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• Expect higher ticket prices at Eaglecrest Ski Area next season

  08-06-2026 21:46 via ktoo.org
  
  Skiers at Eaglecrest ski Area take advantage of the abundant snowfall on March 21, 2026. (Photo by Alix Soliman/KTOO)
  Tickets at Eaglecrest Ski Area are about to get more expensive. That’s after prices have held fairly steady for the past few years. Eaglecrest Ski Area’s board approved price increases for season and day passes, among other fees, at Juneau’s city-owned ski mountain last week.
  For next season, ticket prices for adult season pass holders will increase by roughly 1
  
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• Juneau Assembly highlights: budget approval, city museum reductions, flood mitigation funding

  09-06-2026 08:58 via ktoo.org
  
  Juneau Assembly members listen to public testimony during a meeting on Monday, June 8, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  The Juneau Assembly met for a regular meeting on Monday night to finalize the city’s budget for next year and vote on an important glacial outburst flood funding decision.
  Here are some of the highlights from the meeting:
  • The Juneau Assembly approved the city’s budget for the next fiscal year after months of deliberation on how to fill a multimillion-doll
  
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• Newscast – Monday, June 8, 2026

  09-06-2026 02:59 via ktoo.org
  
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  In this newscast:
   A Juneau family reported a 29-year old man missing on Friday. He was last seen on May 26 near Safeway,
  The Juneau School Board will decide on whether to adopt the school district’s new strategic plan Tuesday night at its last regular meeting of the fiscal year,
  Tickets at Eaglecrest Ski Area are about to get more expensive,
  The U.S. Forest Service is now saying mining interests played an impo
  
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• Juneau School Board to consider strategic plan, updated enrollment numbers

  09-06-2026 00:44 via ktoo.org
  
  Students walk outside of Thunder Mountain Middle School in Juneau on May 11, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  The Juneau School Board will decide on whether to adopt the school district’s new strategic plan Tuesday night at its last regular meeting of the fiscal year.
  The strategic plan is a document that lines out the district’s values and priorities for the next five years. The school board approved a contract with national consulting group HYA Associates last year to draft the
  
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• Juneau family reports man missing

  09-06-2026 00:06 via ktoo.org
  
  Dion McCabe was last seen on May 26, 2026. (Photo courtesy of Juneau Police)
  A Juneau family reported a 29-year old man missing on Friday. He was last seen on May 26 near Safeway. 
  Juneau Police posted on Facebook Monday morning that they are searching for Dion McCabe.
  Police describe McCabe as 6 feet tall with brown hair and blue eyes. He was last seen in jeans, a white T-shirt, and “UGG slipper-style shoes,” according to JPD’s release.
  Juneau Police Deputy Chief Krag Cam
  
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• ANWR lease sale draws $3.7M in winning bids, but major oil and gas players stay home

  08-06-2026 23:56 via ktoo.org
  
  Research biologists pause among the wetlands of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge coastal plain, with the Brooks Range in the background. (Photo by Lisa Hupp/USFWS)
  A sale on oil and gas drilling rights in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, or ANWR, this month garnered more than $3.7 million in winning bids, according to an announcement Friday from the federal Bureau of Land Management.
  The sale failed to catch the attention of the North Slope’s biggest players, observers say.
  ANWR is
  
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• ‘Hey, this box stinks’: the weird work of intercepting trafficked wildlife in Alaska

  08-06-2026 20:21 via ktoo.org
  
  Chris Andrews with some samples of confiscated goods in his office at the Ted Steven Anchorage International Airport on June 4, 2026. Andrews says he never knows what he’s going to find next. (James Daggett/Alaska Public Media)
  Chris Andrews was working the belt at the Anchorage airport last fall, watching international cargo arrive.
  “An employee said, ‘Hey, this box stinks, Chris,'” Andrews recalled.
  The box was labeled “car parts.”
  Other stinky boxes came d
  
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• Newscast – Friday, June 5, 2026

  06-06-2026 03:06 via ktoo.org
  
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  In this newscast:The Alaska State Board of Education unanimously approved a new master’s in teaching program for Indigenous languages at the University of Alaska Southeast Thursday.
  Residents will have a chance to testify on some major budget topics and glacial outburst funding decisions at the Juneau Assembly’s upcoming meeting on Monday.
  An unusual partnership is sailing Alaska’s waters this summer.
  Le
  
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• Forest Service admits Herbert Glacier cabin cancelled due to mining interests, after previously denying it

  06-06-2026 02:58 via ktoo.org
  
  Snow covers Herbert Glacier on Monday, Feb. 16, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  The U.S. Forest Service is now saying mining interests played an important role in its decision to cancel a recreational cabin project near Juneau’s Herbert Glacier, after denying it months ago.
  The public-use cabin was a popular idea among locals and would have been part of the Alaska Cabins Project, the Forest Service’s biggest public-use cabin expansion plan in 50 years.
  It would have been built o
  
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• Live music with Ashley Young and Quinton Woolman-Morgan | Symphony Hollywood POPS | Pipeline Skater Park Community Day | AK Experience Camp

  06-06-2026 02:48 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Juneau Afternoon – Recorded live on Friday, June 5, 2026Audio PodcastVideo LivestreamBostin Christopher hosts the conversation. Juneau Afternoon airs at 3:00 p.m. on KTOO and KAUK with a rebroadcast at 7:00 p.m. Listen online or subscribe to the podcast at ktoo.org/juneauafternoon.Subscribe to the podcast:Apple PodcastsNPR OneSpotifyStitcherRSS
  Juneau Afternoon is a production of the KTOO Arts and Culture Team.Bostin Christopher produced today’s show with help from Lisa Purves.
  
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• Help us decide what questions to ask candidates in Alaska’s 2026 statewide election

  06-06-2026 02:41 via ktoo.org
  
  McClain Taylor-Manning, 4, waits patiently as his mother, Jackie Manning, votes at Centennial Hall on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  This year’s general election ballot will feature dozens of candidates for governor, U.S. Senate and House, and the Alaska Legislature. If you haven’t kept up with the news on a daily basis — or even if you have — that can feel overwhelming.
  In 2022, we collaborated with other media outlets to create a candidate comparison tool
  
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• Best solution to Alaska’s PFD ‘gorilla’ is to end the program with $10K payout, Walker argues

  06-06-2026 01:46 via ktoo.org
  
  Bill Walker answers questions in a debate during his last run for governor on Oct. 19, 2022. (Valerie Kern/Alaska Public Media)
  Former Gov. Bill Walker, running to again be Alaska’s top elected official, would like to end the Alaska Permanent Fund dividend program with a one-time $10,000 payment to each eligible Alaskan.
  “We are in this to solve significant issues,” Walker said in a phone interview Friday. “Business as usual just isn’t going to work.”
  Alaska
  
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• Major Assembly decisions on city facility closures, flood mitigation funding on Monday night’s agenda

  06-06-2026 00:24 via ktoo.org
  
  People walk past City Hall in downtown Juneau on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  The Juneau Assembly is slated to tackle a marathon of critical financial decisions on Monday night. 
  The topics on the agenda include deciding on significant components of the city’s proposed budget for the next fiscal year and potential changes in how the city pays for glacial outburst flood mitigation. 
  Monday’s meeting is the final chance for residents to testify on t
  
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• Artist Jennifer Younger opens ‘Intertwined: Returning To Our Roots’ at Aan Hít | JAHC Laughs Comedy Show featuring Sam Miller and Mike Glazer

  05-06-2026 23:22 via ktoo.org
  
  Juneau Afternoon – Recorded live on Thursday, June 4, 2026
  Guest host Rochelle Smallwood interviews artist Jennifer Younger about the opening of “Intertwined: Returning To Our Roots’ at Aan Hít
  Comedian Sam Miller and producer Zac Pease chat about comedy, and the sold-out JAHC Laughs Comedy Show at Devil’s Club
  Audio PodcastVideo LivestreamBostin Christopher hosts the conversation with special guest host Rochelle Smallwood. Juneau Afternoon airs at 3:00 p.m. on KT
  
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• Sullivan votes against Trump’s ballroom and compensation fund

  05-06-2026 22:41 via ktoo.org
  
  U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan at the Alaska State Capitol in February.
  U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan has been silent for weeks on President Trump’s controversial plan to spend public funds on a White House ballroom and his nearly $1.8 billion compensation fund, to help people Trump deems victims of political prosecutions.
  Sullivan took a position Thursday. He voted to block those Trump priorities, supporting Democratic amendments. They failed, but for a senator running for reelection with Trump’s
  
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• New Alaska cruise ship hosts marine mammal observer to better prevent whale strikes

  05-06-2026 20:47 via ktoo.org
  
  Cruise ship passengers stroll the seawalk next to the MSC Poesia during its maiden call to Juneau on May 15, 2026. (Photo by Alix Soliman/KTOO)
  An unusual partnership is sailing Alaska’s waters this summer. A cruise line is teaming up with an international whale advocacy organization to host a marine mammal observer on board for part of the season. 
  Steve Jones is the chief operating officer at ORCA, a citizen-science nonprofit based in the United Kingdom that advocates for whales an
  
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• Newscast – Thursday, June 4, 2026

  05-06-2026 03:06 via ktoo.org
  
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  In this newscast:Democratic incumbent Rep. Andi Story now has an opponent in the race for her current seat in the state House: Annette Kreitzer, Haines’ former borough manager.
  After years of planning, the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska soft-opened a casino on Douglas Island this week. It’s Juneau’s first casino.
  The National Science Foundation plans to yank a long-sta
  
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• New UAS Indigenous language master’s program gets final approval from state Board of Education

  05-06-2026 03:01 via ktoo.org
  
  Egan Library at the University of Alaska Southeast in Juneau on April 16, 2025. (Photo by Jamie Diep/KTOO)
  The Alaska State Board of Education and Early Development unanimously approved a new master’s in teaching program for Indigenous languages at the University of Alaska Southeast Thursday. This is the final approval the program needs to begin accepting students. 
  Angela Lunda is the campus’ interim Dean of Education. She said this program would strengthen the teacher workforc
  
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• Ashely Young and Lily Hope Textile Symposium Pop-up | George Holly’s Celebration Morning Reflections | TCLL Program with Rochelle Smallwood

  05-06-2026 02:58 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Juneau Afternoon – Record live on Wednesday, June 3, 2026
  Guest host Rochelle Smallwood interviews teachers, parents, and students from the Tlingit Culture, Language, and Literacy Program, who will be dancing as part of Celebration 2026George Holly shares about Morning Reflections — happening each morning of Celebration around the healing basket at 8 am on the Sealaska Plaza.
  Weaver Lily Hope and musician Ashley Young on the pop-up concert and info session for the upcoming Textile S
  
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• Tongass Voices: Se’iga Liimii Marcella Asicksik on leading the dances for Celebration 2026

  05-06-2026 01:31 via ktoo.org
  
  
  The Leqpquinm Gumilgit Gagoadim Ts’msyen Dancers are the 2026 Celebration Lead Dance Group. June 4, 2026. (Photo by Yvonne Krumrey)
  This is Tongass Voices, a series from KTOO sharing perspectives from the homelands of the Áak’w Kwáan and beyond.
  Every Celebration, a dance group is asked to lead. That means they write a song that all groups dance to during Grand Entrance and Grand Exit – the dance ceremonies that bookend Celebration.
  Though this year’s lead d
  
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• Former Haines borough manager to challenge Rep. Andi Story for District 3 House seat

  05-06-2026 01:27 via ktoo.org
  
  Former Haines Borough Manager Annette Kreitzer is running against Rep. Andi Story for the District 3 House seat. (Avery Ellfeldt/KHNS)
  Democratic incumbent Rep. Andi Story now has an opponent in the race for her current seat in the state House: Annette Kreitzer, Haines’ former borough manager.
  The Juneau Independent reported earlier this week that Kreitzer filed as a Republican to run for the District 3 seat. The seat represents Haines, Skagway, Gustavus and parts of North Juneau.
  If elect
  
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• Glenfarne releases Alaska LNG cost estimates, as skeptical legislators press for details

  04-06-2026 23:55 via ktoo.org
  
  Glenfarne Alaska LLC President Adam Prestidge speaks to lawmakers and staff during a lunch-and-learn presentation on Feb. 11, 2025. (Eric Stone/Alaska Public Media)
  The developer of the Alaska LNG project released its first specific public cost estimates Wednesday for the proposed 800-mile gas pipeline and associated infrastructure.
  The developer, Glenfarne, told state senators it estimates the full project will cost between $44.5 billion and $54.5 billion.
  The first phase of the project, the pi
  
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• It’s no joke: A second Dan Sullivan says he really does want to be Alaska’s next senator

  04-06-2026 22:47 via ktoo.org
  
  Dan Sullivan smiles for a photo at Petersburg’s Airport Bypass Road on June 2, 2026. (Taylor Heckart/KFSK)
  A political unknown from Petersburg filed for Alaska’s U.S. Senate race last week. His name is Dan Sullivan, the same name as Alaska’s sitting junior senator. And they’ll both be on the same ballot for Alaska’s primary in August.
  The new candidate sparked interest and accusations almost as soon as he announced his campaign.
  Both Sullivans are running as Re
  
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• Juneau’s first tribal casino soft opens on Douglas Island amid lingering legal questions

  04-06-2026 22:29 via ktoo.org
  
  Amber Forrester plays at one of the electric slot machines at the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska Two Coppers Casino on Wednesday, June 3, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  After years of planning, the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska soft-opened a casino on Douglas Island this week. It’s Juneau’s first casino.
  Amber Forrester sat at the end of a long row of electric slot machines, pressing a bright white spin button
  
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• Alaska one of only 2 states to see increase in SNAP participants in 2025

  04-06-2026 21:15 via ktoo.org
  
  A shopper passes by a sign welcoming SNAP recipients at a Fred Meyer store in Anchorage on Monday, Nov. 3, 2025. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media)
  Alaska is one of only two states that saw increased participation in the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program last year.
  The increase in SNAP users could be attributed to changes the state has made to improve access to the federally funded food assistance program, according to the state Department of Health.
  The increase comes despite most oth
  
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• ‘You’d be crying at the pump’: This Alaska village’s gas was $8.44 — before the Iran war

  04-06-2026 19:32 via ktoo.org
  
  At the pump in the Western Alaska village of Hooper Bay, unleaded gas costs $8.44 a gallon and heating fuel is $9.24. (Nathaniel Herz/Northern Journal)
  This story is co-published by Northern Journal and KYUK.
  Every few weeks this winter, 75-year-old Harvey Joe, a Yup’ik Elder in the Western Alaska village of Hooper Bay, climbed onto his snowmachine.
  Dragging a sled with a fuel drum on top, he’d bump 20 miles across the tundra to the neighboring village of Chevak.
  In Hooper Bay, on th
  
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• Deep sea observation station that tracks climate change set to be pulled from Gulf of Alaska

  04-06-2026 03:20 via ktoo.org
  
  Researchers recover an old mooring from Ocean Station Papa during an Ocean Observatories Initiative expedition. (Photo courtesy of Rebecca Travis/WHOI)
  The National Science Foundation plans to yank a long-standing ocean observation station from the sea floor far off the coast of Alaska next year. 
  It’s one station in an entire ocean monitoring system slated to be dismantled as part of the Trump Administration’s rollback on federal science programs that help researchers study the
  
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• Newscast – Wednesday, June 3, 2026

  04-06-2026 03:00 via ktoo.org
  
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  In this newscast:Celebration officially starts with a Grand Entrance tonight,
  Carvers have developed a new method to build traditional canoes without relying on old growth trees,
  Some cruise ship companies in Southeast Alaska say customers are concerned about Hantavirus, but state health officials are more worried about other diseases,
  Dozens and dozens of candidates officially kicked off their campaigns for governor, Con
  
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• An evolution in traditional canoe carving had its maiden voyage this week

  04-06-2026 02:29 via ktoo.org
  
  Ḵaayák’w Brandon Gomez introduces the Wind Dancer yaakw and asks permission to come ashore at Auke Recreation Area on June 2, 2026. (Photo by Yvonne Krumrey/KTOO)
  Listen:
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  On Tuesday afternoon, canoes — or yaakw — arrived and paddlers asked permission to come ashore. Ten yaakw landed on the beach at Auke Recreation Area, the site of a former Lingít village.
  One was different from the others, th
  
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• In bid for re-election, Alaska U.S. Rep. Nick Begich defends against 14 challengers

  03-06-2026 23:12 via ktoo.org
  
  Republican U.S. House candidate Nick Begich and his supporters wave campaign signs at the corner of the Seward Highway and Northern Lights Boulevard on Nov. 4, 2024, the day before Election Day. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)
  Two years ago, Republican Nick Begich III defeated incumbent Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola and became Alaska’s lone member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
  Now, 14 people are hoping to imitate Begich’s performance.
  Monday was the filing deadline for c
  
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