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• Girl dies hours after being struck by vehicle

  15-11-2016 01:30 via ktoo.org
  
  ANCHORAGE — A 10-year-old girl has died after she was struck by a vehicle in Anchorage.
  The girl died at a local hospital late Sunday night, hours after she was hit by a Chevy Blazer near the intersection of 88th Avenue and Jewel Lake Road, police said.
  Officers responded to the scene shortly before 5:45 p.m. Sunday after getting a call about a young pedestrian being struck by a vehicle.
  The driver of the Blazer remained at the scene and was cooperative with authorities, police said.
  The g
  
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• The last ship of Juneau’s 2026 cruise season leaves Tuesday

  06-10-2026 23:50 via ktoo.org
  The Norwegian Encore berths in Juneau for the last day of the tourism season on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  It’s anchors aweigh for Juneau’s cruise season. The last ship, the Norwegian Encore, leaves Tuesday night. And it won’t be back til next year… despite its ironic name. 
  This year’s season kicked off relatively smoothly compared to last year’s tumultuous season amid federal layoffs and economic uncertainty. The final tally
  
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• After years of problems, Alaska plans to outsource payroll for 14,000 public employees

  06-10-2026 15:00 via ktoo.org
  The Alaska State Office Building in Juneau, the state capital, is seen on Feb. 16, 2023. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)
  By the end of 2027, as many as 14,000 Alaska state workers could be paid by someone outside the state.
  After years of trouble within the payroll department within the Alaska Department of Administration, the agency is planning to outsource the state’s public employee payroll to an outside company.
  Proposals from interested companies were due Thursday, and in an in
  
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• KIBSD credits visa, green card programs for low teacher turnover

  06-10-2026 14:59 via ktoo.org
  Serjoe Gutierrez sits at a piano to work with his students in the spring of 2025. He is the first teacher KIBSD hired as part of its H-1B visa program in 2022. (Brian Venua/KMXT)
  The Kodiak Island Borough School District is fully staffed with teachers this school year. Administrators credit the district’s temporary visa program—and a pivot many districts are making to help their international hires obtain permanent resident status – for keeping turnover low.
  KIBSD acting super
  
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• Newscast – Monday, Oct. 5, 2026

  06-10-2026 02:59 via ktoo.org
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  In this newscast:Tomorrow is Juneau’s municipal Election Day and voters have until tomorrow night to cast their ballots,
  A Juneau man whose remains were discovered inside a chest freezer in July died of natural causes, according to a Juneau Police Department release,
  Voters in Juneau are deciding in this municipal election whether to approve paying a slightly higher sales tax during the tourism season,
  The Trump Adm
  
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• Tuesday is the last day to vote in Juneau’s by-mail election

  06-10-2026 02:13 via ktoo.org
  The ballot drop boxes are open until 8 p.m. Tuesday. They are located at City Hall, the AEL&P office in Lemon Creek, Douglas Library, the Mendenhall Valley Public Library and Statter Harbor boat launch. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  Tuesday is Juneau’s municipal Election Day. Voters have until 8 p.m. to cast their ballots. 
  There are a handful of ways to vote in the by-mail election. The city has ballot drop boxes in different locations all across town. Voters can also mail their
  
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• ADF&G approves of Trump administration curtailing Endangered Species Act protections

  06-10-2026 01:31 via ktoo.org
  On Sept. 17, 2026, the Norwegian Joy arrived in Sitka with a dead, endangered fin whale on the ship’s bow. (Photo Courtesy of NOAA Fisheries, Permit #24359)
  Listen to this story: 
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  The Trump Administration has reinterpreted language in the federal Endangered Species Act that would allow for the incidental killing of endangered species and habitat loss. Wildlife attorneys say it guts protections, but the Alaska Depar
  
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• Proposition C asks voters whether to approve a 1% seasonal tax in Juneau

  05-10-2026 22:55 via ktoo.org
  Visitors walk Juneau’s downtown seawalk on Wednesday, July 9, 2025. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  Voters in Juneau are deciding in this municipal election whether to approve paying a slightly higher sales tax during the tourism season. The money brought in is supposed to help fund recreation. 
  Ballot Proposition C asks voters whether to approve a 1% seasonal sales tax that boosts funding for the city’s recreational facilities and programs.
  The additional tax is estimated to cos
  
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• Outside groups pour millions into Alaska’s governor, congressional races

  05-10-2026 16:42 via ktoo.org
  Nome’s 2026 primary election polling location at Old St. Joe’s Church on Aug. 18, 2026. (Margaret Sutherland | KNOM)
  Independent expenditure groups are pouring tens of millions of dollars into Alaska’s races for governor and Congress.
  The Republican Governors Association donated some $1.6 million to a new group in late September called Kodiak PAC. It aims to boost Republicans in the governor’s race, according to filings with state regulators.
  Around the same time, a grou
  
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• Vice President Vance to visit Fairbanks on Monday, Trump expected in Alaska later this month

  05-10-2026 16:38 via ktoo.org
  Donald Trump prepares to speak in front of a crowd at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage on Saturday, July 9, 2022. (James Brooks | Alaska Beacon)
  Vice President J.D. Vance will hold a campaign event on Monday in Fairbanks to boost Republican candidates in this year’s general election, and President Donald Trump is expected to visit Alaska later this month on a similar mission.
  The vice-president’s visit was officially announced Friday by the Trump 47 Committee, an operation of
  
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• Newscast – Friday, Oct. 2, 2026

  03-10-2026 03:10 via ktoo.org
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  In this newscast:Two environmental conservation groups and a Southeast Alaska tribe have filed a motion to stop a timber sale that’s part of a logging project east of Ketchikan.
  Independent expenditure groups are pouring tens of millions of dollars into Alaska’s races for governor and Congress.
  The federal government announced its intent to rescind a key environmental conservation law that protects much of the
  
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• UAS scientists are trying to predict harmful algal blooms as super El Niño heats up

  03-10-2026 02:36 via ktoo.org
  Jason Kuhn sets up a vacuum filter to separate algae from seawater in September 2026. (Photo by Ella Kelly/KTOO)
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  Scientists predict that a super El Niño could break ocean temperature records this winter. Hotter seas cause more toxic algal blooms, which could hurt Alaska’s shellfish industry. Researchers at the University of Alaska Southeast are trying to detect toxic blooms sooner, before oyste
  
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• KTOO News intern Ella Kelly | Juneau Arts and Humanities Executive Director Maggie McMillan | October events with the Juneau Public Library

  03-10-2026 02:33 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Juneau Afternoon recorded live on Friday, October 2, 2026
  Juneau Afternoon featuring KTOO News intern Ella Kelly on her experience and the publishing of her first story.
  Juneau Arts & Humanities Council Executive Director Maggie McMillan talks First Friday, Clink!, and changes at the JAHCCarol Reinert from Juneau Public Library outlines upcoming October events
  Audio PodcastVideo LivestreamBostin Christopher hosts the conversation. Juneau Afternoon airs at 3:00 p.m. on KTOO and KAUK with a r
  
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• Police investigation reveals a Juneau woman concealed her husband’s death and body to receive benefits

  03-10-2026 02:25 via ktoo.org
  This is the residence in the Switzer Village Mobile Home Park where police received a report about a body found in a freezer. Thursday, July 23, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  A Juneau man whose remains were discovered inside a chest freezer in July died of natural causes, according to a Juneau Police Department release. Juneau police previously identified the person as Ross Pasquan. He would’ve been 74 at the time his remains were found. 
  Following a monthslong investigation, i
  
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• How to make the most of this year’s $1,200 Permanent Fund check

  02-10-2026 22:05 via ktoo.org
  Hundreds of thousands of Alaskans are receiving their Permanent Fund Dividends this week. This year’s payout is $1,200, which includes a $200 “energy relief” payment.
  There are a lot of things you could do with the money, but how should you spend it? An economist and a financial advisor have some advice for you.
  Save, Spend and Splurge
  Laurel Renkert is a financial advisor in Anchorage who recommends splitting your PFD into even thirds: spending, saving and splurging. That&rsq
  
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• Navy prepares to commission USS Ted Stevens destroyer in Whittier

  02-10-2026 20:22 via ktoo.org
  USS Ted Stevens ports in Whittier on Oct. 1, 2026. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media)
  The U.S. Navy will commission its latest destroyer this Saturday in Whittier. The USS Ted Stevens is named for Alaska’s longtime U.S. Senator and it brings state-of-the-art technology for missile and air defense to the world’s waters, Navy officials said.
  Ted Stevens was a titan of Alaska politics, serving in the U.S. Senate from 1968 to 2009. He was a driving force behind landmark legislation for
  
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• Alaska prepares to surrender some Statehood Act land claims as it nears 105 million-acre goal

  02-10-2026 20:21 via ktoo.org
  Earlier this year, the federal government lifted restrictions that had paused the transfer of 1.4 million acres of federal land along the Dalton Highway and trans-Alaska oil pipeline, seen here in 2023. (Bureau of Land Management)
  Alaska’s decades-long quest to obtain millions of acres of land from the federal government under the Alaska Statehood Act is getting closer to an end.
  But because the state is getting closer to its goal, its requests now exceed a limit in federal law.
  This week
  
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• Second glacial outburst flood in Juneau crested at 10.18 feet

  02-10-2026 17:04 via ktoo.org
  (National Weather Service)
  A second glacial outburst flood in Juneau has crested and the Mendenhall Lake level is starting to come down, according to the National Weather Service in Juneau. 
  Water level in the Lake peaked at 10.18 feet around 5:45 a.m. It’s now dropping rapidly.
  Data from a laser gauge and cameras in Suicide Basin show that the basin has started to drain, says the weather service. 
  As of 6:30 a.m., the lake was at 9.88 ft and going down.
  Still, a flood warning re
  
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• Newscast – Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026

  02-10-2026 02:31 via ktoo.org
  https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/20261001-News-Update.mp3
  In this newscast:The Coast Guard rescued a fisherman from Admiralty Island after his boat sank near Murder Cove
  A secondary glacial outburst flood is underway in Juneau, but it’s unlikely to cause damage
  Hundreds of Thousands of Alaskans are receiving Permanent Fund Dividends of $1,200 this week
  Juneau musician Annie Bartholomew will compete in Pan-Arctic Vision Friday morning
  The Chilkat Valley’s moose hunt e
  
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• Ferries, fish and tourism take center stage at Ketchikan governor forum

  02-10-2026 02:31 via ktoo.org
  An Alaska Marine Highway System deckhand wears a life jacket labeled for crew use during an emergency drill aboard the ferry Hubbard on July 24, 2024. (Eric Stone/Alaska Public Media)
  Three of the four candidates for governor appealed to Southeast Alaskans for support at a forum in Ketchikan on Tuesday.
  The Alaska Marine Highway System and its role connecting Southeast communities took much of the spotlight during the roughly 90-minute forum at the annual meeting of the economic development gro
  
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• Trump claims South Korea will invest $50B in Alaska gas pipeline. Not so fast, Korean officials say

  02-10-2026 02:30 via ktoo.org
  Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026, in Washington, as President Donald Trump, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Energy Secretary Chris Wright listen. (Alex Brandon/AP Photo)
  President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that South Korea would invest more than $50 billion for the long-planned Alaska LNG project, a large majority of the project’s overall estimated cost.
  “The colossal pac
  
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• First Friday rune readings & summer pot sachets | ‘TV Classics’ with Juneau Symphony | KXLL 24-hour broadcast

  02-10-2026 02:27 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Juneau Afternoon recorded live on Thursday, October 1, 2026
  KXLL 24-hour broadcast begins on Friday, October 9 at 4:00 p.m. during KTOO’s Fall Membership CampaignForce of Nature Apothecary First Friday, October 2, featuring rune readings and DIY simmer pot sachets, is 4:30-7:00 p.m.Juneau Symphony’s “TV Classics” concert is on Saturday, October 3, and Sunday, October 4
  Audio PodcastVideo LivestreamBostin Christopher hosts the conversation. Juneau Afternoon airs at 3:00 p
  
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• First Friday rune readings & simmer pot sachets | ‘TV Classics’ with Juneau Symphony | KXLL 24-hour broadcast

  02-10-2026 02:27 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Juneau Afternoon recorded live on Thursday, October 1, 2026
  KXLL 24-hour broadcast begins on Friday, October 9 at 4:00 p.m. during KTOO’s Fall Membership CampaignForce of Nature Apothecary First Friday, October 2, featuring rune readings and DIY simmer pot sachets, is 4:30-7:00 p.m.Juneau Symphony’s “TV Classics” concert is on Saturday, October 3, and Sunday, October 4
  Audio PodcastVideo LivestreamBostin Christopher hosts the conversation. Juneau Afternoon airs at 3:00 p
  
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• Juneau artist Annie Bartholomew to represent Alaska in Arctic song competition

  01-10-2026 22:55 via ktoo.org
  Alaska musicians Kat Moore and Annie Bartholomew check their sound during technical rehearsal on October 1, 2026 at the international music event PanArctic Vision, taking place this year at the Nordic House in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands. (Photo by Vegard Krane)Juneau singer-songwriter Annie Bartholomew will represent Alaska this Friday in a live song contest for circumpolar artists called Pan-Arctic Vision. It’s similar to the Eurovision Song Contest, which gathers artists from differe
  
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• Second glacial outburst underway, unlikely to cause major damage

  01-10-2026 18:46 via ktoo.org
  A screenshot from the National Weather Service.
  A flood warning for a glacier lake outburst is in effect until 7:45 a.m. Saturday, according to the National Weather Service in Juneau.
  A second release from Suicide Basin has started and levels are predicted to continue to drop this afternoon. The agency predicts the Mendenhall River will crest likely between 9.8 and 10.3 feet sometime between 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. tomorrow, Oct. 2.
  No residential flooding impacts are expected, according to the City an
  
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• Second glacial outburst underway, unlikely to cause damage

  01-10-2026 18:46 via ktoo.org
  A screenshot from the National Weather Service.
  A flood warning for a glacier lake outburst is in effect until 7:45 a.m. Saturday, according to the National Weather Service in Juneau.
  A second release from Suicide Basin has started and levels are predicted to continue to drop this afternoon. The agency predicts the Mendenhall River will crest likely between 9.8 and 10.3 feet sometime between 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. tomorrow, Oct. 2. The flood in August crested at about 14.7 feet.
  Flooding of the area a
  
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• Flood warning for a glacier lake outburst in effect until Saturday morning, says NWS

  01-10-2026 18:46 via ktoo.org
  Suicide Basin on Tuesday, Aug, 12, 2025. (Courtesy of National Weather Service & USGS)
  A flood warning for a glacier lake outburst is in effect until 7:45 a.m. Saturday, according to the National Weather Service in Juneau.
  A second release from Suicide Basin has started and levels are predicted to continue to drop this afternoon. The agency predicts the Mendenhall River will crest near 10 feet sometime between 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. tomorrow, Oct. 2. The flood in August crested at about 14.7 feet.
  
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• Filipino American History Month October events | St. Vincent de Paul run-walk | Active Bystandership for Law Enforcement | Juneau Chamber Gubernatorial Candidate Forum

  01-10-2026 02:49 via ktoo.org
  Juneau Afternoon recorded live on Wednesday, September 30, 2026
  Filipino Community Inc. presents a full month of events in celebration of Filipino American History Month.St. Vincent de Paul annual “Walk a Mile in My Shoes” 5K run and 1-mile walk.Juneau Police Department is participating in the Active Bystandership for Law Enforcement program, and is also working with middle and high school students to help design two new school resource officer vehicles.Juneau Chamber of Commerce An
  
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• Dozens turn up in pouring rain for the first MMIP and Orange Shirt Day walk and run in Juneau

  01-10-2026 00:38 via ktoo.org
  The finish line of the first MMIP and Orange Shirt Day walk and run at Sandy Beach on Sept. 27, 2026. (Photo by Yvonne Krumrey/KTOO)
  Runners gathered in a cabin at Sandy Beach on Sunday. They hid from the driving rain. Some had red handprints over their mouths or on their cheeks.
  Megan Lingle initiated this run — she’s with Tlingit & Haida’s Community & Behavioral Services Healing Center. She told those gathered — runners, walkers and a few dogs — that this
  
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• How do you recognize signs of suicide and what do you do? NAMI Juneau has answers.

  30-09-2026 22:38 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Aaron Surma, the executive director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness Juneau, gives testimony at a Bartlett Regional Hospital meeting on Tuesday, June 4, 2024. (Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  September is Suicide Awarenss Month, but throughout the year, Juneau’s mental heath nonprofit hosts suicide awareness trainings for young people, parents, and community members.
  National Alliance on Mental Illness, or NAMI Juneau, Executive Aaron Surma and Youth Program Coordinator Charity Anderson spo
  
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