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• Rural Health Transformation Project funding could bring childcare to Juneau hospital workers

  26-09-2026 03:13 via ktoo.org
  Bartlett Regional Hospital on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  Finding childcare in Juneau is difficult and can be especially challenging for healthcare workers who work nontraditional hours. 
  The strain may be slightly eased after a Juneau nonprofit received grant funding under the Rural Health Transformation Program. Approximately $215,000 will go toward creating a childcare center for Bartlett Regional Hospital employees.
  Blue Shibler is the executive director of So
  
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• Rural Health Transformation funding could bring childcare to Juneau hospital workers

  26-09-2026 03:13 via ktoo.org
  Bartlett Regional Hospital on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  Finding childcare in Juneau is difficult and can be especially challenging for healthcare workers who work nontraditional hours. 
  The strain may be slightly eased after a Juneau nonprofit received grant funding under the Rural Health Transformation Program. Approximately $215,000 will go toward creating a childcare center for Bartlett Regional Hospital employees.
  Blue Shibler, executive director of Southeas
  
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• Newscast – Friday, Sept. 29, 2026

  26-09-2026 03:01 via ktoo.org
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  In this newscast:The deadline for incarcerated people to request a by-mail ballot for this year’s general election is fast approaching.
  Proposition B in Juneau’s municipal election asks voters to reverse a tax cut passed last year.
  The childcare strain on Bartlett Regional Hospital workers in Juneau may be slightly eased after a Juneau nonprofit received grant funding under the Rural Health Transformation Prog
  
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• Climate-aware psychotherapist Sarah Aronson | JWAC Fall Forum preview | October Breast Cancer Awareness Skate from CBJ

  26-09-2026 02:51 via ktoo.org
  Juneau Afternoon recorded live on Friday, September 25, 2026
  Sarah Aronson, a climate-aware therapist, talks about reactions to the Glacial Lake Outburst season, the upcoming fall and winter seasons, and more.
  Juneau World Affairs Council Fall Forum “Iran Beyond the Crisis: Society, Power, and the Choices Ahead” is happening on October 1 & 2.October Breast Cancer Awareness Skate from the City & Borough of Juneau is Friday, October 9 at Treadwell Arena.
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• Ballot Proposition B asks voters to raise the property tax cap after budget cuts

  26-09-2026 00:50 via ktoo.org
  Douglas Island on Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
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  Juneau voters passed some local tax cuts last municipal election. They were put on the ballot by a group of residents who said they were frustrated with how the city government spends taxpayer dollars. 
  But this election, a different group of residents is now seeking to play an Uno-reverse-card on one of those cuts. 
  “We just want to put it back th
  
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