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• Just an hour a day on social media can affect kids’ happiness

  03-01-2017 20:39
  
  Everywhere you go, you see teens and tweens obsessively checking their social media feeds on their phones. But, behind the smiling selfies, teens might not be that happy with what they see in their constant day-to-day digital streams. A new study published by the IZA Institute of Labor Economics suggests they may actually feel less satisfied with their lives after spending merely an hour each day on social media.
  The authors behind the report looked at data on children and teens, ages 10 to 15,
  
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• Trump to rally for Sullivan in Wasilla next week

  09-10-2026 03:20 via ktoo.org
  Donald Trump at his 2022 rally at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage. (Kendrick Whiteman/Alaska Public Media)
  President Donald Trump plans to hold a rally in Wasilla next Tuesday to promote U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan’s reelection, according to the Republican National Committee.
  Trump is scheduled to speak at 3:30 p.m. at the Menard Sports Center. Doors to the venue open at noon.
  “President Trump’s rally on Oct 13th will highlight exactly why Senator Dan S. Sullivan is the fir
  
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• Alaska gubernatorial candidate settles campaign finance complaint with state regulators

  09-10-2026 03:17 via ktoo.org
  Former Attorney General Treg Taylor speaks at a Sept. 8, 2026, gubernatorial candidate forum held by the Last Frontier Republican Club at the Petroleum Club of Anchorage. (Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)
  Alaska gubernatorial candidate Treg Taylor has agreed to pay a fine and update his campaign disclosure reports as part of a settlement with state regulators to resolve a campaign finance disclosure complaint.
  The complaint challenged Taylor’s failure to disclose details of more than $187,000
  
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• Alaska governor hopeful Bernadette Wilson’s court record shows lawsuits over unpaid bills

  09-10-2026 03:15 via ktoo.org
  Bernadette Wilson, an entrepreneur and conservative activist, poses for a photo in front of the Alaska State Capitol after announcing a run for governor on May 13, 2025. (Eric Stone/Alaska Public Media)
  The top-polling Republican in the Alaska governor’s race has a history of being sued for not paying bills.
  That’s according to court records and recent reporting on Bernadette Wilson by the Anchorage Daily News.
  Wilson is a conservative activist and former talk radio host who owns De
  
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• Newscast – Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026

  09-10-2026 02:32 via ktoo.org
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  In this newscast:Three candidates seeking to become Alaska’s next governor say they plan to make Juneau their home base if elected in next month’s general election.
  A prominent shack on a derelict pier in downtown Juneau was torn down today.
  Public comments closed Tuesday on a federal proposal to lift a roadbuilding ban in national forests across the country, including the Tongass National Forest.
  A birding gr
  
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• Downtown Juneau shack taken down to discourage people from climbing derelict AJT pier

  09-10-2026 01:20 via ktoo.org
  AJT Mining Properties demolished the shack at the end of the pier on Oct. 8, 2026. (Photo by Alix Soliman/KTOO)
  A prominent shack on a derelict pier in downtown Juneau was torn down on Thursday.
  The pier is owned by AJT Mining Properties, a sister company of Alaska Electric Light and Power. CEO Alec Mesdag said the company decided to remove the shack because it was a safety hazard. 
  “We’re getting rid of what seems to be an attractive nuisance to prevent people from feeling like
  
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• American public rejects lifting the Roadless Rule, Alaska timber industry in favor

  08-10-2026 15:00 via ktoo.org
  Devil’s club grows in the understory of the Tongass National Forest in Juneau. (Photo by Alix Soliman/KTOO)
  Public comments closed Tuesday on a federal proposal to lift a roadbuilding ban in national forests across the country, including the Tongass National Forest. 
  More than 370,000 people submitted public comments online and 99% of them oppose a rollback of the Roadless Rule. That’s according to an analysis published Wednesday by the Center for Western Priorities, a conservat
  
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• Cameras in downtown Juneau parking garages aren’t Flock-branded

  08-10-2026 02:59 via ktoo.org
  A screenshot of the DeFlock map of Juneau on Oct. 7, 2026.
  Controversial surveillance cameras that were designed to share data with law enforcement have recently sprung up in Anchorage this month. At least one there was already cut down. A map where people can report these cameras shows several in downtown Juneau. 
  The five cameras on the map as of Oct. 7 are all in Juneau’s parking garages, owned and managed by the city. But, the city said, they’re not what people think. 
  
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• Newscast: Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026

  08-10-2026 02:55 via ktoo.org
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  In this newscast:The preliminary results for Juneau’s 2026 municipal election are in. They show that residents want to implement a new seasonal sales tax in Juneau next year and are split on two other tax-related propositions in the capital city.
  The USS Ted Stevens arrived in downtown Juneau Wednesday. The 510-foot-long missile destroyer’s visit comes after its commissioning ceremony in Whittier on Saturda
  
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• Do Alaska’s gubernatorial candidates plan to live at Juneau’s governor’s mansion if elected?

  08-10-2026 02:48 via ktoo.org
  Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jonathan Kreiss-Thomkins, and Republicans Bernadette Wilson and Dave Bronson speak during a candidate forum in Juneau on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  Three candidates seeking to become Alaska’s next governor say they plan to make Juneau their home base if elected in next month’s general election. 
  Those candidates are Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins and Republicans Bernadette Wilson and Dave Bronson. The trio spoke t
  
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• Author and outdoorsman A.J. Slagle Jr. | Larri Spengler presents at Juneau Audubon | KTOO Executive Director Justin Shoman

  08-10-2026 02:37 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Juneau Afternoon – recorded live on Wednesday, October 7, 2026
  Author AJ Slagle Jr. and his book “On Every Hill and in Every Stream”
  The kick-off of the Juneau Audubon public presentation series with Larri SpenglerKTOO President & Executive Director Justin Shoman checks in during KTOO’s Fall Membership Drive.
  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. List
  
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• Flu cases are on the rise in Alaska. What you need to know.

  08-10-2026 00:42 via ktoo.org
  An influenza vaccine and supplies at Anchorage Health Department’s clinic on Feb. 25, 2025. (Rachel Cassandra/Alaska Public Media)
  Alaska state health officials say the flu season is off to an early start, and could be moderately severe.
  Influenza, also known as the flu, started to peak in mid-September, said state epidemiologist Dr. Joe McLaughlin. Last year the flu season didn’t kick off until the end of November, he said.
  “Since we’re already seeing influenza cases an
  
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• Navy destroyer USS Ted Stevens ports in Juneau, offers public tours and block party

  08-10-2026 00:27 via ktoo.org
  the USS Ted Stevens moored at the Cruise Ship Terminal Dock near the Goldbelt Tram on Oct. 7, 2026. (Photo by Alix Soliman)
  The USS Ted Stevens arrived in downtown Juneau Wednesday. 
  The 510-foot-long missile destroyer’s visit comes after its commissioning ceremony in Whittier on Saturday. The USS Ted Stevens is named after Alaska’s U.S. senator who served from 1968 to 2009 and helped usher in the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. The ship will b
  
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• Early results show Juneau voters favor new seasonal tax, oppose property tax cut reversal

  07-10-2026 08:34 via ktoo.org
  Candidates and supporters waves signs downtown on municipal Election Day on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  The preliminary results for Juneau’s 2026 municipal election are in. 
  They show that residents want to implement a new seasonal sales tax in Juneau next year and are split on two other tax-related propositions in the capital city.  
  According to the results shared by the city late Tuesday night, yes votes on Proposition C —  a 1% season
  
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• Newscast – Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026

  07-10-2026 02:59 via ktoo.org
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  In this newscast:Today is the last day to vote in Juneau’s municipal election,
  A sixth Juneau man was detained by federal immigration authorities,
  It’s anchors aweigh for Juneau’s cruise season. The last ship leaves tonight,
  It’s municipal Election Day here in Juneau,
  An investigation has commenced into a Haines group that advertised free gifts to anyone who votes in today’s municipal electio
  
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• A sixth man has been detained and removed from Juneau by federal immigration enforcement

  07-10-2026 01:08 via ktoo.org
  Lemon Creek Correctional Center in Juneau on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  A sixth Juneau man was detained by federal immigration authorities. 
  Mario Alberto Trejo Reynoso, 27, was detained at Lemon Creek on Sept. 4, and moved to Anchorage Correctional Complex on Sept. 30. 
  An Alaska Department of Corrections spokesperson said he left state custody on Oct. 4. Trejo Reynoso is currently at the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma, Washington, according to
  
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• It’s municipal Election Day in Juneau. Here’s what voters are saying.

  07-10-2026 00:22 via ktoo.org
  Dr. Seth Workentine drops off casts his ballot on municipal Election Day on Douglas Island on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  It’s municipal Election Day in Juneau on Tuesday. This year, voters will decide on three Assembly seats, two school board seats and three ballot propositions.
  Cars zoomed past candidates and supporters as they waved signs and sipped coffee in the rain at the Juneau-Douglas Bridge intersection Tuesday morning. 
  Juneau Assembly candidate Joy
  
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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)
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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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