https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/en-usCopyright (C) 2026 newslocker.comThu, 04 Jun 2026 03:20:00 +0200 The National Science Foundation plans to yank a long-standing ocean observation station from the sea floor far off the coast of Alaska next year. 
It’s one station in an entire ocean monitoring system slated to be dismantled as part of the Trump Administration’s rollback on federal science programs that help researchers study the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/deep-sea-observation-station-that-tracks-climate-change-set-to-be-pulled-from-gulf-of-alaska/Thu, 04 Jun 2026 03:20:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/deep-sea-observation-station-that-tracks-climate-change-set-to-be-pulled-from-gulf-of-alaska/ In this newscast:Celebration officially starts with a Grand Entrance tonight,
Carvers have developed a new method to build traditional canoes without relying on old growth trees,
Some cruise ship companies in Southeast Alaska say customers are concerned about Hantavirus, but state health officials are more worried about other diseases,
Dozens and dozens of candidates officially kicked off their campaigns for governor, Con]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-wednesday-june-3-2026/Thu, 04 Jun 2026 03:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-wednesday-june-3-2026/ Listen:
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On Tuesday afternoon, canoes — or yaakw — arrived and paddlers asked permission to come ashore. Ten yaakw landed on the beach at Auke Recreation Area, the site of a former Lingít village.
One was different from the others, th]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/an-evolution-in-traditional-canoe-carving-had-its-maiden-voyage-this-week/Thu, 04 Jun 2026 02:29:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/an-evolution-in-traditional-canoe-carving-had-its-maiden-voyage-this-week/ Two years ago, Republican Nick Begich III defeated incumbent Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola and became Alaska’s lone member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Now, 14 people are hoping to imitate Begich’s performance.
Monday was the filing deadline for c]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/in-bid-for-re-election-alaska-us-rep-nick-begich-defends-against-14-challengers/Wed, 03 Jun 2026 23:12:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/in-bid-for-re-election-alaska-us-rep-nick-begich-defends-against-14-challengers/ As you already know, KTOO lost $1.2 million this year, and every year going forward (34% of our annual operating budget). What happened next, though, was something none of us will forget.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/a-note-of-gratitude-one-year-after-the-loss-of-federal-funding/Wed, 03 Jun 2026 22:38:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/a-note-of-gratitude-one-year-after-the-loss-of-federal-funding/ Dozens of candidates officially kicked off their campaigns for governor, U.S. Congress and the state Legislature on Monday.
A spokesperson for the Division of Elections, Stephen Kirch, said by email that “nearly 70” filings came in on Monday alone, which was the last day to register a campaign ahead of the August primary. Elections officials were still sifting through them on Tuesday, Kirch said.
As rece]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/nearly-70-candidates-filed-on-deadline-for-alaskas-august-primary-ballot/Wed, 03 Jun 2026 19:11:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/nearly-70-candidates-filed-on-deadline-for-alaskas-august-primary-ballot/ Thirteen canoes bringing Alaska Native paddlers from across Southeast Alaska and Canada arrived in Juneau on Tuesday afternoon. The canoes landed in two separate groups — one in downtown Juneau and the other at Auke Recreation Area, the site of a former Áak’w village.
Listen:
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/02celeblan]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/yaakw-paddlers-arrive-in-juneau-from-across-southeast-canada-as-celebration-begins/Wed, 03 Jun 2026 03:33:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/yaakw-paddlers-arrive-in-juneau-from-across-southeast-canada-as-celebration-begins/ In this newscast:Twelve people were infected by an outbreak of a gastrointestinal illness while aboard a cruise ship traveling through Southeast Alaska last week.
A new public use cabin opened near Ward Lake this week.
Thirteen canoes bringing Alaska Native paddlers from across Southeast Alaska and Canada arrived in Juneau this afternoon.
A soon-to-be change in shipping services for Juneau’s Costco is expected to ma]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-tuesday-june-2-2026/Wed, 03 Jun 2026 03:05:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-tuesday-june-2-2026/ Twelve people were infected by an outbreak of a gastrointestinal illness while aboard a small cruise ship traveling through Southeast Alaska last week.
That’s according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which released a report of the outbreak aboard the National Geographic Sea Bird on Monday.
The ship began its six-day voyage in Juneau last Tuesday and traveled through several towns, including Sitka]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/12-people-infected-with-gastrointestinal-outbreak-on-cruise-ship-in-southeast-alaska/Wed, 03 Jun 2026 02:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/12-people-infected-with-gastrointestinal-outbreak-on-cruise-ship-in-southeast-alaska/ The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has rejected the State of Alaska’s request for a 90% federal cost reimbursement to cover millions in damages caused by the October 2025 storms in Western Alaska.
That’s according to a denial letter the agency sent to Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy on May 31.
The increase would have been limited to disaster relief during the first 90 da]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/fema-denies-request-to-cover-90-percent-of-initial-halong-disaster-relief-costs/Tue, 02 Jun 2026 23:46:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/fema-denies-request-to-cover-90-percent-of-initial-halong-disaster-relief-costs/ https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/02narrcostco.wav
Juneau’s Costco might be the smallest in the world, but it has an outsized impact on many outlying Southeast Alaska communities that rely on it for supplies. 
However, a soon-to-be change in its shipping services is expected to make it more difficult and expensive for small businesses to get products to their towns. 
For ye]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/changes-to-juneau-costcos-shipping-service-expected-to-hurt-small-businesses-in-outlying-southeast-communities/Tue, 02 Jun 2026 23:29:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/changes-to-juneau-costcos-shipping-service-expected-to-hurt-small-businesses-in-outlying-southeast-communities/ Spring is one of Christine Gabriele’s favorite times of year. She spends her days in and around Glacier Bay National Park, watching as the area’s humpback whales return after wintering overseas.
“It’s like taking attendance and seeing your old friends,” said Gabriele, who has been a whale biologist in the park for nearly four deca]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/glacier-bays-humpbacks-are-recovering-slowly-from-2014-16-marine-heatwave/Tue, 02 Jun 2026 19:33:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/glacier-bays-humpbacks-are-recovering-slowly-from-2014-16-marine-heatwave/ In this newscast:Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium opened a new urgent care facility in downtown Juneau over the weekend.
King salmon sport fishing opened today in Juneau’s hatchery harvest areas.
Monday was the last day to officially begin a campaign for state or federal office in Alaska, after a few shakeups late last week. As Alaska Public Media’s Eric Stone reports, there were also some twists in]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-monday-june-1-2026/Tue, 02 Jun 2026 03:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-monday-june-1-2026/ Monday is the last day to officially begin a campaign for state or federal office in Alaska this election cycle after a few shakeups late last week. The Division of Elections is taking candidates’ registration paperwork until 5 p.m.
Sitting Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom drops bid for governor
Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom, a Republican who ]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/election-updates-dahlstrom-drops-out-kreiss-tomkins-picks-running-mate-myers-retires/Tue, 02 Jun 2026 02:31:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/election-updates-dahlstrom-drops-out-kreiss-tomkins-picks-running-mate-myers-retires/ King salmon sport fishing opened Monday in Juneau’s hatchery harvest areas. 
Those areas include Gastineau Channel, Fritz Cove, Auke Bay and Lena Cove. Hatchery area rules are in effect through the end of August. The daily limit is four kings, or Chinook, of any size. 
Daniel Teske, the Juneau area management biologist for sport fisheries at Alaska Department of Fish and]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-hatchery-king-salmon-sport-fishing-opens/Tue, 02 Jun 2026 02:22:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-hatchery-king-salmon-sport-fishing-opens/ Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium, or SEARHC, opened a new urgent care facility in downtown Juneau over the weekend.
The Alaska Native-run health care organization announced on Friday that the new facility is located at the back entrance of its Front Street Clinic, near Harbor Mountain Brewing Company. The clinic officially opened on Su]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/searhc-opens-new-urgent-care-clinic-in-downtown-juneau/Tue, 02 Jun 2026 01:32:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/searhc-opens-new-urgent-care-clinic-in-downtown-juneau/ Alaska and three of its municipalities could be in line for an extra $60 million in oil industry tax revenue after a new ruling in a long-running feud over the value of the trans-Alaska pipeline system.
A state appeals board this week determined the property tax value of the enormous 50-year-old pipeline system, which moves crude 800 miles from the North Slope’s oil]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/in-setback-for-oil-companies-tax-board-raises-trans-alaska-pipeline-value-by-3-billion/Tue, 02 Jun 2026 01:03:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/in-setback-for-oil-companies-tax-board-raises-trans-alaska-pipeline-value-by-3-billion/ Alaska would more than triple the funding it devotes to school construction and maintenance projects next year under a budget approved this month by the Alaska Legislature. The funding, which awai]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaskas-deteriorating-schools-could-receive-more-than-148m-for-repairs-its-a-fraction-of-what-they-need/Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:10:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaskas-deteriorating-schools-could-receive-more-than-148m-for-repairs-its-a-fraction-of-what-they-need/ In this newscast:Thousands of people will converge in Juneau next week to dance, sing and showcase their Indigenous culture.
More than 100 Sitkans gathered at the Starrigavan boat launch Thursday morning for a blessing and send-off of the “Ancestral Echoes” canoe heading to Celebration in Juneau. Lingít elders Ed Peele and Harvey Kitka offered a blessing accompanied by drumming and singing before the 12]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-friday-may-29-2026/Mon, 01 Jun 2026 19:58:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-friday-may-29-2026/ A group of canoes from several different communities embarked from Petersburg on May 24 to paddle together to Juneau, camping and visiting villages along the way. It’s a tradition known as Journey.
Kéet yaakw — a hand-painted, 39-foot, Tlingit-style fiberglass canoe — is Petersburg’s first in ov]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/canoes-launch-from-petersburg-on-journey-to-celebration/Mon, 01 Jun 2026 19:55:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/canoes-launch-from-petersburg-on-journey-to-celebration/