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• Newscast – Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026

  22-10-2026 03:04 via KTOO
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  In this newscast:Juneau will have a new seasonal sales tax beginning next year. And there will be some new faces on the Juneau Assembly, while the school board remains unchanged. That’s according to the final results for Juneau’s municipal election shared last night.
  Here’s the clue: He is an Alaska resident, a longtime Jeopardy! fan, and won the game on October 13 after decades of training. If you said: Who is Ron
  
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• Alaska Judicial Council doesn’t issue a recommendation on retention election for Juneau judge (edited)

  31-10-2026 02:06 via KTOO
  Judge Marianna Carpeneti in a courtroom in Juneau on Aug. 26, 2022.(Photo by Paige Sparks/KTOO)
  If you find yourself flipping through the State of Alaska’s Official Election Pamphlet, you’ll find the judges toward the end. First you’ll see a judge’s photo and biography. The next page is where you’ll see the Alaska Judicial Council’s recommendation on whether to retain that judge. 
  For the 21 judges up for retention election, the vast majority of recommendations are “yes” – mea
  
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• Alaska Judicial Council doesn’t issue a recommendation on retention election for Juneau judge

  31-10-2026 02:06 via KTOO
  Judge Marianna Carpeneti in a courtroom in Juneau on Aug. 26, 2022.(Photo by Paige Sparks/KTOO)
  If you find yourself flipping through the State of Alaska’s Official Election Pamphlet, you’ll find the judges toward the end. First you’ll see a judge’s photo and biography. The next page is where you’ll see the Alaska Judicial Council’s recommendation on whether to retain that judge. 
  For the 21 judges up for retention election, the vast majority of recommendations are “yes” – mea
  
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• Newscast – Friday, Oct. 30, 2026

  31-10-2026 02:03 via KTOO
  
  
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  In this newscast:U.S. Senate candidate Mary Peltola was in Juneau Thursday for a campaign event, and she didn’t beat around the bush.
  Juneau voters will decide whether to retain a judge that received no recommendation from a council that advises the public on which way to vote.
  A Juneau diver who went missing 70 years ago is believed to have been taken by a local cryptid — a creature called the Gastineau Monster.
  
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• Roll for Your Life TTRPG Halloween show | Juneau Ski Club annual ski sale | CBJ Parks & Rec Winter Pass | Juneau Public Libraries November events

  31-10-2026 01:50 via KTOO
  Juneau Afternoon recorded live on Friday, October 30, 2026
  The Roll for Your Life tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG) live show is happening Saturday, Oct. 31. Game master Conor Lendrum and player Katheleen Harper break down what a TTRPG is and why it’s so fun to play and perform for an audience.
  The Juneau Ski Club’s 72+ Annual Ski Sale is happening on Saturday, Nov. 7 at Centennial Hall. Guests Virginia Stonkus and Kristen Strom share the details to get involved.
  CBJ Parks and Recreation�
  
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• DOJ launches law enforcement ‘surge’ in Alaska to investigate ballot-stacking allegations

  31-10-2026 01:17 via KTOO
  U.S. Attorney Michael Heyman at a news conference at the Federal Building in Anchorage on Oct. 30, 2026. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media)
  Federal officials on Friday announced they had increased the number of law enforcement assets in Alaska to investigate the state’s U.S. Senate election, both for an ongoing civil lawsuit and a potential criminal case.
  Alaska U.S. Attorney Michael Heyman held a news conference at the Federal Building in Anchorage to say his office and the FBI were looking i
  
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• Forget ghosts this spooky season. Have you heard of Juneau’s infamous Gastineau Monster?

  30-10-2026 22:03 via KTOO
  The front page of the Daily Alaska Empire on Monday, July 16, 1956. (Alaska State Library)
  Maybe you’ve heard of the Loch Ness Monster, Bigfoot, or the Chupacabra —  legendary, elusive creatures that have unnerved humankind for centuries. But here in Juneau, there’s another cryptid that has permeated capital city folklore for more than seven decades: the Gastineau Monster.
  On a cold, sunny October day in Juneau, the water in Gastineau Channel splashes lightly against the pilings that line
  
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• Mineral exploration company seeks 5-year permit extension for Palmer Project

  30-10-2026 21:50 via KTOO
  The Chilkat River, outside Haines, pictured above in November, 2025. (Avery Ellfeldt/KHNS)
  Constantine Mining is requesting a five-year extension on its permit to explore for minerals at its site known as the Palmer Project, outside Haines.
  The company, which is owned by Vancouver-based Vizsla Copper, wrote the Alaska Department of Natural Resources in August saying the work outlined in its approved operations plan will take longer than originally permitted.
  The company in 2024 applied for appro
  
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• Peltola denies ballot-stacking allegations at Juneau campaign rally

  30-10-2026 18:41 via KTOO
  U.S. Senate candidate Mary Peltola addresses a crowd during a campaign rally at the Crystal Saloon in Juneau on Oct. 29, 2026. (Photo by Lisa Phu/KTOO)
  U.S. Senate candidate Mary Peltola didn’t beat around the bush during a campaign event in Juneau on Thursday night.
  Shortly after taking the stage at a packed Crystal Saloon, the Democrat denied involvement in recruiting a second Dan Sullivan in order to take votes away from the Republican incumbent.
  “I just want to clear the air. I knew noth
  
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• Alaska’s U.S. House election includes a last-days push against a candidate in federal prison

  30-10-2026 18:35 via KTOO
  Independent candidate Bill Hill, who is challenging U.S. Rep. Nick Begich III, speaks at a campaign event held Oct. 22, 2026, at Fire Island Bakery in downtown Anchorage, a few blocks from the Dena’ina Civic and Convention Center, site of the Alaska Federation of Natives annual convention. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)
  In the last days before Election Day, the Alaska Democratic Party is making a request: Don’t vote for the Democratic candidate in the U.S. House race.
  Eric Hafner, the
  
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• What to know about Alaska’s Ballot Measure 2

  30-10-2026 18:24 via KTOO
  In 2022, voters practiced ranked choice voting with mock ballots like this one.  (Mark Thiessen/AP)
  Alaska’s general election ballot asks voters whether they want to repeal the state’s ranked choice voting system, open primaries and a campaign finance disclosure rule. This will be Alaskans’ third vote on this set of election reforms. They were adopted by a very slim margin in 2020 and barely survived a recall attempt in 2024.
  Ballot Measure 2 is simple and complicated at the same time. We
  
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• Bug Rave 3 with Magical America | Capital City Fire/Rescue new trucks | Juneau-Gastineau Rotary Foundation event

  30-10-2026 01:43 via KTOO
  Juneau Afternoon recorded live on October 29, 2026
  Bug Rave 3 happens at The Alaskan Bar on October 31, starting at 8:00 p.m. Music by Magical America, DJ Aicardi, and Insecto, plus a costume contest and more.Capital City Fire/Rescue on volunteer opportunities and their two new Airport Rescue Fire Fighting (ARFF) Vehicles.Juneau-Gastineau Rotary Club’s Annual Foundation Event at the Moose Lodge on November 6, 2026 at 5:30 PM.
  Audio PodcastVideo LivestreamBostin Christopher hosts the conversat
  
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• ‘It’s unsustainable’: Many working Alaskans aren’t making enough to get by

  30-10-2026 01:05 via KTOO
  Naomi Estes holds up the like-new name-brand snow pants she recently found for her son Wesley (right) at Goodwill. They were exactly what she was looking for, she said. (Hannah Flor/Alaska Public Media)
  Naomi Estes opened her fridge in her Chugiak home in early October and pulled out an 18-pack of off-brand eggs.
  “I don’t buy the free-range anymore — sorry chickens!” she said, laughing. “I used to and now it’s just — we’re surviving out here.”
  It’s a small compromise, but for
  
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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.
  T
  
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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.
  Junea
  
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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.
  Original 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
  
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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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