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• Brown bear raiding chicken coop killed by Juneau-based wildlife trooper

  12-09-2017 21:59 via ktoo.org
  The Alaska Department of Fish and Game recommends homeowners secure livestock pens so they don’t attract bears.
  An Alaska Wildlife Trooper shot and killed a brown bear Monday night near Tee Harbor. Authorities say it broke into a chicken coop.
  “This particular case, it sounds like a younger brown bear that was getting into a chicken coop that was not protected by an electric fence,” Alaska Fish and Game wildlife biologist Stephanie Sell said Tuesday.
  Troopers received a report
  
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• Juneau Assembly highlights: selling City Hall, flood damage and electric motorcycles on trails

  18-08-2026 07:26 via ktoo.org
  Juneau Assembly member Paul Kelly, center, asks a question during a meeting on Monday, Aug. 17, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  The Juneau Assembly met on Monday for a regular meeting to decide the fate of City Hall, update residents following the recent glacial outburst flood and hear community concerns over electric motorcycles on local trails. 
  Here are some highlights from the meeting:
  • The Assembly voted to sell Juneau’s City Hall building to its neighbor, Sealaska Her
  
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• Newscast – Monday, Aug. 17, 2026

  18-08-2026 03:00 via ktoo.org
  https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/20260817-News-Update.mp3
  In this newscast:Juneau’s Egan and Vanderbilt intersection is back open after months of construction.
  The Juneau School Board approved a new lease for after-school childcare at Sayéik: Gastineau Community School last Thursday.
  With Alaska’s primary election on Tuesday, money is pouring into Alaska’s U.S. Senate race, and not just for the two candidates running multi-million-dollar campaigns. Pop-u
  
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• After-school childcare slated to return to elementary school in Douglas

  18-08-2026 01:16 via ktoo.org
  Sayéik: Gastineau Community School as pictured in Douglas on May 6, 2026 (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  The Juneau School Board approved a new lease for after-school childcare at Sayéik: Gastineau Community School last Thursday. The elementary school has not offered childcare since 2025, when the school district ended its program due to staffing issues.
  Juneau business The Spark – which runs Little Stars Daycare in the Mendenhall Valley – came forward, looking to expand
  
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• Juneau’s Egan and Vanderbilt intersection reopens after months-long closure

  18-08-2026 00:38 via ktoo.org
  A video depiction of the new Egan Drive and Vanderbilt Hill Road intersection. (Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities)
  Juneau’s Egan and Vanderbilt intersection is back open after months of construction.  
  The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities announced it reopened Saturday afternoon. Sonny Mauricio, a spokesperson for the department, said the changes were made due to safety concerns at the intersection. 
  “With any safety pro
  
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• Alaska gubernatorial candidates weigh in on working with the press, public engagement, AI use

  17-08-2026 22:49 via ktoo.org
  The Alaska governor’s mansion in Juneau is seen on Aug 14, 2026. (Corinne Smith/Alaska Beacon)
  Nine of 17 candidates for Alaska governor weighed in on plans for communicating with the media and the public. They touched on a variety of topics, including town halls, news conferences, public records, use of artificial intelligence and the role of their communications teams.
  The candidates are vying for the top four spots to advance to the ranked choice general election in November. The prima
  
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• Amid widespread opposition, Alaska governor’s gasline compromise bill appears dead on arrival

  17-08-2026 15:01 via ktoo.org
  The chambers of the Alaska House of Representatives stand empty on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026. (Photo by James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)
  Leading members of the Alaska House and Senate said this week that they will not meet to discuss Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s latest attempt to provide a tax break for the proposed trans-Alaska natural gas pipeline.
  The bill, said Speaker of the House Bryce Edgmon and Senate President Gary Stevens, lacks the support to advance in either body.
  “The caucus is reall
  
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• Alaska judge confirms legislative candidate for primary despite blank financial disclosure form

  17-08-2026 15:00 via ktoo.org
  “I voted” stickers are seen on display in the headquarters offices of the Alaska Division of Elections in Juneau on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (Photo by James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)
  An Anchorage Superior Court judge ruled Thursday that the Alaska Division of Elections was correct to keep Anchorage Republican Jose Tagle on the primary election ballot for state House even though he filed a blank form when asked to disclose his personal finances.
  State law requires candidates for public of
  
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• State ferry service to Skagway suspended

  16-08-2026 10:57 via ktoo.org
  The Alaska Marine Highway System Skagway dock in June 2025 (Photo by Melinda Munson/KHNS)
  When the town of Skagway went to sleep on Friday, they had daily ferry service. By mid-morning the next day, that service was gone.
  The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities issued a notice on Saturday that there would be no ferry service to Skagway for the “foreseeable future.”
  The department cited major structural damage to the state-owned ferry docking facility.
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• Newscast – Friday, Aug. 14, 2026

  15-08-2026 03:00 via ktoo.org
  https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/20260814-News-Update.mp3
  In this newscast:The Juneau Assembly will decide the fate of Juneau’s current City Hall building at its meeting on Monday night.
  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced Friday that it will go through a fast bidding process, like the TV show “Shark Tank,” to select an industry partner that will help end Juneau’s glacial outburst floods. This comes just one day after Juneau avoided catastrophe dur
  
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• Alaska’s giant cabbage OK, university fee disclosures vetoed as Alaska governor acts on four bills

  15-08-2026 02:14 via ktoo.org
  The Alaska State Capitol is seen on the last day of the legislative session on May 20, 2026.(Claire Stremple | Alaska Beacon)
  Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy allowed two bills to become law without his signature and vetoed two more on Monday, extending the record for the most vetoes in a two-year session of the Alaska Legislature.
  The governor vetoed a bill that would have required the University of Alaska to provide fee notices to students, and his second veto canceled a bill that would have set Perm
  
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• Here’s where Juneau voters can go for this year’s Primary Election

  15-08-2026 02:04 via ktoo.org
  People fill out ballots in voting booths at the State Office Building in Juneau on Aug. 14, 2026. (Photo by Jamie Diep/KTOO)
  Primary Election Day is this Tuesday, Aug. 18. Voters can choose which candidates for governor, U.S House and Senate, and their local state legislators will move on to the General Election.
  Voters can select one candidate for each race. The top four vote-getters in the primary will advance to the general election on Nov. 6.
  The primary ballot will list 17 candidates for go
  
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• Super PACs try to game Alaska’s open primary for U.S. Senate by elevating political unknowns

  15-08-2026 01:46 via ktoo.org
  Grayson is a perennial candidate who joins races in odd years, too. Arizona station KOLD interviewed him in 2025 when he ran in a special primary there for U.S. House. (Screenshot of KOLD video)
  Green Party Senate candidate Richard Grayson knows flyers with his name and face are clogging mailboxes around Alaska. But he doesn’t get them. He lives in Arizona.
  A retired law school administrator, Grayson has run for office a lot, all over the country, with no expectation of winning.
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• Juneau Assembly to decide future of City Hall on Monday

  14-08-2026 23:26 via ktoo.org
  City Hall in downtown Juneau on Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  The Juneau Assembly will decide the fate of its current City Hall building at its meeting on Monday night. 
  There are two ordinances related to City Hall on the agenda: one would put the building up for sale at a minimum $2.5 million bid, and another would instead allow the city to sell it directly to its neighbor, Sealaska Heritage Institute. The Assembly will take public testimony and decide which one to
  
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• Army Corps announces “Shark Tank” process for industry bids to drain Suicide Basin, end Juneau’s glacial outburst floods

  14-08-2026 22:07 via ktoo.org
  Brig. Gen. Clete Goetz announces Army Corps’ new solution approach at the Tlingit & Haida council chambers in Juneau on Aug. 14, 2026. (Photo by Alix Soliman/KTOO)
  A permanent solution to Juneau’s annual glacial outburst flood will be chosen by the end of the year. That’s according to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Brig. Gen. Clete Goetz, who said at a press conference in Juneau today that the Corps will post a request for qualifications today for a solution to drain Suicide
  
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• Flood officials call 2026 glacial outburst ‘anticlimactic’

  14-08-2026 06:30 via ktoo.org
  Tlingit and Haida President Chalyee Éesh Richard Peterson shares information about the recent flood at a press briefing on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  At a press conference Thursday evening, Chalyee Éesh Richard Peterson, president of the Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, called the glacial outburst flood event “anticlimactic.” 
  “I think we’re experiencing a collective sigh of relief in Junea
  
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• Reporter Alix Soliman was in the Mendenhall Valley during the glacial outburst flood. Here’s what she saw.

  14-08-2026 04:42 via ktoo.org
  An industrial-sized pump pipes water over the flood wall on Meander Way as the flood crests on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  KTOO Climate and Environment reporter Alix Soliman has been in the Mendenhall Valley covering the glacial outburst flood this week. She talked with KTOO’s education reporter, Jamie Diep, about what Mendenhall Valley residents said after the flood crested. 
  Jamie Diep: To start, Alix, what have you seen around the Mendenhall Valley durin
  
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• ‘A big sense of relief’: Juneau neighborhoods spared major damage in glacial outburst flood

  14-08-2026 03:36 via ktoo.org
  The Mendenhall River as it crests on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  Mendenhall Valley residents in the flood zone celebrated Thursday afternoon as the Mendenhall River crested at a level well below initial predictions. The event was much less destructive than disastrous floods that struck over the past three years. 
  The flood crested at 14.7 feet on the Mendenhall Lake gauge at 2:15 p.m., according to the National Weather Service. As floodwaters started to recede Th
  
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• Newscast – Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026

  14-08-2026 03:12 via ktoo.org
  https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/20260813-News-Update.mp3
  In this newscast:The glacial outburst flood has officially crested at 14.7 feet.
  KTOO reporter Alix Soliman provides an update on the flood in the Mendenhall Valley.
  An Alaska Seaplanes aircraft made an emergency landing in the Mendenhall River in Juneau late Thursday morning, during the glacial outburst flood.
  
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• Seaplane makes emergency landing in Juneau’s Mendenhall River during glacial flooding

  14-08-2026 01:06 via ktoo.org
  An Alaska Seaplanes de Havilland Beaver in the Mendenhall River amid the glacial outburst flood. (Photo by John Fortin)
  An Alaska Seaplanes aircraft made an emergency landing in the Mendenhall River in Juneau late Thursday morning, amid the glacial outburst flood. No injuries were reported.
  The de Havilland Beaver landed at the mouth of the river immediately after takeoff from the float plane pond at the Juneau International Airport around 11:17 a.m. 
  “There was just one pilot on boar
  
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• Seaplane makes emergency landing in Juneau’s Mendenhall River despite glacial flooding

  14-08-2026 01:06 via ktoo.org
  An Alaska Seaplanes de Havilland Beaver in the Mendenhall River amid the glacial outburst flood. (Photo by John Fortin)
  An Alaska Seaplanes aircraft made an emergency landing in the Mendenhall River in Juneau late Thursday morning, amid the glacial outburst flood. No injuries were reported.
  The de Havilland Beaver landed at the mouth of the river immediately after takeoff from the float plane pond at the Juneau International Airport around 11:17 a.m. 
  “There was just one pilot on boar
  
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• Some residents hopeful amid later, lower flood forecast

  13-08-2026 22:17 via ktoo.org
  Bystanders watch as the Mendenhall River rises on Thursday morning, Aug. 13, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  As floodwaters in Juneau rise slower than initially predicted, some Mendenhall Valley residents who live next to the river said they’re feeling hopeful about a lower crest and less damage. Last year, nearly 50 homes flooded since the HESCO barriers leaked. In 2024, before the barriers were built, nearly 300 homes flooded. 
  Thursday morning, residents sipped coffee in the s
  
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• Why top Alaska Republicans candidates skipped a chance to explain their views

  13-08-2026 19:00 via ktoo.org
  Voters cast their ballots in the 2022 primary election in Anchorage on Aug. 16, 2022. (Matt Faubion | Alaska Public Media)
  Alaska is in the throes of a busy election year, and as part of Alaska Public Media’s campaign coverage, we’ve got a voter guide on our website. It’s a joint effort with three other major Alaska news organizations: the Anchorage Daily News, Alaska Beacon and KTOO.
  The newsrooms have collaborated like this for several elections now. But an odd thing happene
  
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• Newscast – Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026

  13-08-2026 03:01 via ktoo.org
  
  
  https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/20260812-News-Update.mp3
  In this newscast:The National Weather Service in Juneau is now forecasting Juneau’s glacier outburst flood will crest between 8 a.m. and noon on Thursday.
  Reporter Yvonne Krumrey receives a flood update from Juneau emergency programs manager Ryan O’Shaughnessy.
  Mendenhall Valley residents spent Tuesday and Wednesday preparing to evacuate – or hunkering down.
  
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• Juneau residents grapple with whether to stay or flee as glacial outburst floodwaters rise

  13-08-2026 02:06 via ktoo.org
  Ann Lind looks out from her balcony on Marion Drive at the Mendenhall River as it rises on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026. (Clarise Larson/KTOO)
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  As the Mendenhall River swells with glacial outburst floodwater, hundreds of people living in the suburban valley below spent Tuesday night and Wednesday preparing to evacuate or hunker down. The National Weather Service predicts the flood will crest Thursday. 
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• Juneau residents grapple whether to stay or flee as glacial outburst floodwaters rise

  13-08-2026 02:06 via ktoo.org
  Ann Lind looks out from her balcony on Marion Drive at the Mendenhall River as it rises on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026. (Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  As the Mendenhall River swells with glacial outburst floodwater, hundreds of people living in the suburban valley below spent Tuesday night and Wednesday preparing to evacuate or hunker down. The National Weather Service predicts the flood will crest Thursday. 
  Officials managing the flood response recommended residents evacuate by 3 p.m.
  On Marion Drive
  
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• Residents should evacuate flood zones by 3 p.m. Wednesday

  12-08-2026 22:27 via ktoo.org
  An aerial view of Mendenhall River and several houses, Aug. 11, 2026. (Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  Residents within the flood zone should leave the area by 3 p.m. today, Wednesday. That was the overriding message at a news conference this morning from officials managing the response to Juneau’s glacial outburst flood. 
  “Evacuating is absolutely the best way to keep yourselves, your neighbors and first responders safe during this event,” said the city’s emergency programs ma
  
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• Alaska’s list of alleged noncitizen voters includes more Republicans than Democrats

  12-08-2026 19:55 via ktoo.org
  Reject stickers await ballot envelopes Wednesday, June 15, 2022 at the Division 1 office of the Alaska Division of Elections in Juneau, Alaska during counting for Alaska’s special U.S. House primary election. (James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)
  More than 2,800 Alaskans are on a list of alleged noncitizens registered to vote in the state, according to a document obtained by the Alaska Beacon via a public records request.
  The list, dated Friday, was released after the division removed more than 3,
  
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• Enstar crews repairing gas pipeline leak near Whittier

  12-08-2026 03:21 via ktoo.org
  The Jamie D docks in Whittier. (Graelyn Brashear/Alaska Public Media)
  Enstar Natural Gas is working to repair a break in a gas pipeline feeding into communities near Whittier.
  A boater on the Twentymile River smelled gas and reported the leak Sunday, Enstar said.
  A crew investigated the pipeline on Monday, utility spokeswoman Harley Hedlund said.
  “They confirmed that the break is in a submerged portion of the pipeline near the Twentymile River,” Hedlund said.
  As of Tuesday, there ha
  
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• Newscast – Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026

  12-08-2026 03:20 via ktoo.org
  
  
  https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/20260811-News-Update.mp3
  In this newscast:The National Weather Service issued a glacial outburst flood warning alerting the public that the flood has begun on Tuesday.
  Sport fisherman in Southeast can catch more king salmon in the region beginning this month.
  Officials from Fairbanks and the Arctic Winter Games inked an agreement Monday naming the Interior Alaska city as the host for 2028.
  Flushable wipes are wreaking havoc on Anchorage’s w
  
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