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• Wild Fish Conservancy issues notice of intent to sue over alleged mismanagement of Alaska fisheries

  09-11-2026 22:17 via KTOO
  A king salmon. (Photo by Ryan Hagerty/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
  The Washington state nonprofit organization Wild Fish Conservancy released a notice of intent last month to sue the Alaska Department of Fish and Game over alleged violations of the Endangered Species Act.
  The organization claims that threatened or endangered king salmon from the Pacific Northwest are being caught in the commercial salmon fisheries of the Alaska Peninsula and Chignik Management Areas — Area M and Area L, res
  
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• DNR could soon adopt a controversial new plan for the Haines State Forest

  09-11-2026 21:49 via KTOO
  Chilkoot Lake is surrounded by the Haines State Forest and Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve. (Avery Ellfeldt/KHNS)
  Alaska Department of Natural Resources staff are gearing up to present the head of the department with a plan that would significantly alter how the Haines State Forest is managed. That’s after agency staff spent months reviewing and responding to public input on an earlier draft.
  But according to agency documents, the majority of the changes recommended by the public — includ
  
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• New magazine for kids spotlights Alaska Native languages, stories and cultures

  09-11-2026 21:08 via KTOO
  Qass’uq Lexi Trainer poses with the inaugural issue of Yaaruin Kids, a kids magazine aimed at sharing Alaska Native culture, language and stories. (Wesley Early/Alaska Public Media)
  Culturally relevant literature for Alaska Native kids can be hard to come by. That’s why an Anchorage-based publisher recently launched Yaaruin Kids, a magazine for Native children.
  The goal is to inspire kids to embrace their own cultures while learning about a variety of Alaska Native customs, said Qass’uq Le
  
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• Peltola campaign demands information about rejected absentee ballots

  09-11-2026 19:54 via KTOO
  Mary Peltola at her election night watch party on Nov. 3, 2026. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media)
  The campaign of Democrat Mary Peltola went to court Friday in an attempt to get information about which absentee ballots the Alaska Division of Elections is rejecting.
  Peltola currently leads Republican incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan by about 600 votes in the U.S. Senate race.
  The lawsuit is based on state public records law. The Peltola campaign wants a copy of the register showing why each absentee
  
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