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• Updated election results show Juneau voters continue to support seasonal tax

  10-10-2026 22:11 via KTOO
  Juneau Assembly candidate Paul Kelly smiles as he waves signs with supporters in the Mendenhall Valley on municipal Election Day on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026. (Photo by Jamie Diep/KTOO)
  Updated preliminary results for Juneau’s municipal election show residents continue to support implementing a new seasonal sales tax in Juneau next year but are split on two other tax-related propositions.
  The results show a similar trajectory compared to the first round results shared earlier this week. &
  
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• Second Annual Juneau Wayzgoose | Mudrooms storytelling event | KXLL history chat with Andy Kline

  10-10-2026 02:53 via KTOO
  
  
  Juneau Afternoon recorded live on October 9, 2026
  Second Annual Juneau Wayzgoose with a potluck, workshops, and public event October 16-18.
  Mudrooms celebrates 15 seasons with its second storytelling event with the theme “Kill Me Now” on Tuesday, October 13.
  Andy Kline, first program director at KXLL, talks about the beginnings of the station and also previews the 24-hour broadcast KXLL is doing during membership drive week.Audio PodcastVideo LivestreamBostin Christopher hosts the c
  
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• Newscast – Friday, Oct. 9, 2026

  10-10-2026 02:53 via KTOO
  
  
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  In this newscast:A man who barricaded himself with a knife in an office building in downtown Juneau voluntarily surrendered to Juneau Police today
  A Juneau educator is helping Alaska Native kids and elders research family histories touched by colonial residential schools
  Juneau wrapped up a record-breaking cruise ship tourism season this week
  Alaska’s four candidates for governor debated about working across party l
  
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• New Alaska sea sponge species fuel debate over fishery practices

  10-10-2026 02:45 via KTOO
  Deep-sea sponges and other invertebrates collected during a bottom trawl survey in Alaska are seen in a basked. (NOAA Fisheries)
  The vast and largely unexplored seafloor off Alaska’s coastline produces occasional startling discoveries.
  The latest concerns the sponges that line the bottom of the ocean and contribute to an ecosystem that supports some of the nation’s biggest seafood harvests.
  Scientists have now identified nine previously unknown species of sea sponges that dwell ther
  
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• Rare albino caribou calf photographed for possibly the first time in Alaska

  10-10-2026 01:55 via KTOO
  An albino caribou calf photographed with its mother on Alaska’s North Slope in late June, 2026. (Jordan Pruszenski/Alaska Department of Fish and Game)
  In late June, Alaska Department of Fish and Game biologist Jordan Pruszenski was in a small plane north of Fairbanks, counting caribou calves to see how many had survived their first month, a seasonal routine for the department. Then the survey pilot spotted something and swerved toward it.
  “I’m just like, ‘What is happeni
  
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• Man barricading himself inside downtown office building surrenders to Juneau Police

  10-10-2026 01:12 via KTOO
  Juneau Police Chief Derek Bos speaks with an officer at the doorway of the state Community Building in Juneau on Oct. 9, 2026. (Photo by Jamie Diep/KTOO)
  A man who barricaded himself within an office building near the state Capitol voluntarily surrendered to Juneau Police Friday afternoon, according to Deputy Police Chief Krag Campbell. No injuries have been reported and police haven’t disclosed the man’s identity.
  Earlier in the day, Juneau Police, Alaska State Troopers and Capital
  
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