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• Proposed tuition structure at University of Alaska aims to simplify student bills

  25-09-2026 15:01 via ktoo.org
  Egan Library at the University of Alaska Southeast in Juneau on April 16, 2025. (Photo by Jamie Diep/KTOO)
  Students at the University of Alaska might see some changes to their tuition bills next year. The university’s Board of Regents is considering altering how tuition is structured.
  Luke Fulp is the chief financial officer for the university. He said during a board meeting this month in Juneau that the proposed changes would make students’ tuition bills more transparent.
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• New York Times reports Peltola has repeatedly blown up at aides and campaign staff

  25-09-2026 15:00 via ktoo.org
  Mary Peltola speaking at the Alaska Oil & Gas Association candidate forum in 2022. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media)
  The New York Times published an article Wednesday portraying U.S. Senate challenger Mary Peltola as a hothead prone to yelling at staff, name-calling and, in one case, shoving an aide in her congressional office two years ago.
  The allegations of angry outbursts are based on unnamed sources, including former aides. Text messages The New York Times obtained back up some of the
  
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• News Update – Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026

  25-09-2026 02:59 via ktoo.org
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  In this newscast:Tlingit and Haida’s president will serve another term,
  Juneau’s Goldbelt Tram reopening is still in limbo after crash this spring,
  UAS students might see changes to their tuition bills next spring,
  Juneau organizations are coming together to host Orange Shirt Day events Sunday and Wednesday,
  The New York Times published an article portraying U.S. Senate challenger Mary Peltola as a hothead pro
  
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• Tlingit and Haida’s president will serve another term

  25-09-2026 01:57 via ktoo.org
  Chalyee Éesh Richard Peterson, president of Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, speaks at the 90th annual Tribal Assembly in Juneau on Wednesday, April 18, 2025. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  Chalyee Éesh Richard Peterson will remain the president of Southeast Alaska’s largest tribal government for the next two years. Tribal delegates re-elected him this afternoon during Tlingit and Haida’s 91st annual tribal assembly in Juneau.
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• Juneau organizations are coming together to host Orange Shirt Day events Sunday and Wednesday

  25-09-2026 00:50 via ktoo.org
  Victoria Johnson teaches children at Sayeik Gastineau about the history of Orange Shirt Day incorperating Lingit language, September 30 2022, Juneau Alaska. (Photo by Paige Sparks/KTOO)
  Orange Shirt Day stems from the childhood experience of residential school survivor Phyllis Webstad. 
  “Phyllis Webstad was taken at the age of six to a mission school, and her grandmother purchased her an orange shirt for that day of school,” said S’eiltin Jamiann Hasselquist, a member of t
  
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• Juneau’s Goldbelt Tram reopening still in limbo after crash this spring

  25-09-2026 00:13 via ktoo.org
  Cruise ship passengers walk past the bottom terminal of the Goldbelt Tram in downtown Juneau on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  The popular Goldbelt Tram up Mount Roberts in downtown Juneau has been closed off to riders for the entire summer after a crash in April.
  Now, Juneau’s cruise ship tourism season is coming to a close in just a few short weeks. Goldbelt Incorporated President and CEO McHugh Pierre said the company is still waiting for a major part to arrive
  
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