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• The last ship of Juneau’s 2026 cruise season leaves Tuesday

  06-10-2026 23:50 via ktoo.org
  The Norwegian Encore berths in Juneau for the last day of the tourism season on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  It’s anchors aweigh for Juneau’s cruise season. The last ship, the Norwegian Encore, leaves Tuesday night. And it won’t be back til next year… despite its ironic name. 
  This year’s season kicked off relatively smoothly compared to last year’s tumultuous season amid federal layoffs and economic uncertainty. The final tally
  
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• After years of problems, Alaska plans to outsource payroll for 14,000 public employees

  06-10-2026 15:00 via ktoo.org
  The Alaska State Office Building in Juneau, the state capital, is seen on Feb. 16, 2023. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)
  By the end of 2027, as many as 14,000 Alaska state workers could be paid by someone outside the state.
  After years of trouble within the payroll department within the Alaska Department of Administration, the agency is planning to outsource the state’s public employee payroll to an outside company.
  Proposals from interested companies were due Thursday, and in an in
  
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• KIBSD credits visa, green card programs for low teacher turnover

  06-10-2026 14:59 via ktoo.org
  Serjoe Gutierrez sits at a piano to work with his students in the spring of 2025. He is the first teacher KIBSD hired as part of its H-1B visa program in 2022. (Brian Venua/KMXT)
  The Kodiak Island Borough School District is fully staffed with teachers this school year. Administrators credit the district’s temporary visa program—and a pivot many districts are making to help their international hires obtain permanent resident status – for keeping turnover low.
  KIBSD acting super
  
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• Newscast – Monday, Oct. 5, 2026

  06-10-2026 02:59 via ktoo.org
  https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/20261005-News-Update.mp3
  In this newscast:Tomorrow is Juneau’s municipal Election Day and voters have until tomorrow night to cast their ballots,
  A Juneau man whose remains were discovered inside a chest freezer in July died of natural causes, according to a Juneau Police Department release,
  Voters in Juneau are deciding in this municipal election whether to approve paying a slightly higher sales tax during the tourism season,
  The Trump Adm
  
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• Tuesday is the last day to vote in Juneau’s by-mail election

  06-10-2026 02:13 via ktoo.org
  The ballot drop boxes are open until 8 p.m. Tuesday. They are located at City Hall, the AEL&P office in Lemon Creek, Douglas Library, the Mendenhall Valley Public Library and Statter Harbor boat launch. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  Tuesday is Juneau’s municipal Election Day. Voters have until 8 p.m. to cast their ballots. 
  There are a handful of ways to vote in the by-mail election. The city has ballot drop boxes in different locations all across town. Voters can also mail their
  
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• ADF&G approves of Trump administration curtailing Endangered Species Act protections

  06-10-2026 01:31 via ktoo.org
  On Sept. 17, 2026, the Norwegian Joy arrived in Sitka with a dead, endangered fin whale on the ship’s bow. (Photo Courtesy of NOAA Fisheries, Permit #24359)
  Listen to this story: 
  https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/02Endangered-WEB.mp3
  The Trump Administration has reinterpreted language in the federal Endangered Species Act that would allow for the incidental killing of endangered species and habitat loss. Wildlife attorneys say it guts protections, but the Alaska Depar
  
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