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• State OKs tidelands lease for new Douglas Island cruise ship docks in preliminary decision

  27-10-2026 23:32 via KTOO
  This is a conceptual design of the Goldbelt Aaní port proposed by Goldbelt Incorporated on Douglas Island. (Courtesy of Port of Tomorrow)
  Goldbelt Incorporated is a step closer toward its plan to build a $500 million cruise ship port in Juneau. The State of Alaska issued a preliminary decision last week to approve a 25-year lease of state-owned tidelands on Douglas Island to the Alaska Native corporation. 
  The preliminary decision was issued on Friday, and is now open for public comment. Writt
  
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• Alaska Airlines announces direct flight to Tokyo from Anchorage

  27-10-2026 23:08 via KTOO
  Alaska Airlines Regional Vice President Marilyn Romano announces the airline will launch a new direct flight from Anchorage to Tokyo next summer. She made the announcement at the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport on Oct. 27, 2026. (Wesley Early/Alaska Public Media)
  Alaska Airlines will launch direct flights from Anchorage to Tokyo next summer, along with nonstop routes to three U.S. cities.
  Airline officials made the announcement Tuesday morning at the Ted Stevens Anchorage Internation
  
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• Juneau Assembly says goodbye to two longtime members

  27-10-2026 20:37 via KTOO
  Former Juneau Assembly members Alicia Hughes-Skandijs and Christine Woll smile with their nameplates at their last meeting on Monday, Oct. 27, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  The Juneau Assembly bid farewell to two longtime members at its meeting Monday night. 
  Assembly members Christine Woll and Alicia Hughes-Skandijs stepped down from their seats to welcome new members Joyce Niven and Mila Cosgrove, who were elected in the recent municipal election. Assembly member Paul Kelly was also re
  
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• State of Alaska says DOJ lawsuit over Senate race ‘has no legal basis’

  27-10-2026 19:51 via KTOO
  Alaska Elections Director Carol Beecher at a legislative hearing on July 22, 2026. (Mikayla Finnerty/Alaska Public Media)
  The State of Alaska is urging a federal judge to “immediately” dismiss a Trump administration lawsuit that could block certification of the U.S. Senate election if Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan narrowly loses.
  “Delaying certification of Alaska’s election results—but only if a particular candidate does not win—would interfere with state election administration and t
  
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• Dan J. Sullivan switches from Republican to ‘undeclared’ ahead of general election

  27-10-2026 18:30 via KTOO
  Dan J. Sullivan of Petersburg has this image of himself on his campaign website. (SullivanforSenate.com)
  Alaska U.S. Senate candidate Dan J. Sullivan is heading into the general election as an undeclared voter, a type of independent.
  According to records kept by the Alaska Division of Elections, Sullivan switched from a Republican to an undeclared party affiliation when he requested an absentee ballot for the August primary election.
  Sullivan’s status as a Republican was one of the reasons the
  
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• Juneau Assembly highlights: new members, electric motorcycles and farm animals

  27-10-2026 05:40 via KTOO
  Incumbent Juneau Assembly member Paul Kelly and new members Mila Cosgrove and Joyce Niven raise their hands as they are sworn in to the Juneau Assembly on Monday, Oct. 26, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  The Juneau Assembly met for a regular meeting on Monday night to swear in new members, say goodbye to departing ones, and vote on several ordinances, including one that would regulate electric motorcycles on city parks and trails. 
  Here are some highlights from the meeting:
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• Newscast – Monday, Oct. 26, 2026

  27-10-2026 02:04 via KTOO
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  In this newscast:The Juneau School Board will consider a complaint over curriculum being used at Kax̲dig̲oowu Héen Elementary at its Tuesday meeting.
  Both candidates vying for the open House District 3 seat in the Alaska Legislature say they aren’t convinced the state’s controversial Cascade Point ferry terminal project will benefit Southeast communitites.
  The monthlong moose hunt near Petersburg, Wrangell and Kake
  
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• 3 Alaska governor candidates pitch visions for tribal relations, fisheries at AFN convention

  27-10-2026 01:49 via KTOO
  Alaska gubernatorial candidates Treg Taylor, Dave Bronson and Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins participated in a candidate forum moderated by Antonia Gonzales at the Alaska Federation of Natives convention on Oct. 23, 2026. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media)
  Three of Alaska’s candidates for governor pitched their visions for addressing Indigenous issues during the Alaska Federation of Natives convention Friday.
  Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins and Republicans Dave Bronson and Treg Taylor participated i
  
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• Juneau School Board to hear from parents over curriculum concerns

  27-10-2026 01:32 via KTOO
  Kax̱dig̱oowu Héen Elementary on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  The Juneau School Board will consider a complaint over curriculum being used at Kax̱dig̱oowu Héen Elementary at its Tuesday meeting.
  Last year, a student’s parents reported concerns to the district over the elementary school’s use of classroom management materials from a program called Focus Five/Acting Right. The district issued its finding earlier this month that no changes needed to happen.
  The pa
  
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