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• ‘I feel like he’ll always be there’: Friends and artists remember C. Scott Fry

  07-11-2026 04:33 via KTOO
  C. Scott Fry at the Alaskan Hotel and Bar in 2018. (Photo by Annie Bartholomew/KXLL)
  For C. Scott Fry, music was a lifelong passion. 
  “I knew, ever since I was probably like five or six, that I wanted to play music. I know the exact epiphany eureka moment,” he told Rob Weber in early 2015. Weber was a fellow KRNN volunteer DJ and produced a sound portrait of Fry. 
  At the time, Fry was living in Newport News, Virginia. He had a neighbor who was in junior high school and lived in a house tha
  
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• Warming waters are altering salmon run timing in Southeast, NOAA report says

  07-11-2026 02:39 via KTOO
  UAS students Josh Russell and Donovan Bell count outmigrating juvenile salmon in spring 2016. (Courtesy of Dave Tallmon)
  Warming waters are causing salmon born in Juneau’s Auke Creek to shift when they return home — a trend that’s been going on for 46 years. That’s according to an annual report published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in August. 
  The report details findings from the Auke Creek Research Station. It houses the Auke Creek weir and is operated by NOA
  
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• Newscast – Friday, Nov. 6, 2026

  07-11-2026 02:39 via KTOO
  
  
  https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/20261106-News-Update.mp3
  In this newscast:Superior Court Judge Carpeneti will stay on the bench in Juneau while two attorneys vie for an open judge seat on the Juneau District Court
  A state contractor is preparing to build the controversial Cascade Point Ferry Terminal in Juneau’s Berners Bay despite overwhelming public opposition
  Fairbanks residents are feeling the pinch of the Iran War as heating oil prices rise
  Seafood harvesting jobs increa
  
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• New Lingít book from X’unei Lance Twitchell | Diego Caetano opens Juneau Piano Series | Rock Dump ‘Reel Rock’ fundraiser | St. Vincent de Paul Thanksgiving baskets

  07-11-2026 02:35 via KTOO
  
  
  Juneau Afternoon recorded live on Friday, November 6, 2026Audio Podcast
  “The Lingít: People, Culture, and History,” by X’unei Lance Twitchell, is now available.
  Juneau Piano Series season 8 kicks off on Sunday, Nov. 8 with Diego Caetano.
  Rock Dump’s fundraiser is on Friday, Nov. 13 and features “REEL ROCK 20,” a film about four seminal figures in the rock climbing world.
  St. Vincent de Paul’s annual Thanksgiving basket community event is now underway. Options to donate food, deli
  
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• Two candidates are vying for a judicial vacancy in Juneau

  07-11-2026 01:36 via KTOO
  Juneau District Court Judge Kirsten Swanson speaks during an eviction hearing on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  A Juneau Superior Court judge will stay on after her retention election. Meanwhile, Juneau District Court Judge Kirsten Swanson has retired, and two attorneys have been nominated to fill her position. 
  In unofficial results, 66% of Juneau voters cast yes votes to keep Superior Court Judge Marianna Carpeneti on the bench. That’s after the Alaska Judicial Cou
  
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• 4 interesting things we’ve learned from Alaska ballot data

  07-11-2026 01:23 via KTOO
  A ballot is fed into a scanner at a precinct at Northstar Elementary School on Election Day, Nov. 3, 2026. (Rhonda McBride/KNBA)
  We’re still days away from knowing who won key midterm races in Alaska. Elections officials are planning to release more votes Monday and Tuesday as the high-profile statewide races for Congress and governor remain uncalled.
  In the meantime, though, there’s plenty of data to sift through.
  The Division of Elections released a large file known as the “cast vote rec
  
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