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• Incoming Alaska House majority coalition names House speaker, leadership positions

  06-11-2026 19:59 via KTOO
  Calvin Schrage, I-Anchorage, waves a sign on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026 in Midtown Anchorage. (Photo by Loren Holmes/Alaska Beacon)
  One day after the Alaska Senate’s bipartisan coalition announced key leadership positions, the incoming majority coalition in the Alaska House announced its leadership including that Anchorage independent Calvin Schrage will be the new House speaker.
  The new House majority coalition of the 35th Alaska State Legislature is forming with independent, Democra
  
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• Alaska seafood harvesting jobs are up for the first time since 2019

  06-11-2026 19:53 via KTOO
  The fishing fleet in Sand Point, seen here in June 2024. (Theo Greenly/KSDP)
  Last year, Alaska saw the biggest increase in seafood harvesting jobs in more than a decade, according to a recent report from the state Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
  Seafood harvesters include permit holders and boat crews. Their numbers increased by 4% over the previous year, averaging over 200 more jobs per month than in 2024.
  That growth follows a five-year decline, with harvesting job numbers hitti
  
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• What can Juneauites do to prevent seasonal affective disorder as winter arrives?

  06-11-2026 16:09 via KTOO
  Jonathan Swinton, a family therapist in Juneau, smiles for a photo at KTOO on Friday, Oct. 30, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  The dark days are upon us and winter is quickly approaching. As the days grow even shorter and darker, our mental health may be altered.
  KTOO’s Mike Lane spoke with Dr. Jonathan Swinton, a licensed family therapist in Juneau, to find out what people can do to help themselves combat seasonal depression.
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• What can Jueaunites do to prevent seasonal affective disorder as winter arrives?

  06-11-2026 16:09 via KTOO
  Jonathan Swinton, a family therapist in Juneau, smiles for a photo at KTOO on Friday, Oct. 30, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  The dark days are upon us and winter is quickly approaching. As the days grow even shorter and darker, our mental health may be altered.
  KTOO’s Mike Lane spoke with Dr. Jonathan Swinton, a licensed family therapist in Juneau, to find out what people can do to help themselves combat seasonal depression.
  Listen:
  https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/02SA
  
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• Newscast – Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026

  06-11-2026 02:59 via KTOO
  https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/20261105-News-Update.mp3
  In this newscast:Early results for the 2026 Alaska midterm election show a mixed bag for Democrats and Republicans, but Juneau joined much of the country in the “blue wave,”
  The city’s Visitor Industry Task Force has put out its draft recommendations and is looking for feedback from the community tonight at the Valley library,
  Industry experts say getting rid of roadless protections probably won’t fix the timber i
  
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• First Friday previews with artists Stephanie Harold, Shgendootan George, Crystal Worl, and Fu Bao

  06-11-2026 02:47 via KTOO
  
  
  Juneau Afternoon recorded live on Thursday, November 5, 2026
  “Journeys into Wild Plantscapes” is a solo gallery show by Hoonah artist Stephanie Harold at the JAHC (350 Whittier St.). The opening celebration is Friday, Nov. 6, 4:00 to 7:00 p.m.The Alaska State Museum presents new work by Lingit weaver Shgendootan George. Miscellaneous Events of the Day – Yee een kakkwalaneek yáa Aangóont akawdulgaaní opens Friday, November 6 as the latest exhibit in the museum’s 2024–2026 Solo Artis
  
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• As winter sets in, the Iran war has some Alaskans dreading their heating bills

  06-11-2026 02:29 via KTOO
  Fairbanks resident Ray Turney fills his heating oil tank at the Sourdough Fuel bulk plant on Nov. 3, 2026. He said prices are “too darn high.” (Shelby Herbert/KUAC)
  Interior Alaska is already in the grip of winter, with freezing temperatures and a blanket of snow and ice. But in a warm coffee shop in downtown Fairbanks, Kate Marshall was sipping a latte.
  She doesn’t make it into town often. Marshall lives almost an hour north, in a cabin she built about 30 years ago. It’s not always conv
  
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• Could lifting the Roadless Rule drive a logging boom in the Tongass?

  06-11-2026 01:07 via KTOO
  Logging roads crisscross the Tongass National Forest near Excursion Inlet. (Photo by Alix Soliman/KTOO)
  For decades, the Roadless Rule banned new roadbuilding and logging across millions of acres of national forest land. The Trump Administration has moved to lift the ban, and that’s controversial in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest, the largest national forest in the U.S.
  Around half of the Tongass in Southeast Alaska has no active roads, an area spanning more than 9 million acres. 
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