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• ‘Rising in Our Voices’: Alaska Federation of Natives convention kicks off in Anchorage

  23-10-2026 15:01 via KTOO
  Dr. Rosita Worl was the keynote speaker at the 2026 Alaska Federation of Natives convention, which started in Anchorage on Oct. 22, 2026. (Photo by Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media)
  The Alaska Federation of Natives kicked off its annual convention in Anchorage Thursday, marking the organization’s 60th anniversary.
  Delegates filled the Dena’ina Convention Center as the state’s largest gathering of Alaska Native people met to celebrate the theme — Rooted in Land and Tradition: Rising in O
  
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• Murkowski on war-driven energy prices: ‘It is wrong.’

  23-10-2026 15:00 via KTOO
  Sen. Lisa Murkowski speaks to the Alaska Federation of Natives in Anchorage on Oct. 22, 2026. (Photo by Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media)
  Sen. Lisa Murkowski told the Alaska Federation of Natives Convention that high energy prices are this year’s crisis, just as the Halong storm disaster was last year’s, and Murkowski was blunt about the cause.
  “It is wrong. It is wrong that fuel prices are so high,” she said. “For six months now, I have voted to responsibly end the war in Iran, which
  
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• Assembly enacts weather modification permit process

  23-10-2026 15:00 via KTOO
  One of Rainmaker Technology Corporation’s Elijah drones flies near Homer, Alaska. (Photo courtesy of Rainmaker Technology Corporation)
  The Kenai Peninsula Borough now has a way to permit cloud-seeding and other types of geoengineering. That’s after borough assembly members Tuesday enacted a section of code that requires detailed applications from anyone seeking to modify weather on borough land.
  The new rules require would-be weather modifiers to obtain a commercial lease or commercial land
  
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• Newscast – Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026

  23-10-2026 02:55 via KTOO
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  In this newscast:The U.S. Geological Survey announced a new estimate for natural gas potential across Alaska’s North Slope
  The Alaska Federation of Natives kicked off its annual convention in Anchorage and marked its 60th anniversary
  Alaska Native education specialists stressed self-determination at the Elders and Youth conference in Anchorage
  Juneau’s top-paid city officials are police officers due to overtime pay
  
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• Why are Juneau’s highest-paid city employees mostly cops?

  23-10-2026 02:21 via KTOO
  A Juneau police officer stands on duty in March 2023. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
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  Juneau’s highest-paid city employee in 2025 was a cop. So was the second highest. And the third. In fact, 6 out of the 10 top-paid city employees last year were officers at the Juneau Police Department. 
  That’s according to a records request by KTOO to the City and Borough of Juneau. Last year, Juneau’s top earner was Police Sgt. Mich
  
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