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• Newscast – Monday, Oct. 2, 2017

  02-10-2017 23:02 via ktoo.org
  
  
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  A former Juneau resident who now lives in Las Vegas gives his take on the mass shooting,
  jury selection is underway in the Christopher Strawn murder retrial,
  Anchorage Rep. Chris Birch requests this month special session be held in Anchorage instead of Juneau, and
  new public art is installed on Juneau’s downtown waterfront.
  
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• Newscast – Wednesday, August 5, 2026

  06-08-2026 02:59 via ktoo.org
  
  
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  In this newscast:The University of Alaska is eliminating an out-of-state tuition rate,
  The building and land that house the Juneau Makerspace on Douglas Island are for sale, but the community workspace isn’t closing its doors,
  A Gustavus family’s sailboat suddenly sank in Glacier Bay National Park last week. The family swam to shore, and later learned a humpback whale could be the culprit,
  The U.S. Forest Serv
  
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• University of Alaska to eliminate out-of-state tuition for 2027 academic year

  06-08-2026 02:52 via ktoo.org
  
  University of Alaska Southeast students celebrate their graduation on Sunday, May 7, 2023. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  The University of Alaska is eliminating an out-of-state tuition rate. In a special meeting Tuesday, the Board of Regents unanimously approved making in-state tuition available for all students, at all degree levels. The new tuition rates will go into effect in the 2027 fall semester.
  Out-of-state tuition is currently at least double in-state tuition, depending on the campus a
  
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• A Juneau construction company could pay $350K for Clean Water Act violations

  06-08-2026 02:52 via ktoo.org
  
  An aerial view of S&S ponds near Lemon Creek, where Duran Construction Company is accused of excavating and stockpiling sand and gravel without required permits. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  A Juneau construction company could have to pay $350,000 for allegedly violating the Clean Water Act by dredging and dumping in several wetlands without permits. The U.S. Department of Justice, State of Alaska and Duran Construction Company, LLC, agreed to a proposed settlement on Thursday. 
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• Future of Juneau Makerspace location in limbo as its building goes up for sale

  05-08-2026 23:27 via ktoo.org
  
  The Juneau Makerspace on Douglas Island on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  The building and land that house the Juneau Makerspace on Douglas Island are for sale — but the community workspace isn’t closing its doors. 
  Sam Bornstein is one of the nonprofitʼs founders and formerly served as president. Heʼs now the interim treasurer. 
  “The landlords are looking to sell the property, which includes the building. Our current hope is th
  
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• Abandoned and derelict boats removed from waterways in three Southeast Alaska communities

  05-08-2026 15:00 via ktoo.org
  
  
  BoatUS Foundation cleans up waterways in Metlakatla (photo courtesy of BoatUS Foundation)
  The Metlakatla Indian Community is in the process of removing 27 abandoned and derelict vessels from its waterways. It’s part of an effort – also happening in Yakutat and Sitka – to improve marine habitat and clean up tidelands, funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association Marine Debris Program.
  Michael Moore, Program Director for The BoatUS Foundation, spoke with KTOO about
  
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• Humpback whale sinks Gustavus family’s sailboat in Glacier Bay National Park

  05-08-2026 03:56 via ktoo.org
  
  
  The Gustavus family’s sailboat with a large patch over the hole where the whale struck it. (Photo courtesy of Lu Syrene)
   
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  A Gustavus family’s sailboat suddenly sank in Glacier Bay National Park on July 29. The family survived. When they recovered the sailboat a few days later, they found something unusual: the rubbery, black skin of a humpback whale. 
  Tania Lewis has been a wildlife biologist at Glacier
  
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• Newscast – Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026

  05-08-2026 03:00 via ktoo.org
  
  
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  In this newscast:It’s been almost six months since Junior Siufanua was last seen in Juneau. He had been staying at a local shelter for unhoused people before he was reported missing by staff on Feb. 25.
  Seventeen candidates are running to be Alaska’s next governor. Alaskans are already heading to the polls for early voting in the Aug. 18 nonpartisan, pick-one primary, which will narrow the fi
  
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• Six months pass since this Juneau man went missing

  05-08-2026 00:00 via ktoo.org
  
  A missing person poster for Juneau resident Junior Siufanua hangs inside the Glory Hall homeless shelter in the Mendenhall Valley on Friday, March 13, 2026. (Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  It’s been almost six months since Junior Siufanua was last seen in Juneau. He had been staying at a local shelter for unhoused people before he was reported missing by staff on Feb. 25. 
  Siufanua is 39 years old and was last seen at the Glory Hall homeless shelter in the Mendenhall Valley on Feb. 9. Staff at
  
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• Low catches close Southeast commercial Dungeness crab season three weeks early

  04-08-2026 15:01 via ktoo.org
  
  Dungeness crab photographed May 30, 2020. (Angela Denning/Coast Alaska)
  Southeast Alaska’s commercial Dungeness crab summer season ended three weeks early on July 25 after fisherman harvested far fewer crab than expected.
  The amount fishermen caught at the beginning of the season was the lowest amount in over 30 years, said the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
  Fish and Game estimated permit holders would catch roughly 1.5 million pounds of crab during the season. State shellfish biologi
  
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• Early voting opens for Alaska’s 2026 primary election — here’s what to expect

  04-08-2026 15:00 via ktoo.org
  
  A group of pro-democracy demonstrators gathers Monday, Aug. 3, 2026, in Juneau on the first day of early voting for the 2026 Alaska primary election. (James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)
  Early in-person voting began Monday at 10 locations in the Railbelt, Juneau and Nome for Alaska’s Nov. 18 statewide primary election. As of July 31, just under 10,000 voters had requested absentee ballots for the election, and hundreds of absentee voters had already mailed in their votes, according to fi
  
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• Newscast – Monday, August 3, 2026

  04-08-2026 02:59 via ktoo.org
  
  
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  In this newscast:After two years empty, Juneau’s Marie Drake building will soon get new life,
  New Amalga gold mine in Juneau secures fast federal permitting process,
  Contract negotiations between University of Alaska and its staff union begins,
  The summer Southeast commercial Dungeness crab season ended three weeks early
  
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• After two years empty, Juneau’s Marie Drake building will soon get new life

  04-08-2026 02:21 via ktoo.org
  
  Nate Abbott, the Parks and Rec’s building maintenance supervisor, explains some upcoming changes to the Marie Drake building downtown to members of the city’s Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee on Monday, Aug. 3, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  After sitting mostly empty for more than two years, Juneau’s Marie Drake building will soon see new life. 
  The former school building – which housed Juneau School District’s Montessori and alternative high scho
  
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• Contract negotiations between University of Alaska and its staff union begins

  03-08-2026 20:25 via ktoo.org
  A University of Alaska Southeast shuttle stopped at an intersection at UAS on April 16, 2025. (Photo by Jamie Diep/KTOO)
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  The University of Alaska and its newest staff union have begun negotiations on its first contract. The university recently presented an initial contract proposal. But what’s in the proposal – as well as the university’s efforts to remove members from the union – are creating a
  
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• A women’s pro wrestling troupe in Fairbanks rings in a decade of bruises and bodyslams

  03-08-2026 19:45 via ktoo.org
  
  Chokecherry shoves the Golden Heartbreaker into the ropes while Mary Lou “Thunder Thighs” Fagan and Rocky look on during a FLOW show on Feb. 21, 2026. (Shelby Herbert/KUAC)
  Picture a dark, winter night in Fairbanks. The thermometer is stuck below minus-30. Most of the bars are quiet. It’s too cold to be outside, and if you’re looking for nightlife? Good luck.
  That is, unless you know where to find the wrestling ring. There, under bright, multicolored lights, a crowd of fa
  
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• First week of third gasline special session ends with no action by Dunleavy or Alaska Legislature

  03-08-2026 19:27 via ktoo.org
  
  The Alaska House of Representatives is seen on Friday, July 31, 2026, during a technical sesison. (James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)
  The Alaska Legislature ended the first week of its third special session on the proposed trans-Alaska natural gas pipeline with no action.
  The session is for lawmakers to consider a property tax break to incentivize the proposed trans-Alaska natural gas pipeline, but Gov. Mike Dunleavy, who called the session and set the agenda, has yet to propose legislation f
  
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• New Amalga gold mine in Juneau secures fast federal permitting process

  01-08-2026 03:39 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Herbert Glacier carves through the Tongass National Forest on Aug. 6, 2025 (Photo by Alix Soliman/KTOO).
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  A controversial gold mine proposed within the Tongass National Forest in Juneau was authorized to go through a faster federal permitting process on Thursday. Some Juneau residents say they worry the mine would turn the serene area into an industrial zone. 
  The New Amalga Gold Mine is now the fifth
  
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• Newscast – Friday, July 31, 2026

  01-08-2026 03:02 via ktoo.org
  
  
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  In this newscast:Another man was taken into custody in Juneau for immigration enforcement purposes and held in Lemon Creek Correctional Center this week.
  In addition to races for governor, the U.S. House and Senate and the state Legislature, Alaskans will face a ballot initiative when they vote in the primary this August.
  After a legal battle that went all the way to the Alaska Supreme Court, Dan J. Sullivan of Petersburg
  
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• Federal agents detain fifth a Juneau man for immigration purposes

  01-08-2026 02:24 via ktoo.org
  
  Lemon Creek Correctional Center in Juneau. (Lisa Phu/KTOO)
  Another man was taken into custody in Juneau for immigration enforcement purposes and held in Lemon Creek Correctional Center this week. 
  Alaska Department of Corrections spokesperson Betsy Holley said a man named Jose Manuel Rivera-Rivera was at the Juneau prison on a federal custody hold from Wednesday until today. She said he was transferred to Anchorage Correctional Complex Friday.
  Juneau Police Chief Derek Bos told KTOO via ema
  
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• Federal agents detain a fifth Juneau man for immigration purposes

  01-08-2026 02:24 via ktoo.org
  
  Lemon Creek Correctional Center in Juneau. (Lisa Phu/KTOO)
  Another man was taken into custody in Juneau for immigration enforcement purposes and held in Lemon Creek Correctional Center this week. 
  Alaska Department of Corrections spokesperson Betsy Holley said a man named Jose Manuel Rivera-Rivera was at the Juneau prison on a federal custody hold from Wednesday until today. She said he was transferred to Anchorage Correctional Complex Friday.
  Juneau Police Chief Derek Bos told KTOO via ema
  
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• Here’s when to expect results in Alaska’s 2026 statewide primary election

  31-07-2026 23:29 via ktoo.org
  
  Elections workers double-check the results of Alaska’s Aug. 16, 2022 primary election during a meeting of the state review board on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022 at the Alaska Division of Elections in Juneau. (James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)
  Early, in-person voting begins Monday for Alaska’s Aug. 18 state primary election, and thousands of voters have already cast absentee ballots by mail.
  Regardless of when — or how — Alaskans vote, ballots will be counted starting on election day,
  
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• Alaskans face August vote on ending unlimited campaign donations

  31-07-2026 23:23 via ktoo.org
  
  People in Anchorage voting early at City Hall on October 28, 2024. (James Oh/Alaska Public Media)
  Alaskans will face a ballot initiative when they vote in the primary election this August. The initiative, known as Ballot Measure 1, aims to limit the influence of big-money donors on Alaska’s state and local elections.
  That’s in addition to races for governor, the U.S. House and Senate and the state Legislature.
  Alaska has allowed individuals to make unlimited contributions to candidat
  
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• Southeast State Fair brings the sound of music — and chainsaws — to Haines fairgrounds

  31-07-2026 15:00 via ktoo.org
  Ericka Johnson competes in the logging show at the Southeast Alaska State Fair in Haines. (Avery Ellfeldt/KHNS)
  Mid-day on Saturday, six musicians were set up on a walkway at the Haines fairgrounds, playing a lively tune for a growing crowd. The fiddler had a baby strapped to his chest, wearing ear protection.
  The small ensemble was one of many that came to town for the Southeast Alaska State Fair. Aside from the near-constant music, the big draw on Saturday was a logging show. More than three h
  
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• Alaska providers say childcare gap is growing

  31-07-2026 14:59 via ktoo.org
  
  Palmer Head Start teacher Moriah Morris sits with children. (Mark Lackey/CCS Early Learning)
  In Alaska, the gap between the need for childcare and the availability of services is growing, according to providers and national data. Some sources estimate it’s costing the state millions each year.
  An estimated 55% of Alaska children lack reasonable access to child care, according to data compiled by the national non-profit advocacy group First Five Years Fund. Alaska childcare provid
  
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• Kuskokwim Bay commercial salmon fishery opens after 5-year hiatus

  31-07-2026 05:30 via ktoo.org
  
  Skiffs line up to offload their salmon catches to a tender vessel floating in the waters of Kuskokwim Bay near Quinhagak during the first commercial salmon fishing opener of the season on July 7, 2026. (Larry Strunk)
  Dozens of ocean-going skiffs have been busy unfurling gill nets along the shores of Kuskokwim Bay. But the catches haven’t been headed to fish camps. Instead, the salmon are quickly bled, put on ice, and offloaded onto vessels bobbing in the waters in front of Quinhagak and Go
  
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• Deadly 2025 Bering Air crash caused by ‘a series of preventable breakdowns,’ NTSB chief says

  31-07-2026 03:16 via ktoo.org
  
  A Bering Air helicopter ferries back sections of flight 445’s wings on Saturday, Feb. 8 , 2025. (Dustin Koehler)
  The National Transportation Safety Board says a Bering Air flight experienced “severe icing conditions” and pointed to “the pilot’s inadequate airspeed management” and unsuccessful recovery during a stall before the plane crashed onto an ice floe in 2025.
  The crash killed all nine passengers and the pilot.
  The NTSB issued its final acciden
  
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• Newscast – Thursday, July 30, 2026

  31-07-2026 02:59 via ktoo.org
  
  
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  In this newscast:Juneau police have confirmed the identity of a man whose remains were discovered in a chest freezer last week at a home in Lemon Creek,
  Three people are dead after a fiery plane crash Tuesday night near McCarthy,
  A volunteer group freed a humpback whale that was entangled in a gillnet near Petersburg last night,
  Juneau veteran says he was denied First Amendment rights during July 4 parade,
  Members of the
  
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• 23 Alaska legislators ask state to restore voters wrongfully removed from the rolls

  31-07-2026 01:02 via ktoo.org
  
  Voters in Bethel’s Yupiit Piciryarait Cultural Center on Nov. 5, 2024. (MaryCait Dolan/KYUK)
  Members of the Alaska Legislature are asking the state Division of Elections to immediately restore the voter status of thousands of Alaskans that the division deactivated based on outdated information about their citizenship status.
  A bipartisan group of 23 legislators wrote a letter Tuesday, asking Elections Director Carol Beecher to put all names back on the active voters list unless their ineli
  
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• Juneau veteran says he was denied First Amendment rights during July 4 parade

  30-07-2026 20:23 via ktoo.org
  
  KJ Metcalf testifies in front of the Juneau Assembly at a meeting on Monday, July 27, 2026. (Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  Juneau’s downtown Fourth of July parade committee released a new rule  discouraging political opposition and protest during the parade earlier this summer. The Juneau community was left speculating what this rule would mean for the parade.Then, on the day of the event, a Juneau man said he wasn’t allowed to be in the parade carrying a sign that criticizes war. He say
  
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• Police defuse explosives found in Haines eagle preserve

  30-07-2026 15:01 via ktoo.org
  
  The Haines public safety building. (Melinda Munson/KHNS)
  In mid-July, a Haines resident found a funny-looking object near the Klehini Flats in the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve. The man suspected it was a type of explosive called a detonating cord – and Haines Police Chief Jimmy Yoakum says he was right.
  “It is used to ignite bigger explosives, from my understanding,” Yoakum said. “You know, road work, crews, mining operations — it’s used in a number of d
  
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