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• Dunleavy calls for investigation into Democrats’ reported ballot-stacking effort in Alaska U.S. Senate race

  29-10-2026 22:54 via KTOO
  Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks at President Trump’s rally before the 2026 midterms in Wasilla. (James Daggett)
  Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy ordered an investigation Wednesday into whether efforts by Democrats to recruit a same-name challenger to Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan violated state law.
  The New York Times reported Wednesday that staff for Democrat Mary Peltola, who is challenging Sullivan, and other Democratic aides secretly pushed a retired Petersburg teacher named Dan J. Sullivan to run again
  
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• Ex-Typhoon Champi tracks toward Bristol Bay, impacts expected across Western Alaska

  29-10-2026 22:03 via KTOO
  Waves batter the shoreline of Nome on Oct. 28, 2026. (Ben Townsend/KNOM)
  The remnants of Typhoon Champi are expected to move through the southern Bering Sea, reaching the Bristol Bay region Saturday morning, according to the National Weather Service.
  Jason Laney, warning coordination meteorologist for the National Weather Service, said as tropical storms move toward colder waters, they often swell in size, spreading wind over a much larger area. That means communities along the Aleutian Islands
  
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• New York Times report on Democrats’ secret ballot-stacking effort draws mixed reactions from Alaskans

  29-10-2026 18:33 via KTOO
  Alaskans are already voting early at a record-breaking pace. Hundreds of people lined up at the Anchorage Midtown Mall on Oct. 19, 2026. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media)
  News of a New York Times investigation into Democratic efforts to recruit a duplicate candidate named Dan Sullivan to Alaska’s U.S. Senate race has drawn mixed reactions from voters across the state.
  Some dismissed the allegations as unsurprising, while others criticized the reported effort as an example of dirty politics.
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• Juneau School Board takes no action on request for program evaluation at Kax̱dig̱oowu Héen Elementary

  29-10-2026 18:21 via KTOO
  Marc Lofgren and Carolyn Lofgren listen to Juneau School District administrators speak during a school board meeting at Thunder Mountain Middle School in Juneau on Oct. 27, 2026. (Photo by Jamie Diep/KTOO)
  The Juneau School Board is taking no action after a student’s parents asked that classroom management materials be independently reviewed. The decision on Tuesday comes more than a year after the parents first raised concerns about the materials being used at a local elementary school.
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• Newscast – Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026

  29-10-2026 02:04 via KTOO
  https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/20261028-News-Update.mp3
  In this newscast:The Juneau Planning Commission unanimously approved a scaled-down version of a proposed cruise ship dock and development project in downtown Juneau Tuesday.
  The state is asking a federal judge to immediately dismiss a U.S. Justice Department lawsuit that aims to block certification of the election results in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race if Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan loses.
  A missing Angoon man was found
  
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• Trick or Treat for the Foodbank with AKIORG | Evening at Egan focused on GLOF 2026 | SAIL Adaptive Ski Program | Public Radio Music Day with KRNN & KXLL

  29-10-2026 01:48 via KTOO
  Juneau Afternoon recorded live on Wednesday, October 28, 2026
  International Order of the Rainbow for Girls “16th Trick or Treat for the Foodbank” on Oct. 31.“The 2026 Glacier Outburst Flood: Lower but not Smaller” with Dr. Eran Hood and Dr. Jason Amundson is the Evening at Egan Lecture on Friday, Oct. 30.
  Southeast Alaska Independent Living’s Adaptive Ski Program volunteer training will take place on Saturday, Dec, 19.October 28 is Public Radio Music Day. KRNN’s “The Heif” and
  
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• Juneau planning commission OKs downsized Huna Totem cruise project as costs skyrocket

  29-10-2026 00:02 via KTOO
  This is an updated rendering of Huna Totem Corp.’s planned waterfront development off Egan Drive in downtown Juneau. (City and Borough of Juneau)
  The Juneau Planning Commission unanimously approved a scaled-down version of a proposed cruise ship dock and development project in downtown Juneau Tuesday night. 
  That’s after costs to build the project escalated dramatically, according to Susan Bell, Huna Totem Corp.’s vice president of strategic initiatives.   
  “It’s smaller-scale faci
  
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