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• Mail trouble canceled some Alaska primary votes in Western Alaska

  22-09-2026 20:39 via ktoo.org
  Members of the Alaska State Review Board are seen reviewing precinct ballot counts following the primary election on Aug 26, 2026. (Photo by Corinne Smith/Alaska Beacon)
  About 1 in 30 absentee ballots cast in Alaska’s August primary election were rejected for procedural errors, according to data published this month by the Alaska Division of Elections.
  The 3.4% rejection rate for absentee ballots was almost double what it was in the 2024 general election but it was below the record high 4.
  
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• Where do Alaska’s four governor candidates stand on data centers?

  22-09-2026 15:00 via ktoo.org
  Former Attorney General Treg Taylor, at right, speaks at a Sept. 9. 2026, forum held by the Last Frontier Republican Club at the Petroleum Club of Anchorage. Next to him, from left, are two of the other three gubernatorial candidates: former Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson, and former state Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins. (Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)
  On the day that his campaign announced it had accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations from employees of a California-based artificial in
  
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• Fat Bear Week Begins with Family Groups and Sow Power

  22-09-2026 15:00 via ktoo.org
  A composite of images of each bear competing today as part of Fat Bear Week 2026 (Images courtesy of the National Park Service)
  Welcome to Fat Bear Week, Day 1! 
  Today we have a total of four matches—eight bears!—to weigh. New this year is the introduction of family groups. Female bears who are well-fed going into hibernation are more likely to have the nutrients needed to birth and care for cubs in the den. The adorable outcome of last year’s record-breaking salmon run is
  
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• Whittier’s new $80M dock considered total loss after fire

  22-09-2026 03:29 via ktoo.org
  A fire Monday, Sept. 15, 2026, at Whittier’s new cruise ship dock. (Courtesy Barbara Clark Mackessy)
  Whittier’s new $80 million cruise ship dock is considered a total loss after a fire Monday that also damaged a tour boat in the Prince William Sound community.
  The state fire marshal’s office is investigating how the fire started and reviewing the dock’s building plans to see if it was built to fire code, Department of Public Safety spokesperson Austin McDaniel said.
  The
  
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• Scientists found 9 new sea sponge species in Alaska

  22-09-2026 03:13 via ktoo.org
  Deep-sea sponges and other invertebrates in a collection basket during a bottom trawl survey. (NOAA Fisheries)
  This summer, researchers announced the discovery of nine new species of deep-sea sponges off the coast of Alaska. Five of them were found in the Aleutian Islands.
  Sean Rooney is a fish biologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Alaska Fisheries Science Center. As part of NOAA’s Groundfish Assessment Program, he and his team conduct bottom trawl sur
  
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• Haines to vote on measure to reduce a property tax break for seniors and disabled veterans

  22-09-2026 03:11 via ktoo.org
  The Haines Borough administrative office. (Avery Ellfeldt/KHNS)
  Haines seniors saw major savings in 2025 after voters decided to double a property tax exemption for seniors and disabled veterans. Now that exemption could change again – but in the opposite direction.
  The state of Alaska requires all municipalities to exempt the first $150,000 in value on eligible primary residences from property taxes. In 2024, Haines voters boosted that exemption to $300,000.
  Next month, local voters will
  
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• A bull moose is rutting around Juneau parking lots

  22-09-2026 03:06 via ktoo.org
  A moose runs through the Safeway parking lot. (Photo courtesy of Sheryl Shorty)
  A bull moose is running around parking lots and industrial areas surrounding Juneau’s Mendenhall River. 
  While moose sightings are frequent in Anchorage, that’s not the case in Juneau. Photos and videos have been swirling on social media. 
  “I saw one video that was near Safeway running around and it’s just not something people see every day,” said Carl Koch, Juneau’s area
  
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• Newscast – Monday, Sept. 21, 2026

  22-09-2026 02:59 via ktoo.org
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  In this newscast:Ballots for this year’s municipal election are heading from Washington state to registered voters in Juneau,
  A bull moose is running around parking lots and industrial areas surrounding Juneau’s Mendenhall River,
  Kiks.ádi clan members raise concerns about ownership of Lingít opera story after Juneau debut,
  A Ketchikan planning commissioner is under fire for making discriminatory c
  
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