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• Newscast – Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026

  16-10-2026 02:46 via KTOO
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  In this newscast:A Ketchikan fire station is back in operation after a fire damaged the facility
  The St. Ann’s building in Juneau has grant funding to be redeveloped into a senior care center
  Alaska’s ferry laundry is done by people incarcerated a Lemon Creek Correctional Center less than $2 per hour
  A group of Sitka’s Mt. Edgecumbe High School alumni, parents and educators want to see improvements at th
  
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• Dunleavy calls for investigation into Democrats’ reported ballot-stacking effort in Alaska U.S. Senate race

  29-10-2026 22:54 via KTOO
  Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks at President Trump’s rally before the 2026 midterms in Wasilla. (James Daggett)
  Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy ordered an investigation Wednesday into whether efforts by Democrats to recruit a same-name challenger to Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan violated state law.
  The New York Times reported Wednesday that staff for Democrat Mary Peltola, who is challenging Sullivan, and other Democratic aides secretly pushed a retired Petersburg teacher named Dan J. Sullivan to run again
  
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• Ex-Typhoon Champi tracks toward Bristol Bay, impacts expected across Western Alaska

  29-10-2026 22:03 via KTOO
  Waves batter the shoreline of Nome on Oct. 28, 2026. (Ben Townsend/KNOM)
  The remnants of Typhoon Champi are expected to move through the southern Bering Sea, reaching the Bristol Bay region Saturday morning, according to the National Weather Service.
  Jason Laney, warning coordination meteorologist for the National Weather Service, said as tropical storms move toward colder waters, they often swell in size, spreading wind over a much larger area. That means communities along the Aleutian Islands
  
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• New York Times report on Democrats’ secret ballot-stacking effort draws mixed reactions from Alaskans

  29-10-2026 18:33 via KTOO
  Alaskans are already voting early at a record-breaking pace. Hundreds of people lined up at the Anchorage Midtown Mall on Oct. 19, 2026. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media)
  News of a New York Times investigation into Democratic efforts to recruit a duplicate candidate named Dan Sullivan to Alaska’s U.S. Senate race has drawn mixed reactions from voters across the state.
  Some dismissed the allegations as unsurprising, while others criticized the reported effort as an example of dirty politics.
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• Juneau School Board takes no action on request for program evaluation at Kax̱dig̱oowu Héen Elementary

  29-10-2026 18:21 via KTOO
  Marc Lofgren and Carolyn Lofgren listen to Juneau School District administrators speak during a school board meeting at Thunder Mountain Middle School in Juneau on Oct. 27, 2026. (Photo by Jamie Diep/KTOO)
  The Juneau School Board is taking no action after a student’s parents asked that classroom management materials be independently reviewed. The decision on Tuesday comes more than a year after the parents first raised concerns about the materials being used at a local elementary school.
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• Newscast – Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026

  29-10-2026 02:04 via KTOO
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  In this newscast:The Juneau Planning Commission unanimously approved a scaled-down version of a proposed cruise ship dock and development project in downtown Juneau Tuesday.
  The state is asking a federal judge to immediately dismiss a U.S. Justice Department lawsuit that aims to block certification of the election results in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race if Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan loses.
  A missing Angoon man was found
  
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• Trick or Treat for the Foodbank with AKIORG | Evening at Egan focused on GLOF 2026 | SAIL Adaptive Ski Program | Public Radio Music Day with KRNN & KXLL

  29-10-2026 01:48 via KTOO
  Juneau Afternoon recorded live on Wednesday, October 28, 2026
  International Order of the Rainbow for Girls “16th Trick or Treat for the Foodbank” on Oct. 31.“The 2026 Glacier Outburst Flood: Lower but not Smaller” with Dr. Eran Hood and Dr. Jason Amundson is the Evening at Egan Lecture on Friday, Oct. 30.
  Southeast Alaska Independent Living’s Adaptive Ski Program volunteer training will take place on Saturday, Dec, 19.October 28 is Public Radio Music Day. KRNN’s “The Heif” and
  
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• Juneau planning commission OKs downsized Huna Totem cruise project as costs skyrocket

  29-10-2026 00:02 via KTOO
  This is an updated rendering of Huna Totem Corp.’s planned waterfront development off Egan Drive in downtown Juneau. (City and Borough of Juneau)
  The Juneau Planning Commission unanimously approved a scaled-down version of a proposed cruise ship dock and development project in downtown Juneau Tuesday night. 
  That’s after costs to build the project escalated dramatically, according to Susan Bell, Huna Totem Corp.’s vice president of strategic initiatives.   
  “It’s smaller-scale faci
  
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• Peltola campaign and national Dems recruited spoiler candidates, including Petersburg Sullivan, according to New York Times

  28-10-2026 23:05 via KTOO
  From left, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mary Peltola, Republican U.S. Sen. Dan S. Sullivan, the incumbent, and undeclared U.S. Senate candidate Dan J. Sullivan of Petersburg. (James Oh, Matt Faubion, Taylor Heckart/ Alaska Public Media, KFSK)
  The New York Times on Wednesday published a story substantiating what Republicans and the campaign of Alaska U.S. Sen. Dan S. Sullivan have alleged for months: The other candidate on the ballot named Dan Sullivan was recruited by operatives aligned with
  
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• Alaska is on pace to match 2024’s record-high early voting numbers

  28-10-2026 21:33 via KTOO
  A voter casts their ballot on the first day of early in person voting in Juneau on Oct. 19, 2026. (Corinne Smith/Alaska Beacon)
  One week before Election Day, turnout in Alaska’s general election is nearing 10%.
  As of 4:43 p.m. Tuesday afternoon, according to figures published by the Alaska Division of Elections, 58,168 people had cast early or absentee ballots for the Nov. 3 election.
  The number of early votes cast through Tuesday afternoon already exceeds the number of early votes cast before
  
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• Search underway for missing Angoon fisherman

  28-10-2026 20:48 via KTOO
  Angoon on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  This is a developing story. 
  A community-wide search and rescue is underway in Angoon for a man who hasn’t been seen since he left to go fishing Tuesday morning. 
  Angoon is a Southeast Alaska community on Admiralty Island near Juneau. According to Alaska State Troopers, 35-year-old Roger Williams, Jr. was reportedly last known to be taking his red and silver 16-foot Lund boat from the Angoon boat harbor to the ferry terminal to
  
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• Missing Angoon fisherman found dead

  28-10-2026 20:48 via KTOO
  Angoon on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  Update, Wednesday 4 p.m.:
  Roger Williams, Jr. was found dead Wednesday, according to Troopers. His next of kin have been notified. No other details have been provided.
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  A community-wide search and rescue is underway in Angoon for a man who hasn’t been seen since he left to go fishing Tuesday morning. 
  Angoon is a Southeast Alaska community on Admiralty Island near Juneau. According to Alaska State Troopers, 35-year
  
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• Some rural Alaska absentee voting sites failed to open ahead of midterms

  28-10-2026 15:09 via KTOO
  A voter casts an early vote in Juneau at the State Office Building on Oct. 26, 2026. (Eric Stone/Alaska Public Media)
  Polling places in some rural Alaska communities have failed to fully open to voters, more than a week after early and in-person absentee voting across Alaska started on Oct. 19.
  Exactly how many sites failed to open on time is unclear. In a letter to the Division of Elections and Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom on Friday, Democratic Anchorage Sen. Bill Wielechowski said voters in 18 com
  
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• Newscast: Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026

  28-10-2026 02:00 via KTOO
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  In this newscast:Goldbelt Incorporated is a step closer toward its plan to build a $500 million cruise ship port in Juneau. The State of Alaska issued a preliminary decision last week to approve a 25-year lease of state-owned tidelands on Douglas Island to the Alaska Native corporation.
  The Juneau Assembly bid farewell to two longtime members at its meeting Monday night and unanimously voted to reject an ordinance to est
  
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• Murkowski endorses Democrat JKT in Alaska governor’s race

  28-10-2026 01:41 via KTOO
  Democratic former Sitka legislator Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins speaks to Alaska Federation of Natives delegates during a governor candidate forum on Oct. 23, 2026. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media)
  Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski made a surprise endorsement Tuesday in the Alaska governor’s race: Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins.
  In a statement emailed to reporters Tuesday afternoon, Murkowski commended the former Sitka state lawmaker’s commitment to bipartisanship. She encouraged “Alaskan
  
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• State OKs tidelands lease for new Douglas Island cruise ship docks in preliminary decision

  27-10-2026 23:32 via KTOO
  This is a conceptual design of the Goldbelt Aaní port proposed by Goldbelt Incorporated on Douglas Island. (Courtesy of Port of Tomorrow)
  Goldbelt Incorporated is a step closer toward its plan to build a $500 million cruise ship port in Juneau. The State of Alaska issued a preliminary decision last week to approve a 25-year lease of state-owned tidelands on Douglas Island to the Alaska Native corporation. 
  The preliminary decision was issued on Friday, and is now open for public comment. Writt
  
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• Alaska Airlines announces direct flight to Tokyo from Anchorage

  27-10-2026 23:08 via KTOO
  Alaska Airlines Regional Vice President Marilyn Romano announces the airline will launch a new direct flight from Anchorage to Tokyo next summer. She made the announcement at the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport on Oct. 27, 2026. (Wesley Early/Alaska Public Media)
  Alaska Airlines will launch direct flights from Anchorage to Tokyo next summer, along with nonstop routes to three U.S. cities.
  Airline officials made the announcement Tuesday morning at the Ted Stevens Anchorage Internation
  
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• Juneau Assembly says goodbye to two longtime members

  27-10-2026 20:37 via KTOO
  Former Juneau Assembly members Alicia Hughes-Skandijs and Christine Woll smile with their nameplates at their last meeting on Monday, Oct. 27, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  The Juneau Assembly bid farewell to two longtime members at its meeting Monday night. 
  Assembly members Christine Woll and Alicia Hughes-Skandijs stepped down from their seats to welcome new members Joyce Niven and Mila Cosgrove, who were elected in the recent municipal election. Assembly member Paul Kelly was also re
  
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• State of Alaska says DOJ lawsuit over Senate race ‘has no legal basis’

  27-10-2026 19:51 via KTOO
  Alaska Elections Director Carol Beecher at a legislative hearing on July 22, 2026. (Mikayla Finnerty/Alaska Public Media)
  The State of Alaska is urging a federal judge to “immediately” dismiss a Trump administration lawsuit that could block certification of the U.S. Senate election if Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan narrowly loses.
  “Delaying certification of Alaska’s election results—but only if a particular candidate does not win—would interfere with state election administration and t
  
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• Dan J. Sullivan switches from Republican to ‘undeclared’ ahead of general election

  27-10-2026 18:30 via KTOO
  Dan J. Sullivan of Petersburg has this image of himself on his campaign website. (SullivanforSenate.com)
  Alaska U.S. Senate candidate Dan J. Sullivan is heading into the general election as an undeclared voter, a type of independent.
  According to records kept by the Alaska Division of Elections, Sullivan switched from a Republican to an undeclared party affiliation when he requested an absentee ballot for the August primary election.
  Sullivan’s status as a Republican was one of the reasons the
  
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• Juneau Assembly highlights: new members, electric motorcycles and farm animals

  27-10-2026 05:40 via KTOO
  Incumbent Juneau Assembly member Paul Kelly and new members Mila Cosgrove and Joyce Niven raise their hands as they are sworn in to the Juneau Assembly on Monday, Oct. 26, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  The Juneau Assembly met for a regular meeting on Monday night to swear in new members, say goodbye to departing ones, and vote on several ordinances, including one that would regulate electric motorcycles on city parks and trails. 
  Here are some highlights from the meeting:
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• Newscast – Monday, Oct. 26, 2026

  27-10-2026 02:04 via KTOO
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  In this newscast:The Juneau School Board will consider a complaint over curriculum being used at Kax̲dig̲oowu Héen Elementary at its Tuesday meeting.
  Both candidates vying for the open House District 3 seat in the Alaska Legislature say they aren’t convinced the state’s controversial Cascade Point ferry terminal project will benefit Southeast communitites.
  The monthlong moose hunt near Petersburg, Wrangell and Kake
  
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• 3 Alaska governor candidates pitch visions for tribal relations, fisheries at AFN convention

  27-10-2026 01:49 via KTOO
  Alaska gubernatorial candidates Treg Taylor, Dave Bronson and Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins participated in a candidate forum moderated by Antonia Gonzales at the Alaska Federation of Natives convention on Oct. 23, 2026. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media)
  Three of Alaska’s candidates for governor pitched their visions for addressing Indigenous issues during the Alaska Federation of Natives convention Friday.
  Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins and Republicans Dave Bronson and Treg Taylor participated i
  
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• Juneau School Board to hear from parents over curriculum concerns

  27-10-2026 01:32 via KTOO
  Kax̱dig̱oowu Héen Elementary on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  The Juneau School Board will consider a complaint over curriculum being used at Kax̱dig̱oowu Héen Elementary at its Tuesday meeting.
  Last year, a student’s parents reported concerns to the district over the elementary school’s use of classroom management materials from a program called Focus Five/Acting Right. The district issued its finding earlier this month that no changes needed to happen.
  The pa
  
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• Alaska House District 3 candidates skeptical about proposed Cascade Point terminal

  26-10-2026 23:00 via KTOO
  Glacier Highway leading toward Cascade Point on Saturday, July 26, 2025. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  Both candidates vying for the open House District 3 seat in the Alaska Legislature said they aren’t convinced the state’s controversial Cascade Point ferry terminal project will benefit Southeast communities. 
  In the November election, District 3’s Democratic incumbent Rep. Andi Story faces Republican challenger Annette Kreitzer. The seat represents Haines, Skagway, Gustavus and parts o
  
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• Alaska House District 3 candidates skeptical about proposed Cascade Point ferry terminal

  26-10-2026 23:00 via KTOO
  Glacier Highway leading toward Cascade Point on Saturday, July 26, 2025. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  Both candidates vying for the open House District 3 seat in the Alaska Legislature said they aren’t convinced the state’s controversial Cascade Point ferry terminal project will benefit Southeast communities. 
  In the November election, District 3’s Democratic incumbent Rep. Andi Story faces Republican challenger Annette Kreitzer. The seat represents Haines, Skagway, Gustavus and parts o
  
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• No indication of targeted attack behind Peltola car crash in Anchorage

  26-10-2026 22:15 via KTOO
  Former U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, D-Alaska, speaks at a campaign gathering in Anchorage on Oct. 21, 2026. Peltola is running for U.S. Senate. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)
  An official with the Anchorage Police Department said Monday that there is no evidence that Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mary Peltola was deliberately targeted in a weekend car accident that injured her and members of her family.
  “There is nothing new to share and at this time, there are no indications that this was
  
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• Peltola, Democratic Party move to intervene in DOJ election lawsuit

  26-10-2026 18:23 via KTOO
  Former Alaska Democratic Congresswoman Mary Peltola at a debate with Sen. Dan Sullivan at Alaska Public Media studios on Oct. 15. (Photo by Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media)
  The U.S. Senate campaign of Democrat Mary Peltola is among those asking a federal judge to dismiss a Department of Justice lawsuit that seeks to block election results if she wins.
  The lawsuit, which President Donald Trump said he personally ordered, seeks to prevent the state from certifying election results if the incumbe
  
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• Angoon student’s award-winning film spotlights healing after 1882 Navy bombardment

  26-10-2026 14:00 via KTOO
  Angel Jack poses for a photo in 2024. (Photo Courtesy of Seth Bader)
  On this day 144 years ago, the U.S. Navy bombed Angoon, a Lingít village on Admiralty Island near Juneau. It killed at least six children. Clan houses, food caches and canoes were also destroyed. 
  Just two years ago, Navy representatives finally formally apologized to the village for the devastating and deadly shelling. Angel Jack, 18, was at the apology. She and several high school students in Angoon created short films to
  
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• A pair of Alaska rocket launches will help see into the afterlives of stars

  26-10-2026 14:00 via KTOO
  NASA’s DUST III rocket launches from the Poker Flat Research Range north of Fairbanks on Oct. 19, 2026. (Photo by Bryan Whitten/University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute)
  Two research rockets took off just north of Fairbanks at the Poker Flat Research Range last week to study space dust and dying stars.
  The first rocket to go up was part of the INFUSE-2 mission, staffed by a team of researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder. The project aims to study how dying stars distr
  
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