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• Republican lawmakers send Roadless Rule repeal to U.S. Senate

  12-06-2026 01:20 via ktoo.org
  
  The Blue Lake dam under construction in September 2014. It’s located within an inventoried roadless area in Sitka. (Photo courtesy Desiree Brandis)
  Republican lawmakers are working to repeal the Roadless Rule through Congress at the same time that the U.S. Department of Agriculture pursues an administrative rescission of the rule.
  The 2001 Roadless Rule prevents new roads in national forests, including more than 9 million acres of the Tongass National Forest. The rule has been rolled back
  
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• Newscast – Thursday, June 11, 2026

  12-06-2026 02:59 via ktoo.org
  
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  In this newscast:A Safe Place initiative for youth in crisis arrives in Juneau,
  An 89-year-old woman died in Juneau today from injuries suffered during a crash yesterday,
  Republican lawmakers are working to repeal the Roadless Rule through Congress,
  The University of Alaska’s largest union filed an unfair labor practice complaint last week,
  Alaska is one of only two states that saw increased participation in SNAP la
  
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• Juneau launches Safe Place program for youth in crisis

  12-06-2026 00:41 via ktoo.org
  
  A Safe Place sign hangs in the window of the Zach Gordon Youth Center. June 10, 2026. (Photo by Yvonne Krumrey/KTOO)
  An initiative that gives youth in crisis more opportunities to connect with services is up and running in Juneau. The Safe Place program trains businesses and organizations to connect youth who feel unsafe with social services in Juneau. 
  Hannah Jenkins is the outreach coordinator at Juneau’s city-run youth shelter Shéiyi Xaat Hít. She learned about the pr
  
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• University of Alaska staff union files unfair labor practice charge against employer

  12-06-2026 00:18 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’s newest and largest union filed an unfair labor practice charge against the university last week. The union alleges the university interfered with bargaining rights and retaliated against union members.
  The Coalition of Alaska University Employees for Equity, or C
  
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• 89-year-old woman dies in Juneau after crash on North Douglas Highway

  11-06-2026 22:27 via ktoo.org
  
  A vehicle crashed on North Douglas Highway on Wednesday, June 10, 2026. The crash resulted in one death.  (Capital City Fire/Rescue)
  An 89-year-old woman died in Juneau on Thursday from injuries suffered during a vehicle crash on North Douglas Highway on Wednesday afternoon.  
  According to an information release by the Juneau Police Department, there was only one vehicle involved in the crash. A 62-year-old woman was driving and the 89-year-old woman was a passenger. They were dri
  
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• Alaska’s minimum wage will increase next month

  11-06-2026 20:51 via ktoo.org
  A digital marquee sign flashes “help wanted” and “looking for line cooks” on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media)
  The minimum wage in Alaska will jump to $14 on July 1.
  The increase comes after voters passed Ballot Measure 1 in 2024 to gradually raise the state’s minimum wage. The measure increases the hourly minimum wage in the state from $13 to $14. In July 2027, it’ll rise to $15. The minimum wage will increase with inflation startin
  
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• What earrings mean at Celebration, to buyers and sellers

  11-06-2026 15:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Brittany Woods-Orrison shows off earrings her friend made on June 4, 2026. (Photo by Yvonne Krumrey/KTOO)
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  Dozens of stalls lined the Atnané Hít Arts Plaza in Juneau, the tables piled with colorful beads, fur, bone and shell jewelry, usually in sets of two. 
  Brittany Woods-Orrison wandered the market with a couple of friends, looking over the items laid out on each table. She said buying from Indigenous make
  
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• Newscast – Wednesday, June 10, 2026

  11-06-2026 02:59 via ktoo.org
  
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  In this newscast:Assembly members Christine Woll, Alicia Hughes-Skandijs not running for reelection this fall,
  Juneau Assembly addresses a fairness issue regarding glacial outburst flood wall funding,
  Back Loop Bridge trailhead closed for glacial outburst flood wall construction,
  What earrings mean at Celebration, to buyers and sellers
  
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• Back Loop Bridge trailhead closed for glacial outburst flood wall construction

  11-06-2026 01:08 via ktoo.org
  
  Ryder Newland stands before a swath of cut trees where the berm will go at the Back Loop Bridge trailhead on Wednesday, June 10, 2026. (Photo by Alix Soliman/KTOO)
  The U.S. Forest Service closed the entrance to Juneau’s Back Loop Bridge Trail in Mendenhall Valley on Monday. A portion of the hiking area has become part of the glacial outburst flood wall construction zone.At a flood preparedness workshop at Thunder Mountain Middle School on Tuesday, staff at the U.S. Army Corps of Engin
  
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• Assembly members Christine Woll, Alicia Hughes-Skandijs not running for reelection this fall

  11-06-2026 00:29 via ktoo.org
  
  Assembly members Christine Woll (left) and Alicia Hughes-Skandijs (right) during Assembly meetings at City Hall. (Photos by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  Juneau Assembly members Christine Woll and Alicia Hughes-Skandijs say they do not plan to run for reelection this fall.
  Woll announced her plan to step down during the Assembly’s meeting on Monday night and Hughes-Skandijs told KTOO in an interview on Wednesday. Both say they want to spend more time with their families and enjoy their free time.&n
  
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• ‘What we’re seeing is adaptation’: scientists study influx of gray whales into Sitka Sound during herring spawn

  10-06-2026 21:30 via ktoo.org
  
  A gray whale forages on herring eggs in Sitka Sound on May 1, 2026. (Photos collected by Alaska Whale Foundation under NMFS permit no. 26663.)
  It’s early May, and five gray whales weave between the kelp as they feed on herring eggs in the water around our 20-foot inflatable boat. Researchers are taking photos to identify individual whales and measure how much weight they’ve gained since they arrived in the Sitka area about a month ago on their yearly migration north.
  “These wha
  
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• Newscast – Tuesday, June 9, 2026

  10-06-2026 02:59 via ktoo.org
  
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  In this newscast:The City and Borough of Juneau has a finalized budget for the next fiscal year, but it didn’t come easy,
  This Celebration counted some political candidates among its attendees,
  Former Gov. Bill Walker wants to end the Permanent Fund dividend with a one-time $10,000 payment to each eligible Alaskan,
  The State of Alaska has opened an investigation into whether Dan Sullivan of Petersburg is intentional
  
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• Juneau Assembly addresses a fairness issue regarding glacial outburst flood wall funding

  10-06-2026 02:47 via ktoo.org
  
  Onlookers watch as floodwater seeps through a HESCO barrier on Riverside Drive near Melvin Park in 2025. (Eric Stone/Alaska Public Media)
  The Juneau Assembly voted Monday night to undo a controversial funding scheme that required some homeowners in the glacial outburst flood zone to pay thousands toward the initial stretch of the Mendenhall River flood wall. 
  Last year, the Juneau Assembly passed a funding plan to split the original cost of building the flood wall with 466 landowners in the
  
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• Three key takeaways from Juneau’s finalized city budget

  10-06-2026 00:21 via ktoo.org
  
  Residents fill City Hall during a Juneau Assembly meeting on Monday, June 8, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  The City and Borough of Juneau has a finalized budget for the next fiscal year — but it didn’t come easy. 
  Over the past few months, the Juneau Assembly spent dozens of hours debating how to plug a multimillion-dollar recurring budget hole due to the tax exemption on food and utilities and the cap on the city’s property tax rate that voters passed last fall. Th
  
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• State of Alaska opens investigation into second Dan Sullivan’s U.S. Senate run

  09-06-2026 21:19 via ktoo.org
  
  Dan Sullivan smiles for a photo at Petersburg’s Airport Bypass Road on June 2, 2026.
  The state of Alaska has opened an investigation into whether Dan J. Sullivan, of Petersburg, is intentionally running for U.S. Senate to confuse voters. The challenger has the same name and party affiliation as Alaska’s junior senator, Dan S. Sullivan, who is up for reelection this year.
  Since Petersburg Sullivan announced his candidacy, Sen. Dan Sullivan and his Republican allies have alleged the c
  
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• Lingít comic book brings student characters to life during Celebration

  09-06-2026 15:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Dimi Mecharas signs a copy of “Naakéedáx̱ Haa X̱oonx’í Yán” in Juneau on June 5, 2026. In between panels are pages highlighting different elders who worked on the comic book. (Photo by Jamie Diep/KTOO)
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  The school year is over in Juneau, but some students are still hard at work. During Celebration last week, the Tlingit Culture, Language and Literacy program unvei
  
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• Juneau Assembly highlights: budget approval, city museum reductions, flood mitigation funding

  09-06-2026 08:58 via ktoo.org
  
  Juneau Assembly members listen to public testimony during a meeting on Monday, June 8, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  The Juneau Assembly met for a regular meeting on Monday night to finalize the city’s budget for next year and vote on an important glacial outburst flood funding decision.
  Here are some of the highlights from the meeting:
  • The Juneau Assembly approved the city’s budget for the next fiscal year after months of deliberation on how to fill a multimillion-doll
  
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• Newscast – Monday, June 8, 2026

  09-06-2026 02:59 via ktoo.org
  
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  In this newscast:
   A Juneau family reported a 29-year old man missing on Friday. He was last seen on May 26 near Safeway,
  The Juneau School Board will decide on whether to adopt the school district’s new strategic plan Tuesday night at its last regular meeting of the fiscal year,
  Tickets at Eaglecrest Ski Area are about to get more expensive,
  The U.S. Forest Service is now saying mining interests played an impo
  
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• Juneau School Board to consider strategic plan, updated enrollment numbers

  09-06-2026 00:44 via ktoo.org
  
  Students walk outside of Thunder Mountain Middle School in Juneau on May 11, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  The Juneau School Board will decide on whether to adopt the school district’s new strategic plan Tuesday night at its last regular meeting of the fiscal year.
  The strategic plan is a document that lines out the district’s values and priorities for the next five years. The school board approved a contract with national consulting group HYA Associates last year to draft the
  
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• Juneau family reports man missing

  09-06-2026 00:06 via ktoo.org
  
  Dion McCabe was last seen on May 26, 2026. (Photo courtesy of Juneau Police)
  A Juneau family reported a 29-year old man missing on Friday. He was last seen on May 26 near Safeway. 
  Juneau Police posted on Facebook Monday morning that they are searching for Dion McCabe.
  Police describe McCabe as 6 feet tall with brown hair and blue eyes. He was last seen in jeans, a white T-shirt, and “UGG slipper-style shoes,” according to JPD’s release.
  Juneau Police Deputy Chief Krag Cam
  
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• ANWR lease sale draws $3.7M in winning bids, but major oil and gas players stay home

  08-06-2026 23:56 via ktoo.org
  
  Research biologists pause among the wetlands of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge coastal plain, with the Brooks Range in the background. (Photo by Lisa Hupp/USFWS)
  A sale on oil and gas drilling rights in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, or ANWR, this month garnered more than $3.7 million in winning bids, according to an announcement Friday from the federal Bureau of Land Management.
  The sale failed to catch the attention of the North Slope’s biggest players, observers say.
  ANWR is
  
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• Expect higher ticket prices at Eaglecrest Ski Area next season

  08-06-2026 21:46 via ktoo.org
  
  Skiers at Eaglecrest ski Area take advantage of the abundant snowfall on March 21, 2026. (Photo by Alix Soliman/KTOO)
  Tickets at Eaglecrest Ski Area are about to get more expensive. That’s after prices have held fairly steady for the past few years. Eaglecrest Ski Area’s board approved price increases for season and day passes, among other fees, at Juneau’s city-owned ski mountain last week.
  For next season, ticket prices for adult season pass holders will increase by roughly 1
  
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• ‘Hey, this box stinks’: the weird work of intercepting trafficked wildlife in Alaska

  08-06-2026 20:21 via ktoo.org
  
  Chris Andrews with some samples of confiscated goods in his office at the Ted Steven Anchorage International Airport on June 4, 2026. Andrews says he never knows what he’s going to find next. (James Daggett/Alaska Public Media)
  Chris Andrews was working the belt at the Anchorage airport last fall, watching international cargo arrive.
  “An employee said, ‘Hey, this box stinks, Chris,'” Andrews recalled.
  The box was labeled “car parts.”
  Other stinky boxes came d
  
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• Newscast – Friday, June 5, 2026

  06-06-2026 03:06 via ktoo.org
  
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  In this newscast:The Alaska State Board of Education unanimously approved a new master’s in teaching program for Indigenous languages at the University of Alaska Southeast Thursday.
  Residents will have a chance to testify on some major budget topics and glacial outburst funding decisions at the Juneau Assembly’s upcoming meeting on Monday.
  An unusual partnership is sailing Alaska’s waters this summer.
  Le
  
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• Forest Service admits Herbert Glacier cabin cancelled due to mining interests, after previously denying it

  06-06-2026 02:58 via ktoo.org
  
  Snow covers Herbert Glacier on Monday, Feb. 16, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  The U.S. Forest Service is now saying mining interests played an important role in its decision to cancel a recreational cabin project near Juneau’s Herbert Glacier, after denying it months ago.
  The public-use cabin was a popular idea among locals and would have been part of the Alaska Cabins Project, the Forest Service’s biggest public-use cabin expansion plan in 50 years.
  It would have been built o
  
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• Live music with Ashley Young and Quinton Woolman-Morgan | Symphony Hollywood POPS | Pipeline Skater Park Community Day | AK Experience Camp

  06-06-2026 02:48 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Juneau Afternoon – Recorded live on Friday, June 5, 2026Audio 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. Listen online or subscribe to the podcast at ktoo.org/juneauafternoon.Subscribe to the podcast:Apple PodcastsNPR OneSpotifyStitcherRSS
  Juneau Afternoon is a production of the KTOO Arts and Culture Team.Bostin Christopher produced today’s show with help from Lisa Purves.
  
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• Help us decide what questions to ask candidates in Alaska’s 2026 statewide election

  06-06-2026 02:41 via ktoo.org
  
  McClain Taylor-Manning, 4, waits patiently as his mother, Jackie Manning, votes at Centennial Hall on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  This year’s general election ballot will feature dozens of candidates for governor, U.S. Senate and House, and the Alaska Legislature. If you haven’t kept up with the news on a daily basis — or even if you have — that can feel overwhelming.
  In 2022, we collaborated with other media outlets to create a candidate comparison tool
  
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• Best solution to Alaska’s PFD ‘gorilla’ is to end the program with $10K payout, Walker argues

  06-06-2026 01:46 via ktoo.org
  
  Bill Walker answers questions in a debate during his last run for governor on Oct. 19, 2022. (Valerie Kern/Alaska Public Media)
  Former Gov. Bill Walker, running to again be Alaska’s top elected official, would like to end the Alaska Permanent Fund dividend program with a one-time $10,000 payment to each eligible Alaskan.
  “We are in this to solve significant issues,” Walker said in a phone interview Friday. “Business as usual just isn’t going to work.”
  Alaska
  
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• Major Assembly decisions on city facility closures, flood mitigation funding on Monday night’s agenda

  06-06-2026 00:24 via ktoo.org
  
  People walk past City Hall in downtown Juneau on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  The Juneau Assembly is slated to tackle a marathon of critical financial decisions on Monday night. 
  The topics on the agenda include deciding on significant components of the city’s proposed budget for the next fiscal year and potential changes in how the city pays for glacial outburst flood mitigation. 
  Monday’s meeting is the final chance for residents to testify on t
  
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• Artist Jennifer Younger opens ‘Intertwined: Returning To Our Roots’ at Aan Hít | JAHC Laughs Comedy Show featuring Sam Miller and Mike Glazer

  05-06-2026 23:22 via ktoo.org
  
  Juneau Afternoon – Recorded live on Thursday, June 4, 2026
  Guest host Rochelle Smallwood interviews artist Jennifer Younger about the opening of “Intertwined: Returning To Our Roots’ at Aan Hít
  Comedian Sam Miller and producer Zac Pease chat about comedy, and the sold-out JAHC Laughs Comedy Show at Devil’s Club
  Audio PodcastVideo LivestreamBostin Christopher hosts the conversation with special guest host Rochelle Smallwood. Juneau Afternoon airs at 3:00 p.m. on KT
  
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