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• Juneau Afternoon – 8-16-17

  17-08-2017 02:19 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Wednesday at 3 on A Juneau Afternoon,
  Sheli DeLaney will host.
  Author Mark Lautman will be here with a preview of his Chamber Luncheon Thursday talk on Achieving Nimbility;
  Nancy Barnes will be here to highlight this week’s fundraiser for Senator Albert Kookhesh;
  We’ll talk with Harrison B about the Summer Shakedown concert this weekend at Pier 49;
  And we’ll get the details on City Museum’s upcoming Day of Play.
  That, Writer’s Almanac, Bird Note, music and more, Wed
  
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• Police identify man discovered in chest freezer at Juneau home

  30-07-2026 03:18 via ktoo.org
  
  This is the residence at the Switzer Village Mobile Home Park where police received a report about a body found in a freezer. Thursday, July 23, 2026. (Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  The Juneau Police Department has confirmed the identity of a man whose remains were discovered in a chest freezer last week at a home in Lemon Creek. 
  According to the State of Alaska Medical Examiner, the remains are of Ross Pasquan. Pasquan was a Juneau resident who would be 74 years old today.  
  Pasquan was
  
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• New class to teach Southeast mariners how to avoid hitting humpback whales

  30-07-2026 03:18 via ktoo.org
  
  
  A cruise ship travels through Glacier Bay on July 24, 2023. (Clarise Larson/KTOO)
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  A new class developed by whale biologists and marine pilots in Southeast Alaska will soon teach mariners how to avoid hitting humpback whales when sailing large ships through the region. The training comes as the state’s cruise industry booms.
  Humpback whales migrate thousands of miles from their winter breeding ground
  
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• 3 dead after plane crash near McCarthy

  30-07-2026 03:12 via ktoo.org
  
  An Alaska State Troopers vehicle. (Alaska Department of Public Safety)
  Three people are dead after a fiery plane crash Tuesday night near McCarthy, Alaska State Troopers said in a statement posted online Wednesday
  The pilot of a Piper PA-22 crashed while landing at the Dan Creek airstrip, about 20 miles east of McCarthy, according to a preliminary report from the Federal Aviation Administration. The plane banked left, impacted terrain and burst into flames, killing the pilot and two pa
  
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• Newscast – Wednesday, July 19, 2026

  30-07-2026 03:04 via ktoo.org
  
  
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  In this newscast:For the second year in a row, the Juneau Assembly has rejected putting two bond debt proposals on the local election ballot,
  It’s been one year since a Juneau officer was caught on camera violently slamming a man to the ground during an arrest,
  A new class developed by whale biologists and marine pilots in Southeast Alaska will soon teach mariners how to avoid hitting humpback whales while sailing
  
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• After video of violent arrest, Juneau police pledged reform. 1 year later, what’s changed?

  30-07-2026 02:25 via ktoo.org
  
  The Juneau Police Department station in Lemon Creek in 2022. (Clarise Larson/KTOO)
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  A short video of a Juneau police officer’s arrest of local resident Christopher Williams, Jr. shook the Juneau community this time last year. 
  The video spread quickly online, across social media platforms and national news outlets. It showed an interaction in which an officer, who was later identified as Brandon LeBlanc, attempted to handcuff
  
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• Dozens of weather stations crucial for Alaska aviation went dark on Monday

  29-07-2026 23:09 via ktoo.org
  
  An automated weather station in Fairbanks. (National Weather Service, Fairbanks)
  A widespread weather reporting outage affected Alaska Monday, causing dozens of stations used by pilots and forecasters to go offline. No flight cancellations were immediately reported.
  More than 50 weather stations across the state were offline, which is just under a third of the entire network, said Rick Thoman, a climate specialist with the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
  “This is a particularly bad day of
  
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• Lawmakers say third Alaska LNG session is Dunleavy’s last chance to make a deal

  29-07-2026 23:01 via ktoo.org
  
  House Speaker Bryce Edgmon, a Dillingham independent, presides over a nearly empty House chamber on July 27, 2026. (Eric Stone/Alaska Public Media)
  A handful of state legislators returned to Juneau Monday to once again talk about tax breaks for the Alaska LNG project.
  It’s their third special session this year. Gov. Mike Dunleavy called lawmakers back on July 16 after threatening to veto a bill crafted by a conference committee and passed by the state Senate.
  That bill would have imposed c
  
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• Assembly rejects bonds to upgrade Juneau’s schools and wastewater system again

  29-07-2026 21:21 via ktoo.org
  
  A sign hangs outside the entrance of Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024. (Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  For the second year in a row, the Juneau Assembly has rejected putting two bond debt proposals on the local election ballot.
  The bonds would have helped fund $25 million worth of critical repairs and upgrades to Juneau’s schools and the city’s water and sewer systems. Last year, the Assembly similarly voted against putting nearly identical bond quest
  
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• Newscast – Tuesday, July 28, 2026

  29-07-2026 02:58 via ktoo.org
  
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  In this newscast:Forecasters predict the glacial lake responsible for producing Juneau’s annual glacial outburst flood will fill a bit later than initially forecast,
  Eight candidates are vying for three open seats on the Juneau Assembly during this fall’s local election,
  The upcoming school year is less than one month away and district leadership says operations will remain largely the same,
  A handful of state
  
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• 11 candidates vie for local office in Juneau’s fall municipal election

  29-07-2026 00:46 via ktoo.org
  
  Frank Rue drops his ballot off in the City Hall ballot drop box on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  Eight candidates are vying for three open seats on the Juneau Assembly during this fall’s local election. Three people are running for two open seats on the school board.
  The candidate filing period for Juneau’s October municipal election closed on Monday afternoon. 
  For Assembly, three people are running for the open area-wide Assembly seat: incumbent Paul Ke
  
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• Alaska Democratic U.S. House candidate says he had support but not enough money

  29-07-2026 00:22 via ktoo.org
  
  Campaign signs for Democrats Matt Schultz and Tom Begich are seen in a Midtown Anchorage yard on July 17, 2026. Schultz mounted his campaign to oust Republican U.S. Rep. Nick Begich. But he endorsed Nick’s uncle, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Begich, a former state senator. Schultz suspended his campaign on July 17 and urged supporters to rally behind independent Bill Hill. (Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)
  On July 17, the leading Democratic candidate in Alaska’s U.S. House race&
  
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• Weather Service predicts Juneau’s Suicide Basin will fill between Aug. 8-12

  28-07-2026 23:43 via ktoo.org
  
  Researcher Eran Hood stands on the lip of an empty Suicide Basin just a few days after it drained to create a record-breaking glacial outburst flood in August 2023. (Anna Canny/KTOO)
  The National Weather Service predicts the glacial lake responsible for producing Juneau’s annual glacial outburst flood will fill a bit later than the initial forecast.
  Suicide Basin is expected to fill to the top between Aug. 8 and 12. That’s around the same time as last year, and a bit later than an in
  
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• Juneau schools adjust bus routes and schedules ahead of upcoming school year

  28-07-2026 15:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Thunder Mountain Middle School on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  The upcoming school year is less than one month away. District leadership said operations will remain largely the same, though there will be no more early release days for elementary schools and bus routes may change slightly. 
  The Juneau School Board decided in May to end early release Mondays. That means elementary students will no longer end the school day half an hour early at the beginning of the w
  
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• Juneau school year starts next month without early release Mondays, possible busing changes

  28-07-2026 15:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Thunder Mountain Middle School on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  The upcoming school year is less than one month away. District leadership said operations will remain largely the same, though there will be no more early release days for elementary schools and bus routes may change slightly. 
  The Juneau School Board decided in May to end early release Mondays. That means elementary students will no longer end the school day half an hour early at the beginning of the w
  
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• Juneau Assembly highlights: ballot questions, affordable housing and trash bears

  28-07-2026 08:02 via ktoo.org
  
  Mayor Beth Weldon and Deputy Mayor Greg Smith discuss an ordinance at a Juneau Assembly meeting on Monday, July 27, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  Despite a delay due to a downtown power outage on Monday night, the Juneau Assembly met for a regular meeting to consider key topics for this fall’s local election, leasing city land for affordable housing and hear public testimony.
  Here are some highlights from the meeting:
  • The Juneau Assembly voted against putting two bond debt pr
  
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• Power outage impacts downtown Juneau and Thane, delays Assembly meeting

  28-07-2026 05:10 via ktoo.org
  
  A power outage delays a Juneau Assembly meeting at City Hall on Monday, July 27, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  Electricity in downtown Juneau and Thane went out just before 6 p.m. on Monday. The outage delayed a Juneau Assembly meeting for an hour. 
  Alaska Electric Light and Power Company posted on Facebook around 6 p.m. that the outage affected the downtown area and a crew is responding. AEL&P’s Alec Mesdag told KTOO a transmission line feeding a substation that powers muc
  
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• Newscast – Monday, July 27, 2026

  28-07-2026 03:07 via ktoo.org
  
  
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  In this newscast:Southcentral Alaska’s largest natural gas utility is asking state regulators to consider allowing it to develop more natural gas storage
  A Juneau mom’s sourdough microbakery in Mendenhall Valley has quickly risen in popularity
  Recently discovered fossils in northern Alaska show rodent-like mammals roamed the land 70 million years ago, and they’ve been given Inupiaq names
  
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• Juneau mom turns passion for sourdough into popular microbakery

  27-07-2026 23:19 via ktoo.org
  
  From left to right, Zane Darbonne, 12, Ben Steele, 9, and Mel Steele smile for a photo at her microbakery in the Mendenhall Valley on Friday, July 24, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
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  A Juneau mom turned her passion for baking sourdough goods into a small business this summer, and it’s quickly risen in popularity.Each weekend, dozens of people line up to try her goods at her small microbakery stand at the end of h
  
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• Alaskan Brewing Co. celebrates 40th anniversary operating in Juneau

  27-07-2026 15:01 via ktoo.org
  Alaskan Brewing Company’s early crew and medals. (Alaskan Brewing Co.)
  In the 1980s, Geoff and Marcy Larson were working in different industries. Geoff was a chemical engineer and worked in a gold mine. Marcy was an accountant and had her sights on becoming a bush pilot. But they had a common love of beer.
  The Larsons visited KTOO to share the story of how the Alaskan Brewing Company was born 40 years ago and how it’s grown since.
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• Lawsuits seek to overturn permit for road construction through Alaska wildlife refuge

  27-07-2026 15:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Brant fly over Izembek Lagoon at Izembek National Wildlife Refuge.on Sept. 28, 2016. The refuge is used as a migratory stop for nearly the entire global population of Pacific black brant. a type of goose. Two new lawsuits are challenging a federal permit for a road that would cross Izembek habitat used by the brant and other migratory birds. (Kristine Sowl/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
  Two weeks before construction could begin on a controversial road that would cut through Izembek National Wil
  
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• Democrat in Alaska’s governor race reports $1.8M fundraising haul, driven by Californians

  27-07-2026 15:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins answers a question at his table during the Commonwealth North Gubernatorial Candidate Meet & Greet event at Wildbirch Hotel in Anchorage on Monday, July 20. (Marc Lester/Anchorage Daily News)
  Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, a Democratic former state lawmaker from Sitka, has raised more campaign funds than any other of the 17 candidates in Alaska’s governor race, according to reports filed this week.
  Kreiss-Tomkins has brought in $1.8 million since entering the race in
  
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• ‘Canoe Dig It’ mockumentary film screening in Juneau | Climate-aware therapist Sarah Aronson | CBJ Month of Play

  25-07-2026 03:14 via ktoo.org
  
  Juneau Afternoon – Recorded live on Friday, July 24, 2026
  Juneau Afternoon featuring filmmaker Samuel Dunning and his film “Canoe Dig It,” Climate-aware therapist Sarah Aronson, and CBJ Parks & Rec Month of Play.
  Audio 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 Po
  
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• Newscast – Friday, July 24, 2026

  25-07-2026 03:10 via ktoo.org
  
  
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  In this newscast:A Juneau public transportation survey closes Sunday
  The University of Alaska Southeast is partnering with Minnesota-based Mitchell Hamline School of Law to allow Alaska students to get a law degree locally
  The Juneau Assembly plans to tackle major local election topics on Monday
  Investors that want to ship bulk water out of Sitka are asking for an extension to gather funding for a plan
  The CDC reports a f
  
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• Enstar appeals RCA decision, saying natural gas storage can’t wait

  25-07-2026 02:43 via ktoo.org
  
  The Cook Inlet Natural Gas Storage Alaska facility, in Kenai. (Shaylon Cochran/KDLL)
  Southcentral Alaska’s largest natural gas utility is asking state regulators to reconsider their decision on a project that would’ve expanded natural gas storage. That’s after the Regulatory Commission of Alaska denied Enstar’s request earlier this month, saying the utility had not provided sufficient information.
  Enstar president John Sims said they’ve been working on thi
  
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• New UAS partnerships allow students to pursue law degrees in Juneau

  25-07-2026 01:48 via ktoo.org
  
  A sign for the University of Alaska Southeast School of Arts and Sciences in Juneau on April 1, 2026. (Jamie Diep/KTOO)
  The University of Alaska Southeast is partnering with Minnesota-based Mitchell Hamline School of Law to allow Alaska students to get a law degree without needing to leave the state.
  Normally, students pursuing law move out of state, said UAS Chancellor Aparna Palmer on KTOO’s Juneau Afternoon.
  “We don’t have a law school in Alaska, and so most people have to b
  
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• Deadline to share feedback about Juneau transportation services nears

  24-07-2026 23:46 via ktoo.org
  
  Passengers head onto a Capital Transit bus at the downtown transit center Monday, June 1, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  Sunday is the last day for residents to share survey feedback with the City and Borough of Juneau on how to better Juneau’s public transportation. 
  The City and Borough of Juneau is partnering with the Juneau Coordination Transportation Coalition to collect input via an online survey about Juneau’s transportation needs. 
  The survey tackles topics li
  
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• Juneau Assembly to decide on key local election topics at Monday meeting

  24-07-2026 15:00 via ktoo.org
  
  The Mendenhall Wastewater Facility on Thursday, July 23, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  The Juneau Assembly is slated to tackle major local election topics at its regular meeting on Monday night.  
  The Assembly will vote on whether to put two potential bond debt proposals worth $25 million on this fall’s local election ballot. 
  One bond question would ask voters to approve up to $16 million in debt to fund renovations and upgrades at several public schools. The other a
  
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• Joyce Parry-Moore ‘Fill the Room: An Invitation to Take Up Space’ book event | UAS Chancellor Dr. Aparna Palmer on new programs | Geoff & Marcy Larson on Alaskan Brewing 40th Anniversary

  24-07-2026 06:51 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Juneau Afternoon – Recorded live on Thursday, July 23, 2026
  Chancellor of the University of Alaska Southeast, Dr. Aparna Palmer, chats about fall course highlights, new programs, and more.An extended interview from KTOO Morning Edition host Mike Lane with Geoff and Marcy Larson of Alaskan Brewing as they celebrate 40 years of beer making.Joyce Parry-Moore, former Juneau-ite, company member of Perseverance Theatre, and founder of Opera-to-Go, shares about her new book “Fill the Room:
  
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• Race for Juneau’s school board seats remains uncontested

  24-07-2026 03:46 via ktoo.org
  
  A graphic of Britteny Cioni-Haywood (left) on April 14, 2026 and David Noon (right) on Feb. 19, 2026. (Jamie Diep/KTOO)
  As the candidate filing deadline approaches, the race for Juneau’s two open school board seats appears to be uncontested so far. Anyone else interested in running has until Monday afternoon to file.
  As of Thursday afternoon, only incumbents Britteny Cioni-Haywood and David Noon have filed to run.Lon Garrison encourages other people in Juneau to run. He is the recently ret
  
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