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• Juneau School District explores new elementary school model as enrollment declines

  14-10-2026 23:14 via KTOO
  Families enter Mendenhall River Community School on Aug. 15, 2025. (Photo by Jamie Diep/KTOO)
  The Juneau School District is projected to lose close to a sixth of its students over the next five years. That’s a drop in enrollment of about 600 students. 
  District administration presented this information to the Juneau School Board’s facilities committee Tuesday afternoon. 
  “Some of this isn’t information I want to hear. But, it’s very very important informat
  
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• Trump rally brings pardons, promises and endorsements to Wasilla

  14-10-2026 21:17 via KTOO
  President Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Wasilla on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026. (Photo by James Daggett/Alaska Public Media)
  President Donald Trump rallied his supporters in Wasilla Tuesday, celebrating his moves to allow more resource development in Alaska.
  “Nobody’s done more for Alaska than Donald J. Trump,” he said. “That I can tell you.”
  He spoke for nearly 90 minutes, not always truthfully or with accuracy.
  It was a mix of endorsements for Republicans, mocking
  
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• Passenger numbers on track for record at major Alaska airports

  14-10-2026 15:00 via KTOO
  Passengers arrive at the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport on April 20, 2022. (Photo by Jeff Chen/Alaska Public Media)
  Alaska’s major airports in Anchorage and Fairbanks are on track to set a new annual passenger record, following a busy first half of the year. That’s according to a report from the Alaska International Airport System, an enterprise fund under the state transportation department.
  The peak season for travel to Alaska tends to be between May and September, sa
  
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• ‘Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity’: Trump supporters line up hours early for Wasilla rally

  14-10-2026 15:00 via KTOO
  Juneau resident Cindy Fuller sits in a chair with an American flag print near the shuttle to get to President Donald Trump’s midterm rally in Wasilla. (Photo by Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media)
  Juneau residents Cindy Fuller and Shannan Greene were among the first in line Tuesday to board the shuttle to President Donald Trump’s midterm rally in Wasilla.
  “We have been here since 4 a.m.,” Fuller said, holding a folded camping chair with an American flag print near Church o
  
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• Alaska governor candidates address growing gap in childcare

  14-10-2026 15:00 via KTOO
  Children at the Hmoob Cultural Center of Alaska on Aug. 7, 2024. The childcare center opened in Anchorage in 2022 and struggled with high operating costs and low state subsidies. It has since closed. (Photo by Adam Nicely/Alaska Public Media)
  One of the many issues before the next governor of Alaska will be the growing gap between available providers and the demand for childcare, which some advocates are calling a “childcare crisis.”
  Many Alaska families struggle to find reliable ca
  
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• Newscast – Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026

  14-10-2026 03:00 via KTOO
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  In this newscast:A Juneau man was charged with two felonies last weekend after struck and seriously injured a pedestrian early Sunday morning on Douglas Island.
  Indigenous scholars from across the country are convening in Juneau this week to learn from local experts, write grants and build community.
  Updated preliminary results for Juneau’s municipal election show residents continue to support implementing a new sea
  
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• Two sent to hospital in separate vehicle strike incidents in Juneau this weekend

  14-10-2026 01:51 via KTOO
  Juneau Police Department vehicles park in downtown Juneau on Thursday, June 13, 2024. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  A Juneau man was charged with two felonies this weekend after he struck and seriously injured a pedestrian early Sunday morning on Douglas Island. 
  According to an information release, Juneau police received a report at just before 1 a.m. on Sunday that a vehicle had hit a pedestrian in the parking lot of Savikko Park in South Douglas.
  Police identified the driver as 32-year-
  
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