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• Alaskans have a lot of animals, but not nearly enough vets

  11-11-2026 23:15 via KTOO
  Malisa Levenson rides her horse Ellie May in late August. With no permanent horse vet in Kodiak, Levenson says keeping her horses healthy can be a struggle. (Katherine Irving/KMXT)
  In addition to her human kids, Kodiak resident Malisa Levenson said she’s mom to three cats, three dogs, three horses and about forty chickens. The dogs, cats and chickens are pretty low maintenance, mostly.
  “Except one of them happened to steal a little jar of Nutella,” she said. “I’m like, ‘how did you g
  
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• Peltola and JKT strengthen leads in latest Alaska election results

  11-11-2026 17:06 via KTOO
  Mary Peltola and Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins. (Alaska Public Media and KCAW)
  Democrat Mary Peltola increased her lead over Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan again Tuesday, as election officials counted more than 24,000 additional votes. Peltola now leads 49% to 47.2% in one of the nation’s last undecided U.S. Senate contests.
  Meanwhile, Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins continues to hold a large lead in the race for governor. He now has 49.9% of the first-choice vote in the four-way race against three
  
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• U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker Storis visits Juneau, captain reflects on Arctic security voyage

  11-11-2026 03:10 via KTOO
  USCGC Storis travels up Gastineau Channel to port in Juneau on Nov. 7, 2026. (Photo by Mikko Wilson/KTOO)
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  After a 4.5-month deployment in the Arctic, the U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker Storis visited its future homeport of Juneau this week. At a press meeting aboard the ship in Juneau on Tuesday, Captain Corey Kerns said the mission’s purpose was to enforce U.S. sovereignty in Arctic waters.
  “We have some s
  
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• Alaska legislators tasked with assessing education funding call for new study in draft report

  11-11-2026 02:21 via KTOO
  School buses sit in a lot in Bethel. (Katie Basile/KYUK)
  A group of state legislators tasked with charting the future of public school funding in Alaska is calling for further study of the subject.
  The Legislature’s Task Force on Education Funding was set up as part of a deal to win Republican support for a school funding boost lawmakers overcame a veto to pass last year. The group put out the first public draft Monday of a nine-page document outlining its recommendations.
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