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• Fat Bear Tuesday finals feature Dancing, Magic, and a Coat of Many Colors

  29-09-2026 20:02 via ktoo.org
  Bear 910 (left), and 89 Backpack (right) compete for the Fat Bear Week 2026 finals (Images courtesy of the National Park Service).
  Wow. Yesterday’s semifinals were an absolute claw biter. Here’s a recap: 
  910 badonkadonked the 132 family out with ease (sorry, babies!), but the 89 Backpack vs 164 Bucky match was fat neck and neck all—and I mean ALL—day long. 
  At mid-morning, Bucky held a marginal lead with 52% vs 48%, but that gap slowly thinned until Backpack ev
  
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• News Update – Monday, Sept. 28, 2026

  29-09-2026 02:59 via ktoo.org
  https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/20260928-News-Update.mp3
  In this newscast:Women earn nearly 97% of what men earn in Juneau. That makes the gender wage gap here significantly smaller than in Alaska and the rest of the nation, according to data from the Juneau Economic Development Council,
  A second bear attack in Haines in under a month has led to closers and concerns about safety,
  The Sitka Assembly is pursuing a solution to help with Sitka’s housing crisis,
  Tongass Voices
  
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• Study: Juneau’s gender pay gap is significantly smaller than the state and nation

  29-09-2026 02:40 via ktoo.org
  Downtown Juneau on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  Women earn nearly 97% of what men earn in Juneau. That makes the gender wage gap here significantly smaller than in Alaska and the rest of the nation, according to data from the Juneau Economic Development Council. 
  Brian Holst is the executive director of the council, which recently shared the findings in its annual economic indicator report for Juneau and Southeast.
  “It would be great if everyone was paid eq
  
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• Tongass Voices: Double gold jiu-jitsu champion Becca Charbonneau of Juneau on consistency and community

  29-09-2026 00:14 via ktoo.org
  Becca Charbonneau (center right) won two gold medals at a recent championship event in Las Vegas. She is now ranked second globally in brown belt women over 30. (Photo courtesy of Charbonneau)
  This is Tongass Voices, a series from KTOO sharing perspectives from the homelands of the Áak’w Kwáan and beyond.
  What makes a champion? Becca Charbonneau says it’s all about consistency. 
  Charbonneau is now a two-time gold medalist on the world jiu-jitsu stage. In September,
  
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