorologist at the Weather Service in Juneau, said there’s no reason for the public to be concerned. 
  “This is not a release, and furthermore, if it were a release, it
  
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• Juneau Assembly tables ordinance requiring nonprofits to charge sales tax

  15-09-2026 21:56 via ktoo.org
  Scott Fergusson, a volunteer board member of the Great Alaska Council of Scouting America, testifies in front of the Juneau Assembly on Monday, Sept. 14, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  The Juneau Assembly voted Monday night to indefinitely table an ordinance that would have required nonprofits in Juneau to charge sales tax for goods and services. 
  That’s after leaders from more than a dozen nonprofits testified against the ordinance. 
  Scott Fergusson is a volunteer board me
  
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• 2026 Municipal Candidates Forum: Juneau Assembly & School Board

  15-09-2026 21:14 via ktoo.org
  Eight candidates for 3 seats on the Juneau Assembly and 3 candidates for 2 seats on the Juneau Board of Education answer questions ahead of the 2026 local election conducted by mail between September 18 and October 6. Plus information on the propositions on the ballot in this year’s Juneau municipal election.
  Produced in partnership with the League of Women Voters of Juneau.
  Watch live on KTOO 360TV or here on Wednesday, September 16th at 7 p.m. Or listen live on KTOO 104.3 / KAUK 91.7 FM
  
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• ‘It heals my heart’: Dance groups gather in Wales to keep traditions alive

  15-09-2026 15:00 via ktoo.org
  Young drummers from the Kingikmiut Dance Group wait to perform at the 25th Annual Kingikmiut Dance Festival. (Margaret Sutherland/KNOM)
  Dance groups from across the Bering Strait region gathered in Wales last weekend for the Kingikmiut Dance Festival, a three-day event centered on sharing songs and dances that leaders say were absent from some communities for decades.
  This year marked the event’s 25th anniversary.
  Fog limited the festival’s opening night. Groups from Gambell, Savoon
  
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• Juneau Assembly highlights: nonprofits sales tax, flood funding and city leader pay hikes

  15-09-2026 08:13 via ktoo.org
  Juneau Assembly member Alicia Hughes-Skandijs speaks during her last regular Assembly meeting on Monday, Sept. 14, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  The Juneau Assembly had a regular meeting Monday night to vote on whether to require nonprofits to charge sales tax, discuss ordinances related to glacial outburst flood mitigation and evaluate the city manager and city attorney’s pay.
  Here are some highlights from the meeting:
  • The Assembly voted to indefinitely table an ordinance th
  
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• Officials battle fire at Whittier’s new cruise ship terminal

  15-09-2026 03:44 via ktoo.org
  Multiple agencies responded Monday, Sept. 14, 2026, to a fire at Whittier’s new cruise ship dock. (U.S. Coast Guard)
  Officials on Monday are battling a fire at Whittier’s new cruise ship terminal that damaged at least one boat. No injuries have been reported.
  Multiple agencies responded to the fire around 11 a.m.
  Photos posted on social media show a tour boat, the Klondike Express, engulfed in flames. There were no passengers onboard, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The vessel was releas
  
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• Haines to vote on ballot measure to tax timber, gravel and ore exports

  15-09-2026 03:39 via ktoo.org
  Cruise ships dock in Haines during the 2026 summer season. (Avery Ellfeldt/KHNS)
  Local governments across Alaska have long taxed raw materials that are extracted locally but sold elsewhere. Haines could be next.
  In October, voters will weigh in on whether the borough should implement something called a severance tax, which would apply to exports including timber, gravel and mineral ore. Supporters of the proposition hope to ensure the community gets some financial benefit from ongoing or future
  
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• Peltola and Sullivan confront trawl bycatch, and each other, at Kodiak fisheries debate

  15-09-2026 03:00 via ktoo.org
  Sen. Dan Sullivan and Mary Peltola greet the moderators, former state Sen. Gary Stevens and Kodiak Chamber of Commerce President Sara Fraser, after the Sept. 12, 2026 Kodiak Fisheries debate. (Katherine Irving/KMXT)
  Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan and Democratic challenger Mary Peltola vied to outdo each other as champions of Alaska fishermen at the Kodiak Chamber of Commerce fishery debate Saturday.
  The debate sponsors included major players in the pollock industry, but that didn’t sto
  
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• Newscast – Monday, Sept. 14, 2026

  15-09-2026 02:59 via ktoo.org
  https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/20260914-News-Update.mp3
  In this newscast:Emergency responders battled a fire today at Whittier’s new cruise ship terminal that damaged at least one boat. No injured have been reported,
  The deadline to submit a public comment on a proposed plan to repeal the Roadless Rule has been extended,
  The Sitka Assembly is moving forward with a plan to tackle the community’s childcare shortage, which includes a half percent sales tax increase,
  A
  
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