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• Newscast – Friday, Oct. 2, 2026

  03-10-2026 03:10 via ktoo.org
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  In this newscast:Two environmental conservation groups and a Southeast Alaska tribe have filed a motion to stop a timber sale that’s part of a logging project east of Ketchikan.
  Independent expenditure groups are pouring tens of millions of dollars into Alaska’s races for governor and Congress.
  The federal government announced its intent to rescind a key environmental conservation law that protects much of the
  
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• UAS scientists are trying to predict harmful algal blooms as super El Niño heats up

  03-10-2026 02:36 via ktoo.org
  Jason Kuhn sets up a vacuum filter to separate algae from seawater in September 2026. (Photo by Ella Kelly/KTOO)
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  Scientists predict that a super El Niño could break ocean temperature records this winter. Hotter seas cause more toxic algal blooms, which could hurt Alaska’s shellfish industry. Researchers at the University of Alaska Southeast are trying to detect toxic blooms sooner, before oyste
  
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• KTOO News intern Ella Kelly | Juneau Arts and Humanities Executive Director Maggie McMillan | October events with the Juneau Public Library

  03-10-2026 02:33 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Juneau Afternoon recorded live on Friday, October 2, 2026
  Juneau Afternoon featuring KTOO News intern Ella Kelly on her experience and the publishing of her first story.
  Juneau Arts & Humanities Council Executive Director Maggie McMillan talks First Friday, Clink!, and changes at the JAHCCarol Reinert from Juneau Public Library outlines upcoming October events
  Audio PodcastVideo LivestreamBostin Christopher hosts the conversation. Juneau Afternoon airs at 3:00 p.m. on KTOO and KAUK with a r
  
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• Police investigation reveals a Juneau woman concealed her husband’s death and body to receive benefits

  03-10-2026 02:25 via ktoo.org
  This is the residence in the Switzer Village Mobile Home Park where police received a report about a body found in a freezer. Thursday, July 23, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  A Juneau man whose remains were discovered inside a chest freezer in July died of natural causes, according to a Juneau Police Department release. Juneau police previously identified the person as Ross Pasquan. He would’ve been 74 at the time his remains were found. 
  Following a monthslong investigation, i
  
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