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• Lower enrollment leads to reshuffling at Juneau elementary schools

  30-09-2026 01:48 via ktoo.org
  Students and families walk into Mendenhall River Community School on Aug. 15, 2025. (Photo by Jamie Diep/KTOO)
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  Student enrollment is dropping at the Juneau School District. The district predicted as much, but this year, it’s even worse. District leadership reported during a September school board meeting that there are 94 fewer students than originally planned for.
  Sybil Van Derhoff, the district’s hum
  
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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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• Fat Bear Week Crowns a New Benevolent King: 89 Backpack

  30-09-2026 19:49 via ktoo.org
  Bear 89 Backpack – the winner of Fat Bear Week 2026 (Images courtesy of the National Park Service).
  It was the worst of times, it was the best of times. Amidst doom scrolls and dark headlines, over 2.5 million humans tuned into Fat Bear Week this year -hungry for good news. Allow me to share a bite: Fat Bear Week has crowned a new champion, and it is the sizable and the sensitive 89 Backpack. 
  Backpack’s road to royalty included an early, easy win over the small-but-mighty 610 f
  
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• Neets Bay Hatchery in Southeast Alaska opens first chum fishery in nearly a decade

  30-09-2026 15:01 via ktoo.org
  Bob Martin, a Petersburg fisherman, puts salmon into a tote at the Neets Bay opener on Aug. 8, 2026. (Baiz Hoen/KFSK)
  When Petersburg fisherman Bob Martin arrived at Neets Bay for the chum salmon opener, he didn’t have a great feeling.
  “ I got there in the dark and it looked like a small city with all the lights of all the boats that were staged and ready for the 5 a.m. opening,” he said.
  About 30 boats were crowded into the bay for the historic commercial opener. Martin
  
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• New monument honors Alaska Native veterans and their healing journeys

  30-09-2026 03:06 via ktoo.org
  The chief of the Valdez Native Tribe Bill Smith (right) and other veterans unveil a new monument at the Alaska Native Heritage Center’s Ngíisdla Garden on Sunday, Sept. 27. (Alena Naiden/KNBA)
  The Alaska Native Heritage Center’s Ngíisdla Garden was glowing with fall foliage on Sunday as dozens of veterans gathered for the unveiling of a new monument honoring their service and healing.
  “This monument creates a permanent place here at the Heritage Center to recogni
  
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• 4 Alaska Native boarding school students to be repatriated

  30-09-2026 03:04 via ktoo.org
  Carlisle Barracks Main Post Cemetery. (Office of Army Cemeteries)
  Sheepinsh Goah has always had questions about the experiences of her ancestors. Goah is Tsimshian and grew up in Ketchikan, where she lives today. Most of her family lives in the area. She is the daughter of a boarding school survivor.
  Around a year ago, she was told she had another ancestor at a boarding school, but this one didn’t survive. Her great aunt, Mabel Stack, had been identified in an army cemetery in Pennsylvani
  
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• Newscast – Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026

  30-09-2026 03:00 via ktoo.org
  
  
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  In this newscast:Petro Marine Services plans to replace Juneau’s main fuel dock next year,
  The Juneau School District began the year with nearly 100 fewer students than projected. As a result, some elementary schools have shuffled around teachers and students,
  September is Suicide Awareness Month, but Juneau’s mental health support nonprofit hosts suicide awareness trainings for young people, parents, and comm
  
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• Juneau’s primary fuel dock to be replaced next year

  30-09-2026 02:24 via ktoo.org
  Petro Marine’s fuel dock south of downtown Juneau is at least 55 years old, photographed on Sept. 29, 2026 (Photo by Alix Soliman/KTOO)
  Petro Marine Services plans to replace Juneau’s main fuel dock next year. The dock is located just south of downtown at the Rock Dump Industrial Area, near the cruise ship docks.
  “This facility is the primary dock that receives petroleum products for the city of Juneau,” said Matthew Lindsey, the chief operating officer at Petro Marine in
  
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• Fat Bear Tuesday finals feature Dancing, Magic, and a Coat of Many Colors

  29-09-2026 20:02 via ktoo.org
  Bear 910 (left), and 89 Backpack (right) compete for the Fat Bear Week 2026 finals (Images courtesy of the National Park Service).
  Wow. Yesterday’s semifinals were an absolute claw biter. Here’s a recap: 
  910 badonkadonked the 132 family out with ease (sorry, babies!), but the 89 Backpack vs 164 Bucky match was fat neck and neck all—and I mean ALL—day long. 
  At mid-morning, Bucky held a marginal lead with 52% vs 48%, but that gap slowly thinned until Backpack ev
  
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• News Update – Monday, Sept. 28, 2026

  29-09-2026 02:59 via ktoo.org
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  In this newscast:Women earn nearly 97% of what men earn in Juneau. That makes the gender wage gap here significantly smaller than in Alaska and the rest of the nation, according to data from the Juneau Economic Development Council,
  A second bear attack in Haines in under a month has led to closers and concerns about safety,
  The Sitka Assembly is pursuing a solution to help with Sitka’s housing crisis,
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• Study: Juneau’s gender pay gap is significantly smaller than the state and nation

  29-09-2026 02:40 via ktoo.org
  Downtown Juneau on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  Women earn nearly 97% of what men earn in Juneau. That makes the gender wage gap here significantly smaller than in Alaska and the rest of the nation, according to data from the Juneau Economic Development Council. 
  Brian Holst is the executive director of the council, which recently shared the findings in its annual economic indicator report for Juneau and Southeast.
  “It would be great if everyone was paid eq
  
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• Tongass Voices: Double gold jiu-jitsu champion Becca Charbonneau of Juneau on consistency and community

  29-09-2026 00:14 via ktoo.org
  Becca Charbonneau (center right) won two gold medals at a recent championship event in Las Vegas. She is now ranked second globally in brown belt women over 30. (Photo courtesy of Charbonneau)
  This is Tongass Voices, a series from KTOO sharing perspectives from the homelands of the Áak’w Kwáan and beyond.
  What makes a champion? Becca Charbonneau says it’s all about consistency. 
  Charbonneau is now a two-time gold medalist on the world jiu-jitsu stage. In September,
  
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• Misleading Google AI instructions cause Kodiak woman to be cited for illegal snipe hunt

  28-09-2026 19:32 via ktoo.org
  A Wilson’s Snipe is seen in an undated photo published by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. (Larry Pace/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
  Incorrect information provided by a Google AI overview caused a Kodiak woman to hunt snipe illegally on Sept. 5, according to a citation filed this week at the Kodiak district court.
  Writing in an affidavit attached to the citation, Alaska Wildlife Trooper Alex Wick said Christina Weaver called troopers to self-report the violation.
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• A dispute over the passenger Jones Act has Southeast Alaska yacht captains crying foul

  28-09-2026 19:19 via ktoo.org
  Yachts are moored in Statter Harbor in Auke Bay, Alaska in July 2026. (Eric Stone/Alaska Public Media)
  Giant, gleaming yachts make their way to Southeast Alaska every summer. Many line the breakwater at Juneau’s Statter Harbor. More anchor out in Auke Bay.
  Some are the playthings of billionaires. Others, despite their opulent touches, are small family businesses, which are facing growing competition from new entrants they accuse of skirting a 140-year-old federal law meant to protect U.S.
  
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• Ladies and Gentlebears, it’s the Fat Bear Week semifinals 

  28-09-2026 19:04 via ktoo.org
  132 Family (top left) competes against Bear 910 (top right), and 89 Backpack (bottom left) competes against 164 Bucky (bottom right) as part of Fat Bear Week 2026 (Images courtesy of the National Park Service)
  Welcome to the Fat Bear Week semi-finals where the bears are well-fed and the voters are well-read! 
  Full disclosure: these are not unbiased updates. Here’s who I’m voting for today:
  Match 1: The 132 Family vs 910
  132 mothered her babies with wisdom and grace this summer.
  
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• Rural Health Transformation Project funding could bring childcare to Juneau hospital workers

  26-09-2026 03:13 via ktoo.org
  Bartlett Regional Hospital on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  Finding childcare in Juneau is difficult and can be especially challenging for healthcare workers who work nontraditional hours. 
  The strain may be slightly eased after a Juneau nonprofit received grant funding under the Rural Health Transformation Program. Approximately $215,000 will go toward creating a childcare center for Bartlett Regional Hospital employees.
  Blue Shibler is the executive director of So
  
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• Rural Health Transformation funding could bring childcare to Juneau hospital workers

  26-09-2026 03:13 via ktoo.org
  Bartlett Regional Hospital on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  Finding childcare in Juneau is difficult and can be especially challenging for healthcare workers who work nontraditional hours. 
  The strain may be slightly eased after a Juneau nonprofit received grant funding under the Rural Health Transformation Program. Approximately $215,000 will go toward creating a childcare center for Bartlett Regional Hospital employees.
  Blue Shibler, executive director of Southeas
  
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• Newscast – Friday, Sept. 29, 2026

  26-09-2026 03:01 via ktoo.org
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  In this newscast:The deadline for incarcerated people to request a by-mail ballot for this year’s general election is fast approaching.
  Proposition B in Juneau’s municipal election asks voters to reverse a tax cut passed last year.
  The childcare strain on Bartlett Regional Hospital workers in Juneau may be slightly eased after a Juneau nonprofit received grant funding under the Rural Health Transformation Prog
  
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• Climate-aware psychotherapist Sarah Aronson | JWAC Fall Forum preview | October Breast Cancer Awareness Skate from CBJ

  26-09-2026 02:51 via ktoo.org
  Juneau Afternoon recorded live on Friday, September 25, 2026
  Sarah Aronson, a climate-aware therapist, talks about reactions to the Glacial Lake Outburst season, the upcoming fall and winter seasons, and more.
  Juneau World Affairs Council Fall Forum “Iran Beyond the Crisis: Society, Power, and the Choices Ahead” is happening on October 1 & 2.October Breast Cancer Awareness Skate from the City & Borough of Juneau is Friday, October 9 at Treadwell Arena.
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• Ballot Proposition B asks voters to raise the property tax cap after budget cuts

  26-09-2026 00:50 via ktoo.org
  Douglas Island on Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
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  Juneau voters passed some local tax cuts last municipal election. They were put on the ballot by a group of residents who said they were frustrated with how the city government spends taxpayer dollars. 
  But this election, a different group of residents is now seeking to play an Uno-reverse-card on one of those cuts. 
  “We just want to put it back th
  
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• ALCU Alaska sheds light on voting rights for incarcerated people

  25-09-2026 21:30 via ktoo.org
  Lemon Creek Correctional Center in Juneau, Alaska in June 2023. (Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  Many people incarcerated in Alaska can vote. Almost half, actually, are eligible, according to the American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska. And, for those who can, the deadline to apply for a by-mail ballot for the general election is fast approaching.
  Meghan Barker, with ACLU Alaska, said there are a lot of misconceptions about whether or not people who are incarcerated or formerly incarcerated can vote, and
  
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• ACLU Alaska sheds light on voting rights for incarcerated people

  25-09-2026 21:30 via ktoo.org
  Lemon Creek Correctional Center in Juneau, Alaska in June 2023. (Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  Many people incarcerated in Alaska can vote. Almost half, actually, are eligible, according to the American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska. And, for those who can, the deadline to apply for a by-mail ballot for the general election is fast approaching.
  Meghan Barker, with ACLU Alaska, said there are a lot of misconceptions about whether or not people who are incarcerated or formerly incarcerated can vote, and
  
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• Second Haines resident is injured by a bear in less than a month

  25-09-2026 20:30 via ktoo.org
  A bear warning sign on a public restroom, Sept. 6, after last month’s bear attack. (Melinda Munson/KHNS)
  Jones Point Trail in Haines remains closed after a bear attack on Monday. The victim says she startled the bear, who jumped on her, then immediately ran away.
  Haines resident Sue Libenson told the Chilkat Valley News that she surprised a sow and its cub on the narrow trail.
  “It didn’t try to kill me. It wasn’t an attack,” Libenson said from her hospital bed in Ju
  
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• The Real Life Rivalry in the Fat Bear Week Quarter Finals

  25-09-2026 19:51 via ktoo.org
  151 Walker (left) is competing against 164 Bucky (right) as part of Fat Bear Week 2026 (Images courtesy of the National Park Service)
  151 Walker is in The Office. The Office is a popular fishing spot amongst the bears on the far side of the falls. It’s kind of chill, like the corner booth at a restaurant that faces the room. He’s just, you know, doing his thing. Walker is unaware that 164 Bucky is creeping up along the side wall towards him. Then, Bucky pounces into The Office.
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• Proposed tuition structure at University of Alaska aims to simplify student bills

  25-09-2026 15:01 via ktoo.org
  Egan Library at the University of Alaska Southeast in Juneau on April 16, 2025. (Photo by Jamie Diep/KTOO)
  Students at the University of Alaska might see some changes to their tuition bills next year. The university’s Board of Regents is considering altering how tuition is structured.
  Luke Fulp is the chief financial officer for the university. He said during a board meeting this month in Juneau that the proposed changes would make students’ tuition bills more transparent.
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• New York Times reports Peltola has repeatedly blown up at aides and campaign staff

  25-09-2026 15:00 via ktoo.org
  Mary Peltola speaking at the Alaska Oil & Gas Association candidate forum in 2022. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media)
  The New York Times published an article Wednesday portraying U.S. Senate challenger Mary Peltola as a hothead prone to yelling at staff, name-calling and, in one case, shoving an aide in her congressional office two years ago.
  The allegations of angry outbursts are based on unnamed sources, including former aides. Text messages The New York Times obtained back up some of the
  
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• Local singer-songwriter Annie Bartholomew is one of ten artists highlighted during the Pan-Arctic Vision Showcase | Cooperative Extension October classes | UAS floating mariculture lab

  25-09-2026 06:21 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Juneau Afternoon recorded live on Thursday, September 24, 2026
  Juneau singer-songwriter Annie Bartholomew plays live music and shares in conversation about her upcoming journey to the Faroe Islands for the Pan-Arctic Vision Showcase, where she will be one of ten highlighted artists. A watch party is scheduled at Kindred Post on Friday, October 2 at 10:30 AM for the live broadcast.
  Sarah Lewis from the Cooperative Extension previews fall classes in bone health, food preservation, and more.
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• News Update – Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026

  25-09-2026 02:59 via ktoo.org
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  In this newscast:Tlingit and Haida’s president will serve another term,
  Juneau’s Goldbelt Tram reopening is still in limbo after crash this spring,
  UAS students might see changes to their tuition bills next spring,
  Juneau organizations are coming together to host Orange Shirt Day events Sunday and Wednesday,
  The New York Times published an article portraying U.S. Senate challenger Mary Peltola as a hothead pro
  
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