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• Indigenous scholars meet in Juneau to collaborate and highlight tribal resilience

  13-10-2026 22:57 via KTOO
  Alaska Native Languages Professor X̱’unei Lance Twitchell speaks with Native Children’s Research Exchange Scholars in Juneau on Oct. 12, 2026. (Photo courtesy of NCRE)
  Indigenous scholars from across the country are convening in Juneau this week to learn from local experts, write grants, and build community.
  The scholars are with the Native Children’s Research Exchange (NCRE) Scholars Program. They specialize in youth development work — from the womb to early adultho
  
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• How the state uses prison labor in Juneau to subsidize its ferry system

  13-10-2026 22:39 via KTOO
  Incarcerated workers at Lemon Creek Correctional Center move clean sheets at the prison’s laundry warehouse on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  The State of Alaska is constantly looking for budget savings. One of its lesser-known ways? Relying on the prison population to do state work on the cheap. Some advocates argue the pay is too low. 
  In Juneau, a hidden workforce inside Juneau’s Lemon Creek Correctional Center helps to keep the state’s ferry sy
  
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• Mat-Su officials call preparation for Trump visit ‘overwhelming’ and ‘exciting’

  13-10-2026 20:05 via KTOO
  President Donald Trump during a press conference on Aug. 15, 2025, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. (Wesley Early/Alaska Public Media)
  Officials in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough are preparing for President Donald Trump’s rally in the city of Wasilla Tuesday afternoon. Trump will speak at the Menard Sports Center in support of U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan and Congressman Nick Begich, two Republicans running for reelection.
  Mat-Su Borough Mayor Edna DeVries called the president’s visit &
  
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• Juneau had another record-breaking cruise season. Here’s how it went.

  13-10-2026 19:19 via KTOO
  Mount Jumbo looms over the Oceania Riviera in downtown Juneau on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  Juneau’s 2026 cruise ship tourism season came to a close last week. The final ship, the Norwegian Encore, left Tuesday last week. Juneau saw the most passengers it’s ever seen in a single season — more than 1.7 million people. 
  KTOO’s Clarise Larson sat down with the city’s visitor industry director, Alix Pierce, to hear more about how the
  
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• Trump’s push for $50B Korean investment in Alaska gasline faces familiar economic challenges

  13-10-2026 15:00 via KTOO
  A tanker takes on a shipment at the Kenai LNG plant in October 2015. (Rachel Waldholz/APRN)
  Korean officials continue to push back after President Trump announced late last month that South Korea would invest more than $50 billion in an Alaska gas pipeline.
  At a lunch with state lawmakers in Anchorage on Wednesday, Korean officials indicated that any potential investment would come after developer Glenfarne reaches what’s known as final investment decision, an official green light for the
  
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