https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/en-usCopyright (C) 2026 newslocker.comFri, 23 Oct 2026 02:55:00 +0200 In this newscast:The U.S. Geological Survey announced a new estimate for natural gas potential across Alaska’s North Slope
The Alaska Federation of Natives kicked off its annual convention in Anchorage and marked its 60th anniversary
Alaska Native education specialists stressed self-determination at the Elders and Youth conference in Anchorage
Juneau’s top-paid city officials are police officers due to overtime pay]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-thursday-oct-22-2026/Fri, 23 Oct 2026 02:55:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-thursday-oct-22-2026/ https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/24policebreakdown.wav
Juneau’s highest-paid city employee in 2025 was a cop. So was the second highest. And the third. In fact, 6 out of the 10 top-paid city employees last year were officers at the Juneau Police Department. 
That’s according to a records request by KTOO to the City and Borough of Juneau. Last year, Juneau’s top earner was Police Sgt. Mich]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/why-are-juneaus-highest-paid-city-employees-mostly-cops/Fri, 23 Oct 2026 02:21:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/why-are-juneaus-highest-paid-city-employees-mostly-cops/ Juneau poet Tripp J. Crouse and composer Spencer Edgers have created an original opera called Black Rock, USA. A workshop performance of it will be on Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Juneau Arts and Culture Center. 
The]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/new-juneau-opera-black-rock-usa-centers-labor-rights-and-queerness-in-a-fictional-1890s-mining-town/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 23:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/new-juneau-opera-black-rock-usa-centers-labor-rights-and-queerness-in-a-fictional-1890s-mining-town/ The mountains had turned orange and yellow above Kodiak’s Pillar Creek hatchery as James ‘Hawk’ Turman waited at the hatchery gate on a September day.
“It smells a little bit right now, because you got a bunch of pink salmon out there dying in the river,” he]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/king-salmon-runs-are-crashing-in-kodiak-a-pioneering-conservation-project-aims-to-save-one/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 21:38:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/king-salmon-runs-are-crashing-in-kodiak-a-pioneering-conservation-project-aims-to-save-one/ This midterm election, Alaskan voters will decide whether to change state voter qualification language related to the citizenship requirement to vote.
Only U.S. citizens are eligible to vote in national and state elections. Ballot Measure 3, which appears on the ballot as 25USCV, woul]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaskans-to-vote-on-language-change-in-voter-eligibility-law-in-midterm-election/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 21:33:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaskans-to-vote-on-language-change-in-voter-eligibility-law-in-midterm-election/ The U.S. Geological Survey has announced a new estimate for the natural gas potential across Alaska’s North Slope. According to the agency, the region might be storing about 96 trillion cubic feet of technically recoverable natural gas.
“It’s roughly three times the size of the known gas accumulations on the Alaska North Slope,” Alicia Lindauer, a coordinator for the agen]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/new-usgs-estimate-says-undiscovered-north-slope-gas-resources-equal-nearly-3-years-of-us-consumption/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 21:20:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/new-usgs-estimate-says-undiscovered-north-slope-gas-resources-equal-nearly-3-years-of-us-consumption/ The Glory Hall benefit, Empty Bowls 2026, is set for Sunday, November 1 at 5:00 p.m. at Centennial Hall. Emcee Jorden Nigro and Executive Director Kaia Quinto share what’s in store, including the artists involved in making the popular bowls.A workshop presentation of a new opera called “Black Rock, USA” is set for Sunday, October 25 at 2:00 p.m. at the Juneau Arts and Culture Center. With a libretto by tripp j crouse and music]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/new-opera-black-rock-usa-premieres-with-workshop-glory-hall-empty-bowls-2026-juneau-adult-hockey-association-preps-for-winter-sign-ups/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 03:05:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/new-opera-black-rock-usa-premieres-with-workshop-glory-hall-empty-bowls-2026-juneau-adult-hockey-association-preps-for-winter-sign-ups/ 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-wednesday-oct-21-2026/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 03:04:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-wednesday-oct-21-2026/ A Superior Court judge said last week that the state Division of Elections may have violated the Alaska Constitution’s right to privacy when it handed an uncensored version of the state’s voter list to the U.S. Department of Justice last year.
On Friday, Judge Adolf Zeman turned down the division’s request to dismiss a lawsuit filed this spring by the Le]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-voters-privacy-could-be-at-risk-from-states-handling-of-voter-rolls-judge-says/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 02:21:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-voters-privacy-could-be-at-risk-from-states-handling-of-voter-rolls-judge-says/ More than 100 supporters of U.S. House challenger Bill Hill turned up at a strip mall in Anchorage in early October for a meet-and-greet/crafting event.
The theme was make-your-own Bill Hill campaign swag. Some supporters stamped and decorated t-shirts, signs and caps. Others, like Kathryn Carovano of Anchorage, said they were just there to meet the independent candidate.
She said she gave to Hill early, in p]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/hill-campaign-gains-ground-but-supporters-worry-its-too-late/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 02:17:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/hill-campaign-gains-ground-but-supporters-worry-its-too-late/ Juneau’s Thatcher Brouwer was recently named executive director of United Fishermen of Alaska, also known as UFA. Brouwer has more than two decades under his belt as a commercial fisherman and years of experience with statewide fisheries policy.
KTOO’s Mike Lane recently sat down with Brouwer to talk about  the challenges and rewards of working in the commercial fishing industry.
Listen:
https://m]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneaus-thatcher-brouwer-named-executive-director-of-united-fishermen-of-alaska/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 01:54:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneaus-thatcher-brouwer-named-executive-director-of-united-fishermen-of-alaska/ 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 Tuesday night. 
Juneau Assembly welcomes Mila Cosgrove, Joyce Niven and incumbent Paul Kelly
District 1 candidate Mi]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/final-juneau-election-results-seasonal-sales-tax-passes-new-members-elected-to-assembly/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 03:24:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/final-juneau-election-results-seasonal-sales-tax-passes-new-members-elected-to-assembly/ In this newscast:Heavy rain and high winds are slated to continue slamming parts of Southeast Alaska through Tuesday night. The National Weather Service issued a flood watch as well as high wind advisories and warnings, concentrated mostly in the northern panhandle. Meteorologists expect impacts in Juneau, Sitka, Gustavus, Elfin Cove, Haines, Skagway and Yakutat.
Alaska released more than a billion-and-a-half hatcher]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-tuesday-oct-20-2026/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 03:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-tuesday-oct-20-2026/ Ketchikan’s city and borough mayors have issued a joint disaster declaration after a landslide north of town severely damaged an electric substation on Thursday. There were no injuries in the slide.
The declaration calls for coordinated efforts between the city and the borough, as well as state and federal assistance, to restore Ketchikan Public Utility’s Ward Cove Electric Substation. Severe w]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/ketchikan-issues-disaster-declaration-after-landslide/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 01:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/ketchikan-issues-disaster-declaration-after-landslide/ Here’s the clue: He’s an Alaska resident, a longtime “Jeopardy!” fan, and won the game on Oct. 13 after decades of training. 
If you said: Who is Ron Clarke? – you’d be corre]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaskan-wins-jeopardy-after-decades-of-applying-to-be-on-the-show/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:46:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaskan-wins-jeopardy-after-decades-of-applying-to-be-on-the-show/ Heavy rain and high winds are slated to continue slamming parts of Southeast Alaska through Tuesday night. 
The National Weather Service issued a flood watch as well as high wind advisories and warnings, concentrated mostly in the northern panhandle. Meteorologists expect impacts in Juneau, Sitka, Gustavus, Elfin Cove, Haines, Skagway and Yakutat. ]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/atmospheric-river-slams-parts-of-southeast/Tue, 20 Oct 2026 23:35:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/atmospheric-river-slams-parts-of-southeast/ Early in-person voting opened Monday across the state, and in addition to high-stakes races for governor and U.S. Congress voters also have a chance to weigh in on whether or not to allow 21 judges to remain on the bench.
Under the Alaska Constitution, judge]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/this-midterm-election-21-alaska-judges-are-on-the-ballot-for-retention/Tue, 20 Oct 2026 22:03:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/this-midterm-election-21-alaska-judges-are-on-the-ballot-for-retention/ It’s been nearly a week since President Trump held a rally in Wasilla campaigning for Republican candidates up and down the ballot. He urged supporters to vote for Republicans in the races for House and Senate and unveiled his pick for governor: business owner Bernadette Wilson.
And since the preside]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/conservatives-worry-trumps-alaska-visit-may-have-done-more-harm-than-good/Tue, 20 Oct 2026 21:44:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/conservatives-worry-trumps-alaska-visit-may-have-done-more-harm-than-good/ Former Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor says he, too, is staying in the race for governor despite President Trump’s call for Republicans to unite behind small business owner Bernadette Wilson.
In a Truth Social post endorsing Wilson on Tuesday, Trump denigrated Taylor and former Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson. He said he h]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/republican-treg-taylor-refuses-trumps-call-to-exit-alaska-governors-race/Tue, 20 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/republican-treg-taylor-refuses-trumps-call-to-exit-alaska-governors-race/ Two major gatherings of Alaska Native people are taking place at Anchorage’s Dena’ina Civic & Convention Center this week. The Elders & Youth Conference began on Sunday. And on Thursday, the Alaska Federation of Natives will begin its 60th anniversary AFN convention.
Roy Agloinga, president of First Alaskans Institute, said the convention o]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-federation-of-natives-convention-celebrates-60th-anniversary-this-week/Tue, 20 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-federation-of-natives-convention-celebrates-60th-anniversary-this-week/ Two community wellness events in Juneau are coming up – one focused on empowering cancer survivors, and the other on early cancer detection. 
This Friday, Oct. 23, Southeast Radiation Oncology Center is hosting a free prostate cancer screening. It’ll be at Devil’s Club Brewing Company and it’s for men over age 40.
Jess Gutzwiler with Aurora]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/two-events-in-juneau-this-week-focus-on-cancer-and-community-wellness/Tue, 20 Oct 2026 03:24:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/two-events-in-juneau-this-week-focus-on-cancer-and-community-wellness/ In this newscast:Two community wellness events focused on cancer are coming up this week in Juneau.
More than 70 people gathered in the rain Saturday morning in Juneau to partake in a nationwide No Kings rally downtown.
Ketchikan’s city and borough mayors have issued a joint disaster declaration after a landslide north of town severely damaged an electric substation last week.
The Ketchikan Wellness Coalition has be]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-monday-oct-19-2026/Tue, 20 Oct 2026 03:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-monday-oct-19-2026/ More than 70 people gathered in the rain Saturday morning in Juneau to partake in a nationwide No Kings rally downtown. 
The rally aimed to inspire people to get out and vote in this November’s midterm election. Bundled up in rain gear at the Juneau-Douglas bridge intersection, Judy Urquhart said she’s using her vote to protect]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/no-kings-ralliers-in-juneau-urge-residents-to-get-out-and-vote-in-midterm-election/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 23:46:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/no-kings-ralliers-in-juneau-urge-residents-to-get-out-and-vote-in-midterm-election/ Early voting for the midterm elections is officially underway across most of Alaska. Polls opened Monday morning for the 15-day period leading up to Election Day on Nov. 3.
Alaskans are voting this year on races for U.S. Senate, U.S. House, governor and the state Legislature, plus two ballot measures.
In Anchorage, voters can cast early ballots at the Midtown Mall, A]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/early-voting-opens-in-alaskas-midterm-elections/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 21:17:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/early-voting-opens-in-alaskas-midterm-elections/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/trump-administration-expands-vehicle-access-to-alaskas-denali-national-park/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/trump-administration-expands-vehicle-access-to-alaskas-denali-national-park/ At a rally in Wasilla on Tuesday, President Donald Trump and Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan said America’s war with Iran is worth the resulting increased cost of fuel and food for Americans.
“No matter what it is, it’s a small price to pay for stopping them from having a nuclear weapon,&]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/in-alaska-campaign-rally-trump-and-sullivan-say-iran-war-is-worth-the-cost-to-americans/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/in-alaska-campaign-rally-trump-and-sullivan-say-iran-war-is-worth-the-cost-to-americans/ In this newscast:
A former manager of Juneau’s Switzer Village Mobile Home Park allegedly embezzled funds, failed to pay back millions in loans and sold property she didn’t own. That’s according to a lawsuit her mother, the majority owner of Switzer Village, filed earlier this month.
Juneau’s Tlingit Culture, Language, and Literacy program received a $14,000 food sovereignty grant. The money comes]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-friday-oct-16-2026/Sat, 17 Oct 2026 03:06:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-friday-oct-16-2026/ A former manager of Juneau’s Switzer Village Mobile Home Park allegedly embezzled funds, failed to pay back millions in loans and sold property she didn’t own. That’s according to a lawsuit her mother, the majority owner of Switzer Village, filed earlier this month. 
Marlene Schneider of S&S Development, LLC, is suing her daughter, J]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-family-business-accused-of-embezzlement-and-theft-from-switzer-village-mobile-home-park/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 23:45:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-family-business-accused-of-embezzlement-and-theft-from-switzer-village-mobile-home-park/ Alaska’s top two candidates for U.S. Senate disparaged and frequently interrupted each other during ‘Debate for the State” Thursday night.
Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan and his challenger, Democratic former Congresswoman Mary Peltola, traded barbs over affordability, Alaska’s energy fu]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/sullivan-peltola-trade-verbal-blows-accuse-the-other-of-lying-during-debate-for-the-state/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 22:36:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/sullivan-peltola-trade-verbal-blows-accuse-the-other-of-lying-during-debate-for-the-state/ Alaska’s sole member of the U.S. House, Republican Nick Begich, and his challenger, independent Bill Hill, made their case to voters during Debate for the State Wednesday night.
The candidates answered, and sometimes dodged, questions about resource development, the cost of living, climat]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/begich-and-hill-spar-over-affordability-healthcare-and-each-others-records-in-debate-for-the-state/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 15:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/begich-and-hill-spar-over-affordability-healthcare-and-each-others-records-in-debate-for-the-state/ The nation of Taiwan is coming closer to a multibillion-dollar investment in the trans-Alaska natural gas pipeline and is preparing to buy as much as 30% of the pipeline&rs]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/taiwan-is-nearing-an-investment-in-the-trans-alaska-natural-gas-pipeline-project-officials-say/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/taiwan-is-nearing-an-investment-in-the-trans-alaska-natural-gas-pipeline-project-officials-say/ The Department of Natural Resources’ commissioner will appear before the Senate Resources Committee later this month to discuss a roughly 20,000-acre proposed land transfer that the state’s development agency plans to use for an industrial park that could include data centers.
The department confirmed Thur]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/dnr-commissioner-will-appear-at-hearing-on-land-transfer-after-state-senate-subpoena/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/dnr-commissioner-will-appear-at-hearing-on-land-transfer-after-state-senate-subpoena/ Interior Secretary Doug Burgum spent Wednesday evening in Fairbanks, after campaigning with President Trump in Wasilla earlier this week.
Burgum spoke at a Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce event, where he touted Alaska’s potential for Artificial Intelligence data centers. He held up a project in his home state of North Dakota as an example.
“We have people knocking on]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/in-fairbanks-interior-secretary-burgum-touts-deregulation-and-data-centers/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 03:11:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/in-fairbanks-interior-secretary-burgum-touts-deregulation-and-data-centers/ Katie Warden, Executive Director of the Northwest ADA Center, on the work the center does, plus some accessibility tips for voting.Juneau Community Bands Taku Winds Ensemble, conducted by Alan Young, presents “Where the Waters Gather” at Chapel by the Lake on Saturday, October 17 at 7:00 p.m.Darren Snyder from the UAF Cooperative Extension shares winter prep tips in the latest episode of Garden Talk.Audio PodcastVideo Live]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/northwest-ada-center-voting-accessibility-taku-winds-where-the-waters-gather-garden-talk-winter-prep/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 03:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/northwest-ada-center-voting-accessibility-taku-winds-where-the-waters-gather-garden-talk-winter-prep/ 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-thursday-oct-15-2026/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 02:46:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-thursday-oct-15-2026/ Juneau’s Tlingit Culture, Language, and Literacy program received a $14,000 food sovereignty grant. The money comes from Native Movement, a nonprofit supporting grassroots-led projects that ensure Indigenous Peoples’ rights. 
The grant helps with the “the revitalization, reclamation, and sustainability of traditional Tlingit food practices, cultural knowledge, and language,” explained TCLL Principal Molly Yerkes. TCLL is a place-based, cultur]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/through-food-sovereignty-grant-juneau-students-learn-traditional-lingt-food-practices/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 02:18:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/through-food-sovereignty-grant-juneau-students-learn-traditional-lingt-food-practices/ Juneau’s Tlingit Culture, Language, and Literacy program received a $14,000 food sovereignty grant. The money comes from Native Movement, a nonprofit supporting grassroots-led projects that ensure Indigenous Peoples’ rights. 
The grant helps with the “the revitalization, reclamation, and sustainability of traditional Tlingit food practices, cultural knowledge, and language,” explained TCLL Principal Molly Yerkes. TCLL is a place-based, cultur]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/though-food-sovereignty-grant-juneau-students-learn-traditional-lingt-food-practices/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 02:18:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/though-food-sovereignty-grant-juneau-students-learn-traditional-lingt-food-practices/ A historic building in the heart of downtown Juneau could get new life soon. 
For years, the St. Ann’s building near the Starr Hill neighborhood has sat largely empty despite its prime location downtown. 
In September, the Juneau Economic Development Council was announced as an awardee of a $3.6 million grant through the Rural Health Transformation Program. The nonprofit is one of]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-nonprofit-gets-36m-to-transform-historic-building-into-senior-care-center/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 01:06:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-nonprofit-gets-36m-to-transform-historic-building-into-senior-care-center/ Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mary Peltola reiterated her support for construction of the proposed Izembek road between Cold Bay and King Cove during a visit to King Cove this month.
Peltola’s position is identical to the one he]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/as-king-cove-road-issue-heads-to-federal-appeals-court-peltola-reiterates-her-support/Thu, 15 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/as-king-cove-road-issue-heads-to-federal-appeals-court-peltola-reiterates-her-support/ A year after ex-typhoon Halong, repairing damage from the storm folds into preparing for what comes next.
“You got to sit back and say ‘let’s not take everything for granted.’ You could have a good community today, but tomorrow it might be a completely different scenario,” said Napaskiak resident Earl Samuelson.
A year ago today, daily life in dozens]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/halong-1-year-after-the-storm/Thu, 15 Oct 2026 14:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/halong-1-year-after-the-storm/ As a potentially historic El Niño heats up, snow predictions across Alaska this winter are “unfortunate.” That’s according to Brian Brettschneider, a senior climate scientist with the National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center in Anchorage.
“Strong El Niño winters are terrible for snow. Not every one, but most of them,” he said]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/what-a-godzilla-el-nio-could-mean-for-snow-across-alaska-this-winter/Thu, 15 Oct 2026 04:36:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/what-a-godzilla-el-nio-could-mean-for-snow-across-alaska-this-winter/ In this newscast:Republican gubernatorial candidate Dave Bronson is pushing back after President Trump endorsed another Republican in the race, Bernadette Wilson.
As a potentially historic El Niño heats up, an Anchorage climate scientist says it might lead to below average snow for most of Alaska, but all options are still on the table.
The Juneau School District is projected to lose close to a sixth of its student]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-wednesday-oct-14-2026/Thu, 15 Oct 2026 03:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-wednesday-oct-14-2026/ Cancer Connection’s annual Community Health Forum on October 24 at Centennial Hall featuring Dr. Amy Loschert, presenting on “A holistic model of survivorship: How to come back stronger after cancer.”
Also, “Beer for my Boys” free prostate screening at Devil’s Club Brewing on Friday, October 23.
The UAS Evening at Egan Lecture Series features Dr. Shae Frydenlund, Assistant Professor of Alpine and A]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/cancer-connection-community-health-forum-evening-at-egan-climate-change-and-high-altitude-agriculture-the-work-plants-do-thrush-hill-music-faculty-recital/Thu, 15 Oct 2026 02:53:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/cancer-connection-community-health-forum-evening-at-egan-climate-change-and-high-altitude-agriculture-the-work-plants-do-thrush-hill-music-faculty-recital/ The Juneau School District is projected to lose close to a sixth of its students over the next five years. That’s a drop in enrollment of about 600 students. 
District administration presented this information to the Juneau School Board’s facilities committee Tuesday afternoon. 
“Some of this isn’t information I want to hear. But, it’s very very important informat]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-school-district-explores-new-elementary-school-model-as-enrollment-declines/Wed, 14 Oct 2026 23:14:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-school-district-explores-new-elementary-school-model-as-enrollment-declines/ President Donald Trump rallied his supporters in Wasilla Tuesday, celebrating his moves to allow more resource development in Alaska.
“Nobody’s done more for Alaska than Donald J. Trump,” he said. “That I can tell you.”
He spoke for nearly 90 minutes, not always truthfully or with accuracy.
It was a mix of endorsements for Republicans, mocking]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/trump-rally-brings-pardons-promises-and-endorsements-to-wasilla/Wed, 14 Oct 2026 21:17:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/trump-rally-brings-pardons-promises-and-endorsements-to-wasilla/ Alaska’s major airports in Anchorage and Fairbanks are on track to set a new annual passenger record, following a busy first half of the year. That’s according to a report from the Alaska International Airport System, an enterprise fund under the state transportation department.
The peak season for travel to Alaska tends to be between May and September, sa]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/passenger-numbers-on-track-for-record-at-major-alaska-airports/Wed, 14 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/passenger-numbers-on-track-for-record-at-major-alaska-airports/ Juneau residents Cindy Fuller and Shannan Greene were among the first in line Tuesday to board the shuttle to President Donald Trump’s midterm rally in Wasilla.
“We have been here since 4 a.m.,” Fuller said, holding a folded camping chair with an American flag print near Church o]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/once-in-a-lifetime-opportunity-trump-supporters-line-up-hours-early-for-wasilla-rally/Wed, 14 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/once-in-a-lifetime-opportunity-trump-supporters-line-up-hours-early-for-wasilla-rally/ One of the many issues before the next governor of Alaska will be the growing gap between available providers and the demand for childcare, which some advocates are calling a “childcare crisis.”
Many Alaska families struggle to find reliable ca]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-governor-candidates-address-growing-gap-in-childcare/Wed, 14 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-governor-candidates-address-growing-gap-in-childcare/ In this newscast:A Juneau man was charged with two felonies last weekend after struck and seriously injured a pedestrian early Sunday morning on Douglas Island.
Indigenous scholars from across the country are convening in Juneau this week to learn from local experts, write grants and build community.
Updated preliminary results for Juneau’s municipal election show residents continue to support implementing a new sea]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-tuesday-oct-13-2026/Wed, 14 Oct 2026 03:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-tuesday-oct-13-2026/ A Juneau man was charged with two felonies this weekend after he struck and seriously injured a pedestrian early Sunday morning on Douglas Island. 
According to an information release, Juneau police received a report at just before 1 a.m. on Sunday that a vehicle had hit a pedestrian in the parking lot of Savikko Park in South Douglas.
Police identified the driver as 32-year-]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/two-sent-to-hospital-in-separate-vehicle-strike-incidents-in-juneau-this-weekend/Wed, 14 Oct 2026 01:51:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/two-sent-to-hospital-in-separate-vehicle-strike-incidents-in-juneau-this-weekend/ Indigenous scholars from across the country are convening in Juneau this week to learn from local experts, write grants, and build community.
The scholars are with the Native Children’s Research Exchange (NCRE) Scholars Program. They specialize in youth development work — from the womb to early adultho]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/indigenous-scholars-meet-in-juneau-to-collaborate-and-highlight-tribal-resilience/Tue, 13 Oct 2026 22:57:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/indigenous-scholars-meet-in-juneau-to-collaborate-and-highlight-tribal-resilience/ The State of Alaska is constantly looking for budget savings. One of its lesser-known ways? Relying on the prison population to do state work on the cheap. Some advocates argue the pay is too low. 
In Juneau, a hidden workforce inside Juneau’s Lemon Creek Correctional Center helps to keep the state’s ferry sy]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/how-the-state-uses-prison-labor-in-juneau-to-subsidize-its-ferry-system/Tue, 13 Oct 2026 22:39:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/how-the-state-uses-prison-labor-in-juneau-to-subsidize-its-ferry-system/ Officials in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough are preparing for President Donald Trump’s rally in the city of Wasilla Tuesday afternoon. Trump will speak at the Menard Sports Center in support of U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan and Congressman Nick Begich, two Republicans running for reelection.
Mat-Su Borough Mayor Edna DeVries called the president’s visit &]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/mat-su-officials-call-preparation-for-trump-visit-overwhelming-and-exciting/Tue, 13 Oct 2026 20:05:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/mat-su-officials-call-preparation-for-trump-visit-overwhelming-and-exciting/ Juneau’s 2026 cruise ship tourism season came to a close last week. The final ship, the Norwegian Encore, left Tuesday last week. Juneau saw the most passengers it’s ever seen in a single season — more than 1.7 million people. 
KTOO’s Clarise Larson sat down with the city’s visitor industry director, Alix Pierce, to hear more about how the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-had-another-record-breaking-cruise-season-heres-how-it-went/Tue, 13 Oct 2026 19:19:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-had-another-record-breaking-cruise-season-heres-how-it-went/ Korean officials continue to push back after President Trump announced late last month that South Korea would invest more than $50 billion in an Alaska gas pipeline.
At a lunch with state lawmakers in Anchorage on Wednesday, Korean officials indicated that any potential investment would come after developer Glenfarne reaches what’s known as final investment decision, an official green light for the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/trumps-push-for-50b-korean-investment-in-alaska-gasline-faces-familiar-economic-challenges/Tue, 13 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/trumps-push-for-50b-korean-investment-in-alaska-gasline-faces-familiar-economic-challenges/ Alaskans have until 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 3, to vote in this year’s statewide general election.
Here’s what you need to know:
What races are on the ballot?
Using ranked choice voting, Alaskans will elect a new governor and choose a U.S. House member and a U.S. Senator. They’ll also vote on all state House seats and half of the state Senate.
How does ranked choi]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/what-to-know-about-alaskas-general-election/Mon, 12 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/what-to-know-about-alaskas-general-election/ Updated preliminary results for Juneau’s municipal election show residents continue to support implementing a new seasonal sales tax in Juneau next year but are split on two other tax-related propositions.
The results show a similar trajectory compared to the first round results shared earlier this week. &]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/updated-election-results-show-juneau-voters-continue-to-support-seasonal-tax/Sat, 10 Oct 2026 22:11:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/updated-election-results-show-juneau-voters-continue-to-support-seasonal-tax/ Second Annual Juneau Wayzgoose with a potluck, workshops, and public event October 16-18.
Mudrooms celebrates 15 seasons with its second storytelling event with the theme “Kill Me Now” on Tuesday, October 13.
Andy Kline, first program director at KXLL, talks about the beginnings of the station and also previews the 24-hour broadcast KXLL is doing during membership drive week.Audio PodcastVideo LivestreamBostin Christopher hosts the c]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/second-annual-juneau-wayzgoose-mudrooms-storytelling-event-kxll-history-chat-with-andy-kline/Sat, 10 Oct 2026 02:53:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/second-annual-juneau-wayzgoose-mudrooms-storytelling-event-kxll-history-chat-with-andy-kline/ In this newscast:A man who barricaded himself with a knife in an office building in downtown Juneau voluntarily surrendered to Juneau Police today
A Juneau educator is helping Alaska Native kids and elders research family histories touched by colonial residential schools
Juneau wrapped up a record-breaking cruise ship tourism season this week
Alaska’s four candidates for governor debated about working across party l]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-friday-oct-9-2026/Sat, 10 Oct 2026 02:53:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-friday-oct-9-2026/ The vast and largely unexplored seafloor off Alaska’s coastline produces occasional startling discoveries.
The latest concerns the sponges that line the bottom of the ocean and contribute to an ecosystem that supports some of the nation’s biggest seafood harvests.
Scientists have now identified nine previously unknown species of sea sponges that dwell ther]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/new-alaska-sea-sponge-species-fuel-debate-over-fishery-practices/Sat, 10 Oct 2026 02:45:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/new-alaska-sea-sponge-species-fuel-debate-over-fishery-practices/ In late June, Alaska Department of Fish and Game biologist Jordan Pruszenski was in a small plane north of Fairbanks, counting caribou calves to see how many had survived their first month, a seasonal routine for the department. Then the survey pilot spotted something and swerved toward it.
“I’m just like, ‘What is happeni]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/rare-albino-caribou-calf-photographed-for-possibly-the-first-time-in-alaska/Sat, 10 Oct 2026 01:55:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/rare-albino-caribou-calf-photographed-for-possibly-the-first-time-in-alaska/ A man who barricaded himself within an office building near the state Capitol voluntarily surrendered to Juneau Police Friday afternoon, according to Deputy Police Chief Krag Campbell. No injuries have been reported and police haven’t disclosed the man’s identity.
Earlier in the day, Juneau Police, Alaska State Troopers and Capital]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/man-barricading-himself-inside-downtown-office-building-surrenders-to-juneau-police/Sat, 10 Oct 2026 01:12:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/man-barricading-himself-inside-downtown-office-building-surrenders-to-juneau-police/ Many Alaska Native families have been touched by the legacy of colonial residential schools. The remains of nearly 30 Alaska Native children who died at residential schools in and out of Alaska are being repatriated to their homelands, about a century after they died, as reported by the Anchorage Daily Ne]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/putting-ourselves-back-together-juneau-educator-confronts-boarding-schools-legacy/Fri, 09 Oct 2026 22:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/putting-ourselves-back-together-juneau-educator-confronts-boarding-schools-legacy/ October is Filipino American History Month – a time to reflect on the history of Filipinos in Alaska and across the country.It can also be very personal. KTOO’s Mike Lane visited with Kaye Roldan, head of the cultural committee for Filipino Community, Inc., about the month, her own family history and growing up in J]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/october-is-filipino-american-history-month/Fri, 09 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/october-is-filipino-american-history-month/ The Alaska Earthquake Center has launched an interactive map to help coastal communities prepare for dangerous tsunamis.
Alaska’s large earthquakes and coastal geography make the state especially vulnerable to tsunamis. In 1964, it was tsunamis rather than shaking that caused most of the deaths from the Good Friday earthquake.
Elisabeth Nadin is a project coordinator for the haza]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/new-interactive-tsunami-map-helps-alaska-communities-prepare-for-the-worst/Fri, 09 Oct 2026 14:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/new-interactive-tsunami-map-helps-alaska-communities-prepare-for-the-worst/ Southeast Alaska Independent Living is honoring Fu Bao Hartle as its “Advocate of the Year” at its annual “Unmasking Disability” gala on October 17.Artist Harper Joy Gunn shares her creative process on designing this year’s KTOO member gifts.KTOO reporter Clarise Larson shares a look at the early returns from the municipal election and timeline for final results.Audio PodcastVideo LivestreamBostin Christop]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/fu-bao-is-sailrsquos-advocate-of-the-year-artist-amp-musician-harper-joy-gunn-elections-update-with-ktoorsquos-clarise-larson/Fri, 09 Oct 2026 06:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/fu-bao-is-sailrsquos-advocate-of-the-year-artist-amp-musician-harper-joy-gunn-elections-update-with-ktoorsquos-clarise-larson/ President Donald Trump plans to hold a rally in Wasilla next Tuesday to promote U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan’s reelection, according to the Republican National Committee.
Trump is scheduled to speak at 3:30 p.m. at the Menard Sports Center. Doors to the venue open at noon.
“President Trump’s rally on Oct 13th will highlight exactly why Senator Dan S. Sullivan is the fir]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/trump-to-rally-for-sullivan-in-wasilla-next-week/Fri, 09 Oct 2026 03:20:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/trump-to-rally-for-sullivan-in-wasilla-next-week/ Alaska gubernatorial candidate Treg Taylor has agreed to pay a fine and update his campaign disclosure reports as part of a settlement with state regulators to resolve a campaign finance disclosure complaint.
The complaint challenged Taylor’s failure to disclose details of more than $187,000]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-gubernatorial-candidate-settles-campaign-finance-complaint-with-state-regulators/Fri, 09 Oct 2026 03:17:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-gubernatorial-candidate-settles-campaign-finance-complaint-with-state-regulators/ The top-polling Republican in the Alaska governor’s race has a history of being sued for not paying bills.
That’s according to court records and recent reporting on Bernadette Wilson by the Anchorage Daily News.
Wilson is a conservative activist and former talk radio host who owns De]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-governor-hopeful-bernadette-wilsons-court-record-shows-lawsuits-over-unpaid-bills/Fri, 09 Oct 2026 03:15:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-governor-hopeful-bernadette-wilsons-court-record-shows-lawsuits-over-unpaid-bills/ In this newscast:Three candidates seeking to become Alaska’s next governor say they plan to make Juneau their home base if elected in next month’s general election.
A prominent shack on a derelict pier in downtown Juneau was torn down today.
Public comments closed Tuesday on a federal proposal to lift a roadbuilding ban in national forests across the country, including the Tongass National Forest.
A birding gr]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-thursday-oct-8-2026/Fri, 09 Oct 2026 02:32:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-thursday-oct-8-2026/ A prominent shack on a derelict pier in downtown Juneau was torn down on Thursday.
The pier is owned by AJT Mining Properties, a sister company of Alaska Electric Light and Power. CEO Alec Mesdag said the company decided to remove the shack because it was a safety hazard. 
“We’re getting rid of what seems to be an attractive nuisance to prevent people from feeling like]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/downtown-juneau-shack-taken-down-to-discourage-people-from-climbing-derelict-ajt-pier/Fri, 09 Oct 2026 01:20:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/downtown-juneau-shack-taken-down-to-discourage-people-from-climbing-derelict-ajt-pier/ Public comments closed Tuesday on a federal proposal to lift a roadbuilding ban in national forests across the country, including the Tongass National Forest. 
More than 370,000 people submitted public comments online and 99% of them oppose a rollback of the Roadless Rule. That’s according to an analysis published Wednesday by the Center for Western Priorities, a conservat]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/american-public-rejects-lifting-the-roadless-rule-alaska-timber-industry-in-favor/Thu, 08 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/american-public-rejects-lifting-the-roadless-rule-alaska-timber-industry-in-favor/ Controversial surveillance cameras that were designed to share data with law enforcement have recently sprung up in Anchorage this month. At least one there was already cut down. A map where people can report these cameras shows several in downtown Juneau. 
The five cameras on the map as of Oct. 7 are all in Juneau’s parking garages, owned and managed by the city. But, the city said, they’re not what people think. ]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/cameras-in-downtown-juneau-parking-garages-arent-flock-branded/Thu, 08 Oct 2026 02:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/cameras-in-downtown-juneau-parking-garages-arent-flock-branded/ In this newscast:The preliminary results for Juneau’s 2026 municipal election are in. They show that residents want to implement a new seasonal sales tax in Juneau next year and are split on two other tax-related propositions in the capital city.
The USS Ted Stevens arrived in downtown Juneau Wednesday. The 510-foot-long missile destroyer’s visit comes after its commissioning ceremony in Whittier on Saturda]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-wednesday-oct-7-2026/Thu, 08 Oct 2026 02:55:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-wednesday-oct-7-2026/ Three candidates seeking to become Alaska’s next governor say they plan to make Juneau their home base if elected in next month’s general election. 
Those candidates are Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins and Republicans Bernadette Wilson and Dave Bronson. The trio spoke t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/do-alaskas-gubernatorial-candidates-plan-to-live-at-juneaus-governors-mansion-if-elected/Thu, 08 Oct 2026 02:48:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/do-alaskas-gubernatorial-candidates-plan-to-live-at-juneaus-governors-mansion-if-elected/ Author AJ Slagle Jr. and his book “On Every Hill and in Every Stream”
The kick-off of the Juneau Audubon public presentation series with Larri SpenglerKTOO President & Executive Director Justin Shoman checks in during KTOO’s Fall Membership Drive.
Audio 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. List]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/author-and-outdoorsman-aj-slagle-jr-larri-spengler-presents-at-juneau-audubon-ktoo-executive-director-justin-shoman/Thu, 08 Oct 2026 02:37:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/author-and-outdoorsman-aj-slagle-jr-larri-spengler-presents-at-juneau-audubon-ktoo-executive-director-justin-shoman/ Alaska state health officials say the flu season is off to an early start, and could be moderately severe.
Influenza, also known as the flu, started to peak in mid-September, said state epidemiologist Dr. Joe McLaughlin. Last year the flu season didn’t kick off until the end of November, he said.
“Since we’re already seeing influenza cases an]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/flu-cases-are-on-the-rise-in-alaska-what-you-need-to-know/Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:42:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/flu-cases-are-on-the-rise-in-alaska-what-you-need-to-know/ The USS Ted Stevens arrived in downtown Juneau Wednesday. 
The 510-foot-long missile destroyer’s visit comes after its commissioning ceremony in Whittier on Saturday. The USS Ted Stevens is named after Alaska’s U.S. senator who served from 1968 to 2009 and helped usher in the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. The ship will b]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/navy-destroyer-uss-ted-stevens-ports-in-juneau-offers-public-tours-and-block-party/Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:27:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/navy-destroyer-uss-ted-stevens-ports-in-juneau-offers-public-tours-and-block-party/ The preliminary results for Juneau’s 2026 municipal election are in. 
They show that residents want to implement a new seasonal sales tax in Juneau next year and are split on two other tax-related propositions in the capital city.  
According to the results shared by the city late Tuesday night, yes votes on Proposition C —  a 1% season]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/early-results-show-juneau-voters-favor-new-seasonal-tax-oppose-property-tax-cut-reversal/Wed, 07 Oct 2026 08:34:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/early-results-show-juneau-voters-favor-new-seasonal-tax-oppose-property-tax-cut-reversal/ In this newscast:Today is the last day to vote in Juneau’s municipal election,
A sixth Juneau man was detained by federal immigration authorities,
It’s anchors aweigh for Juneau’s cruise season. The last ship leaves tonight,
It’s municipal Election Day here in Juneau,
An investigation has commenced into a Haines group that advertised free gifts to anyone who votes in today’s municipal electio]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-tuesday-oct-6-2026/Wed, 07 Oct 2026 02:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-tuesday-oct-6-2026/ A sixth Juneau man was detained by federal immigration authorities. 
Mario Alberto Trejo Reynoso, 27, was detained at Lemon Creek on Sept. 4, and moved to Anchorage Correctional Complex on Sept. 30. 
An Alaska Department of Corrections spokesperson said he left state custody on Oct. 4. Trejo Reynoso is currently at the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma, Washington, according to]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/a-sixth-man-has-been-detained-and-removed-from-juneau-by-federal-immigration-enforcement/Wed, 07 Oct 2026 01:08:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/a-sixth-man-has-been-detained-and-removed-from-juneau-by-federal-immigration-enforcement/ It’s municipal Election Day in Juneau on Tuesday. This year, voters will decide on three Assembly seats, two school board seats and three ballot propositions.
Cars zoomed past candidates and supporters as they waved signs and sipped coffee in the rain at the Juneau-Douglas Bridge intersection Tuesday morning. 
Juneau Assembly candidate Joy]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/its-municipal-election-day-in-juneau-heres-what-voters-are-saying/Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:22:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/its-municipal-election-day-in-juneau-heres-what-voters-are-saying/ It’s anchors aweigh for Juneau’s cruise season. The last ship, the Norwegian Encore, leaves Tuesday night. And it won’t be back til next year… despite its ironic name. 
This year’s season kicked off relatively smoothly compared to last year’s tumultuous season amid federal layoffs and economic uncertainty. The final tally]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/the-last-ship-of-juneaus-2026-cruise-season-leaves-tuesday/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 23:50:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/the-last-ship-of-juneaus-2026-cruise-season-leaves-tuesday/ By the end of 2027, as many as 14,000 Alaska state workers could be paid by someone outside the state.
After years of trouble within the payroll department within the Alaska Department of Administration, the agency is planning to outsource the state’s public employee payroll to an outside company.
Proposals from interested companies were due Thursday, and in an in]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/after-years-of-problems-alaska-plans-to-outsource-payroll-for-14000-public-employees/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/after-years-of-problems-alaska-plans-to-outsource-payroll-for-14000-public-employees/ The Kodiak Island Borough School District is fully staffed with teachers this school year. Administrators credit the district’s temporary visa program—and a pivot many districts are making to help their international hires obtain permanent resident status – for keeping turnover low.
KIBSD acting super]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/kibsd-credits-visa-green-card-programs-for-low-teacher-turnover/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 14:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/kibsd-credits-visa-green-card-programs-for-low-teacher-turnover/ In this newscast:Tomorrow is Juneau’s municipal Election Day and voters have until tomorrow night to cast their ballots,
A Juneau man whose remains were discovered inside a chest freezer in July died of natural causes, according to a Juneau Police Department release,
Voters in Juneau are deciding in this municipal election whether to approve paying a slightly higher sales tax during the tourism season,
The Trump Adm]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-monday-oct-5-2026/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 02:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-monday-oct-5-2026/ Tuesday is Juneau’s municipal Election Day. Voters have until 8 p.m. to cast their ballots. 
There are a handful of ways to vote in the by-mail election. The city has ballot drop boxes in different locations all across town. Voters can also mail their]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/tuesday-is-the-last-day-to-vote-in-juneaus-by-mail-election/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 02:13:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/tuesday-is-the-last-day-to-vote-in-juneaus-by-mail-election/ Listen to this story: 
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The Trump Administration has reinterpreted language in the federal Endangered Species Act that would allow for the incidental killing of endangered species and habitat loss. Wildlife attorneys say it guts protections, but the Alaska Depar]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/adfampg-approves-of-trump-administration-curtailing-endangered-species-act-protections/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 01:31:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/adfampg-approves-of-trump-administration-curtailing-endangered-species-act-protections/ Voters in Juneau are deciding in this municipal election whether to approve paying a slightly higher sales tax during the tourism season. The money brought in is supposed to help fund recreation. 
Ballot Proposition C asks voters whether to approve a 1% seasonal sales tax that boosts funding for the city’s recreational facilities and programs.
The additional tax is estimated to cos]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/proposition-c-asks-voters-whether-to-approve-a-1-seasonal-tax-in-juneau/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 22:55:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/proposition-c-asks-voters-whether-to-approve-a-1-seasonal-tax-in-juneau/ Independent expenditure groups are pouring tens of millions of dollars into Alaska’s races for governor and Congress.
The Republican Governors Association donated some $1.6 million to a new group in late September called Kodiak PAC. It aims to boost Republicans in the governor’s race, according to filings with state regulators.
Around the same time, a grou]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/outside-groups-pour-millions-into-alaskas-governor-congressional-races/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 16:42:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/outside-groups-pour-millions-into-alaskas-governor-congressional-races/ Vice President J.D. Vance will hold a campaign event on Monday in Fairbanks to boost Republican candidates in this year’s general election, and President Donald Trump is expected to visit Alaska later this month on a similar mission.
The vice-president’s visit was officially announced Friday by the Trump 47 Committee, an operation of]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/vice-president-vance-to-visit-fairbanks-on-monday-trump-expected-in-alaska-later-this-month/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 16:38:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/vice-president-vance-to-visit-fairbanks-on-monday-trump-expected-in-alaska-later-this-month/ In this newscast:Two environmental conservation groups and a Southeast Alaska tribe have filed a motion to stop a timber sale that’s part of a logging project east of Ketchikan.
Independent expenditure groups are pouring tens of millions of dollars into Alaska’s races for governor and Congress.
The federal government announced its intent to rescind a key environmental conservation law that protects much of the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-friday-oct-2-2026/Sat, 03 Oct 2026 03:10:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-friday-oct-2-2026/ Listen to this story:
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Scientists predict that a super El Niño could break ocean temperature records this winter. Hotter seas cause more toxic algal blooms, which could hurt Alaska’s shellfish industry. Researchers at the University of Alaska Southeast are trying to detect toxic blooms sooner, before oyste]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/uas-scientists-are-trying-to-predict-harmful-algal-blooms-as-super-el-nio-heats-up/Sat, 03 Oct 2026 02:36:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/uas-scientists-are-trying-to-predict-harmful-algal-blooms-as-super-el-nio-heats-up/ Juneau Afternoon featuring KTOO News intern Ella Kelly on her experience and the publishing of her first story.
Juneau Arts & Humanities Council Executive Director Maggie McMillan talks First Friday, Clink!, and changes at the JAHCCarol Reinert from Juneau Public Library outlines upcoming October events
Audio PodcastVideo LivestreamBostin Christopher hosts the conversation. Juneau Afternoon airs at 3:00 p.m. on KTOO and KAUK with a r]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/ktoo-news-intern-ella-kelly-juneau-arts-and-humanities-executive-director-maggie-mcmillan-october-events-with-the-juneau-public-library/Sat, 03 Oct 2026 02:33:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/ktoo-news-intern-ella-kelly-juneau-arts-and-humanities-executive-director-maggie-mcmillan-october-events-with-the-juneau-public-library/ A Juneau man whose remains were discovered inside a chest freezer in July died of natural causes, according to a Juneau Police Department release. Juneau police previously identified the person as Ross Pasquan. He would’ve been 74 at the time his remains were found. 
Following a monthslong investigation, i]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/police-investigation-reveals-a-juneau-woman-concealed-her-husbands-death-and-body-to-receive-benefits/Sat, 03 Oct 2026 02:25:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/police-investigation-reveals-a-juneau-woman-concealed-her-husbands-death-and-body-to-receive-benefits/ There are a lot of things you could do with the money, but how should you spend it? An economist and a financial advisor have some advice for you.
Save, Spend and Splurge
Laurel Renkert is a financial advisor in Anchorage who recommends splitting your PFD into even thirds: spending, saving and splurging. That&rsq]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/how-to-make-the-most-of-this-years-1200-permanent-fund-check/Fri, 02 Oct 2026 22:05:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/how-to-make-the-most-of-this-years-1200-permanent-fund-check/ The U.S. Navy will commission its latest destroyer this Saturday in Whittier. The USS Ted Stevens is named for Alaska’s longtime U.S. Senator and it brings state-of-the-art technology for missile and air defense to the world’s waters, Navy officials said.
Ted Stevens was a titan of Alaska politics, serving in the U.S. Senate from 1968 to 2009. He was a driving force behind landmark legislation for]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/navy-prepares-to-commission-uss-ted-stevens-destroyer-in-whittier/Fri, 02 Oct 2026 20:22:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/navy-prepares-to-commission-uss-ted-stevens-destroyer-in-whittier/ Alaska’s decades-long quest to obtain millions of acres of land from the federal government under the Alaska Statehood Act is getting closer to an end.
But because the state is getting closer to its goal, its requests now exceed a limit in federal law.
This week]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-prepares-to-surrender-some-statehood-act-land-claims-as-it-nears-105-million-acre-goal/Fri, 02 Oct 2026 20:21:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-prepares-to-surrender-some-statehood-act-land-claims-as-it-nears-105-million-acre-goal/ A second glacial outburst flood in Juneau has crested and the Mendenhall Lake level is starting to come down, according to the National Weather Service in Juneau. 
Water level in the Lake peaked at 10.18 feet around 5:45 a.m. It’s now dropping rapidly.
Data from a laser gauge and cameras in Suicide Basin show that the basin has started to drain, says the weather service. 
As of 6:30 a.m., the lake was at 9.88 ft and going down.
Still, a flood warning re]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/second-glacial-outburst-flood-in-juneau-crested-at-1018-feet/Fri, 02 Oct 2026 17:04:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/second-glacial-outburst-flood-in-juneau-crested-at-1018-feet/ In this newscast:The Coast Guard rescued a fisherman from Admiralty Island after his boat sank near Murder Cove
A secondary glacial outburst flood is underway in Juneau, but it’s unlikely to cause damage
Hundreds of Thousands of Alaskans are receiving Permanent Fund Dividends of $1,200 this week
Juneau musician Annie Bartholomew will compete in Pan-Arctic Vision Friday morning
The Chilkat Valley’s moose hunt e]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-thursday-oct-1-2026/Fri, 02 Oct 2026 02:31:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-thursday-oct-1-2026/ Three of the four candidates for governor appealed to Southeast Alaskans for support at a forum in Ketchikan on Tuesday.
The Alaska Marine Highway System and its role connecting Southeast communities took much of the spotlight during the roughly 90-minute forum at the annual meeting of the economic development gro]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/ferries-fish-and-tourism-take-center-stage-at-ketchikan-governor-forum/Fri, 02 Oct 2026 02:31:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/ferries-fish-and-tourism-take-center-stage-at-ketchikan-governor-forum/ President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that South Korea would invest more than $50 billion for the long-planned Alaska LNG project, a large majority of the project’s overall estimated cost.
“The colossal pac]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/trump-claims-south-korea-will-invest-50b-in-alaska-gas-pipeline-not-so-fast-korean-officials-say/Fri, 02 Oct 2026 02:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/trump-claims-south-korea-will-invest-50b-in-alaska-gas-pipeline-not-so-fast-korean-officials-say/ KXLL 24-hour broadcast begins on Friday, October 9 at 4:00 p.m. during KTOO’s Fall Membership CampaignForce of Nature Apothecary First Friday, October 2, featuring rune readings and DIY simmer pot sachets, is 4:30-7:00 p.m.Juneau Symphony’s “TV Classics” concert is on Saturday, October 3, and Sunday, October 4
Audio PodcastVideo LivestreamBostin Christopher hosts the conversation. Juneau Afternoon airs at 3:00 p]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/first-friday-rune-readings-amp-summer-pot-sachets-lsquotv-classicsrsquo-with-juneau-symphony-kxll-24-hour-broadcast/Fri, 02 Oct 2026 02:27:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/first-friday-rune-readings-amp-summer-pot-sachets-lsquotv-classicsrsquo-with-juneau-symphony-kxll-24-hour-broadcast/ KXLL 24-hour broadcast begins on Friday, October 9 at 4:00 p.m. during KTOO’s Fall Membership CampaignForce of Nature Apothecary First Friday, October 2, featuring rune readings and DIY simmer pot sachets, is 4:30-7:00 p.m.Juneau Symphony’s “TV Classics” concert is on Saturday, October 3, and Sunday, October 4
Audio PodcastVideo LivestreamBostin Christopher hosts the conversation. Juneau Afternoon airs at 3:00 p]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/first-friday-rune-readings-amp-simmer-pot-sachets-lsquotv-classicsrsquo-with-juneau-symphony-kxll-24-hour-broadcast/Fri, 02 Oct 2026 02:27:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/first-friday-rune-readings-amp-simmer-pot-sachets-lsquotv-classicsrsquo-with-juneau-symphony-kxll-24-hour-broadcast/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-artist-annie-bartholomew-to-represent-alaska-in-arctic-song-competition/Thu, 01 Oct 2026 22:55:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-artist-annie-bartholomew-to-represent-alaska-in-arctic-song-competition/ A flood warning for a glacier lake outburst is in effect until 7:45 a.m. Saturday, according to the National Weather Service in Juneau.
A second release from Suicide Basin has started and levels are predicted to continue to drop this afternoon. The agency predicts the Mendenhall River will crest likely between 9.8 and 10.3 feet sometime between 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. tomorrow, Oct. 2.
No residential flooding impacts are expected, according to the City an]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/second-glacial-outburst-underway-unlikely-to-cause-major-damage/Thu, 01 Oct 2026 18:46:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/second-glacial-outburst-underway-unlikely-to-cause-major-damage/ A flood warning for a glacier lake outburst is in effect until 7:45 a.m. Saturday, according to the National Weather Service in Juneau.
A second release from Suicide Basin has started and levels are predicted to continue to drop this afternoon. The agency predicts the Mendenhall River will crest likely between 9.8 and 10.3 feet sometime between 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. tomorrow, Oct. 2. The flood in August crested at about 14.7 feet.
Flooding of the area a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/second-glacial-outburst-underway-unlikely-to-cause-damage/Thu, 01 Oct 2026 18:46:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/second-glacial-outburst-underway-unlikely-to-cause-damage/ A flood warning for a glacier lake outburst is in effect until 7:45 a.m. Saturday, according to the National Weather Service in Juneau.
A second release from Suicide Basin has started and levels are predicted to continue to drop this afternoon. The agency predicts the Mendenhall River will crest near 10 feet sometime between 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. tomorrow, Oct. 2. The flood in August crested at about 14.7 feet.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/flood-warning-for-a-glacier-lake-outburst-in-effect-until-saturday-morning-says-nws/Thu, 01 Oct 2026 18:46:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/flood-warning-for-a-glacier-lake-outburst-in-effect-until-saturday-morning-says-nws/ Filipino Community Inc. presents a full month of events in celebration of Filipino American History Month.St. Vincent de Paul annual “Walk a Mile in My Shoes” 5K run and 1-mile walk.Juneau Police Department is participating in the Active Bystandership for Law Enforcement program, and is also working with middle and high school students to help design two new school resource officer vehicles.Juneau Chamber of Commerce An]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/filipino-american-history-month-october-events-st-vincent-de-paul-run-walk-active-bystandership-for-law-enforcement-juneau-chamber-gubernatorial-candidate-forum/Thu, 01 Oct 2026 02:49:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/filipino-american-history-month-october-events-st-vincent-de-paul-run-walk-active-bystandership-for-law-enforcement-juneau-chamber-gubernatorial-candidate-forum/ Runners gathered in a cabin at Sandy Beach on Sunday. They hid from the driving rain. Some had red handprints over their mouths or on their cheeks.
Megan Lingle initiated this run — she’s with Tlingit & Haida’s Community & Behavioral Services Healing Center. She told those gathered — runners, walkers and a few dogs — that this]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/dozens-turn-up-in-pouring-rain-for-the-first-mmip-and-orange-shirt-day-walk-and-run-in-juneau/Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:38:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/dozens-turn-up-in-pouring-rain-for-the-first-mmip-and-orange-shirt-day-walk-and-run-in-juneau/ September is Suicide Awarenss Month, but throughout the year, Juneau’s mental heath nonprofit hosts suicide awareness trainings for young people, parents, and community members.
National Alliance on Mental Illness, or NAMI Juneau, Executive Aaron Surma and Youth Program Coordinator Charity Anderson spo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/how-do-you-recognize-signs-of-suicide-and-what-do-you-do-nami-juneau-has-answers/Wed, 30 Sep 2026 22:38:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/how-do-you-recognize-signs-of-suicide-and-what-do-you-do-nami-juneau-has-answers/ It was the worst of times, it was the best of times. Amidst doom scrolls and dark headlines, over 2.5 million humans tuned into Fat Bear Week this year -hungry for good news. Allow me to share a bite: Fat Bear Week has crowned a new champion, and it is the sizable and the sensitive 89 Backpack. 
Backpack’s road to royalty included an early, easy win over the small-but-mighty 610 f]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/fat-bear-week-crowns-a-new-benevolent-king-89-backpack/Wed, 30 Sep 2026 19:49:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/fat-bear-week-crowns-a-new-benevolent-king-89-backpack/ When Petersburg fisherman Bob Martin arrived at Neets Bay for the chum salmon opener, he didn’t have a great feeling.
“ I got there in the dark and it looked like a small city with all the lights of all the boats that were staged and ready for the 5 a.m. opening,” he said.
About 30 boats were crowded into the bay for the historic commercial opener. Martin]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/neets-bay-hatchery-in-southeast-alaska-opens-first-chum-fishery-in-nearly-a-decade/Wed, 30 Sep 2026 15:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/neets-bay-hatchery-in-southeast-alaska-opens-first-chum-fishery-in-nearly-a-decade/ The Alaska Native Heritage Center’s Ngíisdla Garden was glowing with fall foliage on Sunday as dozens of veterans gathered for the unveiling of a new monument honoring their service and healing.
“This monument creates a permanent place here at the Heritage Center to recogni]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/new-monument-honors-alaska-native-veterans-and-their-healing-journeys/Wed, 30 Sep 2026 03:06:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/new-monument-honors-alaska-native-veterans-and-their-healing-journeys/ Sheepinsh Goah has always had questions about the experiences of her ancestors. Goah is Tsimshian and grew up in Ketchikan, where she lives today. Most of her family lives in the area. She is the daughter of a boarding school survivor.
Around a year ago, she was told she had another ancestor at a boarding school, but this one didn’t survive. Her great aunt, Mabel Stack, had been identified in an army cemetery in Pennsylvani]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/4-alaska-native-boarding-school-students-to-be-repatriated/Wed, 30 Sep 2026 03:04:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/4-alaska-native-boarding-school-students-to-be-repatriated/ In this newscast:Petro Marine Services plans to replace Juneau’s main fuel dock next year,
The Juneau School District began the year with nearly 100 fewer students than projected. As a result, some elementary schools have shuffled around teachers and students,
September is Suicide Awareness Month, but Juneau’s mental health support nonprofit hosts suicide awareness trainings for young people, parents, and comm]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-tuesday-sept-29-2026/Wed, 30 Sep 2026 03:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-tuesday-sept-29-2026/ Petro Marine Services plans to replace Juneau’s main fuel dock next year. The dock is located just south of downtown at the Rock Dump Industrial Area, near the cruise ship docks.
“This facility is the primary dock that receives petroleum products for the city of Juneau,” said Matthew Lindsey, the chief operating officer at Petro Marine in]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneaus-primary-fuel-dock-to-be-replaced-next-year/Wed, 30 Sep 2026 02:24:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneaus-primary-fuel-dock-to-be-replaced-next-year/ Listen here:
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Student enrollment is dropping at the Juneau School District. The district predicted as much, but this year, it’s even worse. District leadership reported during a September school board meeting that there are 94 fewer students than originally planned for.
Sybil Van Derhoff, the district’s hum]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/lower-enrollment-leads-to-reshuffling-at-juneau-elementary-schools/Wed, 30 Sep 2026 01:48:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/lower-enrollment-leads-to-reshuffling-at-juneau-elementary-schools/ Wow. Yesterday’s semifinals were an absolute claw biter. Here’s a recap: 
910 badonkadonked the 132 family out with ease (sorry, babies!), but the 89 Backpack vs 164 Bucky match was fat neck and neck all—and I mean ALL—day long. 
At mid-morning, Bucky held a marginal lead with 52% vs 48%, but that gap slowly thinned until Backpack ev]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/fat-bear-tuesday-finals-feature-dancing-magic-and-a-coat-of-many-colors/Tue, 29 Sep 2026 20:02:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/fat-bear-tuesday-finals-feature-dancing-magic-and-a-coat-of-many-colors/ In this newscast:Women earn nearly 97% of what men earn in Juneau. That makes the gender wage gap here significantly smaller than in Alaska and the rest of the nation, according to data from the Juneau Economic Development Council,
A second bear attack in Haines in under a month has led to closers and concerns about safety,
The Sitka Assembly is pursuing a solution to help with Sitka’s housing crisis,
Tongass Voices]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/news-update-monday-sept-28-2026/Tue, 29 Sep 2026 02:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/news-update-monday-sept-28-2026/ Women earn nearly 97% of what men earn in Juneau. That makes the gender wage gap here significantly smaller than in Alaska and the rest of the nation, according to data from the Juneau Economic Development Council. 
Brian Holst is the executive director of the council, which recently shared the findings in its annual economic indicator report for Juneau and Southeast.
“It would be great if everyone was paid eq]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/study-juneaus-gender-pay-gap-is-significantly-smaller-than-the-state-and-nation/Tue, 29 Sep 2026 02:40:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/study-juneaus-gender-pay-gap-is-significantly-smaller-than-the-state-and-nation/ This is Tongass Voices, a series from KTOO sharing perspectives from the homelands of the Áak’w Kwáan and beyond.
What makes a champion? Becca Charbonneau says it’s all about consistency. 
Charbonneau is now a two-time gold medalist on the world jiu-jitsu stage. In September,]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/tongass-voices-double-gold-jiu-jitsu-champion-becca-charbonneau-of-juneau-on-consistency-and-community/Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:14:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/tongass-voices-double-gold-jiu-jitsu-champion-becca-charbonneau-of-juneau-on-consistency-and-community/ Incorrect information provided by a Google AI overview caused a Kodiak woman to hunt snipe illegally on Sept. 5, according to a citation filed this week at the Kodiak district court.
Writing in an affidavit attached to the citation, Alaska Wildlife Trooper Alex Wick said Christina Weaver called troopers to self-report the violation.
“Christina sta]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/misleading-google-ai-instructions-cause-kodiak-woman-to-be-cited-for-illegal-snipe-hunt/Mon, 28 Sep 2026 19:32:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/misleading-google-ai-instructions-cause-kodiak-woman-to-be-cited-for-illegal-snipe-hunt/ Giant, gleaming yachts make their way to Southeast Alaska every summer. Many line the breakwater at Juneau’s Statter Harbor. More anchor out in Auke Bay.
Some are the playthings of billionaires. Others, despite their opulent touches, are small family businesses, which are facing growing competition from new entrants they accuse of skirting a 140-year-old federal law meant to protect U.S.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/a-dispute-over-the-passenger-jones-act-has-southeast-alaska-yacht-captains-crying-foul/Mon, 28 Sep 2026 19:19:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/a-dispute-over-the-passenger-jones-act-has-southeast-alaska-yacht-captains-crying-foul/ Welcome to the Fat Bear Week semi-finals where the bears are well-fed and the voters are well-read! 
Full disclosure: these are not unbiased updates. Here’s who I’m voting for today:
Match 1: The 132 Family vs 910
132 mothered her babies with wisdom and grace this summer.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/ladies-and-gentlebears-its-the-fat-bear-week-semifinals/Mon, 28 Sep 2026 19:04:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/ladies-and-gentlebears-its-the-fat-bear-week-semifinals/ Finding childcare in Juneau is difficult and can be especially challenging for healthcare workers who work nontraditional hours. 
The strain may be slightly eased after a Juneau nonprofit received grant funding under the Rural Health Transformation Program. Approximately $215,000 will go toward creating a childcare center for Bartlett Regional Hospital employees.
Blue Shibler is the executive director of So]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/rural-health-transformation-project-funding-could-bring-childcare-to-juneau-hospital-workers/Sat, 26 Sep 2026 03:13:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/rural-health-transformation-project-funding-could-bring-childcare-to-juneau-hospital-workers/ Finding childcare in Juneau is difficult and can be especially challenging for healthcare workers who work nontraditional hours. 
The strain may be slightly eased after a Juneau nonprofit received grant funding under the Rural Health Transformation Program. Approximately $215,000 will go toward creating a childcare center for Bartlett Regional Hospital employees.
Blue Shibler, executive director of Southeas]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/rural-health-transformation-funding-could-bring-childcare-to-juneau-hospital-workers/Sat, 26 Sep 2026 03:13:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/rural-health-transformation-funding-could-bring-childcare-to-juneau-hospital-workers/ In this newscast:The deadline for incarcerated people to request a by-mail ballot for this year’s general election is fast approaching.
Proposition B in Juneau’s municipal election asks voters to reverse a tax cut passed last year.
The childcare strain on Bartlett Regional Hospital workers in Juneau may be slightly eased after a Juneau nonprofit received grant funding under the Rural Health Transformation Prog]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-friday-sept-29-2026/Sat, 26 Sep 2026 03:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-friday-sept-29-2026/ Sarah Aronson, a climate-aware therapist, talks about reactions to the Glacial Lake Outburst season, the upcoming fall and winter seasons, and more.
Juneau World Affairs Council Fall Forum “Iran Beyond the Crisis: Society, Power, and the Choices Ahead” is happening on October 1 & 2.October Breast Cancer Awareness Skate from the City & Borough of Juneau is Friday, October 9 at Treadwell Arena.
Audio PodcastVideo Liv]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/climate-aware-psychotherapist-sarah-aronson-jwac-fall-forum-preview-october-breast-cancer-awareness-skate-from-cbj/Sat, 26 Sep 2026 02:51:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/climate-aware-psychotherapist-sarah-aronson-jwac-fall-forum-preview-october-breast-cancer-awareness-skate-from-cbj/ https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/25PropB.wav
Juneau voters passed some local tax cuts last municipal election. They were put on the ballot by a group of residents who said they were frustrated with how the city government spends taxpayer dollars. 
But this election, a different group of residents is now seeking to play an Uno-reverse-card on one of those cuts. 
“We just want to put it back th]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/ballot-proposition-b-asks-voters-to-raise-the-property-tax-cap-after-budget-cuts/Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:50:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/ballot-proposition-b-asks-voters-to-raise-the-property-tax-cap-after-budget-cuts/ Many people incarcerated in Alaska can vote. Almost half, actually, are eligible, according to the American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska. And, for those who can, the deadline to apply for a by-mail ballot for the general election is fast approaching.
Meghan Barker, with ACLU Alaska, said there are a lot of misconceptions about whether or not people who are incarcerated or formerly incarcerated can vote, and]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alcu-alaska-sheds-light-on-voting-rights-for-incarcerated-people/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 21:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alcu-alaska-sheds-light-on-voting-rights-for-incarcerated-people/ Many people incarcerated in Alaska can vote. Almost half, actually, are eligible, according to the American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska. And, for those who can, the deadline to apply for a by-mail ballot for the general election is fast approaching.
Meghan Barker, with ACLU Alaska, said there are a lot of misconceptions about whether or not people who are incarcerated or formerly incarcerated can vote, and]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/aclu-alaska-sheds-light-on-voting-rights-for-incarcerated-people/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 21:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/aclu-alaska-sheds-light-on-voting-rights-for-incarcerated-people/ Jones Point Trail in Haines remains closed after a bear attack on Monday. The victim says she startled the bear, who jumped on her, then immediately ran away.
Haines resident Sue Libenson told the Chilkat Valley News that she surprised a sow and its cub on the narrow trail.
“It didn’t try to kill me. It wasn’t an attack,” Libenson said from her hospital bed in Ju]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/second-haines-resident-is-injured-by-a-bear-in-less-than-a-month/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 20:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/second-haines-resident-is-injured-by-a-bear-in-less-than-a-month/ 151 Walker is in The Office. The Office is a popular fishing spot amongst the bears on the far side of the falls. It’s kind of chill, like the corner booth at a restaurant that faces the room. He’s just, you know, doing his thing. Walker is unaware that 164 Bucky is creeping up along the side wall towards him. Then, Bucky pounces into The Office.
It&rs]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/the-real-life-rivalry-in-the-fat-bear-week-quarter-finals/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 19:51:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/the-real-life-rivalry-in-the-fat-bear-week-quarter-finals/ Students at the University of Alaska might see some changes to their tuition bills next year. The university’s Board of Regents is considering altering how tuition is structured.
Luke Fulp is the chief financial officer for the university. He said during a board meeting this month in Juneau that the proposed changes would make students’ tuition bills more transparent.
“Wha]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/proposed-tuition-structure-at-university-of-alaska-aims-to-simplify-student-bills/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 15:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/proposed-tuition-structure-at-university-of-alaska-aims-to-simplify-student-bills/ The New York Times published an article Wednesday portraying U.S. Senate challenger Mary Peltola as a hothead prone to yelling at staff, name-calling and, in one case, shoving an aide in her congressional office two years ago.
The allegations of angry outbursts are based on unnamed sources, including former aides. Text messages The New York Times obtained back up some of the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/new-york-times-reports-peltola-has-repeatedly-blown-up-at-aides-and-campaign-staff/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/new-york-times-reports-peltola-has-repeatedly-blown-up-at-aides-and-campaign-staff/ Juneau singer-songwriter Annie Bartholomew plays live music and shares in conversation about her upcoming journey to the Faroe Islands for the Pan-Arctic Vision Showcase, where she will be one of ten highlighted artists. A watch party is scheduled at Kindred Post on Friday, October 2 at 10:30 AM for the live broadcast.
Sarah Lewis from the Cooperative Extension previews fall classes in bone health, food preservation, and more.
Unive]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/local-singer-songwriter-annie-bartholomew-is-one-of-ten-artists-highlighted-during-the-pan-arctic-vision-showcase-cooperative-extension-october-classes-uas-floating-mariculture-lab/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 06:21:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/local-singer-songwriter-annie-bartholomew-is-one-of-ten-artists-highlighted-during-the-pan-arctic-vision-showcase-cooperative-extension-october-classes-uas-floating-mariculture-lab/ In this newscast:Tlingit and Haida’s president will serve another term,
Juneau’s Goldbelt Tram reopening is still in limbo after crash this spring,
UAS students might see changes to their tuition bills next spring,
Juneau organizations are coming together to host Orange Shirt Day events Sunday and Wednesday,
The New York Times published an article portraying U.S. Senate challenger Mary Peltola as a hothead pro]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/news-update-thursday-sept-24-2026/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 02:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/news-update-thursday-sept-24-2026/ Chalyee Éesh Richard Peterson will remain the president of Southeast Alaska’s largest tribal government for the next two years. Tribal delegates re-elected him this afternoon during Tlingit and Haida’s 91st annual tribal assembly in Juneau.
Peterson ra]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/tlingit-and-haidas-president-will-serve-another-term/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 01:57:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/tlingit-and-haidas-president-will-serve-another-term/ Orange Shirt Day stems from the childhood experience of residential school survivor Phyllis Webstad. 
“Phyllis Webstad was taken at the age of six to a mission school, and her grandmother purchased her an orange shirt for that day of school,” said S’eiltin Jamiann Hasselquist, a member of t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-organizations-are-coming-together-to-host-orange-shirt-day-events-sunday-and-wednesday/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:50:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-organizations-are-coming-together-to-host-orange-shirt-day-events-sunday-and-wednesday/ The popular Goldbelt Tram up Mount Roberts in downtown Juneau has been closed off to riders for the entire summer after a crash in April.
Now, Juneau’s cruise ship tourism season is coming to a close in just a few short weeks. Goldbelt Incorporated President and CEO McHugh Pierre said the company is still waiting for a major part to arrive]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneaus-goldbelt-tram-reopening-still-in-limbo-after-crash-this-spring/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:13:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneaus-goldbelt-tram-reopening-still-in-limbo-after-crash-this-spring/ In case you missed it: voter turnout for Day 1 of Fat Bear Week was so huge, it broke their website. Organizers made changes to the voting collection process and re-opened Day 2 with a repeat of Day 1’s polls. Voters had mixed success, due to maxing out the new software limits as well. What we observed is that there ain’t no mountain high enough, ain’t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/fat-bear-week-day-2-subadults-scars-beefcakes-and-bad-boys/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 19:56:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/fat-bear-week-day-2-subadults-scars-beefcakes-and-bad-boys/ Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Monday lifted a statewide executive branch hiring freeze, removing restrictions on managers who had been required since May 2025 to obtain special permission before hiring new state employees.
The governor’s decision was revealed without fanfare in a new administrative order that took effect Monday.
This week’s order also repealed a f]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/gov-dunleavy-lifts-freeze-on-state-government-hiring-new-regulations-and-worker-travel/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/gov-dunleavy-lifts-freeze-on-state-government-hiring-new-regulations-and-worker-travel/ The Environmental Protection Agency published a proposed rule on Sept. 4 that would de-regulate pollution released by certain offshore seafood processing vessels.
Under the proposal, a vessel that’s more than three miles from shore in federal waters and not attached to the seabed would be exempt from the Clean Water Act’s pollution discharge permitting requirements.
That means that]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/proposed-epa-rule-would-exempt-most-offshore-seafood-processing-vessels-from-reporting-their-pollution-discharge/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 14:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/proposed-epa-rule-would-exempt-most-offshore-seafood-processing-vessels-from-reporting-their-pollution-discharge/ Researchers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks say work is already underway on a project to reduce the nation’s dependence on imported critical minerals. That’s after the U.S. National Science Foundation awarded the university $15 million this summer to lead a regional collaboration the foundation calls a critical mineral acce]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/uaf-project-aims-to-reduce-us-dependence-on-imported-critical-minerals/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 03:18:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/uaf-project-aims-to-reduce-us-dependence-on-imported-critical-minerals/ Five candidates vying to lead Southeast Alaska’s largest tribal government spoke about their experience and platforms today d]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/candidates-for-president-and-first-vp-of-tlingit-and-haida-speak-ahead-of-vote/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 03:07:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/candidates-for-president-and-first-vp-of-tlingit-and-haida-speak-ahead-of-vote/ In this newscast:Tlingit and Haida’s president championed the tribe’s first casino opening in Juneau at his annual state of the tribe address
The EPA wants Teck Alaska Inc. to pay over $21K for a spill last year at its Red Dog Mine
Jobs and wages are up in Sitka this year, according to a new economic report
A federal court of appeals ruled construction can continue on the contentious King Cove Road through Ize]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-wednesday-sept-23-2026/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 03:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-wednesday-sept-23-2026/ Juneau Tlingit & Haida Community Council Orange Shirt Day event on Sunday, September 27, 2026Dolly Fest at the Goldtown Nick & Southeast Childhood Collective Dolly Parton Imagination LibraryGarden Talk with UAF Cooperative Extenstion Agent Darren SnyderElection reminders with deputy municipal clerk Andi Hirsh
Audio PodcastVideo LivestreamBostin Christopher hosts the conversation. Juneau Afternoon airs at 3:00 p.m. on KTOO a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-tlingit-amp-haida-community-council-orange-shirt-day-dolly-fest-amp-imagination-library-garden-talk-election-reminders-with-deputy-municipal-clerk-andi-hirsh/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 02:46:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-tlingit-amp-haida-community-council-orange-shirt-day-dolly-fest-amp-imagination-library-garden-talk-election-reminders-with-deputy-municipal-clerk-andi-hirsh/ The Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska’s president championed the tribe’s opening of its first casino in Juneau during his annual State of the Tribe address Wednesday morning. 
President Chalyee &Ea]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/tlingit-and-haida-president-champions-new-casino-during-annual-state-of-the-tribe-address/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:23:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/tlingit-and-haida-president-champions-new-casino-during-annual-state-of-the-tribe-address/ The Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly has officially and publicly condemned a planning commissioner who made discriminatory comments against the local tribe, Ketchikan Indian Community.
Darlene Dollimont-Svenson holds a rural seat on the borough’s planning commission. In a public meeting last week, there was an agenda item regarding a requested par]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/ketchikans-borough-assembly-condemns-discriminatory-remarks-made-by-planning-commissioner/Wed, 23 Sep 2026 19:50:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/ketchikans-borough-assembly-condemns-discriminatory-remarks-made-by-planning-commissioner/ Republican Bernadette Wilson is again calling on fellow Republicans Dave Bronson and Treg Taylor to drop out of the race to be Alaska’s next governor. That’s after an AARP-sponsored poll showed Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins winning the race by 10 percentage points after ranked choice tabulation.
“That poll issues a stark warning to]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/poll-shows-democrat-with-lead-in-alaska-governors-race-but-large-swaths-remain-undecided/Wed, 23 Sep 2026 19:42:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/poll-shows-democrat-with-lead-in-alaska-governors-race-but-large-swaths-remain-undecided/ Influenza-related illnesses killed 36 Alaskans during the 2025-2026 flu season, the Alaska Section of Epidemiology said Friday in a regular annual report summarizing the prior flu season.
The report was released alongside a bulletin recommending flu shots for all Alaskans that are at least six months old who do not have medical conditions affected by a flu shot.
The st]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/flu-and-flu-related-sickness-killed-36-alaskans-last-winter/Wed, 23 Sep 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/flu-and-flu-related-sickness-killed-36-alaskans-last-winter/ On a recent summer day, Taw Lindsey was doing maintenance work in Metlakatla’s high school gym when his phone rang. On the line was the executive director of the Alaska Council of School Administrators, informing Lindsey that he was named the stat]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/metlakatla-educator-named-alaskas-superintendent-of-the-year/Wed, 23 Sep 2026 14:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/metlakatla-educator-named-alaskas-superintendent-of-the-year/ In this newscast:Southeast Alaska’s largest tribal government might see a change in leadership this week,
Prop A asks Juneau voters to renew a 3% temporary tax for bread-and-butter city services,
Juneau might vote on a glacial outburst flood tax next year,
Ketchikan’s borough assembly has officially and publicly condemned a planning commissioner who made discriminatory comments against a local tribe,
 It&]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-tuesday-sept-22-2026/Wed, 23 Sep 2026 03:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-tuesday-sept-22-2026/ Southeast Alaska’s largest tribal government might see its leadership change this week. The Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska annual tribal assembly meeting and leadership elections starts Wednesday at Elizabeth Peratrovich H]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/tlingit-and-haidas-second-in-command-challenges-its-long-standing-president-in-elections-this-week/Wed, 23 Sep 2026 01:27:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/tlingit-and-haidas-second-in-command-challenges-its-long-standing-president-in-elections-this-week/ The Juneau Assembly is considering creating a new borough-wide tax to help fund a long-term solution to glacial outburst flooding. 
Local leaders said a solution sponsored by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers would require the city to cough up a portion of the funding — as much as 25%. That’s expected to pencil out to tens of millions of dollars. 
Th]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-might-vote-on-a-glacial-outburst-flood-tax-next-year/Wed, 23 Sep 2026 01:26:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-might-vote-on-a-glacial-outburst-flood-tax-next-year/ It’s hard to believe that just this past winter, most Juneau residents found themselves outside in the snow, shoveling day after day after day. 
A so-called “snowpocalypse” took Juneau by storm — literally — causing the city and tribal governments to declare an emergency. This past winter, the capital city broke its all-time snowfall record. 
But Juneau was]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/prop-a-asks-juneau-voters-to-renew-a-3-temporary-tax-for-bread-and-butter-city-services/Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:10:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/prop-a-asks-juneau-voters-to-renew-a-3-temporary-tax-for-bread-and-butter-city-services/ About 1 in 30 absentee ballots cast in Alaska’s August primary election were rejected for procedural errors, according to data published this month by the Alaska Division of Elections.
The 3.4% rejection rate for absentee ballots was almost double what it was in the 2024 general election but it was below the record high 4.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/mail-trouble-canceled-some-alaska-primary-votes-in-western-alaska/Tue, 22 Sep 2026 20:39:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/mail-trouble-canceled-some-alaska-primary-votes-in-western-alaska/ On the day that his campaign announced it had accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations from employees of a California-based artificial in]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/where-do-alaskas-four-governor-candidates-stand-on-data-centers/Tue, 22 Sep 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/where-do-alaskas-four-governor-candidates-stand-on-data-centers/ Welcome to Fat Bear Week, Day 1! 
Today we have a total of four matches—eight bears!—to weigh. New this year is the introduction of family groups. Female bears who are well-fed going into hibernation are more likely to have the nutrients needed to birth and care for cubs in the den. The adorable outcome of last year’s record-breaking salmon run is]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/fat-bear-week-begins-with-family-groups-and-sow-power/Tue, 22 Sep 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/fat-bear-week-begins-with-family-groups-and-sow-power/ Whittier’s new $80 million cruise ship dock is considered a total loss after a fire Monday that also damaged a tour boat in the Prince William Sound community.
The state fire marshal’s office is investigating how the fire started and reviewing the dock’s building plans to see if it was built to fire code, Department of Public Safety spokesperson Austin McDaniel said.
The]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/whittiers-new-80m-dock-considered-total-loss-after-fire/Tue, 22 Sep 2026 03:29:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/whittiers-new-80m-dock-considered-total-loss-after-fire/ This summer, researchers announced the discovery of nine new species of deep-sea sponges off the coast of Alaska. Five of them were found in the Aleutian Islands.
Sean Rooney is a fish biologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Alaska Fisheries Science Center. As part of NOAA’s Groundfish Assessment Program, he and his team conduct bottom trawl sur]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/scientists-found-9-new-sea-sponge-species-in-alaska/Tue, 22 Sep 2026 03:13:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/scientists-found-9-new-sea-sponge-species-in-alaska/ Haines seniors saw major savings in 2025 after voters decided to double a property tax exemption for seniors and disabled veterans. Now that exemption could change again – but in the opposite direction.
The state of Alaska requires all municipalities to exempt the first $150,000 in value on eligible primary residences from property taxes. In 2024, Haines voters boosted that exemption to $300,000.
Next month, local voters will]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/haines-to-vote-on-measure-to-reduce-a-property-tax-break-for-seniors-and-disabled-veterans/Tue, 22 Sep 2026 03:11:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/haines-to-vote-on-measure-to-reduce-a-property-tax-break-for-seniors-and-disabled-veterans/ A bull moose is running around parking lots and industrial areas surrounding Juneau’s Mendenhall River. 
While moose sightings are frequent in Anchorage, that’s not the case in Juneau. Photos and videos have been swirling on social media. 
“I saw one video that was near Safeway running around and it’s just not something people see every day,” said Carl Koch, Juneau’s area]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/a-bull-moose-is-rutting-around-juneau-parking-lots/Tue, 22 Sep 2026 03:06:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/a-bull-moose-is-rutting-around-juneau-parking-lots/ In this newscast:Ballots for this year’s municipal election are heading from Washington state to registered voters in Juneau,
A bull moose is running around parking lots and industrial areas surrounding Juneau’s Mendenhall River,
Kiks.ádi clan members raise concerns about ownership of Lingít opera story after Juneau debut,
A Ketchikan planning commissioner is under fire for making discriminatory c]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-monday-sept-21-2026/Tue, 22 Sep 2026 02:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-monday-sept-21-2026/ Thousands of passengers disembarked the cruise ship Norwegian Joy as it finally pulled up to Sitka’s dock on Thursday morning, three hours after its scheduled arrival.
“There was an announcement this morning from the captain just saying that there’s an issue with a whale at the front of the ship, and]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/endangered-whale-discovered-dead-on-cruise-ship-bow-in-sitka/Mon, 21 Sep 2026 23:37:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/endangered-whale-discovered-dead-on-cruise-ship-bow-in-sitka/ In this newscast:A 26-year-old Juneau motorcyclist died yesterday afternoon after colliding with a U.S. Postal Service vehicle while traveling on Douglas Island.
Eaglecrest Ski Area’s new general manager Julie Piper talks about her plans for the upcoming season.
Bear experts held a mini fair in Petersburg last weekend to educate attendees on the best practices for living with bears.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-friday-sept-18-2026/Sat, 19 Sep 2026 04:05:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-friday-sept-18-2026/ The Kiks.ádi clan was especially involved in that history, and a text about the battles say this is their story. But members of that clan say]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/kiksdi-clan-members-raise-concerns-about-ownership-of-lingit-opera-story-after-juneau-debut/Sat, 19 Sep 2026 02:51:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/kiksdi-clan-members-raise-concerns-about-ownership-of-lingit-opera-story-after-juneau-debut/ “Bridging Our Stories” is a documentary film that follows the story of when Ketchikan’s last Filipino community center closes and a Filipina who has spent her life resisting her heritage travels to the Philippines to rediscover her roots through indigenous dance. It will play the Goldtown on Saturday, September 19 at 1PM.The Foundation for End of Life Care presents “Lean into Grief: Becoming Resilient in the Face of]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/bridging-our-stories-plays-the-goldtown-foundation-for-end-of-life-care-presents-dr-lani-leary-here-and-nows-peter-odowd-fat-bear-week-preview-with-na-mee/Sat, 19 Sep 2026 02:37:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/bridging-our-stories-plays-the-goldtown-foundation-for-end-of-life-care-presents-dr-lani-leary-here-and-nows-peter-odowd-fat-bear-week-preview-with-na-mee/ Ballots for this year’s municipal election are heading from Washington state to registered voters in Juneau on Friday. Residents have until Tuesday, Oct. 6 to vote. 
It marks the kickoff of Juneau’s local by-mail election. This year, it features three ballot propositions, three open seats on the Juneau Assembly and two open seats on the school board. 
Voters have a few ways to]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/ballots-are-headed-to-voters-for-juneaus-municipal-election/Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:33:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/ballots-are-headed-to-voters-for-juneaus-municipal-election/ Good morning Fat Bear America and welcome to Fat Bear Week 2026! Hello from Alaska, where the days are getting shorter and the bears are getting bigger. This year’s bracket is the heaviest it’s ever been with 16 bears instead of the regular 12, and we’re here to break it down for you.  
What is Fat Bear Week?
Similar to March Madness, Fat Bear Week is a bracket-style, single elimination tournament. This annual c]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/fat-bear-week-returns-for-fall-2026/Fri, 18 Sep 2026 23:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/fat-bear-week-returns-for-fall-2026/ A 26-year-old Juneau motorcyclist died Thursday after colliding with a U.S. Postal Service vehicle while traveling on Douglas Island. 
According to the Juneau Police Department, the crash happened just before 2:30 p.m. Thursday afternoon on North Douglas Highway. Police identified the motorcyclist on Friday as 26-year-old Juneau resident Ryan Jollimore. 
According to a preliminary investigation by police, Jollimore]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-motorcyclist-dies-after-collision-with-us-postal-service-vehicle-on-douglas-island/Fri, 18 Sep 2026 22:50:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-motorcyclist-dies-after-collision-with-us-postal-service-vehicle-on-douglas-island/ The State of Alaska is requesting that a judge throw out a lawsuit alleging the Division of Elections violated Alaskans’ right to privacy when it shared voter information with the federal government last December.
The state turned over the voter list, including drivers licences numbers and addresses, after a series of requests from the Depart]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/state-asks-judge-to-dismiss-lawsuit-over-sharing-voter-information-with-justice-department/Fri, 18 Sep 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/state-asks-judge-to-dismiss-lawsuit-over-sharing-voter-information-with-justice-department/ The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly advanced two pieces of legislation Tuesday that target weather modification. Both were introduced in response to a private cloud-seeding operation conducted near Homer last month that caught locals by surprise. The company says it received necessary permission to make rain with drones, but local officials are pushing for more transparenc]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/after-cloud-seeding-near-homer-borough-assembly-seeks-regulations/Fri, 18 Sep 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/after-cloud-seeding-near-homer-borough-assembly-seeks-regulations/ Bridge Adult Day Program is having an Open House on Wednesday, September 23The National New Play Network is a organization that Perseverance Theatre is a member of. It helps facilitate bringing new work to Juneau. Executive Director Nan Barnett shares more about the organziation and how it helps Perseverance Theatre.
The Rotary Club of Juneau presents its annaul Capital Brewfest, along with the newer Beerfeast dinner. Brewers from J]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/bridge-adult-day-program-open-house-perseverance-theatre-and-national-new-play-network-rotaryrsquos-capital-brewfest-amp-beerfeast/Fri, 18 Sep 2026 06:48:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/bridge-adult-day-program-open-house-perseverance-theatre-and-national-new-play-network-rotaryrsquos-capital-brewfest-amp-beerfeast/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-gubernatorial-forum-puts-healthcare-at-center-stage/Fri, 18 Sep 2026 03:43:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-gubernatorial-forum-puts-healthcare-at-center-stage/ Kyle Reardon, nominated to be a federal judge in Alaska, had a confirmation hearing this week in the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee.
Reardon previously worked as an Army judge advocate and a federal prosecutor. He is now a federal magistrate judge in Anchorage, a position he’s held since 2021.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski introduced him at the hearing.
“In his current role, Mr. Rea]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/senators-hear-from-anchorage-attorney-nominated-for-federal-bench/Fri, 18 Sep 2026 03:41:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/senators-hear-from-anchorage-attorney-nominated-for-federal-bench/ In this newscast:The State of Alaska is requesting a judge throw out a lawsuit alleging the Division of Elections violated Alaskan’s right to privacy when it shared voter information with the federal government last December,
The Pentagon wants to build up to a dozen new military data centers near bases across Alaska and leasing government land to private companies to construct them,
A new bridge has reopened a long]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-thursday-sept-17-2026/Fri, 18 Sep 2026 02:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-thursday-sept-17-2026/ 6 p.m. Candidate Meet and Greet
Say hi and get to know the Assembly and School Board hopefuls during a Candidate Meet & Greet with KTOO on Tuesday, Sept. 22 at 6 p.m. downstairs at Devil’s Club Brewing!
7 p.m. $]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/join-ktoo-on-sept-22-for-two-local-election-events/Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:22:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/join-ktoo-on-sept-22-for-two-local-election-events/ The Eaglecrest Ski Area has seen a plethora of changes recently. The change of plans for the gondola due to the cost of installation, staff being cut due to a lack of income and funding — and of course operations are always dependent on the weather.
Now, Eaglecrest has a new General Manager, Julie Piper. KTOO’s Mike Lane recently visited with Piper to learn about her plans for the ski area.
Listen:
https://m]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/former-eaglecrest-employee-comes-back-as-ski-area-general-manager/Thu, 17 Sep 2026 20:57:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/former-eaglecrest-employee-comes-back-as-ski-area-general-manager/ In August, more than 70% of participating Alaska voters supported Ballot Measure 1, voting to restrict the amount of money that individuals can contribute to campaigns for state office.
On Nov. 3, Alaskans will vote on Ballot Measure 2, and an overlooked section of that measure — intended to roll ba]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaskans-just-voted-to-limit-campaign-cash-a-second-vote-could-change-that/Thu, 17 Sep 2026 20:06:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaskans-just-voted-to-limit-campaign-cash-a-second-vote-could-change-that/ In this newscast:The city and Tlingit & Haida are working together to clean up several adjoining properties in downtown Juneau,
University of Alaska leadership presented a draft AI policy to the Board of Regents earlier this month,
The case against a former Juneau chiropractor accused of sexual assault likely won’t be heard again until 2027,
Juneau’s 2026 municipal election is approaching, and alongside ca]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-wednesday-sept-16-2026/Thu, 17 Sep 2026 02:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-wednesday-sept-16-2026/ Theatre in the Rough’s “The Revolutionists” opens Friday, September 18 and runs through October 11. This comedic play is set in 1793 Paris, where playwright Olympe de Gouges joins assassin Charlotte Corday, deposed queen Marie Antoinette, and Caribbean freedom fighter Marianne Angelle in a witty, anachronistic struggle to make art, pursue justice, and survive the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror.Election]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/lsquothe-revolutionistsrsquo-opens-at-theatre-in-the-rough-election-update-amp-trivia-night-with-ktoo-juneau-community-on-aging-evening-at-egan-fall-lecture-series/Thu, 17 Sep 2026 02:38:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/lsquothe-revolutionistsrsquo-opens-at-theatre-in-the-rough-election-update-amp-trivia-night-with-ktoo-juneau-community-on-aging-evening-at-egan-fall-lecture-series/ University of Alaska leadership presented a draft artificial intelligence policy to the Board of Regents earlier this month. If approved, it would require all three campuses to have an AI plan in place for students, faculty and staff.
The guiding principles in the draft emphasize not]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/university-of-alaska-regents-consider-draft-ai-policy/Thu, 17 Sep 2026 02:22:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/university-of-alaska-regents-consider-draft-ai-policy/ The case against a former Juneau chiropractor accused of sexual assault likely won’t be heard again until 2027. A judge has yet to schedule a new trial against Jeffrey Fultz more than a year after the first trial ended in mistrial.
At a hearing today, the judge set the next readiness hearing for Nov. 10. Since the courts are seeking an]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/former-juneau-chiropractor-unlikely-to-see-retrial-until-next-year/Thu, 17 Sep 2026 02:15:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/former-juneau-chiropractor-unlikely-to-see-retrial-until-next-year/ The City and Borough of Juneau and the Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska are working together this month to clean up several adjoining properties in downtown Juneau. That follows public outcry this summer about escalating health and safety concerns in the area.
The area is located behind Willoughby and Capita]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/city-and-tribe-work-together-in-juneau-to-clean-up-historic-downtown-area/Thu, 17 Sep 2026 01:27:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/city-and-tribe-work-together-in-juneau-to-clean-up-historic-downtown-area/ Juneau’s 2026 municipal election is fast approaching. Alongside candidates for Juneau Assembly and school board, there are three ballot propositions. 
Proposition A — 3% temporary sales tax renewal 
Ballot Proposition A asks voters whether to renew a 3% temporary sales tax in Juneau.
Right now, Juneau charges 5% in local sales tax. Of that, 3% is a temporary tax. The money collected from it goes toward]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-has-three-ballot-propositions-this-municipal-election-heres-what-to-know/Wed, 16 Sep 2026 23:13:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-has-three-ballot-propositions-this-municipal-election-heres-what-to-know/ In this newscast:The Juneau Assembly voted Monday night to indefinitely table an ordinance that would have required nonprofits in Juneau to charge sales tax for goods and services,
The National Weather Service office in Juneau issued a special weather statement this morning saying a second glacial outburst flood could be underway in Juneau. Now, meteorologists say it’s probably not,
The Juneau Assembly approved sala]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-tuesday-sept-15-2026/Wed, 16 Sep 2026 02:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-tuesday-sept-15-2026/ The Juneau Assembly approved salary bumps on Monday night for both the city manager and city attorney. 
The Assembly discussed the increases during an executive session that was not open to the public during the meeting. Both City Manager Katie Koester and City Attorney Emily Wright received a 3% wage increase and a $2,000 lump sum payment. The increases boost Koester&rsquo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-assembly-approves-pay-boosts-to-top-city-officials/Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:25:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-assembly-approves-pay-boosts-to-top-city-officials/ The National Weather Service office in Juneau issued a special weather statement Tuesday at 9:49 a.m. saying a second glacial outburst flood could be underway in Juneau. Now, meteorologists say it’s probably not. 
Nathan Compton, a meteorologist at the Weather Service in Juneau, said there’s no reason for the public to be concerned. 
“This is not a release, and furthermore, if it were a release, it]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/weather-service-says-drop-in-juneaus-suicide-basin-likely-not-another-glacial-outburst-flood/Tue, 15 Sep 2026 23:54:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/weather-service-says-drop-in-juneaus-suicide-basin-likely-not-another-glacial-outburst-flood/ The Juneau Assembly voted Monday night to indefinitely table an ordinance that would have required nonprofits in Juneau to charge sales tax for goods and services. 
That’s after leaders from more than a dozen nonprofits testified against the ordinance. 
Scott Fergusson is a volunteer board me]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-assembly-tables-ordinance-requiring-nonprofits-to-charge-sales-tax/Tue, 15 Sep 2026 21:56:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-assembly-tables-ordinance-requiring-nonprofits-to-charge-sales-tax/ Produced in partnership with the League of Women Voters of Juneau.
Watch live on KTOO 360TV or here on Wednesday, September 16th at 7 p.m. Or listen live on KTOO 104.3 / KAUK 91.7 FM]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/2026-municipal-candidates-forum-juneau-assembly-amp-school-board/Tue, 15 Sep 2026 21:14:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/2026-municipal-candidates-forum-juneau-assembly-amp-school-board/ Dance groups from across the Bering Strait region gathered in Wales last weekend for the Kingikmiut Dance Festival, a three-day event centered on sharing songs and dances that leaders say were absent from some communities for decades.
This year marked the event’s 25th anniversary.
Fog limited the festival’s opening night. Groups from Gambell, Savoon]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/it-heals-my-heart-dance-groups-gather-in-wales-to-keep-traditions-alive/Tue, 15 Sep 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/it-heals-my-heart-dance-groups-gather-in-wales-to-keep-traditions-alive/ The Juneau Assembly had a regular meeting Monday night to vote on whether to require nonprofits to charge sales tax, discuss ordinances related to glacial outburst flood mitigation and evaluate the city manager and city attorney’s pay.
Here are some highlights from the meeting:
• The Assembly voted to indefinitely table an ordinance th]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-assembly-highlights-nonprofits-sales-tax-flood-funding-and-city-leader-pay-hikes/Tue, 15 Sep 2026 08:13:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-assembly-highlights-nonprofits-sales-tax-flood-funding-and-city-leader-pay-hikes/ Officials on Monday are battling a fire at Whittier’s new cruise ship terminal that damaged at least one boat. No injuries have been reported.
Multiple agencies responded to the fire around 11 a.m.
Photos posted on social media show a tour boat, the Klondike Express, engulfed in flames. There were no passengers onboard, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The vessel was releas]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/officials-battle-fire-at-whittiers-new-cruise-ship-terminal/Tue, 15 Sep 2026 03:44:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/officials-battle-fire-at-whittiers-new-cruise-ship-terminal/ Local governments across Alaska have long taxed raw materials that are extracted locally but sold elsewhere. Haines could be next.
In October, voters will weigh in on whether the borough should implement something called a severance tax, which would apply to exports including timber, gravel and mineral ore. Supporters of the proposition hope to ensure the community gets some financial benefit from ongoing or future]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/haines-to-vote-on-ballot-measure-to-tax-timber-gravel-and-ore-exports/Tue, 15 Sep 2026 03:39:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/haines-to-vote-on-ballot-measure-to-tax-timber-gravel-and-ore-exports/ Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan and Democratic challenger Mary Peltola vied to outdo each other as champions of Alaska fishermen at the Kodiak Chamber of Commerce fishery debate Saturday.
The debate sponsors included major players in the pollock industry, but that didn’t sto]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/peltola-and-sullivan-confront-trawl-bycatch-and-each-other-at-kodiak-fisheries-debate/Tue, 15 Sep 2026 03:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/peltola-and-sullivan-confront-trawl-bycatch-and-each-other-at-kodiak-fisheries-debate/ In this newscast:Emergency responders battled a fire today at Whittier’s new cruise ship terminal that damaged at least one boat. No injured have been reported,
The deadline to submit a public comment on a proposed plan to repeal the Roadless Rule has been extended,
The Sitka Assembly is moving forward with a plan to tackle the community’s childcare shortage, which includes a half percent sales tax increase,
A]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-monday-sept-14-2026/Tue, 15 Sep 2026 02:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-monday-sept-14-2026/ Rep. Andrew Gray of Anchorage is not a Swiss businessman. Speaker of the House Bryce Edgmon is not selling fire sprinkler systems. Lieutenant governor candidate Zac Johnson isn’t running an equestrian fox-hunting club in Indiana.
Days after the Alaska Department of Law said it found possible gaps in dozens of political candidates’ financial disclosure f]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/report-used-to-justify-reinstatement-of-alaska-republican-governor-candidate-appears-flawed/Mon, 14 Sep 2026 20:33:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/report-used-to-justify-reinstatement-of-alaska-republican-governor-candidate-appears-flawed/ Alaska’s Nov. 3 election provides voters an option to rank candidates according to their preferences. It’s an opportunity many voters don’t take.
Alaska Public Media’s Liz Ruskin revealed the statistics on “bullet voting” in the Sept. 4 edition of her politics newsletter, Alaska at-Large.
This transcript has been lightly edited for length and clarity. 
Wesl]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/a-lot-of-alaskans-are-bullet-voters-sometimes-thats-not-the-best-strategy/Mon, 14 Sep 2026 20:20:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/a-lot-of-alaskans-are-bullet-voters-sometimes-thats-not-the-best-strategy/ Juneau Afternoon featuring Juneau World Affairs presentation on Hunger in Sudan, SEARHC End of Summer Celebration, and Mudrooms storytelling season 15 debuts with theme “Boundaries.”
Audio 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-world-affairs-council-presents-talk-on-hunger-in-sudan-searhc-end-of-summer-celebration-mudrooms-season-15-kick-off/Sat, 12 Sep 2026 02:54:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-world-affairs-council-presents-talk-on-hunger-in-sudan-searhc-end-of-summer-celebration-mudrooms-season-15-kick-off/ In this newscast:The Juneau School District has fewer students enrolled this year than it previously projected.
The Juneau Assembly is slated to vote on an ordinance on Monday that would require nonprofits to charge sales tax for goods and services – something they’re currently exempt from.
Capital City Fire/Rescue’s Andrew Pantiskas talks about a new app that aims to cut the department’s response]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-friday-sept-11-2026/Sat, 12 Sep 2026 02:51:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-friday-sept-11-2026/ The Juneau School District has fewer students this year than the enrollment decrease it previously projected. 
The district has 94 fewer students than anticipated, according to district data. Out of all grade levels, kindergarten saw the largest drop in enrollment. Superintendent Shawn Arnold prese]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-schools-begin-school-year-with-fewer-students-than-anticipated/Sat, 12 Sep 2026 01:25:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-schools-begin-school-year-with-fewer-students-than-anticipated/ The Heists, Andrew and Erin, are launching their EP album “Break & Mend” with six tracks at release show on Saturday, September 12 at The Crystal Saloon. After years of playing music together, this is their first work as a writing duo.On Sunday, September 27, Tlingit and Haida’s Wayfinder’s Youth Program and Community Advocacy are partnering together in recognition of Orange Shirt Day and MMI]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-music-group-the-heists-release-party-for-lsquobreak-amp-mendrsquo-ep-tlingit-amp-haida-orange-shirt-day-community-walk-and-sealaska-heritage-institute-educator-awardees/Fri, 11 Sep 2026 22:32:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-music-group-the-heists-release-party-for-lsquobreak-amp-mendrsquo-ep-tlingit-amp-haida-orange-shirt-day-community-walk-and-sealaska-heritage-institute-educator-awardees/ The Juneau Assembly is slated to vote on an ordinance on Monday that would require nonprofits in Juneau to charge sales tax for goods and services — something they’re currently exempt from. 
If passed, the ordinance would revise the city’s current sales tax exemptions for nonprofits and narrow the exemptions currently in place. 
The proposed change comes as the Assembly looks]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-assembly-to-vote-whether-to-require-nonprofits-to-charge-sales-tax-on-monday/Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-assembly-to-vote-whether-to-require-nonprofits-to-charge-sales-tax-on-monday/ Three southeast Alaska commercial fishers accused of deliberately sinking their boats are now pleading guilty.
John Fisher of Sitka, Joseph Poling of Petersburg and Tony Vanveen of Sitka have each signed plea deals, according to documents filed with the U.S. District Court in the District of Alaska.
The three were initially charged earlier this year by the U.S. Attorney’]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/three-alaska-fishermen-plead-guilty-after-being-accused-of-deliberately-scuttling-boats/Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/three-alaska-fishermen-plead-guilty-after-being-accused-of-deliberately-scuttling-boats/ The Arctic Report Card has found a new group of supporters. The climate report’s authors say the American Geophysical Union, a science nonprofit, will keep it going with help from a coalition of partners.
The news comes after the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration pulled its funding  for the report in August. Rick Thoman, a longtime editor, said the people who put the r]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/arctic-report-card-gets-new-supporters-after-noaa-cut-funding/Fri, 11 Sep 2026 04:15:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/arctic-report-card-gets-new-supporters-after-noaa-cut-funding/ The Skagway ferry terminal is on track to reopen on Thursday, nearly a month after ferry service stopped abruptly due to structural damage at the dock.
The terminal’s closure threw a wrench in regional travel plans, including for seasonal workers planning to leave town and for participants in a running race that draws people from around the region]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/skagways-ferry-terminal-is-set-to-reopen-weeks-after-sudden-closure/Fri, 11 Sep 2026 04:12:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/skagways-ferry-terminal-is-set-to-reopen-weeks-after-sudden-closure/ Black bears feasted at Juneau’s dump all summer after the company that owns it took down a portion of the wildlife fence for construction. 
That’s according to state officials who say they’ve been working to resolve the issue with Waste Management, the private landfill owner. 
Carl Koch, Juneau’s area management biologist at the Alaska Depar]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/more-than-a-dozen-black-bears-feasted-at-juneaus-landfill-all-summer-after-owner-took-down-fence/Fri, 11 Sep 2026 04:05:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/more-than-a-dozen-black-bears-feasted-at-juneaus-landfill-all-summer-after-owner-took-down-fence/ In this newscast:Black bears feasted at Juneau’s dump all summer after the company that owns it took down a portion of the wildlife fence for construction.
A Lingít opera, nearly a decade in the making, is debuting in Juneau this Friday.
More young people in Alaska died of suicide in 2025 than in any other year in the past decade.
A University of Alaska Southeast student used music to present data collected f]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-thursday-sept-10-2026/Fri, 11 Sep 2026 03:06:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-thursday-sept-10-2026/ A Lingít opera, nearly a decade in the making, is debuting in Juneau this Friday. An entirely Indigenous cast of singers and dancers will tell the story of the Battles of Sitka while accompanied by an orchestra playing original music. The battles were between Southeast Alaska Native people and Ru]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/minds-behind-the-lingt-opera-debuting-in-juneau-say-its-a-return-to-tradition/Fri, 11 Sep 2026 02:15:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/minds-behind-the-lingt-opera-debuting-in-juneau-say-its-a-return-to-tradition/ UAS Admission Open House is happening on Saturday, September 12, 2026, at Egan Library.NAMI Juneau, Juneau Suicide Prevention Coalition, and Tlingit & Haida welcome everyone to a community picnic on Saturday, September 12, 2026 at Savikko Park in Douglas.Bear updates with Abby McAllister from Department of Fish & Game.Audio PodcastNo video livestream of this episode due to some technical issues. Please enjoy the audio via th]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/uas-admissions-open-house-nami-suicide-prevention-awareness-community-picnic-bear-talk-with-abby-mcallister/Thu, 10 Sep 2026 22:58:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/uas-admissions-open-house-nami-suicide-prevention-awareness-community-picnic-bear-talk-with-abby-mcallister/ The first Lingít opera in recorded history debuts this Friday in Juneau at the Thunder Mountain Middle School auditorium. 
KTOO published several stories in anticipation of the opera, compiled in this post:
Tongass Voices: Ed Littlefield on composing a Lingít opera
Shaakindustoow Ed Littlefield is a Lingít composer and musician from Sitka. For the past three years, he’s been a part of a team composing what will be]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/kutulagaaw-the-tlingit-russian-battles-to-debut-friday/Thu, 10 Sep 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/kutulagaaw-the-tlingit-russian-battles-to-debut-friday/ Listen to this story:
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What if, instead of using graphs and words to share environmental data, scientists used music? A student at the University of Alaska Southeast spent her summer doing just that. 
Ashlen Smith composed songs from complex stream data collected in the Davies Creek Watershed at the north end of Juneau in the H&eac]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/uas-student-composes-music-from-juneau-stream-data/Thu, 10 Sep 2026 04:15:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/uas-student-composes-music-from-juneau-stream-data/ In this newscast:The union representing support staff at the Juneau School District is scheduled to go to trial in February.
The Skagway ferry terminal is on track to reopen on Thursday, nearly a month after state ferry service to the popular tourist destination stopped abruptly in mid-August.
The Arctic Report Card has found a new group of supporters.
Joel Jackson, longtime Haida and Lingít advocate and president]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-wednesday-sept-9-2026/Thu, 10 Sep 2026 03:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-wednesday-sept-9-2026/ After a battle with pancreatic cancer, elder and tribal leader Joel Jackson died at Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital in Sitka in August. He was Haida and Lingít, a Káach.ádi clan member and child of the Tsaagweidí clan. His loved ones held memorials in Juneau and Kake, where they spoke about his advocacy, his humor, and his passion fo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/kake-leader-joel-jackson-dies-at-age-70/Thu, 10 Sep 2026 02:19:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/kake-leader-joel-jackson-dies-at-age-70/ The union representing support staff at the Juneau School District is scheduled to go to trial in February.
Juneau Education Support Staff filed a lawsuit against the district a year ago. The lawsuit alleged the district didn’t follow the necessary steps in the union contract when it shut down its after-school childcare program, called RALLY.
The union represents a wide range of emp]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-school-district-and-support-staff-union-slated-to-go-to-trial-next-year/Wed, 09 Sep 2026 23:33:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-school-district-and-support-staff-union-slated-to-go-to-trial-next-year/ Alaska’s criminal appeals court has thrown out an indictment of a Whittier woman born in American Samoa who state prosecutors accused of felony voter misconduct nearly three years ago.
State troopers arrested Tupe Smith in 2023. Like others born in the U.S. territory of American Samoa, Smith is not a citizen. Instead, she is what’s known as a U.S. national and can’t hold public offi]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/appeals-court-tosses-indictment-of-whittier-woman-charged-with-voter-misconduct/Wed, 09 Sep 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/appeals-court-tosses-indictment-of-whittier-woman-charged-with-voter-misconduct/ The early stages of a major environmental review for the Ambler Mining District’s first proposed mine are set to begin this mo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/amblers-first-proposed-mine-is-in-its-earliest-stages-local-leaders-are-asking-if-its-worth-it/Wed, 09 Sep 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/amblers-first-proposed-mine-is-in-its-earliest-stages-local-leaders-are-asking-if-its-worth-it/ A decision that reversed Alaska Republican governor candidate Treg Taylor’s disqualification was mot]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-department-of-law-says-it-found-dozens-of-potential-gaps-in-candidates-financial-disclosures/Wed, 09 Sep 2026 03:05:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-department-of-law-says-it-found-dozens-of-potential-gaps-in-candidates-financial-disclosures/ In this newscast:Alaska’s criminal appeals court has thrown out an indictment of a Whittier woman born in American Samoa who state prosecutors accused of felony voter misconduct three years ago,
Republican Treg Taylor is back in Alaska’s race for governor,
A new tribally-led housing complex in Ketchikan will begin welcoming tenants this month,
Tongass Voices: Ed Littlefield on composing a Lingit opera]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-tuesday-sept-8-2026/Wed, 09 Sep 2026 03:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-tuesday-sept-8-2026/ When someone experiences sudden cardiac arrest in Juneau, the average response time for Capital City Fire/Rescue is 9 minutes. On Sept. 1, CCFR launched an app that aims to cut down that response time. PulsePoint instantly alerts people trained in CPR to the exact location of nearby cardiac events. 
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/ccrf-launches-life-saving-app-to-reduce-response-times-for-cardiac-arrests-in-juneau/Tue, 08 Sep 2026 15:05:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/ccrf-launches-life-saving-app-to-reduce-response-times-for-cardiac-arrests-in-juneau/ When someone experiences sudden cardiac arrest in Juneau, the average response time for Capital City Fire/Rescue is 9 minutes. On Sept. 1, CCFR launched an app that aims to cut down that response time. PulsePoint instantly alerts people trained in CPR to the exact location of nearby cardiac events. 
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/ccfr-launches-life-saving-app-to-reduce-response-times-for-cardiac-arrests-in-juneau/Tue, 08 Sep 2026 15:05:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/ccfr-launches-life-saving-app-to-reduce-response-times-for-cardiac-arrests-in-juneau/ A legal group founded by a member of President Donald Trump’s inner circle is suing Alaska’s judge-nominating body.
The America First Legal Foundation, founded by Trump adviser Stephen Miller, accuses the Alaska Judicial Council of failing to respond to a records request]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/trump-aligned-group-sues-alaskas-judge-nominating-body-over-delayed-records/Tue, 08 Sep 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/trump-aligned-group-sues-alaskas-judge-nominating-body-over-delayed-records/ Late Friday night, Alaska Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom said she will reverse a decision she made Monday and will certify former attorney general Treg Taylor as a final-four candidate in Alaska’s race for governor.
Dahlstrom, who oversees the state’s elections, pointed to an as-yet-unpublished review by the Alask]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-lt-gov-dahlstrom-reverses-herself-puts-treg-taylor-back-in-governors-race/Tue, 08 Sep 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-lt-gov-dahlstrom-reverses-herself-puts-treg-taylor-back-in-governors-race/ Anchorage Democrat Rep. Andrew Gray has asked acting attorney general Cori Mills to prosecute former attorney general Treg Taylor and his wife, Republican lieutenant governor candidate Jodi Taylor, for allegedly failing to file required financial reports.
Gray, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, made the request in a letter sent Tuesday and shared with reporters.
In the l]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-legislator-asks-state-to-prosecute-candidate-for-lt-gov-and-former-attorney-general/Mon, 07 Sep 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-legislator-asks-state-to-prosecute-candidate-for-lt-gov-and-former-attorney-general/ Clint Johnson sat in his spacious office in downtown Anchorage. A blueprint of a Bell 47 helicopter hung above him, and behind him was a picture of his family: his wife, two children and seven grandchildren.
“I think my wife is really looking forward]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/after-nearly-3-decades-with-the-agency-alaskas-ntsb-chief-retires/Sun, 06 Sep 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/after-nearly-3-decades-with-the-agency-alaskas-ntsb-chief-retires/ The Indian Health Service officially transferred ownership of the state’s biggest tribal hospital, the Alaska Native Medical Center, to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, according to the consortium.
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium CEO Natasha Singh said the transfer, completed August 24, is the result of decades of advocacy. Singh is also a Stevens Village tribal citizen f]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/federal-government-transfers-anmc-to-tribal-ownership-after-decades-long-advocacy/Sat, 05 Sep 2026 20:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/federal-government-transfers-anmc-to-tribal-ownership-after-decades-long-advocacy/ In this newscast:The Anchorage Assembly voted Tuesday night to have city auditors study how members have used their individual spending accounts. Each Assembly member has an annual budget of $24,000 to spend on things like travel, supplies and legislative aides. The study will examine spending going back to 2023 by current Assembly members as well as three who ended their terms earlier this year.
A new mountain bike park]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-friday-sept-4-2026/Sat, 05 Sep 2026 03:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-friday-sept-4-2026/ Ahead of their public reading event at Alaska Robotics and Amalga Distillery on Saturday, September 5 at 6:00 p.m., guest host Tessa Hulls sits down with the authors Michelle Peñaloza (“All the Words I Can Remember are Poems”), Putsata Reang (“Ma and Me”), Jane Wong (“Meet me Tonight in Atlantic City”), and editor Daphne Ming Durham (Putnam) for a roundtable discussion about memoirs, moms, fun]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/tessa-takeover-pulitzer-prize-winning-juneauite-tessa-hulls-roundtable-discussion-with-authors-michelle-pealoza-putsata-reang-jane-wong-and-editor-daphne-ming-durham/Sat, 05 Sep 2026 02:35:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/tessa-takeover-pulitzer-prize-winning-juneauite-tessa-hulls-roundtable-discussion-with-authors-michelle-pealoza-putsata-reang-jane-wong-and-editor-daphne-ming-durham/ A new mountain bike park opened in Juneau late last month. At the same time, public outcry over electric motorcycles endangering riders and chopping up trails got the attention of city leaders, who are now considering regulations. 
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At the drizzly grand opening of the Thund]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/some-juneau-residents-say-e-motorcycles-are-a-problem-city-leaders-look-to-regulate-them/Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:35:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/some-juneau-residents-say-e-motorcycles-are-a-problem-city-leaders-look-to-regulate-them/ Dolly Parton’s music and philanthropy touched communities across the country, including Juneau. After her recent death, Juneau residents honored her legacy of music and early childhood literacy with a commemorative march on Aug. 28. People walked from the Capitol to the downtown Seawalk, where reporter Jamie Diep talked to individuals a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/love-tolerance-education-joy-march-in-juneau-honors-dolly-partons-legacy/Fri, 04 Sep 2026 23:40:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/love-tolerance-education-joy-march-in-juneau-honors-dolly-partons-legacy/ The municipal election is approaching. Eight candidates are running for three Assembly seats, and three candidates are running for two School Board seats. KTOO’s Mike Lane spoke with Deputy Municipal Clerk Andi Hirsh to better understand the local election process, what’s going to be on the ballot, and important dates in September and October to keep in mind.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/deputy-city-clerk-unpacks-juneaus-2026-municipal-election/Fri, 04 Sep 2026 15:03:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/deputy-city-clerk-unpacks-juneaus-2026-municipal-election/ In the runup to this year’s fishing season, Haines fisherman Dan Kendryna made some expensive but much-needed upgrades to his gillnetter.
“That was before I knew the prices. But I can finally breathe a little bit now that that’s done and the season covered it,” he said. “Sometimes it doesn’t.”
He said this year has been “pretty incredible,” financially speaking. That]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/haines-fishermen-say-the-salmon-runs-arent-great-this-year-but-the-prices-are/Fri, 04 Sep 2026 15:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/haines-fishermen-say-the-salmon-runs-arent-great-this-year-but-the-prices-are/ The state council that vets Alaska judges is recommending against retaining two judges in the November election.
It’s the first time in 12 years that the Alaska Judicial Council has recommended Alaskans vote “no” on retaining a judge.
The council announced Wednesday its recommen]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-judicial-council-takes-rare-step-of-recommending-no-votes-on-2-judges/Fri, 04 Sep 2026 15:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-judicial-council-takes-rare-step-of-recommending-no-votes-on-2-judges/ A male brown bear in Sitka known locally as Tum-Tum drowned at Redoubt Falls earlier this summer during a state-run research project.
Researchers with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game are currently in year two of a six-year project to count the number of bears on Baranof Island, which covers 1,600 square miles.
State wildlife biologist Stephanie Sell said in a statement Monday that research staff were capturing and col]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/sitka-brown-bear-drowned-in-july-during-state-run-research-project/Fri, 04 Sep 2026 04:04:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/sitka-brown-bear-drowned-in-july-during-state-run-research-project/ President Donald Trump said Wednesday he’ll make a campaign swing through Alaska, to help U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan.
“Dan Sullivan’s a great senator,” Trump said from the Oval Office. “Dan — I mean, you look at the things he’s done. He would call me all the time because I think, I defin]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/trump-says-hell-campaign-for-sen-dan-sullivan-in-alaska/Fri, 04 Sep 2026 03:56:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/trump-says-hell-campaign-for-sen-dan-sullivan-in-alaska/ In this newscast:Wrangell residents gather to hear presentations about earthquake, tsunami and landslide hazards
After a Himalayan glacier collapse killed hundreds, scientists who study glacier hazards in Alaska say it could look different here
Juneau residents celebrate the life and legacy of Dolly Parton with a commemorative march ]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-thursday-sept-3-2026/Fri, 04 Sep 2026 02:44:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-thursday-sept-3-2026/ Juneau Afternoon featuring:Juneau Community Garden Harvest Fair on Saturday, September 5 from 11 a.m. – 1 p.mJuneau-Douglas City Museum updated hours and gallery submission deadline extensionCentral Labor Council holiday picnic on Monday, September 7 from 11 a.m –2 p.m.Marie Drake Gym and Planetarium open house on Friday, September 4 from 5 p.m. – 7 p.m
Audio PodcastVideo LivestreamBostin Christopher hosts the conve]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/harvest-fair-juneau-douglas-city-museum-central-labor-council-holiday-picnic-marie-drake-gym-amp-planetarium/Fri, 04 Sep 2026 02:26:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/harvest-fair-juneau-douglas-city-museum-central-labor-council-holiday-picnic-marie-drake-gym-amp-planetarium/ Juneau Afternoon featuring a preview of the first Tlingit Opera in recorded history: “Ḵutulagaaw: The Tlingit-Russian Battles” presented by Sealaska Heritage Institute in partnership with Perseverance Theatre.
Segment One: The Seed with President of SHI Dr. Rosita Worl, Librettist Vera Starbard, and Perseverance Artistic Director Leslie Ishii.Segment Two: The Creation with Librettist Vera Starbard, Translator Dr. X]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/kutulagaaw-the-tlingit-russian-battles-a-preview-of-the-first-tlingit-opera-in-recorded-history/Thu, 03 Sep 2026 22:34:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/kutulagaaw-the-tlingit-russian-battles-a-preview-of-the-first-tlingit-opera-in-recorded-history/ The Alaska Department of Revenue announced on Monday that Alaska’s K-12 public schools will receive an additional $115 million in state funding this year, prompted by a boost in oil revenues driven by the U.S. war on Iran.
Legislators earmarked the additional oil revenue for schools as part of the state budget approved by Gov. Mike Dunleavy in June.
The additional funding is a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-schools-set-to-receive-115m-in-war-driven-oil-revenue-bonus-state-announces/Thu, 03 Sep 2026 15:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-schools-set-to-receive-115m-in-war-driven-oil-revenue-bonus-state-announces/ Anchorage retiree Susan Klein is a progressive and a fan of ranked choice voting. She thought that, come November, she’d be able to choose her favorite of the two Democrats in the governor’s race and rank the other, without worrying about splitting the vote. If her favorite came in last, she knew her vote would be redistributed to her second favorite.
But then, last week, her]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/democratic-withdrawals-leave-some-alaskans-questioning-the-point-of-ranked-choice-voting/Thu, 03 Sep 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/democratic-withdrawals-leave-some-alaskans-questioning-the-point-of-ranked-choice-voting/ Listen to this story:
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A massive chunk of a Himalayan glacier and underlying rock broke off and led to catastrophic flooding in parts of Nepal and Tibet last Wednesday, leaving hundreds dead and thousands missing. Scientists who study glacier hazards in Alaska said that glacier]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/a-himalayan-glacier-collapse-killed-hundreds-one-in-alaska-could-look-different/Thu, 03 Sep 2026 03:37:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/a-himalayan-glacier-collapse-killed-hundreds-one-in-alaska-could-look-different/ In this newscast:Sealaska Heritage Institute’s artist residency program expanded to Sitka this year with a New Mexico-based artist.
A fungal outbreak is spreading among spruce trees in the Tongass National Forest this summer.
A candlelight vigil for the loss of two 16-year-olds who died in Juneau earlier this week brought together more than 150 mourners Tuesday.
The Juneau School District and community organizations]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-wednesday-sept-2-2026/Thu, 03 Sep 2026 03:13:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-wednesday-sept-2-2026/ https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/02vigil.wav
As the sun set on Tuesday evening, the warm glow of candles filled the outdoor basketball court at the Dzantik’i Heeni school campus in Lemon Creek.
More than 150 people stood around a vigil to remember 16-year-olds Leotis “Leo&rd]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/my-life-is-never-going-to-be-complete-anymore-family-friends-mourn-juneau-teen-deaths/Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:54:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/my-life-is-never-going-to-be-complete-anymore-family-friends-mourn-juneau-teen-deaths/ The Juneau School District and community organizations are offering additional support and resources following the death of two teenagers Monday evening.
Superintendent Shawn Arnold said the district is providing on-site crisis counseling at some schools. He said school staff are also reaching out to students they believe would]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-schools-and-organizations-increase-mental-health-support-following-death-of-teenagers/Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:54:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-schools-and-organizations-increase-mental-health-support-following-death-of-teenagers/ Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dan J. Sullivan is staying in the race for U.S. Senate, he said Monday, hours before the deadline to withdraw from November’s election.
The Petersburg Republican finished third in August’s primary election, wi]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/petersburgs-dan-j-sullivan-stays-on-alaskas-us-senate-ballot-after-third-place-primary-finish/Wed, 02 Sep 2026 15:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/petersburgs-dan-j-sullivan-stays-on-alaskas-us-senate-ballot-after-third-place-primary-finish/ Vote-counting in Alaska’s primary is over, narrowing crowded fields to a final four advancing to the general election in the races for governor, the Legislature and Congress.
It was a chaotic last day of strategic maneuvering, especially in the governor’s race, and Alaska Public Media’s state government reporter, Eric Stone, joined Alaska News Nightly host Casey]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/where-alaska-races-stand-after-a-chaotic-end-to-primary-election-season/Wed, 02 Sep 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/where-alaska-races-stand-after-a-chaotic-end-to-primary-election-season/ Weeks after suspending his campaign, the leading Democrat in Alaska’s U.S. House race officially withdrew ahead of Monday’s 5 p.m. deadline.
That withdrawal triggered a sequence of events that put the eighth-place finisher, Libertarian candidate Jim McDermo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/in-alaskas-us-house-race-a-libertarian-and-a-federal-inmate-advance-after-late-withdrawals/Wed, 02 Sep 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/in-alaskas-us-house-race-a-libertarian-and-a-federal-inmate-advance-after-late-withdrawals/ Listen here:
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The Douglas Indian Association on Saturday celebrated the opening of its newly built education center. Tribal leaders say it’s years in the making and will give the tribe a space to teach, learn and remember its history.
Khaagwáask’ Ishmael Hope instructed guests, hosts and]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/douglas-indian-association-opens-new-learning-center/Wed, 02 Sep 2026 03:31:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/douglas-indian-association-opens-new-learning-center/ Listen to this story:
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Juneau city leaders posed some major questions about glacial outburst flood funding –  including possible flood taxes – at an Assembly committee on Monday night, but they don’t have answers yet.
At the meeting, C]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-assembly-discusses-glacial-outburst-flood-taxes/Wed, 02 Sep 2026 03:27:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-assembly-discusses-glacial-outburst-flood-taxes/ In this newscast:Two teenagers in Juneau who were reported missing yesterday morning were found dead.
The Juneau Assembly voted last night to delay a decision on whether to codify Juneau’s voluntary five-large-cruise-ship limit into local law.
Juneau city leaders posed some major questions about glacial outburst flood funding – including possible flood taxes – at an Assembly committee meeting on Monday n]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-tuesday-sept-2-2026/Wed, 02 Sep 2026 03:06:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-tuesday-sept-2-2026/ The Juneau Assembly voted Monday night to delay a decision on whether to codify Juneau’s voluntary five-large-cruise-ship limit into local law. 
Since 2023, the City and Borough of Juneau and cruise lines have negotiated a limit of five large ships per day during the cruise season. But that agreement is voluntary and nonbinding. Advocates unsuccessful]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-assembly-delays-vote-to-codify-five-ship-cruise-tourism-limit/Tue, 01 Sep 2026 23:20:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-assembly-delays-vote-to-codify-five-ship-cruise-tourism-limit/ For years, high costs and limited options have left Haines parents struggling to find childcare.
That problem just got worse. The Chilkat Valley Preschool, one of Haines’ few licensed childcare providers, announced this week that it’s closing for the second time in three years amid financial struggles. The latest closur]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/mayor-says-haines-is-bleeding-young-families-as-childcare-options-get-even-scarcer/Tue, 01 Sep 2026 15:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/mayor-says-haines-is-bleeding-young-families-as-childcare-options-get-even-scarcer/ Most of Jen Gessert’s initial symptoms were relatively mild.
“It was mostly sleep disturbance, and I call it ‘sweat the bed’ when you just wake up in a drenched bed,” Gessert said. “And I’m like, ‘I don’t know, I guess it just happens.'”
Gessert is in perimenopause, the period that leads up to menopause that can last from a few mon]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/night-sweats-and-rage-alaskans-navigate-gaps-in-menopause-care/Tue, 01 Sep 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/night-sweats-and-rage-alaskans-navigate-gaps-in-menopause-care/ Former Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor will not appear on the November general election ballot after Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom declined Monday to certify his nomination on the recommendation of the state’s campaign finance regulator.
The Alaska Public Offices Commission found by a 4-1 vote Thursday that Taylor had violated financial disclosure requirements by fail]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/november-ballot-in-alaska-governors-race-set-after-chaotic-last-day-scramble/Tue, 01 Sep 2026 06:24:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/november-ballot-in-alaska-governors-race-set-after-chaotic-last-day-scramble/ Military leaders, lawmakers, and industry leaders gathered in Fairbanks last week to talk about what Alaska]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/military-growth-takes-center-stage-at-alaska-defense-forum/Tue, 01 Sep 2026 03:15:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/military-growth-takes-center-stage-at-alaska-defense-forum/ In this newscast:Juneau Police are asking for help finding two teens in Juneau who went missing this morning and may have access to a firearm,
The University of Alaska Southeast has more than doubled the number of states nonresident students are coming from,
Tongass Voices: Vera Starbard on writing a Lingit Opera,
Petersburg’s Borough Assembly has asked the local planning commission to take formal action on a subdiv]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-monday-august-31-2026/Tue, 01 Sep 2026 02:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-monday-august-31-2026/ This is Tongass Voices, a series from KTOO sharing perspectives from the homelands of the Áak’w Kwáan and beyond.
T’set Kwei Vera Starbard is an Emmy-nominated writer who has written six plays and multiple episodes of shows like Molly of Denali and Alaska Daily.
Starbard is the librettist for Ḵutulagaaw — an opera abo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/tongass-voices-playwright-vera-starbard-on-writing-a-lingit-opera/Tue, 01 Sep 2026 02:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/tongass-voices-playwright-vera-starbard-on-writing-a-lingit-opera/ Update, Monday 6 p.m.:
This is a developing story. 
Two teenagers in Juneau who were reported missing by Juneau Police Monday morning have been found dead. 
According to an information release Monday night, police say the bodies of 16-year-olds Leotis Phillips and Zoey Clark were discovered Monday afternoon around 2:25 p.m. in a wooded are]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/update-two-missing-teenagers-in-juneau-found-dead/Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:49:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/update-two-missing-teenagers-in-juneau-found-dead/ Juneau Police are asking for help finding two teens in Juneau who went missing Monday morning and may have access to a firearm.
According to police, 16-year-olds Leotis Phillips and Zoey Clark were reported missing from their homes on Kanata Street and Teal Street in the Mendenhall Valley earlier this morning. 
Police believe the pair are toget]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/police-seek-help-locating-two-missing-teens-in-juneau/Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:49:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/police-seek-help-locating-two-missing-teens-in-juneau/ Forty-nine years after it began transporting crude oil from Prudhoe Bay, the Trans Alaska Pipeline System is due for a regulatory renewal that will allow it to keep operating on federal lands into future decades.
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has kicked off the process to renew the right-of-way a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/regulatory-process-launched-for-30-more-years-of-trans-alaska-oil-pipeline-operations/Mon, 31 Aug 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/regulatory-process-launched-for-30-more-years-of-trans-alaska-oil-pipeline-operations/ Friday’s election results have triggered a chain of political maneuvers, starting with Tom Begich’s decision to step down to give fellow Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tompkins a better shot at winning.
The latest count has Kreiss-Tompkins finishing first in the primary, followed by Begich. Republicans Berna]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/democrat-tom-begich-steps-aside-setting-off-a-scramble-in-alaska-governors-race/Mon, 31 Aug 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/democrat-tom-begich-steps-aside-setting-off-a-scramble-in-alaska-governors-race/ Two more victims of last week’s fatal plane crash in Southwest Alaska have been identified.
The charter plane owned by Security Aviation crashed near a military radar site on Cape Newenham on Aug. 20, killing all eight on board.
Joseph “Joe” Palmer and]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/2-more-victims-of-fatal-southwest-alaska-plane-crash-identified/Mon, 31 Aug 2026 14:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/2-more-victims-of-fatal-southwest-alaska-plane-crash-identified/ Juneau Afternoon featuring PulsePoint Respond alert system for local cardiac arrests, plus updates with Juneau Public Library, and CBJ Parks & Recreation.
Audio 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 OneSpoti]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/pulsepoint-respond-app-for-cardiac-arrest-emergencies-debuts-in-juneau-juneau-library-upcoming-events-cbj-parks-amp-rec-celebrates-sigoowu-ye-park-and-thunder-mountain-bike-park/Sat, 29 Aug 2026 02:39:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/pulsepoint-respond-app-for-cardiac-arrest-emergencies-debuts-in-juneau-juneau-library-upcoming-events-cbj-parks-amp-rec-celebrates-sigoowu-ye-park-and-thunder-mountain-bike-park/ In this newscast:One man’s mission to go to every National Park site across the country brought him to Southeast Alaska
Former Juneau school principal sentenced to 60 days in prison after physically assaulting a student
Alaska to receive up to $23 million from Meta in landmark child consumer protection settlement
Petersburg hosts first ever “bio blitz” to identify invasive species]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-friday-aug-28-2026/Sat, 29 Aug 2026 02:38:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-friday-aug-28-2026/ The University of Alaska Southeast has more than doubled the number of states nonresident students are coming from. 
“This year, we are welcoming students from nearly 30 different states,” UAS Chancellor Aparna Palmer said during an interview on KTOO’s Juneau Afternoon on Thursday. “Last year, 11 states. This year, 29 states.”
Palmer credits those nu]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/uas-expands-its-reach-drawing-students-from-more-states/Sat, 29 Aug 2026 01:54:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/uas-expands-its-reach-drawing-students-from-more-states/ Alaska is set to receive up to $23 million from Meta Platforms Inc. under a landmark $17 billion settlement agreement that would also require the company to implement a sweeping set of safety features for its social media platforms, aimed at protecti]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-to-receive-up-to-23-million-in-landmark-child-safety-settlement-with-meta/Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-to-receive-up-to-23-million-in-landmark-child-safety-settlement-with-meta/ At their first candidate forum since the Aug. 18 primary election, the four remaining gubernatorial hopefuls pitched visions for the state’s future that]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-gubernatorial-candidates-highlight-contrasting-philosophies-on-oil-and-gas/Fri, 28 Aug 2026 23:53:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-gubernatorial-candidates-highlight-contrasting-philosophies-on-oil-and-gas/ Agencies responding to an oily sheen reported in Cook Inlet earlier this week are switching from response to monitoring mode. A joint command announced the transition Thursday after going several days without seeing any sheen in the area.
The command includes the Alaska Depar]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/responders-to-cook-inlet-oil-sheen-shift-to-monitoring-status/Fri, 28 Aug 2026 23:48:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/responders-to-cook-inlet-oil-sheen-shift-to-monitoring-status/ The North Slope village of Wainwright has run out of gasoline after a delivery disruption last week, officials with the local Native corporation said. An emergency fuel delivery was expected by late Thursday.
A number of Wainwright residents, including Michael Agnasagga, have posted on social media that the shortage was preventing them from hunting during the peak season.
“None of us can go hunt,&rd]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/north-slope-village-runs-out-of-gasoline-at-height-of-hunting-season/Fri, 28 Aug 2026 21:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/north-slope-village-runs-out-of-gasoline-at-height-of-hunting-season/ A pattern emerged when the two leading candidates for U.S. Senate vied for industry support Thursday at the Alaska Oil and Gas Association’s annual conference in Anchorage.
Again and again, Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan tied former Congresswoman Mary Peltola to her fellow Democrats in the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/sullivan-and-peltola-lead-candidates-in-alaska-us-senate-race-trade-barbs-at-industry-forum/Fri, 28 Aug 2026 21:51:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/sullivan-and-peltola-lead-candidates-in-alaska-us-senate-race-trade-barbs-at-industry-forum/ A former Juneau principal pleaded no contest to an assault charge and was sentenced to 60 days in prison on Tuesday. He physically assaulted a student who was waiting outside the school for his mom to pick him up.
In March, John Paul tackled and pinned down a twelve-year-old child while he was the principal of Juneau’s Montessori Borealis and Yaaḵoosgé Daakahídi Hig]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/former-juneau-principal-pleads-no-contest-to-assault-charge/Fri, 28 Aug 2026 03:15:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/former-juneau-principal-pleads-no-contest-to-assault-charge/ Juneau Afternoon featuring musician Teri Tibbett celebrating 50 years of music in Alaska with a special retrospective concert, plus Juneau Chamber of Commerce events and updates, and UAS Chancellor Dr. Aparna Palmer on new classes, faculty, and more.
Audio 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 th]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/teri-tibbett-50-year-career-retrospective-concert-juneau-chamber-uas-chancellor-dr-aparna-palmer/Fri, 28 Aug 2026 02:45:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/teri-tibbett-50-year-career-retrospective-concert-juneau-chamber-uas-chancellor-dr-aparna-palmer/ In this newscast:U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright is touring Alaska this week
Four people died in a plan crash in the Kenai Peninsula community of Seldovia on Wednesday
A group of Juneau volunteers has been restoring cemeteries on Douglas Island for five years
State and federal officials are investigating a large oily sheen on the west side of Cook Inlet]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-thursday-aug-27-2026/Fri, 28 Aug 2026 02:39:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-thursday-aug-27-2026/ Corin & Friends Comedy Show
Audio 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 C]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/douglas-lawson-creek-cemeteries-project-celebrates-five-years-of-work-corin-amp-friends-comedy-show-returns-for-second-year-at-goldtown/Thu, 27 Aug 2026 23:04:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/douglas-lawson-creek-cemeteries-project-celebrates-five-years-of-work-corin-amp-friends-comedy-show-returns-for-second-year-at-goldtown/ Four people died in a plane crash in the Kenai Peninsula community of Seldovia Wednesday, state troopers say.
Troopers were alerted to the crash at around 1:18 p.m., according to a dispatch. A Piper PA-24 was heading to Seldovia from Merrill Field in Anchorage when it crashed and sank in the Seldovia Slough, troopers said.
Officials said troopers were able to recover the victims’ bodies from the wreckage at abo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/troopers-identify-pilot-and-3-passengers-killed-in-seldovia-plane-crash/Thu, 27 Aug 2026 21:27:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/troopers-identify-pilot-and-3-passengers-killed-in-seldovia-plane-crash/ Dan J. Sullivan of Petersburg said he’s staying in the race for U.S. Senate, for now.
The retired teacher faced off against Alaska’s incumbent Republican senator with the same name and party affiliation in last Tuesday’s primary election.
“I don’t have any plans on withdrawing at the moment,” Sullivan said during a phone call with KFSK. “But I still do]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/in-third-place-us-senate-candidate-dan-j-sullivan-says-he-doesnt-plan-to-withdraw/Thu, 27 Aug 2026 21:19:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/in-third-place-us-senate-candidate-dan-j-sullivan-says-he-doesnt-plan-to-withdraw/ Many Alaska cannabis industry leaders say the way the state taxes them is broken, leading to lower revenue for the state and increased participation in the black market.
Since Alaskans voted to legalize recreational cannabis in 2015, the state has imposed an excise tax on each ounce growers sell to retailers and manufacturers. Ultimately,]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/despite-calls-to-change-alaska-cannabis-taxes-lawmakers-have-been-slow-to-act/Thu, 27 Aug 2026 21:05:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/despite-calls-to-change-alaska-cannabis-taxes-lawmakers-have-been-slow-to-act/ Gleaming headstones stick out of the ground, some at an angle as S’eiltin Jamiann Hasselquist walked through a graveyard on a hill in Douglas. 
Some have ornate designs with a Bible, a bear, or the pearly gates, while others are simple: just a name, and years of a life lived. Many of those lives were shor]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/volunteers-mark-5-years-of-cleaning-douglas-cemeteries/Thu, 27 Aug 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/volunteers-mark-5-years-of-cleaning-douglas-cemeteries/ State fire officials say the Mukluk Fire has destroyed 44 homes in Tok, more than double last week’s early estimate.
Sam Harrel, a spokesperson for the Alaska Division of Forestry and Fire Protection, described the loss of so many homes as a tragedy for the town, which has just 1,600 residents.
“It’s the fire nobody wants to have start in a populated area,” Harrell said. &ldqu]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/the-mukluk-fire-has-destroyed-44-homes-in-tok/Thu, 27 Aug 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/the-mukluk-fire-has-destroyed-44-homes-in-tok/ Under a driving Juneau rain, dozens of new students at the University of Alaska Southeast gathered Friday for orientation and to kick off the fall semester. This year, the public university saw a boost in enrollment of out-of-state students, which officials and students say is largely due to a new policy eliminating the non-resident tuiti]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/more-out-of-state-students-opt-for-university-of-alaska-southeast-with-new-in-state-tuition-rate/Thu, 27 Aug 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/more-out-of-state-students-opt-for-university-of-alaska-southeast-with-new-in-state-tuition-rate/ Whittier residents now have access to natural gas after a pipeline failure forced the local utility to temporarily shut off service.
A boater on the Twentymile River smelled gas Aug. 9 near an underwater section of pipeline, according to Enstar Natural Gas Company. Enstar said about a week later that the pipeline had deteriorated to the point that the gas flow to Whittier, a community of about 250 peop]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/whittier-gas-restored-after-enstar-secures-temporary-lng-supply/Thu, 27 Aug 2026 03:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/whittier-gas-restored-after-enstar-secures-temporary-lng-supply/ In this newscast:The University of Alaska Southeast is seeing a boost in enrollment of out-of-state students,
A niche subset of scientists has started exploring a new and controversial question: whether its possible to save glaciers by engineering them,
Tongass Voices: Holly Huber on competing for Miss USA]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-wednesday-august-26-2026/Thu, 27 Aug 2026 02:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-wednesday-august-26-2026/ The standings in the races for governor and U.S. Congress were largely unchanged after Alaska elections officials released an updated count of ballots Wednesday morning.
The top four vote-getters in the primary will advance to the ranked choice general election in November. For now, the top four in the race for governor are:Democratic former state Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-T]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/primary-standings-largely-unchanged-as-alaska-elections-officials-update-ballot-count/Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:34:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/primary-standings-largely-unchanged-as-alaska-elections-officials-update-ballot-count/ State officials, the U.S. Coast Guard and one of Alaska’s leading oil and gas producers are investigating the cause and source of a large oily sheen on the west side of Cook Inlet. A pilot flying over the area Monday afternoon reported the sheen to the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says the sheen is near a former oil platform that’s been out of service f]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/state-coast-guard-investigating-oily-sheen-in-western-cook-inlet/Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:31:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/state-coast-guard-investigating-oily-sheen-in-western-cook-inlet/ This is Tongass Voices, a series from KTOO sharing perspectives from the homelands of the Áak’w Kwáan and beyond.
Holly Huber is the first Miss Alaska USA from Juneau. After being crowned this summer, she’s currently competing on a national stage in Miami. The Miss USA competition is running this week, and Mis]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/tongass-voices-holly-huber-on-competing-for-miss-usa/Wed, 26 Aug 2026 21:35:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/tongass-voices-holly-huber-on-competing-for-miss-usa/ In this newscast:A Superior Court judge heard oral arguments this morning over the legality of the city’s planned redevelopment of Juneau’s Telephone Hill,
A former Juneau fire captain has been sentenced to more than a year in prison for assaulting his stepdaughter, and KTOO examines how the city dealt with having a public safety employee charged for child assault,
Around 250 U.S. Coast Guard crew members stati]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-tuesday-august-25-2026/Wed, 26 Aug 2026 02:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-tuesday-august-25-2026/ A former Juneau fire captain has been sentenced to more than a year in prison for physically assaulting his stepdaughter. 
The State of Alaska filed criminal charges against Brent Clancy in June of last year. But Clancy was still employed with the city’s fire department for two more months — until the end of August. The city’s Human Resources and Risk Management Director Dallas Hargrave said Clancy was not ac]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/former-juneau-fire-captain-convicted-of-assault-resigned-months-after-charges-were-filed/Wed, 26 Aug 2026 02:21:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/former-juneau-fire-captain-convicted-of-assault-resigned-months-after-charges-were-filed/ A Superior Court judge heard oral arguments on Tuesday morning for a civil lawsuit about the legality of the city’s planned redevelopment of the downtown Telephone Hill neighborhood.
The lawsuit pits former tenants of the neighborhood against the City and Borough of Juneau. The former tenants filed the joint ci]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/judge-hears-arguments-on-legality-of-juneaus-telephone-hill-demolition-plan/Wed, 26 Aug 2026 02:20:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/judge-hears-arguments-on-legality-of-juneaus-telephone-hill-demolition-plan/ The U.S. military has identified some of the victims of the plane crash that killed eight people in Southwest Alaska last week.
A chartered Cessna 441 Conquest crashed on Thursday at a military radar site on Cape Newenham, about 450 miles west of Anchorage. Conditions in the area were foggy with low visibility that morning, according to the National We]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/military-identifies-3-victims-of-deadly-southwest-alaska-plane-crash/Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:19:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/military-identifies-3-victims-of-deadly-southwest-alaska-plane-crash/ Listen to this story:
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Around 250 U.S. Coast Guard crew members stationed across Alaska and the Pacific Northwest spent last week in Juneau to train and compete in games called the Buoy Tender Olympics on Wednesday. 
On the cutter Fir, anchored at the Coast Guard dock downtown, t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/coast-guard-holds-buoy-tender-olympics-in-juneau/Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:18:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/coast-guard-holds-buoy-tender-olympics-in-juneau/ Two Democrats and two Republicans are poised to face off this November in the race for governor after primary voting wrapped up on Tuesday. And it looks like there’ll be two Dan Sullivans and a Mary Peltola in the race for U.S. Senate.
But the dust is still settling. Though all but three of Alaska’s 403 precincts had reported results by Thursday evening, thousands of e]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/4-takeaways-from-alaskas-primary-election/Tue, 25 Aug 2026 20:06:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/4-takeaways-from-alaskas-primary-election/ It’s not a typo. The price of a gallon of gasoline in the northwest Alaska village of Shungnak was $26.82 on Friday, local residents and regional officials said, likely giving the community the dubious honor of having the most expensive gasoline in the United States.
“It is very much real,” said Glenda Do]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/gasoline-hits-26-per-gallon-in-the-northwest-alaska-village-of-shungnak/Tue, 25 Aug 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/gasoline-hits-26-per-gallon-in-the-northwest-alaska-village-of-shungnak/ In this newscast:The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to end Juneau’s annual glacial lake outburst flood before the flood of 2030,
The state approved the first segment of a new access road for the controversial New Amalga gold mine in Juneau,
The Alaska Marine Highway System will finally receive $410 million in federal grant money,
Federal investigators say a charter plane crashed into a remote area of Southwest A]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-monday-august-24-2026/Tue, 25 Aug 2026 02:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-monday-august-24-2026/ The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers gathered a group of potential industry partners in Juneau on Aug. 21 to discuss how they might drain Suicide Basin — the glacial lake that produces Juneau’s annual glacial outburst flood. 
In a recording of the ‘Industry Day’ meeting obtained by Alaska Beacon reporter James Brooks, Army Corps officials laid ou]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/army-corps-plans-to-construct-glacial-outburst-flood-solution-before-juneaus-2030-flood/Tue, 25 Aug 2026 01:51:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/army-corps-plans-to-construct-glacial-outburst-flood-solution-before-juneaus-2030-flood/ On Alaska’s primary election day, NBC News — citing unidentified sources — reported that the U.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/is-a-us-department-of-justice-investigation-about-to-disrupt-alaskas-us-senate-race/Mon, 24 Aug 2026 20:04:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/is-a-us-department-of-justice-investigation-about-to-disrupt-alaskas-us-senate-race/ A charter plane was on its second attempt at landing when it crashed at a military radar site in a remote area of Southwest Alaska on Thursday, Aug, 20, killing all eight people on board.
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Alaska Region Chief Clint Johnson confirmed the Cessna 441 Conquest was owned and operated by Anchorage-based Security Aviation.
Johnson als]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/ntsb-says-security-aviation-plane-was-on-its-2nd-landing-attempt-when-it-crashed-killing-8/Mon, 24 Aug 2026 19:50:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/ntsb-says-security-aviation-plane-was-on-its-2nd-landing-attempt-when-it-crashed-killing-8/ A Juneau landmark burned down earlier this summer. It was beloved by many in town and, unbeknownst to some, around the world – thanks to a visitor who took a photo of it nearly 30 years ago. And for almost as long, it’s been a mystery for one man thousands of]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/a-juneau-landmark-that-burned-down-in-june-has-been-a-decades-long-international-mystery-to-one-man/Mon, 24 Aug 2026 15:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/a-juneau-landmark-that-burned-down-in-june-has-been-a-decades-long-international-mystery-to-one-man/ The Alaska Marine Highway System will finally receive $410 million in federal grant money, according to federal and state officials at a press conference held in Anchorage on Friday. 
The money is from ferry grants that were delayed from last year and appropriated from the Biden-era Bipartisan Infrastructur]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-ferry-system-to-receive-410-million-in-delayed-federal-funds/Sat, 22 Aug 2026 03:35:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-ferry-system-to-receive-410-million-in-delayed-federal-funds/ In this newscast:Eight people died Thursday after the charter plane they were flying in crashed on a remote cape in Southwest Alaska,
Just days after opening to students, the main structure on a new playground at a Juneau School District campus is closed,
More than two years after Juneau’s only compounding pharmacy closed its doors, a new one is taking its place — literally,
Seventeen-year-old Elly Carpenter m]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-friday-august-21-2026/Sat, 22 Aug 2026 03:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-friday-august-21-2026/ Juneau Afternoon featuring the Rob Reiner Tribute Weekend, Mudrooms storytelling series season preview, and Kindred Post artist call.
Audio 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 Afte]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/as-you-wish-rob-reiner-tribute-weekend-mudrooms-15th-season-kindred-post-looking-for-emerging-artists/Sat, 22 Aug 2026 02:42:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/as-you-wish-rob-reiner-tribute-weekend-mudrooms-15th-season-kindred-post-looking-for-emerging-artists/ Just days after opening to students, the main structure on a new playground at Juneau School District’s Dzantik’i Heeni campus is closed. 
In a message to the campus’ families and staff on Friday, Juneau Superintendent Shawn Arnold announced the playground will be temporarily closed “out of an abundance of caution,” due to a broken cable.&nbs]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/new-playground-at-juneaus-dzantiki-heeni-campus-closes-just-days-after-opening/Sat, 22 Aug 2026 01:22:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/new-playground-at-juneaus-dzantiki-heeni-campus-closes-just-days-after-opening/ The state approved the first segment of a new access road for the controversial New Amalga gold mine in Juneau on Tuesday, after the vast majority of public comments opposed the project.
The approval comes just a few weeks after the mine secured a fast federal permitting process and would be located at the face of Herbert Glacier. It’s proposed by Grande Portage Resources, Ltd., a Canadian junior mining company. ]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/state-approves-controversial-new-amalga-mine-access-road-in-juneau/Sat, 22 Aug 2026 01:04:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/state-approves-controversial-new-amalga-mine-access-road-in-juneau/ Eight people died Thursday, Aug. 20 after the charter plane they were flying in crashed on a remote cape in Southwest Alaska.
The civilian-contracted aircraft crashed at the Cape Newenham Long Range Radar Site Airport, roughly 450 miles west of Anchorage, according to a statement from the Alaskan Alaskan North American Aerospace Defense (NORAD) Command Region, Alaskan Command, and 11th Air Force.
Multiple military aircraft responded to the site on Aug. 20]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/no-survivors-in-southwest-alaska-plane-crash-with-8-on-board/Fri, 21 Aug 2026 19:38:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/no-survivors-in-southwest-alaska-plane-crash-with-8-on-board/ More than two years after Juneau’s only compounding pharmacy closed its doors, a new one is taking its place — literally. 
Earlier this week, Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium, or SEARHC, announced the opening of its new Mendenhall Valley Pharmac]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/searhc-opens-new-compounding-pharmacy-in-mendenhall-valley-after-years-without-one/Fri, 21 Aug 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/searhc-opens-new-compounding-pharmacy-in-mendenhall-valley-after-years-without-one/ In this newscast:The U.S. Department of Agriculture filed to rescind the Roadless Rule on Tuesday. A rescission would allow new road construction in undeveloped parts of national forests across the country, including the Tongass National Forest,
Today is the first day of school for Juneau students in first through twelfth grade. KTOO’s Mike Lane interviewed Shawn Arnold about the start of the year,
Juneau students w]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-thursday-august-20-2026/Fri, 21 Aug 2026 02:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-thursday-august-20-2026/ Local artist Jill Kaasteen on her recent national Native Arts & Cultures Foundation AwardUAS Outreach Coordinator Ashley Moorehouse on tiny homes and mining pathways for high school students via the Career Education DepartmentDeborah Craig and Linda Kruger from the Juneau Commission on Aging.
Audio PodcastVideo LivestreamBostin Christopher hosts the conversation. Juneau Afternoon airs at 3:00 p.m. on KTOO and KAUK with a rebroadcas]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/local-weaver-jill-kaasteen-awarded-national-grant-uas-career-educations-tiny-house-project-and-high-school-mining-program-juneau-commission-on-aging/Fri, 21 Aug 2026 02:45:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/local-weaver-jill-kaasteen-awarded-national-grant-uas-career-educations-tiny-house-project-and-high-school-mining-program-juneau-commission-on-aging/ Listen here:
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Juneau students went back to school today Thursday. The glacial outburst flood didn’t delay the first day of school like it did last year, but the summer brought new leaders to some schools and a new, highly anticipated structure.
Before the first day of school began at Sítʼ Eetí Shaan&aac]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/school-year-begins-with-new-playground-and-administrators-in-juneau/Fri, 21 Aug 2026 02:20:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/school-year-begins-with-new-playground-and-administrators-in-juneau/ Seventeen-year-old Elly Carpenter made history on Wednesday night when she was sworn in as Juneau’s first-ever female Eagle Scout. 
Eagle Scout is Scouting America’s highest and most prestigious rank. Since its inception in 1911, only 4% of all scouts have earned the rank. For more than a century, girls weren&rsquo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/elly-carpenter-becomes-juneaus-first-ever-female-eagle-scout/Thu, 20 Aug 2026 23:27:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/elly-carpenter-becomes-juneaus-first-ever-female-eagle-scout/ Seventeen-year-old Ellie Carpenter made history on Wednesday night when she was sworn in as Juneau’s first-ever female Eagle Scout. 
Eagle Scout is Scouting America’s highest and most prestigious rank. Since its inception in 1911, only 4% of all scouts have earned the rank. For more than a century, girls weren&rsqu]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/ellie-carpenter-becomes-juneaus-first-ever-female-eagle-scout/Thu, 20 Aug 2026 23:27:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/ellie-carpenter-becomes-juneaus-first-ever-female-eagle-scout/ Nunapitchuk’s polls didn’t open until around 5 p.m. on primary election day, according to an Alaska Native voting group. The Alaska Division of Elections did not immediately provide information about the circumstances behind the delay when reached by email on the evening of Aug. 18.
Ivalu Blanchett, a volunteer with advocacy group Get Out the Native Vote, had planned to fly to Nunapitchuk to assist Elders and others unable to make]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/nunapitchuk-voters-only-had-about-3-hours-to-vote-in-person-on-primary-election-day/Thu, 20 Aug 2026 20:31:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/nunapitchuk-voters-only-had-about-3-hours-to-vote-in-person-on-primary-election-day/ Thursday is the first day of school for Juneau students in first through twelfth grade. It’s also Shawn Arnold’s first day as superintendent while school is in session. He officially started the job on July 1.
Arnold is not new to the district though; he joined in 2021. KTOO’s Mike Lane recently spoke with Arnold, who’s also been superintende]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/new-school-year-new-superintendent-getting-to-know-juneau-schools-head-shawn-arnold/Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/new-school-year-new-superintendent-getting-to-know-juneau-schools-head-shawn-arnold/ The U.S. Department of Agriculture filed to rescind the Roadless Rule on Tuesday. A rescission would allow new road construction in undeveloped parts of national forests across the country, including the Tongass National Forest. 
Nearly half of the Tongass is inventoried as roadless.
The rule has flip-flopped multiple times since it was established to protect for]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/federal-government-officially-files-to-rescind-the-roadless-rule/Thu, 20 Aug 2026 03:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/federal-government-officially-files-to-rescind-the-roadless-rule/ In this newscast:The City and Borough of Juneau did a preliminary assessment of residential damage form the glacial outburst flood that crested Thursday,
Two Democrats and two Republicans are leading in early primary election results in the race for governor,
Early results show Alaskans approving a ballot measure seeking to reinstate limits on individual campaign contributions by a roughly 3-to-1 margin,
It looks like Ala]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-wednesday-august-19-2026/Thu, 20 Aug 2026 02:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-wednesday-august-19-2026/ Musicians Taylor Dallas Vidic and Matt the Electrician, UAS Public Administration new faculty member Meghan Holtan, and Garden Talk.
Audio 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 Af]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/matt-the-electrician-amp-taylor-dallas-vidic-play-amalga-new-master-of-public-administration-faculty-member-meghan-holtan-and-garden-talk/Thu, 20 Aug 2026 02:23:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/matt-the-electrician-amp-taylor-dallas-vidic-play-amalga-new-master-of-public-administration-faculty-member-meghan-holtan-and-garden-talk/ The City and Borough of Juneau completed a preliminary assessment of residential damage from the glacial outburst flood that crested on Thursday. Compared to previous years, it was minor.
Ryan O’Shaughnessy, the city’s emergency manager, said that out of about 185 homes assessed along the Mendenhall River, 10 were “affected&]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-homes-assessed-for-minor-damage-from-glacial-outburst-flood/Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:50:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-homes-assessed-for-minor-damage-from-glacial-outburst-flood/ Alaska Wildlife Troopers arrested long-time Chilkat Valley resident Steve Kroschel on Monday nearly a year after the state first filed charges against him related to alleged animal cruelty.
Kroschel was arrested at the Juneau airport after contacting local authorities and turning himself in, said Kroschel’s attorney Benjamin Dresner. He was returning from Russia, where he h]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/owner-of-haines-wildlife-center-arrested-more-than-a-year-after-the-state-seized-his-animals/Wed, 19 Aug 2026 23:32:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/owner-of-haines-wildlife-center-arrested-more-than-a-year-after-the-state-seized-his-animals/ Primary voters have not removed any of the Alaska Legislature’s incumbent lawmakers, according to preliminary, incomplete vote tallies published late Tuesday by the Alaska Division of Elections.
Of the 40 state House and 10 state Senate races on ballots across the state, only five had more than four candidates.
That mat]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/all-incumbents-appear-likely-to-advance-in-alaska-house-and-senate-primaries/Wed, 19 Aug 2026 23:32:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/all-incumbents-appear-likely-to-advance-in-alaska-house-and-senate-primaries/ Listen here:
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Alaska’s highest court heard oral arguments on Aug. 6 over the constitutionality of a school district’s bathroom policy. The case involves an elementary transgender student who sued the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District, arguing the policy violates his privacy rights. 
In the Mat-Su Borough School Di]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-supreme-court-hears-arguments-on-mat-su-school-districts-bathroom-policy/Wed, 19 Aug 2026 23:32:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-supreme-court-hears-arguments-on-mat-su-school-districts-bathroom-policy/ Residents of Whittier may be without natural gas for almost three weeks.
That’s after Enstar Natural Gas officials shut off the flow of gas to the community of roughly 250 people Sunday night to address a pipeline leak.
The leak was first reported on Aug. 9, when a break was found in a subsurface section of the pipeline near the Twentymile River. E]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/enstar-triggers-3-week-natural-gas-outage-to-whittier-as-officials-repair-pipeline/Wed, 19 Aug 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/enstar-triggers-3-week-natural-gas-outage-to-whittier-as-officials-repair-pipeline/ Republican Congressman Nick Begich finished in first place in Tuesday’s primary election, according to preliminary results.
With about half of Alaska’s precincts reporting, Begich had about 48% of the vote.
The incumbent congressman was not available for an interview Tuesday. A campaign spokesman did not respond to queries.
Begich is a Republic]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-rep-nick-begich-leads-3-challengers-in-us-house-primary/Wed, 19 Aug 2026 08:20:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-rep-nick-begich-leads-3-challengers-in-us-house-primary/ It looks like Alaska will have two candidates named Dan Sullivan on the November ballot for U.S. Senate, as well as Democrat Mary Peltola.
Rounding out the top four in the early results was Republican Gerald Heikes, leading Democrat David Leslie by just 58 votes.
That’s according to preliminary results the state]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/us-senate-race-will-have-two-dan-sullivans-and-a-mary-peltola/Wed, 19 Aug 2026 07:54:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/us-senate-race-will-have-two-dan-sullivans-and-a-mary-peltola/ Early results show Alaskans approving a ballot measure seeking to reinstate limits on individual campaign contributions by a roughly 3-to-1 margin, according to the Alaska Division of Elections.
Currently, Alaska has no limit on individual campaign contributions thanks to a federal appeals court ruling in 2021 that declared the state’s voter-approved $500-per-year limit unconstit]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/campaign-finance-ballot-measure-passing-by-wide-margin/Wed, 19 Aug 2026 07:38:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/campaign-finance-ballot-measure-passing-by-wide-margin/ Two Democrats and two Republicans are leading in early primary election results in the race for governor.
The top four candidates in the nonpartisan blanket primary will advance to the general election in November. For now, those are:
• Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins with 21.6%• Democrat Tom Begich with 19.5%• Republican Bernadette Wilson with 10.9%• R]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/kreiss-tomkins-begich-wilson-and-bronson-lead-in-governor-primary-results/Wed, 19 Aug 2026 07:28:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/kreiss-tomkins-begich-wilson-and-bronson-lead-in-governor-primary-results/ Two Democrats and two Republicans are leading in early primary election results in the race for governor.
The top four candidates in the nonpartisan blanket primary will advance to the general election in November. For now, those are:
• Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins with 21.2%• Democrat Tom Begich with 19.0%• Republican Bernadette Wilson with 11.1%• R]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/kreiss-tomkins-begich-wilson-and-bronson-lead-in-early-governor-primary-results/Wed, 19 Aug 2026 07:28:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/kreiss-tomkins-begich-wilson-and-bronson-lead-in-early-governor-primary-results/ In this newscast:Alaska Wildlife Troopers arrested long-time Chilkat Valley resident Steve Kroschel on Monday, nearly a year after the state first filed charges against him related to alleged animal cruelty,
A former Juneau fire captain has been sentenced to more than a year in prison for physically assaulting his stepdaughter,
The Juneau Assembly voted last to sell City Hall to its neighbor, Sealaska Heritage Institute,]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-tuesday-august-18-2026/Wed, 19 Aug 2026 03:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-tuesday-august-18-2026/ A former Juneau fire captain has been sentenced to more than a year in prison for physically assaulting his stepdaughter.
A jury found Brent Clancy guilty of assault in April, and at a sentencing hearing last week, the presiding judge said he had little faith in Clancy’s ability to change.
This story contains descriptions of violence against children. 
Listen:
https://media.ktoo.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/judge-sentences-former-juneau-fire-captain-to-more-than-a-year-in-prison/Wed, 19 Aug 2026 01:40:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/judge-sentences-former-juneau-fire-captain-to-more-than-a-year-in-prison/ Juneau’s City Hall building is getting a new owner — Sealaska Heritage Institute. The nonprofit plans to demolish it. 
On Monday, the Juneau Assembly voted to approve the $1.5 million sale to its neighbor SHI,  whose mission is to uplift Lingít, Haida and Ts’msyen cultures of Southeast Alaska. The Assembly’s other option would have put the building up for sale at a minim]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-assembly-oks-city-hall-sale-to-sealaska-heritage-institute-to-demolish-it/Tue, 18 Aug 2026 22:31:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-assembly-oks-city-hall-sale-to-sealaska-heritage-institute-to-demolish-it/ Over a month ago, Shelley Cotton cast the first vote in Alaska’s statewide primary election, downloading a blank ballot and sending it quickly by mail from Texas to Alaska.
Since then, more than 31,000 other Alaskans have cast their ballots, and tens of thousands more residents will]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/its-alaskas-statewide-primary-election-day-heres-what-you-need-to-know/Tue, 18 Aug 2026 19:49:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/its-alaskas-statewide-primary-election-day-heres-what-you-need-to-know/ The Juneau Assembly met on Monday for a regular meeting to decide the fate of City Hall, update residents following the recent glacial outburst flood and hear community concerns over electric motorcycles on local trails. 
Here are some highlights from the meeting:
• The Assembly voted to sell Juneau’s City Hall building to its neighbor, Sealaska Her]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-assembly-highlights-selling-city-hall-flood-damage-and-electric-motorcycles-on-trails/Tue, 18 Aug 2026 07:26:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-assembly-highlights-selling-city-hall-flood-damage-and-electric-motorcycles-on-trails/ In this newscast:Juneau’s Egan and Vanderbilt intersection is back open after months of construction.
The Juneau School Board approved a new lease for after-school childcare at Sayéik: Gastineau Community School last Thursday.
With Alaska’s primary election on Tuesday, money is pouring into Alaska’s U.S. Senate race, and not just for the two candidates running multi-million-dollar campaigns. Pop-u]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-monday-aug-17-2026/Tue, 18 Aug 2026 03:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-monday-aug-17-2026/ The Juneau School Board approved a new lease for after-school childcare at Sayéik: Gastineau Community School last Thursday. The elementary school has not offered childcare since 2025, when the school district ended its program due to staffing issues.
Juneau business The Spark – which runs Little Stars Daycare in the Mendenhall Valley – came forward, looking to expand]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/after-school-childcare-slated-to-return-to-elementary-school-in-douglas/Tue, 18 Aug 2026 01:16:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/after-school-childcare-slated-to-return-to-elementary-school-in-douglas/ Juneau’s Egan and Vanderbilt intersection is back open after months of construction.  
The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities announced it reopened Saturday afternoon. Sonny Mauricio, a spokesperson for the department, said the changes were made due to safety concerns at the intersection. 
“With any safety pro]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneaus-egan-and-vanderbilt-intersection-reopens-after-months-long-closure/Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:38:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneaus-egan-and-vanderbilt-intersection-reopens-after-months-long-closure/ Nine of 17 candidates for Alaska governor weighed in on plans for communicating with the media and the public. They touched on a variety of topics, including town halls, news conferences, public records, use of artificial intelligence and the role of their communications teams.
The candidates are vying for the top four spots to advance to the ranked choice general election in November. The prima]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-gubernatorial-candidates-weigh-in-on-working-with-the-press-public-engagement-ai-use/Mon, 17 Aug 2026 22:49:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-gubernatorial-candidates-weigh-in-on-working-with-the-press-public-engagement-ai-use/ Leading members of the Alaska House and Senate said this week that they will not meet to discuss Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s latest attempt to provide a tax break for the proposed trans-Alaska natural gas pipeline.
The bill, said Speaker of the House Bryce Edgmon and Senate President Gary Stevens, lacks the support to advance in either body.
“The caucus is reall]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/amid-widespread-opposition-alaska-governors-gasline-compromise-bill-appears-dead-on-arrival/Mon, 17 Aug 2026 15:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/amid-widespread-opposition-alaska-governors-gasline-compromise-bill-appears-dead-on-arrival/ An Anchorage Superior Court judge ruled Thursday that the Alaska Division of Elections was correct to keep Anchorage Republican Jose Tagle on the primary election ballot for state House even though he filed a blank form when asked to disclose his personal finances.
State law requires candidates for public of]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-judge-confirms-legislative-candidate-for-primary-despite-blank-financial-disclosure-form/Mon, 17 Aug 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-judge-confirms-legislative-candidate-for-primary-despite-blank-financial-disclosure-form/ When the town of Skagway went to sleep on Friday, they had daily ferry service. By mid-morning the next day, that service was gone.
The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities issued a notice on Saturday that there would be no ferry service to Skagway for the “foreseeable future.”
The department cited major structural damage to the state-owned ferry docking facility.
Skagway&rs]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/state-ferry-service-to-skagway-suspended/Sun, 16 Aug 2026 10:57:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/state-ferry-service-to-skagway-suspended/ In this newscast:The Juneau Assembly will decide the fate of Juneau’s current City Hall building at its meeting on Monday night.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced Friday that it will go through a fast bidding process, like the TV show “Shark Tank,” to select an industry partner that will help end Juneau’s glacial outburst floods. This comes just one day after Juneau avoided catastrophe dur]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-friday-aug-14-2026/Sat, 15 Aug 2026 03:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-friday-aug-14-2026/ Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy allowed two bills to become law without his signature and vetoed two more on Monday, extending the record for the most vetoes in a two-year session of the Alaska Legislature.
The governor vetoed a bill that would have required the University of Alaska to provide fee notices to students, and his second veto canceled a bill that would have set Perm]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaskas-giant-cabbage-ok-university-fee-disclosures-vetoed-as-alaska-governor-acts-on-four-bills/Sat, 15 Aug 2026 02:14:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaskas-giant-cabbage-ok-university-fee-disclosures-vetoed-as-alaska-governor-acts-on-four-bills/ Primary Election Day is this Tuesday, Aug. 18. Voters can choose which candidates for governor, U.S House and Senate, and their local state legislators will move on to the General Election.
Voters can select one candidate for each race. The top four vote-getters in the primary will advance to the general election on Nov. 6.
The primary ballot will list 17 candidates for go]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/heres-where-juneau-voters-can-go-for-this-years-primary-election/Sat, 15 Aug 2026 02:04:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/heres-where-juneau-voters-can-go-for-this-years-primary-election/ Green Party Senate candidate Richard Grayson knows flyers with his name and face are clogging mailboxes around Alaska. But he doesn’t get them. He lives in Arizona.
A retired law school administrator, Grayson has run for office a lot, all over the country, with no expectation of winning.
“Eg]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/super-pacs-try-to-game-alaskas-open-primary-for-us-senate-by-elevating-political-unknowns/Sat, 15 Aug 2026 01:46:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/super-pacs-try-to-game-alaskas-open-primary-for-us-senate-by-elevating-political-unknowns/ The Juneau Assembly will decide the fate of its current City Hall building at its meeting on Monday night. 
There are two ordinances related to City Hall on the agenda: one would put the building up for sale at a minimum $2.5 million bid, and another would instead allow the city to sell it directly to its neighbor, Sealaska Heritage Institute. The Assembly will take public testimony and decide which one to]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-assembly-to-decide-future-of-city-hall-on-monday/Fri, 14 Aug 2026 23:26:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-assembly-to-decide-future-of-city-hall-on-monday/ A permanent solution to Juneau’s annual glacial outburst flood will be chosen by the end of the year. That’s according to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Brig. Gen. Clete Goetz, who said at a press conference in Juneau today that the Corps will post a request for qualifications today for a solution to drain Suicide]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/army-corps-announces-shark-tank-process-for-industry-bids-to-drain-suicide-basin-end-juneaus-glacial-outburst-floods/Fri, 14 Aug 2026 22:07:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/army-corps-announces-shark-tank-process-for-industry-bids-to-drain-suicide-basin-end-juneaus-glacial-outburst-floods/ At a press conference Thursday evening, Chalyee Éesh Richard Peterson, president of the Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, called the glacial outburst flood event “anticlimactic.” 
“I think we’re experiencing a collective sigh of relief in Junea]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/flood-officials-call-2026-glacial-outburst-anticlimactic/Fri, 14 Aug 2026 06:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/flood-officials-call-2026-glacial-outburst-anticlimactic/ KTOO Climate and Environment reporter Alix Soliman has been in the Mendenhall Valley covering the glacial outburst flood this week. She talked with KTOO’s education reporter, Jamie Diep, about what Mendenhall Valley residents said after the flood crested. 
Jamie Diep: To start, Alix, what have you seen around the Mendenhall Valley durin]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/reporter-alix-soliman-was-in-the-mendenhall-valley-during-the-glacial-outburst-flood-heres-what-she-saw/Fri, 14 Aug 2026 04:42:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/reporter-alix-soliman-was-in-the-mendenhall-valley-during-the-glacial-outburst-flood-heres-what-she-saw/ Mendenhall Valley residents in the flood zone celebrated Thursday afternoon as the Mendenhall River crested at a level well below initial predictions. The event was much less destructive than disastrous floods that struck over the past three years. 
The flood crested at 14.7 feet on the Mendenhall Lake gauge at 2:15 p.m., according to the National Weather Service. As floodwaters started to recede Th]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/a-big-sense-of-relief-juneau-neighborhoods-spared-major-damage-in-glacial-outburst-flood/Fri, 14 Aug 2026 03:36:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/a-big-sense-of-relief-juneau-neighborhoods-spared-major-damage-in-glacial-outburst-flood/ In this newscast:The glacial outburst flood has officially crested at 14.7 feet.
KTOO reporter Alix Soliman provides an update on the flood in the Mendenhall Valley.
An Alaska Seaplanes aircraft made an emergency landing in the Mendenhall River in Juneau late Thursday morning, during the glacial outburst flood.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-thursday-aug-13-2026/Fri, 14 Aug 2026 03:12:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-thursday-aug-13-2026/ An Alaska Seaplanes aircraft made an emergency landing in the Mendenhall River in Juneau late Thursday morning, amid the glacial outburst flood. No injuries were reported.
The de Havilland Beaver landed at the mouth of the river immediately after takeoff from the float plane pond at the Juneau International Airport around 11:17 a.m. 
“There was just one pilot on boar]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/seaplane-makes-emergency-landing-in-juneaus-mendenhall-river-during-glacial-flooding/Fri, 14 Aug 2026 01:06:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/seaplane-makes-emergency-landing-in-juneaus-mendenhall-river-during-glacial-flooding/ An Alaska Seaplanes aircraft made an emergency landing in the Mendenhall River in Juneau late Thursday morning, amid the glacial outburst flood. No injuries were reported.
The de Havilland Beaver landed at the mouth of the river immediately after takeoff from the float plane pond at the Juneau International Airport around 11:17 a.m. 
“There was just one pilot on boar]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/seaplane-makes-emergency-landing-in-juneaus-mendenhall-river-despite-glacial-flooding/Fri, 14 Aug 2026 01:06:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/seaplane-makes-emergency-landing-in-juneaus-mendenhall-river-despite-glacial-flooding/ As floodwaters in Juneau rise slower than initially predicted, some Mendenhall Valley residents who live next to the river said they’re feeling hopeful about a lower crest and less damage. Last year, nearly 50 homes flooded since the HESCO barriers leaked. In 2024, before the barriers were built, nearly 300 homes flooded. 
Thursday morning, residents sipped coffee in the s]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/some-residents-hopeful-amid-later-lower-flood-forecast/Thu, 13 Aug 2026 22:17:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/some-residents-hopeful-amid-later-lower-flood-forecast/ Alaska is in the throes of a busy election year, and as part of Alaska Public Media’s campaign coverage, we’ve got a voter guide on our website. It’s a joint effort with three other major Alaska news organizations: the Anchorage Daily News, Alaska Beacon and KTOO.
The newsrooms have collaborated like this for several elections now. But an odd thing happene]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/why-top-alaska-republicans-candidates-skipped-a-chance-to-explain-their-views/Thu, 13 Aug 2026 19:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/why-top-alaska-republicans-candidates-skipped-a-chance-to-explain-their-views/ In this newscast:The National Weather Service in Juneau is now forecasting Juneau’s glacier outburst flood will crest between 8 a.m. and noon on Thursday.
Reporter Yvonne Krumrey receives a flood update from Juneau emergency programs manager Ryan O’Shaughnessy.
Mendenhall Valley residents spent Tuesday and Wednesday preparing to evacuate – or hunkering down.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-wednesday-aug-12-2026/Thu, 13 Aug 2026 03:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-wednesday-aug-12-2026/ Listen to this story:
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As the Mendenhall River swells with glacial outburst floodwater, hundreds of people living in the suburban valley below spent Tuesday night and Wednesday preparing to evacuate or hunker down. The National Weather Service predicts the flood will crest Thursday. 
Offici]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-residents-grapple-with-whether-to-stay-or-flee-as-glacial-outburst-floodwaters-rise/Thu, 13 Aug 2026 02:06:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-residents-grapple-with-whether-to-stay-or-flee-as-glacial-outburst-floodwaters-rise/ As the Mendenhall River swells with glacial outburst floodwater, hundreds of people living in the suburban valley below spent Tuesday night and Wednesday preparing to evacuate or hunker down. The National Weather Service predicts the flood will crest Thursday. 
Officials managing the flood response recommended residents evacuate by 3 p.m.
On Marion Drive]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-residents-grapple-whether-to-stay-or-flee-as-glacial-outburst-floodwaters-rise/Thu, 13 Aug 2026 02:06:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-residents-grapple-whether-to-stay-or-flee-as-glacial-outburst-floodwaters-rise/ Residents within the flood zone should leave the area by 3 p.m. today, Wednesday. That was the overriding message at a news conference this morning from officials managing the response to Juneau’s glacial outburst flood. 
“Evacuating is absolutely the best way to keep yourselves, your neighbors and first responders safe during this event,” said the city’s emergency programs ma]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/residents-should-evacuate-flood-zones-by-3-pm-wednesday/Wed, 12 Aug 2026 22:27:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/residents-should-evacuate-flood-zones-by-3-pm-wednesday/ More than 2,800 Alaskans are on a list of alleged noncitizens registered to vote in the state, according to a document obtained by the Alaska Beacon via a public records request.
The list, dated Friday, was released after the division removed more than 3,]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaskas-list-of-alleged-noncitizen-voters-includes-more-republicans-than-democrats/Wed, 12 Aug 2026 19:55:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaskas-list-of-alleged-noncitizen-voters-includes-more-republicans-than-democrats/ Enstar Natural Gas is working to repair a break in a gas pipeline feeding into communities near Whittier.
A boater on the Twentymile River smelled gas and reported the leak Sunday, Enstar said.
A crew investigated the pipeline on Monday, utility spokeswoman Harley Hedlund said.
“They confirmed that the break is in a submerged portion of the pipeline near the Twentymile River,” Hedlund said.
As of Tuesday, there ha]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/enstar-crews-repairing-gas-pipeline-leak-near-whittier/Wed, 12 Aug 2026 03:21:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/enstar-crews-repairing-gas-pipeline-leak-near-whittier/ In this newscast:The National Weather Service issued a glacial outburst flood warning alerting the public that the flood has begun on Tuesday.
Sport fisherman in Southeast can catch more king salmon in the region beginning this month.
Officials from Fairbanks and the Arctic Winter Games inked an agreement Monday naming the Interior Alaska city as the host for 2028.
Flushable wipes are wreaking havoc on Anchorage’s w]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-tuesday-aug-11-2026/Wed, 12 Aug 2026 03:20:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-tuesday-aug-11-2026/ The countdown has begun for Juneau’s annual glacial outburst flood. Suicide Basin reached full capacity and began spilling over the top of the glacier Tuesday morning. 
That means flooding could begin any day. 
The National Weather Service issued a special weather statement at 8:35 a.m. indicating that it could take between one and six days for the basin t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/suicide-basin-is-full-glacial-outburst-flood-to-start-any-day/Tue, 11 Aug 2026 20:46:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/suicide-basin-is-full-glacial-outburst-flood-to-start-any-day/ Suicide Basin is currently full and expected to release within 1-6 days. Residents in the inundation area should finalize last-minute preparations, confirm evacuation plans and prepare a go-bag.
The City and Borough of Juneau issued an emergency text alert at 8:39 a.m. this morning notifying Juneau residents that the basin is full.In the city’s “ready, set, go” structure, the current risk is at “set.” See more information from CBJ here.&nbs]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/updates-for-juneaus-2026-glacial-outburst-flood/Tue, 11 Aug 2026 19:54:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/updates-for-juneaus-2026-glacial-outburst-flood/ The National Weather Service issued a glacial outburst flood warning, alerting the public that the flood has begun, at 4:41 p.m. on Aug. 11. That’s just eight hours after the alert went out that Suicide Basin was full. 
The Weather Service forecasts the flood will crest between 16.1 and 16.6 feet sometime between 5 a.m. and 9 a.m. Thursday. 
Aaron Jacobs is the senior service hydrologist at the Weather Service. At a press conference organized by the multi-]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/live-updates-juneaus-2026-glacial-outburst-flood/Tue, 11 Aug 2026 19:54:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/live-updates-juneaus-2026-glacial-outburst-flood/ At a press conference Thursday evening, Chalyee Éesh Richard Peterson, president of the Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, called the glacial outburst flood event “anticlimactic.” 
“I think we’re experiencing a collective sigh of relief in Juneau, and especially those in the area impacted,” Peterson said. “I think the message that we’re digesting is that preparedness works.”
Ni]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneaus-2026-glacial-outburst-flood/Tue, 11 Aug 2026 19:54:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneaus-2026-glacial-outburst-flood/ In this newscast:Forecasters expect the glacial lake responsible for producing Juneau’s annual glacial outburst flood to be full this week.
The Alaska Beacon reports that a small cruise ship operating in Southeast Alaska made an unexpected detour last week to help a 21-foot skiff that ran out of fuel between Petersburg and Juneau.
A Juneau nonprofit is among the first announced to be awarded grant funding through the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-monday-aug-10-2026/Tue, 11 Aug 2026 19:53:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-monday-aug-10-2026/ After-school childcare is on the agenda for Tuesday night’s school board meeting. The Juneau Board of Education will take a first look at a lease with a local childcare provider to run a program at Sayéik: Gastineau Community School.
This comes after the Juneau Assembly awarded $270,000 to Southeast Childhood Collective to stabilize childcare access for school-age children.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-school-board-to-consider-childcare-at-sayik-gastineau-community-school/Tue, 11 Aug 2026 02:27:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-school-board-to-consider-childcare-at-sayik-gastineau-community-school/ A Juneau nonprofit is among the first announced to be awarded grant funding through the Rural Health Transformation Program. Alaska health officials approved spending $4.5 million worth of a $272 million federal allocation toward more than a dozen Alaska health care projects last week. 
Cancer Connection was selected for a $110,000 grant. For the past 30 years, Cancer Conne]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneaus-cancer-connection-awarded-grant-to-establish-network-of-care-across-southeast/Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:47:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneaus-cancer-connection-awarded-grant-to-establish-network-of-care-across-southeast/ Forecasters expect the glacial lake responsible for producing Juneau’s annual glacial outburst flood to be full this week. 
The National Weather Service predicts that Suicide Basin will fill to the top on Tuesday, Aug. 11 or Wednesday, Aug. 12. That’s a bit later than the initial estimate since cool, dry weather fills the basin more slowly than warm and rainy we]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/weather-service-predicts-juneaus-suicide-basin-will-be-full-tuesday-or-wednesday/Mon, 10 Aug 2026 23:31:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/weather-service-predicts-juneaus-suicide-basin-will-be-full-tuesday-or-wednesday/ The U.S. Department of Education is expected to award $41.3 million in grant funding through the Alaska Native Education Program to 26 Alaska grantees after some delay, according to an announcement from Alaska Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski.
The grant funding]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/sen-murkowski-pushes-for-release-of-413m-in-delayed-federal-grants-for-alaska-native-education/Mon, 10 Aug 2026 20:06:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/sen-murkowski-pushes-for-release-of-413m-in-delayed-federal-grants-for-alaska-native-education/ Editor’s note: This article, initially published Friday, was updated Sunday morning with a statement from Zuckerberg.
A small cruise ship operating in Southeast Alaska made an unexpected detour on Monday night to help a 21-foot skiff that ran out of fuel between Petersburg and Juneau.
Michael Love, a software developer from New York City, was a passenger aboard]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/cruise-ship-helps-stranded-skiff-and-crew-in-southeast-alaska-as-zuckerberg-yacht-stands-by/Mon, 10 Aug 2026 20:03:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/cruise-ship-helps-stranded-skiff-and-crew-in-southeast-alaska-as-zuckerberg-yacht-stands-by/ Federal fishery managers would start analyzing the DNA collected in ocean waters to help inform their decisions, under a bipartis]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/bill-introduced-by-alaskas-murkowski-aims-to-promote-use-of-edna-analysis-in-fishery-management/Mon, 10 Aug 2026 19:44:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/bill-introduced-by-alaskas-murkowski-aims-to-promote-use-of-edna-analysis-in-fishery-management/ In this newscast:The Juneau School District is slated to start the school year in two weeks with 10 open elementary teaching positions,
An answer to Juneau’s plea for a solution to glacial outburst flooding is on the horizon. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said that it will post a request for proposals after the next flood, which is expected to hit any day,
Alaska will now regulate its own hazardous waste,
If you]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-friday-august-7-2026/Sat, 08 Aug 2026 02:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-friday-august-7-2026/ The Alaska Division of Elections is sending follow-up letters to most of the 3,000 voters it struck from the active voter list this summer.
The division’s director has acknowledged that the delisting was based, at least partly, on old drivers license data that suggested the people were not citizens, even though the Division of Elections records showed they were citizens. Often,]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/division-of-elections-keeps-1900-alaskans-on-inactive-noncitizen-list-awaiting-verification/Sat, 08 Aug 2026 01:53:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/division-of-elections-keeps-1900-alaskans-on-inactive-noncitizen-list-awaiting-verification/ https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/005Adobo.mp3
In the middle of a downtown Juneau lunch rush in July, the smell of garlic, vinegar and soy sauce drifted through the cruise ship docks. At Bernadette’s Filipino food stand, tourists and locals waited in line for Filipino favorites like lumpia, pancit and adobo.
For some people, it was an introduction to Filipino food. For others, like]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/from-family-kitchens-to-juneau-restaurants-every-adobo-tells-a-story/Sat, 08 Aug 2026 01:36:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/from-family-kitchens-to-juneau-restaurants-every-adobo-tells-a-story/ A Juneau fire captain was charged with domestic violence assault in an incident involving his 12-year-old stepdaughter last summer. 
Brent Clancy was convicted of that crime and will be sentenced on Thursday, August 13. He faces up to five years in prison. At the trial earlier in April witnesses testified about the abuse. 
This story contains descriptions of violence]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/former-juneau-fire-captain-faces-prison-time-for-domestic-violence/Sat, 08 Aug 2026 01:36:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/former-juneau-fire-captain-faces-prison-time-for-domestic-violence/ The Trump Administration is again threatening cuts to the federal Essential Air Service program, which provides funding for flights to and from rural Alaska.
The proposal – included in the White House’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2027 – calls spending for Essential Air Service “out of control” and suggests changing eligibility]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/trump-administration-threatens-deep-cuts-to-program-that-funds-air-travel-in-rural-alaska/Sat, 08 Aug 2026 01:05:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/trump-administration-threatens-deep-cuts-to-program-that-funds-air-travel-in-rural-alaska/ WASHINGTON — Sen. Lisa Murkowski announced that she’ll vote no on Todd Blanche for U.S. attorney general.
“The country needs an Attorney General who will check the worst impulses of this administration,” she wrote in a social media post early Friday. “I hope Mr. Blanche is able to achieve that, if confirmed, but]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/murkowski-says-shell-vote-no-on-blanche-but-his-confirmation-remains-on-track/Sat, 08 Aug 2026 01:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/murkowski-says-shell-vote-no-on-blanche-but-his-confirmation-remains-on-track/ A pathway to a permanent solution for Juneau’s annual glacial outburst is coming soon. That’s according to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Assistant Secretary Adam Telle, who said at a virtual press conference Thursday that the Corps will post a request for proposals this month for a solution to drain Suic]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/army-corps-teases-glacial-outburst-flood-solution-announcement-as-next-flood-looms/Fri, 07 Aug 2026 19:05:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/army-corps-teases-glacial-outburst-flood-solution-announcement-as-next-flood-looms/ Alaska will now regulate its own hazardous waste. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency handed over the responsibility to the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation on Thursday.
This makes Alaska the 49th state with an authorized hazardous waste program. Only Iowa lacks one. State regulators will oversee the generation, transportation, treatment, storage and disposal of qualifying waste pr]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-will-now-regulate-its-own-hazardous-waste/Fri, 07 Aug 2026 03:11:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-will-now-regulate-its-own-hazardous-waste/ The Juneau School District is slated to start the school year in 2 weeks with 10 open elementary teacher positions. Nine positions are full time and one position is part time. School officials say this number represents a spike in teaching vacancies compared to previous years. 
The district’s largest elementary school, Auke Bay Elementary, might start the year down four teachers, or a sixth of its]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-school-district-faces-hiring-challenges-ahead-of-start-to-school-year/Fri, 07 Aug 2026 03:09:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-school-district-faces-hiring-challenges-ahead-of-start-to-school-year/ In this newscast: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.
There are over a thousand manmade stream crossings in the Tongass National Forest that aren’t up to standard. But on Prince of Wales Island, in southern Southeast, an environmental nonprofit is replacing a handful of these structures]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-thursday-aug-6-2026/Fri, 07 Aug 2026 03:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-thursday-aug-6-2026/ A note from the editors:
There was significant confusion surrounding a press conference Thursday morning with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan regarding a long-term solution to Juneau’s glacial lake outburst floods. KTOO did not livestream it due to a last minute request from the senator’s office to embargo the information. 
We understand this confused many people in the community so we wanted to expla]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/why-ktoo-did-not-livestream-thursday-mornings-federal-press-conference-on-glacial-outburst-flooding/Fri, 07 Aug 2026 02:58:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/why-ktoo-did-not-livestream-thursday-mornings-federal-press-conference-on-glacial-outburst-flooding/ Six candidates for Alaska governor from across the political spectrum appeared side-by-side in a room full of superintendents and school officials in Juneau and promised that boosting education funding would be a priority of their administration, if elected.
Six candidates participated in the d]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-superintendents-drill-down-on-education-policy-with-some-gubernatorial-candidates/Fri, 07 Aug 2026 02:06:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-superintendents-drill-down-on-education-policy-with-some-gubernatorial-candidates/ WASHINGTON — A lot of focus is on U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski as Republican leaders try to round up the votes to confirm Todd Blanche, President Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general.
Murkowski’s vote could be pivotal, but she rebuffed all questions about how she&rsquo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/eyes-on-alaskas-murkowski-as-confirmation-vote-nears-for-trump-attorney-general-pick/Fri, 07 Aug 2026 01:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/eyes-on-alaskas-murkowski-as-confirmation-vote-nears-for-trump-attorney-general-pick/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/watch-army-corps-of-engineers-sen-sullivan-discuss-glacial-outburst-flood-long-term-solution/Thu, 06 Aug 2026 19:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/watch-army-corps-of-engineers-sen-sullivan-discuss-glacial-outburst-flood-long-term-solution/ 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-wednesday-august-5-2026/Thu, 06 Aug 2026 02:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-wednesday-august-5-2026/ 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/university-of-alaska-to-eliminate-out-of-state-tuition-for-2027-academic-year/Thu, 06 Aug 2026 02:52:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/university-of-alaska-to-eliminate-out-of-state-tuition-for-2027-academic-year/ 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. 
The f]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/a-juneau-construction-company-could-pay-350k-for-clean-water-act-violations/Thu, 06 Aug 2026 02:52:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/a-juneau-construction-company-could-pay-350k-for-clean-water-act-violations/ 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/future-of-juneau-makerspace-location-in-limbo-as-its-building-goes-up-for-sale/Wed, 05 Aug 2026 23:27:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/future-of-juneau-makerspace-location-in-limbo-as-its-building-goes-up-for-sale/ 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/abandoned-and-derelict-boats-removed-from-waterways-in-three-southeast-alaska-communities/Wed, 05 Aug 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/abandoned-and-derelict-boats-removed-from-waterways-in-three-southeast-alaska-communities/  
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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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/humpback-whale-sinks-gustavus-familys-sailboat-in-glacier-bay-national-park/Wed, 05 Aug 2026 03:56:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/humpback-whale-sinks-gustavus-familys-sailboat-in-glacier-bay-national-park/ 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-tuesday-aug-4-2026/Wed, 05 Aug 2026 03:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-tuesday-aug-4-2026/ 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/six-months-pass-since-this-juneau-man-went-missing/Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/six-months-pass-since-this-juneau-man-went-missing/ 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/low-catches-close-southeast-commercial-dungeness-crab-season-three-weeks-early/Tue, 04 Aug 2026 15:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/low-catches-close-southeast-commercial-dungeness-crab-season-three-weeks-early/ 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/early-voting-opens-for-alaskas-2026-primary-election-heres-what-to-expect/Tue, 04 Aug 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/early-voting-opens-for-alaskas-2026-primary-election-heres-what-to-expect/ 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-monday-august-3-2026/Tue, 04 Aug 2026 02:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-monday-august-3-2026/ 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/after-two-years-empty-juneaus-marie-drake-building-will-soon-get-new-life/Tue, 04 Aug 2026 02:21:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/after-two-years-empty-juneaus-marie-drake-building-will-soon-get-new-life/ Listen here:
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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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/contract-negotiations-between-university-of-alaska-and-its-staff-union-begins/Mon, 03 Aug 2026 20:25:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/contract-negotiations-between-university-of-alaska-and-its-staff-union-begins/ 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/a-womens-pro-wrestling-troupe-in-fairbanks-rings-in-a-decade-of-bruises-and-bodyslams/Mon, 03 Aug 2026 19:45:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/a-womens-pro-wrestling-troupe-in-fairbanks-rings-in-a-decade-of-bruises-and-bodyslams/ 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/first-week-of-third-gasline-special-session-ends-with-no-action-by-dunleavy-or-alaska-legislature/Mon, 03 Aug 2026 19:27:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/first-week-of-third-gasline-special-session-ends-with-no-action-by-dunleavy-or-alaska-legislature/ Listen to this story:
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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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/new-amalga-gold-mine-in-juneau-secures-fast-federal-permitting-process/Sat, 01 Aug 2026 03:39:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/new-amalga-gold-mine-in-juneau-secures-fast-federal-permitting-process/ 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-friday-july-31-2026/Sat, 01 Aug 2026 03:02:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-friday-july-31-2026/ 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/federal-agents-detain-fifth-a-juneau-man-for-immigration-purposes/Sat, 01 Aug 2026 02:24:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/federal-agents-detain-fifth-a-juneau-man-for-immigration-purposes/ 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/federal-agents-detain-a-fifth-juneau-man-for-immigration-purposes/Sat, 01 Aug 2026 02:24:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/federal-agents-detain-a-fifth-juneau-man-for-immigration-purposes/ 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,]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/heres-when-to-expect-results-in-alaskas-2026-statewide-primary-election/Fri, 31 Jul 2026 23:29:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/heres-when-to-expect-results-in-alaskas-2026-statewide-primary-election/ 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaskans-face-august-vote-on-ending-unlimited-campaign-donations/Fri, 31 Jul 2026 23:23:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaskans-face-august-vote-on-ending-unlimited-campaign-donations/ 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/southeast-state-fair-brings-the-sound-of-music-and-chainsaws-to-haines-fairgrounds/Fri, 31 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/southeast-state-fair-brings-the-sound-of-music-and-chainsaws-to-haines-fairgrounds/ 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-providers-say-childcare-gap-is-growing/Fri, 31 Jul 2026 14:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-providers-say-childcare-gap-is-growing/ 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/kuskokwim-bay-commercial-salmon-fishery-opens-after-5-year-hiatus/Fri, 31 Jul 2026 05:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/kuskokwim-bay-commercial-salmon-fishery-opens-after-5-year-hiatus/ 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/deadly-2025-bering-air-crash-caused-by-a-series-of-preventable-breakdowns-ntsb-chief-says/Fri, 31 Jul 2026 03:16:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/deadly-2025-bering-air-crash-caused-by-a-series-of-preventable-breakdowns-ntsb-chief-says/ 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-thursday-july-30-2026/Fri, 31 Jul 2026 02:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-thursday-july-30-2026/ 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/23-alaska-legislators-ask-state-to-restore-voters-wrongfully-removed-from-the-rolls/Fri, 31 Jul 2026 01:02:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/23-alaska-legislators-ask-state-to-restore-voters-wrongfully-removed-from-the-rolls/ 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-veteran-says-he-was-denied-first-amendment-rights-during-july-4-parade/Thu, 30 Jul 2026 20:23:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-veteran-says-he-was-denied-first-amendment-rights-during-july-4-parade/ 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/police-defuse-explosives-found-in-haines-eagle-preserve/Thu, 30 Jul 2026 15:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/police-defuse-explosives-found-in-haines-eagle-preserve/ Evidence of the measles virus was found in Anchorage wastewater in July, according to state epidemiologists. The data is from a national pilot program that analyzes wastewater for disease and looks for ribonucleic acid, or RNA, of certain pathogens.
Joe McLaughlin, head epidemiologist for the state, said that b]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/evidence-of-measles-virus-found-in-anchorage-wastewater/Thu, 30 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/evidence-of-measles-virus-found-in-anchorage-wastewater/ The Juneau Police Department has confirmed the identity of a man whose remains were discovered in a chest freezer last week at a home in Lemon Creek. 
According to the State of Alaska Medical Examiner, the remains are of Ross Pasquan. Pasquan was a Juneau resident who would be 74 years old today.  
Pasquan was]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/police-identify-man-discovered-in-chest-freezer-at-juneau-home/Thu, 30 Jul 2026 03:18:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/police-identify-man-discovered-in-chest-freezer-at-juneau-home/ Listen to this story:
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A new class developed by whale biologists and marine pilots in Southeast Alaska will soon teach mariners how to avoid hitting humpback whales when sailing large ships through the region. The training comes as the state’s cruise industry booms.
Humpback whales migrate thousands of miles from their winter breeding ground]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/new-class-to-teach-southeast-mariners-how-to-avoid-hitting-humpback-whales/Thu, 30 Jul 2026 03:18:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/new-class-to-teach-southeast-mariners-how-to-avoid-hitting-humpback-whales/ Three people are dead after a fiery plane crash Tuesday night near McCarthy, Alaska State Troopers said in a statement posted online Wednesday
The pilot of a Piper PA-22 crashed while landing at the Dan Creek airstrip, about 20 miles east of McCarthy, according to a preliminary report from the Federal Aviation Administration. The plane banked left, impacted terrain and burst into flames, killing the pilot and two pa]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/3-dead-after-plane-crash-near-mccarthy/Thu, 30 Jul 2026 03:12:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/3-dead-after-plane-crash-near-mccarthy/ In this newscast:For the second year in a row, the Juneau Assembly has rejected putting two bond debt proposals on the local election ballot,
It’s been one year since a Juneau officer was caught on camera violently slamming a man to the ground during an arrest,
A new class developed by whale biologists and marine pilots in Southeast Alaska will soon teach mariners how to avoid hitting humpback whales while sailing]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-wednesday-july-19-2026/Thu, 30 Jul 2026 03:04:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-wednesday-july-19-2026/ https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/29slam.wav
A short video of a Juneau police officer’s arrest of local resident Christopher Williams, Jr. shook the Juneau community this time last year. 
The video spread quickly online, across social media platforms and national news outlets. It showed an interaction in which an officer, who was later identified as Brandon LeBlanc, attempted to handcuff]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/after-video-of-violent-arrest-juneau-police-pledged-reform-1-year-later-whats-changed/Thu, 30 Jul 2026 02:25:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/after-video-of-violent-arrest-juneau-police-pledged-reform-1-year-later-whats-changed/ A widespread weather reporting outage affected Alaska Monday, causing dozens of stations used by pilots and forecasters to go offline. No flight cancellations were immediately reported.
More than 50 weather stations across the state were offline, which is just under a third of the entire network, said Rick Thoman, a climate specialist with the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
“This is a particularly bad day of]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/dozens-of-weather-stations-crucial-for-alaska-aviation-went-dark-on-monday/Wed, 29 Jul 2026 23:09:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/dozens-of-weather-stations-crucial-for-alaska-aviation-went-dark-on-monday/ A handful of state legislators returned to Juneau Monday to once again talk about tax breaks for the Alaska LNG project.
It’s their third special session this year. Gov. Mike Dunleavy called lawmakers back on July 16 after threatening to veto a bill crafted by a conference committee and passed by the state Senate.
That bill would have imposed c]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/lawmakers-say-third-alaska-lng-session-is-dunleavys-last-chance-to-make-a-deal/Wed, 29 Jul 2026 23:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/lawmakers-say-third-alaska-lng-session-is-dunleavys-last-chance-to-make-a-deal/ For the second year in a row, the Juneau Assembly has rejected putting two bond debt proposals on the local election ballot.
The bonds would have helped fund $25 million worth of critical repairs and upgrades to Juneau’s schools and the city’s water and sewer systems. Last year, the Assembly similarly voted against putting nearly identical bond quest]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/assembly-rejects-bonds-to-upgrade-juneaus-schools-and-wastewater-system-again/Wed, 29 Jul 2026 21:21:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/assembly-rejects-bonds-to-upgrade-juneaus-schools-and-wastewater-system-again/ In this newscast:Forecasters predict the glacial lake responsible for producing Juneau’s annual glacial outburst flood will fill a bit later than initially forecast,
Eight candidates are vying for three open seats on the Juneau Assembly during this fall’s local election,
The upcoming school year is less than one month away and district leadership says operations will remain largely the same,
A handful of state]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-tuesday-july-28-2026/Wed, 29 Jul 2026 02:58:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-tuesday-july-28-2026/ Eight candidates are vying for three open seats on the Juneau Assembly during this fall’s local election. Three people are running for two open seats on the school board.
The candidate filing period for Juneau’s October municipal election closed on Monday afternoon. 
For Assembly, three people are running for the open area-wide Assembly seat: incumbent Paul Ke]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/11-candidates-vie-for-local-office-in-juneaus-fall-municipal-election/Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:46:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/11-candidates-vie-for-local-office-in-juneaus-fall-municipal-election/ On July 17, the leading Democratic candidate in Alaska’s U.S. House race&]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-democratic-us-house-candidate-says-he-had-support-but-not-enough-money/Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:22:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-democratic-us-house-candidate-says-he-had-support-but-not-enough-money/ The National Weather Service predicts the glacial lake responsible for producing Juneau’s annual glacial outburst flood will fill a bit later than the initial forecast.
Suicide Basin is expected to fill to the top between Aug. 8 and 12. That’s around the same time as last year, and a bit later than an in]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/weather-service-predicts-juneaus-suicide-basin-will-fill-between-aug-8-12/Tue, 28 Jul 2026 23:43:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/weather-service-predicts-juneaus-suicide-basin-will-fill-between-aug-8-12/ The upcoming school year is less than one month away. District leadership said operations will remain largely the same, though there will be no more early release days for elementary schools and bus routes may change slightly. 
The Juneau School Board decided in May to end early release Mondays. That means elementary students will no longer end the school day half an hour early at the beginning of the w]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-schools-adjust-bus-routes-and-schedules-ahead-of-upcoming-school-year/Tue, 28 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-schools-adjust-bus-routes-and-schedules-ahead-of-upcoming-school-year/ The upcoming school year is less than one month away. District leadership said operations will remain largely the same, though there will be no more early release days for elementary schools and bus routes may change slightly. 
The Juneau School Board decided in May to end early release Mondays. That means elementary students will no longer end the school day half an hour early at the beginning of the w]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-school-year-starts-next-month-without-early-release-mondays-possible-busing-changes/Tue, 28 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-school-year-starts-next-month-without-early-release-mondays-possible-busing-changes/ Despite a delay due to a downtown power outage on Monday night, the Juneau Assembly met for a regular meeting to consider key topics for this fall’s local election, leasing city land for affordable housing and hear public testimony.
Here are some highlights from the meeting:
• The Juneau Assembly voted against putting two bond debt pr]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-assembly-highlights-ballot-questions-affordable-housing-and-trash-bears/Tue, 28 Jul 2026 08:02:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-assembly-highlights-ballot-questions-affordable-housing-and-trash-bears/ Electricity in downtown Juneau and Thane went out just before 6 p.m. on Monday. The outage delayed a Juneau Assembly meeting for an hour. 
Alaska Electric Light and Power Company posted on Facebook around 6 p.m. that the outage affected the downtown area and a crew is responding. AEL&P’s Alec Mesdag told KTOO a transmission line feeding a substation that powers muc]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/power-outage-impacts-downtown-juneau-and-thane-delays-assembly-meeting/Tue, 28 Jul 2026 05:10:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/power-outage-impacts-downtown-juneau-and-thane-delays-assembly-meeting/ In this newscast:Southcentral Alaska’s largest natural gas utility is asking state regulators to consider allowing it to develop more natural gas storage
A Juneau mom’s sourdough microbakery in Mendenhall Valley has quickly risen in popularity
Recently discovered fossils in northern Alaska show rodent-like mammals roamed the land 70 million years ago, and they’ve been given Inupiaq names]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-monday-july-27-2026/Tue, 28 Jul 2026 03:07:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-monday-july-27-2026/ https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/27riseofdekraken-1.wav
A Juneau mom turned her passion for baking sourdough goods into a small business this summer, and it’s quickly risen in popularity.Each weekend, dozens of people line up to try her goods at her small microbakery stand at the end of h]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-mom-turns-passion-for-sourdough-into-popular-microbakery/Mon, 27 Jul 2026 23:19:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-mom-turns-passion-for-sourdough-into-popular-microbakery/ In the 1980s, Geoff and Marcy Larson were working in different industries. Geoff was a chemical engineer and worked in a gold mine. Marcy was an accountant and had her sights on becoming a bush pilot. But they had a common love of beer.
The Larsons visited KTOO to share the story of how the Alaskan Brewing Company was born 40 years ago and how it’s grown since.
Listen:
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/202]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaskan-brewing-co-celebrates-40th-anniversary-operating-in-juneau/Mon, 27 Jul 2026 15:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaskan-brewing-co-celebrates-40th-anniversary-operating-in-juneau/ Two weeks before construction could begin on a controversial road that would cut through Izembek National Wil]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/lawsuits-seek-to-overturn-permit-for-road-construction-through-alaska-wildlife-refuge/Mon, 27 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/lawsuits-seek-to-overturn-permit-for-road-construction-through-alaska-wildlife-refuge/ Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, a Democratic former state lawmaker from Sitka, has raised more campaign funds than any other of the 17 candidates in Alaska’s governor race, according to reports filed this week.
Kreiss-Tomkins has brought in $1.8 million since entering the race in]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/democrat-in-alaskas-governor-race-reports-18m-fundraising-haul-driven-by-californians/Mon, 27 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/democrat-in-alaskas-governor-race-reports-18m-fundraising-haul-driven-by-californians/ Juneau Afternoon featuring filmmaker Samuel Dunning and his film “Canoe Dig It,” Climate-aware therapist Sarah Aronson, and CBJ Parks & Rec Month of Play.
Audio 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 Po]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/canoe-dig-it-mockumentary-film-screening-in-juneau-climate-aware-therapist-sarah-aronson-cbj-month-of-play/Sat, 25 Jul 2026 03:14:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/canoe-dig-it-mockumentary-film-screening-in-juneau-climate-aware-therapist-sarah-aronson-cbj-month-of-play/ In this newscast:A Juneau public transportation survey closes Sunday
The University of Alaska Southeast is partnering with Minnesota-based Mitchell Hamline School of Law to allow Alaska students to get a law degree locally
The Juneau Assembly plans to tackle major local election topics on Monday
Investors that want to ship bulk water out of Sitka are asking for an extension to gather funding for a plan
The CDC reports a f]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-friday-july-24-2026/Sat, 25 Jul 2026 03:10:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-friday-july-24-2026/ Southcentral Alaska’s largest natural gas utility is asking state regulators to reconsider their decision on a project that would’ve expanded natural gas storage. That’s after the Regulatory Commission of Alaska denied Enstar’s request earlier this month, saying the utility had not provided sufficient information.
Enstar president John Sims said they’ve been working on thi]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/enstar-appeals-rca-decision-saying-natural-gas-storage-cant-wait/Sat, 25 Jul 2026 02:43:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/enstar-appeals-rca-decision-saying-natural-gas-storage-cant-wait/ The University of Alaska Southeast is partnering with Minnesota-based Mitchell Hamline School of Law to allow Alaska students to get a law degree without needing to leave the state.
Normally, students pursuing law move out of state, said UAS Chancellor Aparna Palmer on KTOO’s Juneau Afternoon.
“We don’t have a law school in Alaska, and so most people have to b]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/new-uas-partnerships-allow-students-to-pursue-law-degrees-in-juneau/Sat, 25 Jul 2026 01:48:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/new-uas-partnerships-allow-students-to-pursue-law-degrees-in-juneau/ Sunday is the last day for residents to share survey feedback with the City and Borough of Juneau on how to better Juneau’s public transportation. 
The City and Borough of Juneau is partnering with the Juneau Coordination Transportation Coalition to collect input via an online survey about Juneau’s transportation needs. 
The survey tackles topics li]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/deadline-to-share-feedback-about-juneau-transportation-services-nears/Fri, 24 Jul 2026 23:46:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/deadline-to-share-feedback-about-juneau-transportation-services-nears/ The Juneau Assembly is slated to tackle major local election topics at its regular meeting on Monday night.  
The Assembly will vote on whether to put two potential bond debt proposals worth $25 million on this fall’s local election ballot. 
One bond question would ask voters to approve up to $16 million in debt to fund renovations and upgrades at several public schools. The other a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-assembly-to-decide-on-key-local-election-topics-at-monday-meeting/Fri, 24 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-assembly-to-decide-on-key-local-election-topics-at-monday-meeting/ Chancellor of the University of Alaska Southeast, Dr. Aparna Palmer, chats about fall course highlights, new programs, and more.An extended interview from KTOO Morning Edition host Mike Lane with Geoff and Marcy Larson of Alaskan Brewing as they celebrate 40 years of beer making.Joyce Parry-Moore, former Juneau-ite, company member of Perseverance Theatre, and founder of Opera-to-Go, shares about her new book “Fill the Room:]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/joyce-parry-moore-lsquofill-the-room-an-invitation-to-take-up-spacersquo-book-event-uas-chancellor-dr-aparna-palmer-on-new-programs-geoff-amp-marcy-larson-on-alaskan-brewing-40th-anniversary/Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:51:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/joyce-parry-moore-lsquofill-the-room-an-invitation-to-take-up-spacersquo-book-event-uas-chancellor-dr-aparna-palmer-on-new-programs-geoff-amp-marcy-larson-on-alaskan-brewing-40th-anniversary/ As the candidate filing deadline approaches, the race for Juneau’s two open school board seats appears to be uncontested so far. Anyone else interested in running has until Monday afternoon to file.
As of Thursday afternoon, only incumbents Britteny Cioni-Haywood and David Noon have filed to run.Lon Garrison encourages other people in Juneau to run. He is the recently ret]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/race-for-juneaus-school-board-seats-remains-uncontested/Fri, 24 Jul 2026 03:46:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/race-for-juneaus-school-board-seats-remains-uncontested/ A small cruise ship traveling through Southeast Alaska has reported outbreaks of a gastrointestinal illness on two back-to-back voyages this month. On one of the sailings, nearly a third of the passengers got sick.
That’s according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which today reported the fourth outbreak aboard the National Geographic Sea Bird since late May. The Sea Bird is a small cruise ship of]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/cruise-ship-reports-its-fourth-outbreak-of-stomach-illness-this-year-after-recent-docking-in-juneau/Fri, 24 Jul 2026 03:38:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/cruise-ship-reports-its-fourth-outbreak-of-stomach-illness-this-year-after-recent-docking-in-juneau/ In this newscast:The Alaska Division of Elections has moed thousands of registered voters to its “inactive” list due to suspicion that they are not citizens.
As the candidate filing deadline approaches, the race for Juneau’s two open school board seats appears to be uncontested so far.
One of Dutch Harbor’s major seafood processors plans to pay about $5,900 to federal regulators to settle violation]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-thursday-july-23-2026/Fri, 24 Jul 2026 03:06:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-thursday-july-23-2026/ Alaska’s main Native healthcare organization is set to receive $400 million from the federal government for unpaid expenses after the U.S. Department of Justice settled a lawsuit the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium filed in 2021.
The Department of Justice announced the settlement on Tuesday. ANTHC’s lawsuit claimed that for seven years, the fe]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/federal-government-to-pay-anthc-400m-in-settlement-over-unpaid-administrative-costs/Thu, 23 Jul 2026 22:41:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/federal-government-to-pay-anthc-400m-in-settlement-over-unpaid-administrative-costs/ The Alaska Division of Elections has moved thousands of registered voters to its “inactive” list due to suspicion that they are not citizens.
State Director of Elections Carol Beecher acknowledged to legislators at a hearing in Anchorage Wednesday that the allegations may be based on “very old data.”
She said her agency sent a letter]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/state-removes-3500-alaskans-from-voter-rolls-based-in-part-on-old-data/Thu, 23 Jul 2026 21:58:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/state-removes-3500-alaskans-from-voter-rolls-based-in-part-on-old-data/ In this newscast:Human remains were discovered inside a chest freezer at a Lemon Creek residence on Sunday.
Juneau residents in the glacial outburst flood zone are preparing for the annual flood expected soon. At a sandbag event in Mendenhall Valley on Saturday, some of that prep work is easier and faster than it was last year.
Alaska U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski announced last week that her bill allowing five Alaska Nat]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-wednesday-july-22-2026/Thu, 23 Jul 2026 19:28:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-wednesday-july-22-2026/ Juneau Afternoon featuring Theater Alaska’s “Cry It Out” play opening this week, and CBJ Emergency Services on flood preparation and safety.
Audio 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/theater-alaska-opens-cry-it-out-a-funny-and-heartfelt-comedy-about-motherhood-flood-preparation-and-safety-with-the-city-and-borough-of-juneau/Thu, 23 Jul 2026 02:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/theater-alaska-opens-cry-it-out-a-funny-and-heartfelt-comedy-about-motherhood-flood-preparation-and-safety-with-the-city-and-borough-of-juneau/ The first two votes in Alaska’s Aug. 18 primary election have already been cast.
According to records published by the absentee and petition office of the Alaska Division of Elections, two voters — one in South Carolina and another in Hawaii — returned their ballots on July 17.
Thousands more voters will cast the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/seventeen-governor-candidates-vie-for-votes-in-alaskas-primary-election/Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:28:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/seventeen-governor-candidates-vie-for-votes-in-alaskas-primary-election/ A bill allowing five Alaska Native communities in Southeast to receive land entitlements passed out of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
Alaska U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski announced July 16 that her bill had advanced to the Senate floor.
The legislation, called the Alaska Native Landless Equity Act, would allow Haines, Ketchikan, Wrangell, Petersburg and Tenakee to form Alaska Native corporati]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/sen-murkowskis-landless-bill-advances-to-us-senate-floor/Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:16:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/sen-murkowskis-landless-bill-advances-to-us-senate-floor/ Calls to “ban trawling” or “end bycatch” in the pollock fishery are reaching a fever-pitch this election season. A survey last year by a progressive polling firm, Data for Progress, found 74% of Alaskans support a federal ban on trawling. The framing of the question surely contributed, but it still suggests an eye-popping leve]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/bycatch-what-to-know-about-the-fish-issue-taking-the-spotlight-in-alaskas-us-senate-race/Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:07:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/bycatch-what-to-know-about-the-fish-issue-taking-the-spotlight-in-alaskas-us-senate-race/ Juneau residents in the glacial outburst flood zone are preparing their homes for the annual flood expected soon. At a sandbag event in Dimond Park, some of that labor is a bit easier and faster than it was last year.  
On Saturday, a steady stream of Mendenhall Valley residents drove up to a grid of wooden pallets with around 40 sandbags stacked on each. The m]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/filling-sandbags-to-prepare-for-juneaus-glacial-outburst-flooding-is-quicker-this-year/Wed, 22 Jul 2026 20:42:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/filling-sandbags-to-prepare-for-juneaus-glacial-outburst-flooding-is-quicker-this-year/ Human remains were discovered inside a chest freezer at a Lemon Creek residence on Sunday.
That’s according to an information release from the Juneau Police Department on Tuesday. Police received a report from a person cleaning out the home of a dead family member when they discovered the remains in a chest freezer Sunday evening. The freezer was in a shed on the property. 
Juneau Deputy Police C]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/human-remains-discovered-in-freezer-in-juneau/Wed, 22 Jul 2026 03:25:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/human-remains-discovered-in-freezer-in-juneau/ In this newscast:Juneau now has a free vending machine to distribute community health and healing supplies,
As the threat of the next glacial outburst flood looms over Juneau, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it will pay for repairs to the flood wall in the aftermath,
A woman is safe after she lost strength while swimming in the water near Mill Street in downtown Ketchikan,
Rockskippers recently competed on a beach a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-tuesday-july-21-2026/Wed, 22 Jul 2026 03:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-tuesday-july-21-2026/ Juneau now has a free vending machine to distribute community health and healing supplies. The Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska recently opened one downtown. 
The vending machine is located at the tribe’s Edward K. Th]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/new-free-vending-machine-in-juneau-distributes-lifesaving-interventions/Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:39:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/new-free-vending-machine-in-juneau-distributes-lifesaving-interventions/ The Southeast island town of Wrangell is moving forward with plans to build a massive shipyard that could repair state ferries, U.S. Coast Guard ships, research vessels and military vessels.
Wrangell already has a busy marine service center that hauls out large commercial vessels locally and from nearby communities. The proposed shipyard would service much larger ships, up to 500 feet long]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/wrangells-proposed-repair-shipyard-could-cost-up-to-726m/Tue, 21 Jul 2026 23:11:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/wrangells-proposed-repair-shipyard-could-cost-up-to-726m/ A legislative audit committee instructed the state auditor to investigate the past three years of process and legal compliance of the board tasked with developing policy and managing Alaska’s fisheries.
Rep. Louise Stutes, R-Kodiak and chair of the House Fisheries Committee, made the request for the special audit of the Alaska Bo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/lawmakers-approve-state-audit-of-the-alaska-board-of-fisheries/Tue, 21 Jul 2026 23:06:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/lawmakers-approve-state-audit-of-the-alaska-board-of-fisheries/ Listen to this story:
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As the threat of the next glacial outburst flood looms over Juneau, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it will pay for repairs to the flood wall in the aftermath and a bipartisan federal bill that would accelerate a long-term solution heads to the U.S. Senate.
The Water Resources Development Act pas]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/bill-to-fast-track-glacial-outburst-flood-solution-in-juneau-heads-to-us-senate/Tue, 21 Jul 2026 20:24:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/bill-to-fast-track-glacial-outburst-flood-solution-in-juneau-heads-to-us-senate/ In this newscast:A driver struck a Juneau man on a skateboard near the Juneau-Douglas Bridge late last night, causing life-threatening injuries.
Setting a trial date for a former Juneau school principal is delayed again.
The city of Wrangell is moving forward with plans to build a massive shipyard.
The lead Democrat in the race for Alaska’s U.S. House seat is suspending his campaign.
Making biochar adds another way]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-monday-july-20-2026/Tue, 21 Jul 2026 03:04:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-monday-july-20-2026/ Setting a trial date for a former Juneau school principal is delayed again.
John Paul was charged with assault in April following an incident with a student. Paul is accused of restraining a student in March. He was placed on administrative leave the same day.
Paul’s trial was already pushed back once in June. At a pre-trial hearing Monday at the Dimond Courthouse in Juneau, his defence attorney requested more t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/pre-trial-for-juneau-principal-assault-case-delayed-for-a-second-time/Tue, 21 Jul 2026 03:03:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/pre-trial-for-juneau-principal-assault-case-delayed-for-a-second-time/ This is a developing story.
A driver struck a Juneau man on a skateboard near the Juneau-Douglas Bridge late Sunday night, causing life-threatening injuries.
According to the Juneau Police Department, the collision happened at around 11 p.m. Sunday night. The 36-year-old man, who has not been identified, was riding a skateboard over the Juneau-Douglas Bridge toward 10th Street. While crossing the intersection on the Juneau si]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/skateboarder-hit-by-vehicle-near-juneau-douglas-bridge/Mon, 20 Jul 2026 23:18:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/skateboarder-hit-by-vehicle-near-juneau-douglas-bridge/ Rep. Garret Nelson, R-Sutton, chased a black bear away from Rep. Julie Coulombe, R-Anchorage, in front of the Alaska State Capitol during a late-night encounter this week.
“It was a real safari night,” Nelson said on social media.
According to Coulombe, she was walking toward the Assembly Building, home to apartments used by legislators, when s]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-state-legislator-chases-bear-away-from-fellow-lawmaker-outside-state-capitol/Mon, 20 Jul 2026 22:20:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-state-legislator-chases-bear-away-from-fellow-lawmaker-outside-state-capitol/ For weeks, Schrage had been in charge of negotiating a compromise version of the tax break that could get approval from the state House, Senate and Gov. Mike Dunleavy.
He walked Glenfarne Alaska President Adam Prestidge through the compromise, explaining sect]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/hilcorp-killed-alaska-lng-bill-some-legislators-say-but-governor-calls-the-claim-bullst/Mon, 20 Jul 2026 22:19:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/hilcorp-killed-alaska-lng-bill-some-legislators-say-but-governor-calls-the-claim-bullst/ The Environmental Protection Agency issued a temporary waiver Friday under the Clean Air Act for using diesel with higher sulfur levels above the Arctic Circle in Alaska. In a letter to Gov. Mike Dunleavy, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said the 20-day waiver was meant to address fuel supply disruptions caused by the war in the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/epa-waives-restrictions-on-using-high-sulfur-diesel-on-the-north-slope/Mon, 20 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/epa-waives-restrictions-on-using-high-sulfur-diesel-on-the-north-slope/ U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has detained a state of Alaska lawyer who is originally from China, according to ICE officials.
Federal officers arrested Shucheng “Charlie” Yang, 32, on July 10 in Anchorage, a spokesperson for ICE said in an email.
Yang is a Chinese national and violated the terms of his admission to the U.S. and is subject to deportation, the spokesperson said.
As of]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-state-attorney-arrested-by-ice-held-at-tacoma-detention-center/Mon, 20 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-state-attorney-arrested-by-ice-held-at-tacoma-detention-center/ Alaska regulators on Wednesday assessed a $741,520 civil penalty against the operator of a small and trouble-plagued North Slope]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-regulators-fine-north-slope-oil-field-operator-for-unauthorized-gas-flaring/Mon, 20 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-regulators-fine-north-slope-oil-field-operator-for-unauthorized-gas-flaring/ The lead Democrat in the race for Alaska’s U.S. House seat is suspending his campaign.
Progressive Anchorage pastor Matt Schultz was aiming to run against incumbent Congressman Nick Begich, a Republican.
But he had stiff competition in his own political lane. Schultz and another challenger, independent candidate Bill Hill, vied fo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/matt-schultz-suspends-his-campaign-for-us-house-endorses-bill-hill/Sat, 18 Jul 2026 09:48:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/matt-schultz-suspends-his-campaign-for-us-house-endorses-bill-hill/ In this newscast:The retrial against a former Juneau chiropractor accused of assaulting more than a dozen women still has no set trial date, nearly a year after the first trial.
The filing period to run for a seat on Juneau’s Assembly or school baord opened friday, and some residents were itching to enter the races.
A brown bear attacked at the Alaska Zoo in Anchorage by another bear last month has been transferred]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-friday-july-17-2026/Sat, 18 Jul 2026 03:03:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-friday-july-17-2026/ The American Red Cross is hosting a free emergency preparedness workshop and resource fair on Sunday, July 19, at the Mendenhall Valley Library. 
The event begins at 12 p.m. with a presentation followed by a planning workshop and resource fair from 1 to 3 p.m.“We’re hosting this before the [glacial lake outburst flood] in hopes our community will feel more p]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/red-cross-offers-free-emergency-preparedness-workshop-in-juneau-on-sunday/Sat, 18 Jul 2026 02:54:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/red-cross-offers-free-emergency-preparedness-workshop-in-juneau-on-sunday/ Juneau Afternoon featuring the Rainforest Romp Contra Weekend, St. Vincent de Paul whale cruise, Juneau Commission on Aging updates.
Audio 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/lsquorainforest-romprsquo-contra-dance-weekend-with-duo-raven-amp-goose-st-vincent-de-paul-whale-watch-tour-juneau-commission-on-aging-event-updates/Sat, 18 Jul 2026 02:40:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/lsquorainforest-romprsquo-contra-dance-weekend-with-duo-raven-amp-goose-st-vincent-de-paul-whale-watch-tour-juneau-commission-on-aging-event-updates/ Juneau Afternoon featuring the Herbert River Rollick, SE Master Gardeners Garden Tour, and KTOO/SHI News Intern Elan Chappell.
Audio 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 Aft]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/herbert-river-rollick-master-gardeners-garden-tour-2026-ktooshi-intern-elan-chappell/Fri, 17 Jul 2026 21:58:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/herbert-river-rollick-master-gardeners-garden-tour-2026-ktooshi-intern-elan-chappell/ The retrial against a former Juneau chiropractor accused of assaulting more than a dozen women still has no set trial date, nearly a year after the first trial.
The state prosecutor said if a retrial isn’t scheduled soon, it may not happen until 2027. 
Jeffrey Fultz went on trial in 2025, more than four years after he was]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/retrial-for-former-juneau-chiropractor-accused-of-sexual-assault-still-has-no-set-trial-date/Fri, 17 Jul 2026 21:52:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/retrial-for-former-juneau-chiropractor-accused-of-sexual-assault-still-has-no-set-trial-date/ The filing period to run for a seat on Juneau’s Assembly or school board opened Friday and some residents were itching to enter the races. 
At just before 8 a.m. on Friday morning, Joyce Niven and Assembly member Paul Kelly stood at the entrance of Juneau’s city clerk’s office.
The two had a little friendly competition over who would be the first one to file to run for can]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/candidates-begin-rolling-in-for-juneaus-local-election-this-fall/Fri, 17 Jul 2026 21:40:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/candidates-begin-rolling-in-for-juneaus-local-election-this-fall/ Southcentral Alaska’s largest natural gas utility said Tuesday it might not have the gas to make it through this wi]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/natural-gas-supplies-not-looking-good-for-southcentral-this-winter-enstar-says/Fri, 17 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/natural-gas-supplies-not-looking-good-for-southcentral-this-winter-enstar-says/ The Alaska Legislature’s debate on tax breaks for the Alaska LNG project isn’t over yet.
Gov. Mike Dunleavy called lawmakers back for a third special session on the issue Thursday afternoon after threatening to veto a draft advanced by a conference committee that included a controversial tax change]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/dunleavy-rejecting-corporate-tax-change-calls-third-alaska-lng-special-session/Fri, 17 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/dunleavy-rejecting-corporate-tax-change-calls-third-alaska-lng-special-session/ https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/20260716-News-Update-1.mp3A popular downtown Juneau restaurant is now up for sale — but it’s not closing any time soon.
About a dozen people gathered on the Alaska State Capitol building steps in Juneau this morning to oppose a proposed liquefied natural gas pipeline, while lawmakers inside debated a multibillion-dollar tax break for the project.
Juneau’s downtown City Hall building will be up for sale soon. On]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-thursday-july-16-2026/Fri, 17 Jul 2026 03:29:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-thursday-july-16-2026/ About a dozen people gathered on the Alaska State Capitol building steps in Juneau on Thursday morning to oppose a proposed liquefied natural gas pipeline while lawmakers inside debated a multibillion-dollar tax break for the project.
The Alaska LNG project is proposed by Glenfarne Group, a private development firm headquartered in New York City. The pipeline wou]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/small-group-of-alaskans-rally-against-alaska-lng-pipeline-in-juneau/Fri, 17 Jul 2026 01:36:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/small-group-of-alaskans-rally-against-alaska-lng-pipeline-in-juneau/ The City and Borough of Juneau is looking to sell its City Hall building downtown as it moves staff to the Michael J. Burns building in the near future. 
Sealaska Heritage Institute, whose mission is to uplift Lingít, Haida and Ts’msyen cultures of Southeast Alaska, says it’s interest]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/sealaska-heritage-institute-shares-plan-to-tear-down-juneaus-city-hall-build-new-arts-facility/Thu, 16 Jul 2026 23:55:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/sealaska-heritage-institute-shares-plan-to-tear-down-juneaus-city-hall-build-new-arts-facility/ A popular downtown Juneau restaurant is now up for sale — but it’s not closing any time soon. 
Earlier this month, a listing for the sale of Spice Juneau Indian Cuisine went online. But according to Nimmy Philips, the restaurant’s owner, residents shouldn’t be worried. 
“I want to stay open. No doors are closing.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneaus-spice-indian-restaurant-is-up-for-sale/Thu, 16 Jul 2026 23:11:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneaus-spice-indian-restaurant-is-up-for-sale/ Juneau Afternoon featuring new UAS Indigenous Health and Healing learning pathway, P.E.O. Chapter G offers scholarships to Juneau Grads, and a look at city elections and how you can get involved.
Audio 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.Subsc]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/new-indigenous-health-and-healing-courses-from-uas-peo-chapter-g-student-scholarships-municipal-elections-breakdown/Thu, 16 Jul 2026 22:32:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/new-indigenous-health-and-healing-courses-from-uas-peo-chapter-g-student-scholarships-municipal-elections-breakdown/ WASHINGTON — The latest campaign finance data in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race show Democrat Mary Peltola has vastly outraised incumbent Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan.
Peltola’s campaign raised $6.9 million since April 1, while Sullivan raised more than $2 million.
Candidates also have other pots of money, like leadership PACs. Sullivan’s campaign said he’s raised]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/peltola-vastly-outraises-sullivan-in-alaskas-us-senate-race/Thu, 16 Jul 2026 22:15:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/peltola-vastly-outraises-sullivan-in-alaskas-us-senate-race/ Three people were rescued from a boat that caught fire near Ketchikan this weekend. At around 7:30 a.m. Sunday, the Coast Guard Station Ketchikan received a report that a fishing vessel was adrift and engulfed in flames near South Pennock Island. The three occupants on the vessel were rescued by a charter fishing boat an]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/three-rescued-from-boat-fire-near-ketchikan/Thu, 16 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/three-rescued-from-boat-fire-near-ketchikan/ Southeast Alaska’s commercial king salmon fishery will remain open until further notice. The July 1 king opener for trollers, who fish with hook and line, is usually over quickly– it typically lasts anywhere from a handful of days to a week. But this year, with two weeks down, trollers are only at the halfway mark toward catching their target.
Grant Hagerman is the Southeast region’s commercial troll managem]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/commercial-troll-fishery-stays-open-with-half-of-allotted-kings-remaining/Thu, 16 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/commercial-troll-fishery-stays-open-with-half-of-allotted-kings-remaining/ In this newscast:A Juneau non-profit is looking for local childcare providers to offer after-school care at two elementary schools that lost the service in recent years.
The Juneau Police Department is seeking the public’s help in locating the person who submerged a truck in Gastineau Channel near Douglas Harbor early this morning.
Processors are paying more for commercial salmon this season than in recent years, an]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-wednesday-july-15-2026/Thu, 16 Jul 2026 03:03:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-wednesday-july-15-2026/ A Juneau nonprofit is looking for local childcare providers to offer after-school care at two elementary schools that lost the service in recent years. It’s part of an effort to stabilize childcare access for school-age children after the Juneau School District ended its program last year.
Funding to get the effort underway came from the Juneau Assembly. In May, it approved awarding $270,000 to Southeas]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/city-funds-nonprofit-to-support-childcare-in-juneau-schools/Thu, 16 Jul 2026 02:47:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/city-funds-nonprofit-to-support-childcare-in-juneau-schools/ Xeetli.éesh Lyle James has been learning and teaching the Lingít language for more than two decades. His passion grew through attending classes and leading songs. 
He lives in Juneau and has taught more than 1,000 students, emphasizing the importance of making mistakes and]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/tongass-voices-xeetliesh-lyle-james-on-learning-and-teaching-indigenous-languages/Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:53:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/tongass-voices-xeetliesh-lyle-james-on-learning-and-teaching-indigenous-languages/ The Juneau Police Department is seeking the public’s help in locating the person who submerged a truck in Gastineau Channel near Douglas Harbor early Wednesday morning. 
According to the Juneau Police Department, at just before 2 a.m. Wednesday morning, police received a report that a maroon Chevrolet Silverado went into the water near Savikko Road in Douglas. When officers responded, the vehicle was submerged.&nb]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-police-respond-to-submerged-truck-in-gastineau-channel/Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-police-respond-to-submerged-truck-in-gastineau-channel/ Three cases of cyclosporiasis have been recorded since May in Alaska, but epidemiologists say it’s too early to say whether the cases are part of the national outbreak, mostly concentrated in the Midwest. Two of the Alaska cases involved International travel.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have documented more than 1600 cases since May and tied 400 to the outbreak. The illness is caused by eating]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/three-cases-of-cyclosporiasis-recorded-in-alaska-since-may/Wed, 15 Jul 2026 22:55:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/three-cases-of-cyclosporiasis-recorded-in-alaska-since-may/ The National Science Foundation has selected the University of Alaska Fairbanks to be the site of a new critical minerals research program, making it one of 12 new technology innovation centers across the nation that received fed]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-university-gets-funding-for-critical-minerals-center/Wed, 15 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-university-gets-funding-for-critical-minerals-center/ As Alaska lawmakers approach the end of a second consecutive special session considering a bill that would offer tax relief to the Alaska LNG project, legislators are still deeply divided on the best way forward. Lawmakers have tentatively planned a vote on a final draft for Thursday, but a confere]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/4-thorny-questions-in-the-ongoing-alaska-lng-tax-debate-from-tuesdays-talk-of-alaska/Wed, 15 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/4-thorny-questions-in-the-ongoing-alaska-lng-tax-debate-from-tuesdays-talk-of-alaska/ In this newscast:A Juneau artist’s design will be printed on bear garbage cans downtown. Crystal Jackson’s painting of bears frolicking on a rainbow background is the winning artwork in a contest to decorate 44 new bear cans.
A cruise ship dock and development project planned for downtown Juneau will be scaled down by more than half its original size but will cost an additional $100 million dollars.
Juneau&rsq]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-tuesday-july-14-2026/Wed, 15 Jul 2026 03:06:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-tuesday-july-14-2026/ Alaska pharmacists will soon be able to practice more of the healthcare that they learned in their education under a new state law taking effect in January. That could include medication management and testing and treating common ailments like strep throat, urinary tract infections and the flu.
The change will be a big shift for Soren White, a pharmacist in Sitka who grew up working in his parents&rsq]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/new-alaska-law-will-allow-pharmacists-to-provide-more-healthcare/Wed, 15 Jul 2026 02:13:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/new-alaska-law-will-allow-pharmacists-to-provide-more-healthcare/ Local artist Crystal Jackson’s painting of bears frolicking on a rainbow background is the winning artwork in a contest to decorate 44 new bear cans in downtown Juneau. 
The design features three panels of black bears eating, playing and climbing trees. 
“I wanted to capture differen]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/new-downtown-bear-cans-to-feature-local-artists-design/Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:45:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/new-downtown-bear-cans-to-feature-local-artists-design/ A cruise ship dock and development project planned for downtown Juneau will be scaled down by more than half its original size but will cost an additional $100 million.
That’s according to Susan Bell, Huna Totem Corp.’s vice president of strategic initiatives. She gave an overview of the planned changes to the Juneau]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/huna-totem-plans-to-scale-down-cruise-ship-dock-project-as-cost-escalates-by-more-than-100m/Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:13:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/huna-totem-plans-to-scale-down-cruise-ship-dock-project-as-cost-escalates-by-more-than-100m/ Rivers across Alaska’s Arctic are turning orange and acidic as permafrost thaws, threatening subsistence resources that thousands of people rely on]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/a-new-model-could-help-predict-rusting-rivers-researchers-say/Tue, 14 Jul 2026 21:23:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/a-new-model-could-help-predict-rusting-rivers-researchers-say/ Alaska’s primary election just over a month away, and the deadline to register to vote in that election is Sunday July 19.
Alaska’s primary election is Tuesday August 18, when voters will mark their ballots to choose among candidates for governor, legislators in the Alaska House and Senate, and representatives in the U.S. House and U.S. Senate. A sample of]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/to-vote-in-alaskas-primary-elections-residents-must-register-by-july-19-heres-how/Tue, 14 Jul 2026 21:20:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/to-vote-in-alaskas-primary-elections-residents-must-register-by-july-19-heres-how/ In this newscast:Juneau’s new off-road vehicle park could partially open as soon as this September
One of Juneau’s most dangerous intersections, near Fred Meyer, will get a traffic light thanks to a federal grant
Sorely needed renovations at two affordable housing complexes in Juneau come with challenges for tenants
A new study suggests having a dog could more than double the chance of a bear conflict]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-monday-july-13-2026/Tue, 14 Jul 2026 03:14:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-monday-july-13-2026/ Juneau’s new off-road vehicle park could open its first trail as soon as this September. That’s according to Marc Wheeler, director of Parks and Recreation for the City and Borough of Juneau. 
At a community meeting in the Mendenhall Valley Public Library on Thursday [July 9], he presented an update on the ORV park going in at mile 35 of Glacier Highway, near Bridget Cove. 
“At this point,]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneaus-off-road-vehicle-park-could-partially-open-this-september/Tue, 14 Jul 2026 01:12:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneaus-off-road-vehicle-park-could-partially-open-this-september/ Listen here:
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Renovations are underway for two affordable housing complexes in Juneau. Residents say the upgrades are sorely needed but the transition has been challenging. 
Annett Ritter has lived in the Coho Park Apartments since 2021. The Section 8 affordable housing complex, which is federally subsidized, i]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-residents-temporarily-relocated-during-affordable-housing-renovations/Tue, 14 Jul 2026 01:11:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-residents-temporarily-relocated-during-affordable-housing-renovations/ The U.S. Department of Transportation awarded $12.1 million to Juneau last week to fund safety improvements at one of Juneau’s most dangerous intersections. 
The funding is for the intersection at Yandukin Drive and Egan Drive, near the Fred Meyer grocery store. According to the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, betw]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-secures-121m-federal-grant-for-fred-meyer-intersection-improvements/Mon, 13 Jul 2026 23:39:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-secures-121m-federal-grant-for-fred-meyer-intersection-improvements/ State investigators have accused 15 Alaskans and businesses of filing more than $1.8 million in fraudulent Medicaid claims in five separate cases.
The criminal cases filed in June are part of a broader nationwide effort to crack down on fraud in the jointly funded federal and state program, state officials said.
The defendants include managers and proprietors of Anchorage]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/15-alaskans-and-businesses-charged-with-18m-in-medicaid-fraud/Mon, 13 Jul 2026 21:15:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/15-alaskans-and-businesses-charged-with-18m-in-medicaid-fraud/ Amid a series of disagreements with lawmakers in the state House and Senate, Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy has set a record for the most vetoes by an Alaska governor during a single two-year Legislature.
Through Friday morning, Dunleavy had vetoed 29 of the 115 bills passed by the 34th Alaska Legislature.
The previous record, 25 vetoes, was held by Gov. Tony Knowles in]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-gov-mike-dunleavy-sets-state-record-for-most-vetoes-in-a-single-legislature/Mon, 13 Jul 2026 20:26:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-gov-mike-dunleavy-sets-state-record-for-most-vetoes-in-a-single-legislature/ In this newscast:Defenders of ranked choice voting and the open primary filed complaints to the Alaska Public Offices Commissions against a campaign supporting a measure to repeal both things.
A Juneau resident shot and wounded a yearling black bear that was rummaging through trash downtown on Thursday morning.
Alaska’s three major cities continue to have higher living costs than most of the nation’s urban are]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-friday-july-10-2026/Sat, 11 Jul 2026 03:03:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-friday-july-10-2026/ Juneau Afternoon featuring Patrick Bringley’s author talk for “All the Beauty in the World” with City Museum, Juneau Community Foundation Hope/CBJ Awards, Marimba workshop and public performance at Perseverance Theatre on Sunday, July 12.
Audio 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 t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/patrick-bringley-all-the-beauty-in-the-world-talk-and-book-signing-juneau-community-foundation-hopecbj-grant/Sat, 11 Jul 2026 02:44:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/patrick-bringley-all-the-beauty-in-the-world-talk-and-book-signing-juneau-community-foundation-hopecbj-grant/ A Juneau resident shot and wounded a yearling black bear that had been rummaging through trash downtown on Thursday morning. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game euthanized the bear soon after. The unknown resident who shot it could face criminal charges.
Heather Hintze, a Juneau resident, witnessed the shooting just]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/yearling-bear-euthanized-after-being-shot-out-of-a-tree-in-downtown-juneau/Sat, 11 Jul 2026 02:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/yearling-bear-euthanized-after-being-shot-out-of-a-tree-in-downtown-juneau/ Four communities across Alaska could soon receive nearly $7 million in federal funding to better prepare for natural disasters.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced late last month that it has set aside disaster-related funding for Juneau, the Bering Sea community of St. Paul, the Matanuska-Susitna Borough and the Chilkat Indian Village, near Haines.
The]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/4-alaska-communities-could-get-millions-in-fema-disaster-funding/Fri, 10 Jul 2026 23:53:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/4-alaska-communities-could-get-millions-in-fema-disaster-funding/ Defenders of Alaska’s open primary and ranked choice ballot say the campaign to repeal the system is violating campaign finance and disclosure laws.
That might sound familiar: A different repeal campaign, Alaskans for Honest Elections, was fined for multiple campaign finance violations in 2024.
A fresh repeal measure will be on the November 2026 general election ballot, and again the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/group-seeking-to-repeal-alaskas-ranked-choice-voting-hit-with-campaign-finance-complaints/Fri, 10 Jul 2026 23:44:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/group-seeking-to-repeal-alaskas-ranked-choice-voting-hit-with-campaign-finance-complaints/ Juneau Afternoon featuring the Bridge Adult Day Program, Wander the Wetlands event with Discovery Southeast and SE Alaska Land Trust, and Outburst podcast from KTOO News.
Audio 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 Podcast]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/bridge-adult-day-program-wander-the-wetlands/Fri, 10 Jul 2026 23:31:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/bridge-adult-day-program-wander-the-wetlands/ Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed a bill Thursday that would have reimposed limits on campaign contributions in state elections, ensuring an August vote on a similar ballot measure will go forward.
The veto means that for now, donors can continue to give an unlimited amount of money to candidates for governor, the state Legislature and more. A federal appeals court ruled in 2021 that Alaska’s $500]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/dunleavy-vetoes-limits-on-campaign-donations-ensuring-august-vote-to-impose-new-caps/Fri, 10 Jul 2026 20:20:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/dunleavy-vetoes-limits-on-campaign-donations-ensuring-august-vote-to-impose-new-caps/ In this newscast:Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed a bill today that would have reimposed limits on campaign contributions in state elections.
The City and Borough of Juneau released a new evacuation zone map in preparation for the glacial outburst flood expected later this summer.
The Alaska Beacon reports Alaskans who have been wrongfully convicted can now apply to claim Alaska Permanent Fund dividends that were withheld while]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-thursday-july-9-2026/Fri, 10 Jul 2026 03:06:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-thursday-july-9-2026/ Listen to this story:
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The City and Borough of Juneau released a new evacuation zone map in preparation for the glacial outburst flood expected later this summer. At a press conference on Thursday morning, public safety officials said the evacuation zone i]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-releases-new-glacial-outburst-flood-evacuation-map/Fri, 10 Jul 2026 02:19:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-releases-new-glacial-outburst-flood-evacuation-map/ Alaskans who have been convicted for low-level marijuana possession will be able to apply to keep their records confidential so they do not appear in background checks, under a new law that takes effect in 2027.
The change is part of a wide-ranging omnibus crime package that was approved by the Alaska Legislature and allowed to pass into law without Gov]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaskans-with-certain-low-level-marijuana-convictions-can-keep-record-private-under-new-law/Fri, 10 Jul 2026 01:43:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaskans-with-certain-low-level-marijuana-convictions-can-keep-record-private-under-new-law/ Once a week, employees at the Haines landfill scoop mountains of trash into a machine that squashes it into gigantic cubes.
The baling process significantly reduces how much space the garbage occupies, solving a major real estate problem. But it also takes a lot of power, which historically has come from the local utility, Alaska Power and]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/faced-with-surging-power-bills-the-haines-landfill-is-going-off-grid/Fri, 10 Jul 2026 01:18:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/faced-with-surging-power-bills-the-haines-landfill-is-going-off-grid/ The federal government has agreed to permanently loosen rules for oil and gas lease sales in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, according to a draft settlement agreement filed this week in the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska.
Adam Gustafson, an attorney with the U.S. Departme]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/under-new-agreement-federal-government-limits-obstacles-to-oil-leasing-in-alaskas-arctic-refuge/Fri, 10 Jul 2026 01:06:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/under-new-agreement-federal-government-limits-obstacles-to-oil-leasing-in-alaskas-arctic-refuge/ Juneau Afternoon featuring Master’s Faire, JGLT “Feast for Your Ears” cabaret, and Commission on Sustainability Docks and Harbors tour.
Audio 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 OneSp]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/masters-faire-jglts-a-feast-for-your-ears-cabaret-sustainability-commissions-dock-tour/Thu, 09 Jul 2026 22:56:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/masters-faire-jglts-a-feast-for-your-ears-cabaret-sustainability-commissions-dock-tour/ For almost three decades the Southeast Alaska Food Bank has served people in Juneau, as well as other Southeast communities. KTOO’s Mike Lane visited with Dan Parks, the executive director of the food bank, about the organization’s beginnings, how it works, and how community members can help.
Listen:
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-conten]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/qampa-southeast-alaska-food-bank-on-growing-demand/Thu, 09 Jul 2026 21:31:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/qampa-southeast-alaska-food-bank-on-growing-demand/ In this newscast:The Juneau School District’s chief financial officer is resigning.
Some whale advocates want to relist Pacific gray whales under the Endangered Species Act.
A team of experts is working to salvage a Coast Guard helicopter that crashed on Sitka’s Harbor Mountain last month.
A Soldotna swimmer brought home silver in the 50-yard freestyle at the Special Olympics USA games last month in Minnesota.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-wednesday-july-8-2026/Thu, 09 Jul 2026 03:18:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-wednesday-july-8-2026/ The Juneau School District’s chief financial officer is resigning. That means nearly everyone in the district’s top leadership team will be new to their role this school year. 
Nicole Herbert has worked for the district since March 2025 and was responsible for overseeing the district’s b]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/turnover-continues-among-juneau-school-district-top-officials/Thu, 09 Jul 2026 01:13:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/turnover-continues-among-juneau-school-district-top-officials/ If built as proposed, the trans-Alaska natural gas pipeline is expected to create thousands of jobs. Many, if not most, will go to people who don’t live in Alaska.
A six-year-old study, commissioned by the Alaska Gasline Development Corp. as part of the project’s environmental statement, says “an estimated]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/many-gas-pipeline-construction-jobs-will-go-to-non-alaskans-2020-study-indicates/Thu, 09 Jul 2026 01:03:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/many-gas-pipeline-construction-jobs-will-go-to-non-alaskans-2020-study-indicates/ Listen to this story:
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Pacific gray whales are washing ashore in high numbers this year.Their deaths are part of an overall population decline linked to climate change, and some whale advocates want to relist the species under the Endangered Species Act. 
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrati]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/gray-whales-are-washing-up-dead-in-large-numbers-along-the-pacific-coast/Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:52:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/gray-whales-are-washing-up-dead-in-large-numbers-along-the-pacific-coast/ Alaskans who have been wrongfully convicted can now apply to claim Alaska Permanent Fund dividends that were withheld while they were incarcerated, under a new law.
The Alaska Legislature passed Senate Bill 167 by a combined vote of 58 to 2, and Gov. Mike Dunleavy allowed the bill to pass into law without his signature last month.
Under current Alaska law, those who are incarcer]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/wrongfully-convicted-alaskans-can-now-apply-for-withheld-pfds-under-new-law/Wed, 08 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/wrongfully-convicted-alaskans-can-now-apply-for-withheld-pfds-under-new-law/ WASHINGTON — President Trump has pardoned a diesel mechanic from Wasilla who was convicted of removing pollution-control equipment from diesel vehicles.
Trump granted full clemency on Friday to Mackenzie Spurlock, co-owner of Matanuska Diesel.
U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan celebrated Spurlock’s pardon. He and other critics of the anti-pollution equipment say it often fails in temperatures lower than 12 degrees, sometimes leaving drivers with a vehicle that could only go 5 miles per h]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/trump-pardons-wasilla-mechanic-who-removed-anti-pollution-devices-from-diesel-pickups/Wed, 08 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/trump-pardons-wasilla-mechanic-who-removed-anti-pollution-devices-from-diesel-pickups/ In this newscast:Juneau’s city-owned Eaglecrest Ski Area will soon have a new general manager.
State lawmakers are debating whether to controversial tax change in a bill aimed at easing the financial case for the Alaska LNG project.
A red-tailed hawk named Warrior escaped from the American Bald Eagle Foundation in Haines on Friday.
Fairbanks scientists are tracking a tiny parasite that lives in local swimming holes]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-tuesday-july-7-2026/Wed, 08 Jul 2026 03:04:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-tuesday-july-7-2026/ The Alaska state Capitol was quiet Monday, with halls empty and offices dark as legislators traveled and visited their home districts amid an ongoing special session.
Lawmakers reached by phone said they expect next week to be different, and a key vote that would decide the fate of the tax break for the proposed trans-Alaska natural gas pipeline could take place on July 16.
“This week I’m expecting]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/corporate-income-tax-change-remains-key-sticking-point-for-alaska-gas-pipeline-bill/Wed, 08 Jul 2026 01:10:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/corporate-income-tax-change-remains-key-sticking-point-for-alaska-gas-pipeline-bill/ Juneau’s city-owned Eaglecrest Ski Area will soon have a new general manager. The board announced Tuesday during a special meeting that Julie Jackson Piper will head the ski area as it navigates a particularly volatile moment in its history.
The previous general manager resigned in January. Director of Snowsports School, Rental, Retail and Repair Erin Lupro has fil]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/former-juneau-pools-manager-to-head-eaglecrest-ski-area/Tue, 07 Jul 2026 23:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/former-juneau-pools-manager-to-head-eaglecrest-ski-area/ Last winter’s first big storm came in December. Then came another. And another. By New Year’s Day, four feet of fresh snow blanketed the city of Juneau.
For many locals, it was a crisis: Roofs collapsed; boats sank in the harbor.
For Juneau’s fervent alpine skiers and snowboarders, it could have been a godsend.
Except they had nowhere to ski.
During one of Jun]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneaus-cherished-ski-area-is-losing-money-will-the-city-keep-paying/Tue, 07 Jul 2026 21:47:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneaus-cherished-ski-area-is-losing-money-will-the-city-keep-paying/ After more than eight years leading the Juneau-Douglas City Museum as its director, Beth Weigel’s last day is Thursday, July 9. 
Weigel was one of two full-time staff members laid off after the Assembly decided to cut $261,000 from the museum’s annual funding as part of an effort to address a multimillion-dollar recurring budget shortfall. 
In her final weeks with the city, Weigel wanted]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-museums-path-forward-remains-hazy-amid-staff-and-budget-cuts/Tue, 07 Jul 2026 21:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-museums-path-forward-remains-hazy-amid-staff-and-budget-cuts/ The Alaska state House’s ethics committee found Homer Republican Rep. Sarah Vance likely violated state law by using publicly funded resources to criticize a local newspaper’s coverage of a Charlie Kirk memorial last year.
The committee found probable cause that Vance’s use of publicly funded letterhead and an official social media account to object to the Homer News’ description of Kirk’s views violated a portion of the Legislative Ethics Act&]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/probe-finds-letter-from-homer-rep-vance-likely-violated-ethics-law/Tue, 07 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/probe-finds-letter-from-homer-rep-vance-likely-violated-ethics-law/ In this newscast: A black bear entered Juneau’s historic Alaskan Hotel on Sunday,
Ship traffic is growing in the Arctic and scientists are looking at how that affects marine mammals,
A California couple set out to play a game of croquet on the lawn of every state capitol, but Alaska’s doesn’t have a lawn,
The Alaska state House’s ethics committee says Homer Republican Representative Sarah Vanc]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-monday-july-6-2026/Tue, 07 Jul 2026 02:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-monday-july-6-2026/ Listen to this story: 
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A black bear entered Juneau’s historic Alaskan Hotel around noon on Sunday. Hotel staff said the bear let itself out with a loud crash just a short while later. 
The bear crawled through the open, second story window of room 213, which is at ground level since t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/a-black-bear-checked-into-juneaus-historic-alaskan-hotel/Tue, 07 Jul 2026 02:18:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/a-black-bear-checked-into-juneaus-historic-alaskan-hotel/ A team of experts is working to salvage a Coast Guard helicopter that crashed on Sitka’s Harbor Mountain last month. The U.S. Coast Guard said in a press release that the effort is being led by the Downed Aircraft Recovery Team from the Alaska Army National Guard out of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. The group plans to assess the aircraft for its removal, recover the wreckage, and mitigate]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/team-to-salvage-site-of-coast-guard-helicopter-crash-in-sitka/Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:07:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/team-to-salvage-site-of-coast-guard-helicopter-crash-in-sitka/ Federal regulators plan to reevaluate fishing closure boundaries established to protect endangered Steller sea lions in Alaska, part of a national Trump administration push to cut]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/noaa-eyes-potential-changes-to-alaska-sea-lion-protections-as-trump-urges-boosted-seafood-harvests/Mon, 06 Jul 2026 21:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/noaa-eyes-potential-changes-to-alaska-sea-lion-protections-as-trump-urges-boosted-seafood-harvests/ Listen here:
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Ashton Buswell cheered on a rainy Saturday morning as his sister hit a croquet ball at the State Capitol Building in Juneau. His family set up the game in a bit of an unconventional spot. 
While croquet is typically played on a lawn, the Alaska State]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/couple-ends-nearly-20-year-journey-to-play-croquet-on-every-state-capitol-lawn-in-juneau/Mon, 06 Jul 2026 15:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/couple-ends-nearly-20-year-journey-to-play-croquet-on-every-state-capitol-lawn-in-juneau/ In the increasingly warming Arctic, less sea ice means more ship traffic. In two recent studies scientists are looking at how that affects marine mammals.
The studies, published in June, concluded that for bowhead whales and ringed seals, exposure to ships during the ice-covered season is relatively low for now. Still, scientists have concerns about the future effects of ships on wildlife.
Angela Szesciorka, a researcher with Oregon State Univ]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/as-ship-traffic-rises-2-new-studies-look-at-how-that-could-affect-marine-mammals-in-the-arctic/Mon, 06 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/as-ship-traffic-rises-2-new-studies-look-at-how-that-could-affect-marine-mammals-in-the-arctic/ WASHINGTON — All 50 states have space at the Great American State Fair, underway now on the National Mall, but only some states approach greatness.
Michigan, for instance, homestate of Kellogg’s, is giving away little bags of cereal and Michigan-grown potato chips. It’s got a prize wheel and quizzes. It]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-is-a-dud-at-the-great-american-state-fair/Fri, 03 Jul 2026 22:58:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-is-a-dud-at-the-great-american-state-fair/ Juneau’s July Fourth fireworks show is being postponed until Saturday night at 11:59 p.m. 
In a video posted to social media, the Juneau Fireworks Crew made the announcement from a barge in Gastineau Channel. 
“We are letting you know that, unfortunately, it is so windy and rainy out on the barge that we can’t set up tents to set up your fir]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneaus-july-fourth-fireworks-display-postponed-to-saturday/Fri, 03 Jul 2026 22:50:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneaus-july-fourth-fireworks-display-postponed-to-saturday/ Alaska’s food assistance program had the highest payment error rate in the country for a fourth straight year last year, according to rankings put out by the Agriculture Department late last month.
During the last federal fiscal year, which ended in September 2025, 23% of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients in Alaska ended up w]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaskas-persistently-high-snap-payment-errors-top-nation-for-fourth-consecutive-year/Fri, 03 Jul 2026 22:19:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaskas-persistently-high-snap-payment-errors-top-nation-for-fourth-consecutive-year/ Parakeet cages filled a room in a modest house in South Anchorage. The birds’ chattering and chirping mixed with country music coming from a boombox below the cages.
As the music swelled at the refrain “Somebody pour me a drank” the birds’ chirping increased, followed by loud squawks.
The sound keeps them]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/fostering-48-parakeets-alaskas-senior-boom-strains-bird-rescue-groups/Fri, 03 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/fostering-48-parakeets-alaskas-senior-boom-strains-bird-rescue-groups/ School districts across Alaska are set to receive up to $115 million in one-time funding this year thanks to high oil prices. That’s due to what’s known as a “waterfall” in the state budget that passed shortly before the end of the Alaska Legislature’s regular session in late May.
But how much of that $115 million will actually mate]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-school-districts-plead-for-guidance-on-oil-surplus-funding-before-students-return/Fri, 03 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-school-districts-plead-for-guidance-on-oil-surplus-funding-before-students-return/ In this newscast:Two cruise ships in Southeast Alaska have reported norovirus outbreaks in recent weeks,
Tlingit and Haida’s president spoke about addiction prevention during the grand opening of Juneau’s first casino,
Cancer Connection now has its first executive director,
Alaska lawmakers failed to meet an informal deadline Wednesday to vote on a bill reducing taxes for the Alaska LNG project]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-thursday-july-3-2026/Fri, 03 Jul 2026 02:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-thursday-july-3-2026/ The Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska’s president, Chalyee Eesh Richard Peterson, spoke about addiction prevention during the grand opening of Juneau’s first casino on Wednesday. The ceremonial event follows a soft open of the tribe’s Two Coppers Casino on Douglas Island last month.
“We m]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/tlingit-and-haida-plans-to-launch-gambling-addiction-treatment-alongside-its-casino/Fri, 03 Jul 2026 02:43:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/tlingit-and-haida-plans-to-launch-gambling-addiction-treatment-alongside-its-casino/ Two cruise ships in Southeast Alaska have reported norovirus outbreaks in recent weeks, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Ruby Princess – a Princess Cruises ship – had 102 of its 3,032 passengers as well as 23 crew members fall ill.
The National Geographic Sea Bird also reported a norovirus outbreak. More than a quarter of the 68 passengers on the smaller vesse]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/cdc-reports-two-cruise-ships-in-southeast-alaska-had-norovirus-outbreaks-in-june/Fri, 03 Jul 2026 02:27:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/cdc-reports-two-cruise-ships-in-southeast-alaska-had-norovirus-outbreaks-in-june/ Alaska lawmakers failed to meet an informal deadline Wednesday to vote on a bill reducing taxes for the Alaska LNG project in hopes of improving the long-dreamed gas pipeline’s chances of moving forward.
Lawmakers had planned to reconvene in Juneau July 1 to vote on a compromise drafted by a conference committee working out a n]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/state-lawmakers-delay-vote-on-alaska-lng-tax-bill-until-mid-july/Thu, 02 Jul 2026 22:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/state-lawmakers-delay-vote-on-alaska-lng-tax-bill-until-mid-july/ Ellie Schmidt and a few of her friends were camping at Fred’s Creek Cabin on Kruzof Island in early June. On a rainy Saturday morning at low tide, they took a walk on the beach.
“And we came across a weird object, which I thought was part of a boat,” Schmidt said. “[My friend] thought maybe it was a very weirdly colored log. It was very white and gleaming.”
As they got closer, they realized it was a whale. C]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/a-dead-deep-sea-whale-was-found-near-sitka-the-second-this-month/Thu, 02 Jul 2026 20:23:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/a-dead-deep-sea-whale-was-found-near-sitka-the-second-this-month/ In this newscast:Juneau’s city clerk’s office certified a citizen ballot proposition late last week that seeks to raise the city’s cap on the local property tax rate,
A draft environmental assessment looking at homeporting up to two Coast Guard icebreakers in Juneau is open for public comment,
A glacial lake outburst flood on the Taku River south of Juneau crested early Wednesday morning,
Former U.S. S]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-wednesday-july-1-2026/Thu, 02 Jul 2026 03:02:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-wednesday-july-1-2026/ A draft environmental assessment looking at homeporting up to two Coast Guard icebreakers in Juneau is open for public comment. The agency held an open house on the assessment Tuesday at the Juneau Arts and Culture Center. 
Mark Ridgway runs the environmental management branch of the Coast Guard’s civil engineering unit in Juneau. He said part of the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/coast-guard-draft-assessment-includes-plans-to-accommodate-up-to-two-icebreakers-in-juneau/Thu, 02 Jul 2026 02:28:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/coast-guard-draft-assessment-includes-plans-to-accommodate-up-to-two-icebreakers-in-juneau/ A glacial outburst flood on the Taku River south of Juneau crested early Wednesday morning. 
Water rushed out of Lake No Lake, a basin dammed by the Tulsequah Glacier in British Columbia.
Aaron Jacobs is the senior service hydrologist at the National Weather Service in Juneau. He said the release began sometime Tuesday morning and was confirmed by a resident in the remote area. 
“We ha]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/taku-river-glacial-outburst-flood-crests-without-breaching-riverbanks/Thu, 02 Jul 2026 02:23:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/taku-river-glacial-outburst-flood-crests-without-breaching-riverbanks/ Former U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland came to Juneau last weekend as a stop on a tour of her new memoir “A Voice Like Mine.” Haaland was the first Indigenous person to be appointed a cabinet secretary. 
The name of the book comes from a c]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/deb-haaland-visits-juneau-to-promote-her-new-book/Thu, 02 Jul 2026 02:17:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/deb-haaland-visits-juneau-to-promote-her-new-book/ Panelists included:Nate Rumsey, deputy director of engineering and public works, City & Borough of Juneau
Denise Koch, director of engineering and public works, City & Borough of Juneau
Sabrina Grubitz,]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/video-experts-talk-timelines-at-ktoos-glacial-outburst-flood-panel/Wed, 01 Jul 2026 23:50:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/video-experts-talk-timelines-at-ktoos-glacial-outburst-flood-panel/ After a flurry of news stories about Dan Sullivan of Petersburg, who wants to get on the ballot to run against U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, Tuesday brought a bit of a lull. Washington Correspondent Liz Ruskin and host Lori Townsend discuss the fine points we may have missed.
The following transcript has been lightly edited for length and clarity.
Lori Townsend: Liz, for those who haven’t foll]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/division-of-elections-delays-saying-how-theyll-list-the-two-dan-sullivans-on-the-ballot/Wed, 01 Jul 2026 23:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/division-of-elections-delays-saying-how-theyll-list-the-two-dan-sullivans-on-the-ballot/ Listen:
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Mike Lane:  Now I understand your role at Cancer Connection is fairly new. So, what made you want to work for Cancer Connection?
Christy Ciambor: About, I guess, maybe four years ago now, four or five years ago, my very dear friend was diagnosed with cancer, an]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/christy-ciambor-takes-the-helm-at-cancer-connection-as-its-first-executive-director/Wed, 01 Jul 2026 22:27:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/christy-ciambor-takes-the-helm-at-cancer-connection-as-its-first-executive-director/ The stamp costs $20 per day and the money will go to a nonprofit called the Recreational Quota Entity.
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, charter boat operators are the ones in charge of buying the stamps. David Ardinger, who as]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/halibut-stamp-required-for-charter-boats-in-alaska-waters-this-year/Wed, 01 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/halibut-stamp-required-for-charter-boats-in-alaska-waters-this-year/ Dan Sullivan of Petersburg said he’s happy the Alaska Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling to keep his name on the ballot.
The 69-year-old retired teacher and U.S. Senate candidate has been the subject of a legal battle to determine whether the Alaska Division of Elections could remove his name from the ballot. The division has claimed that Petersburg Sullivan, who has the sam]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/back-on-the-ballot-petersburg-dan-sullivan-says-hes-ready-to-start-campaigning/Wed, 01 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/back-on-the-ballot-petersburg-dan-sullivan-says-hes-ready-to-start-campaigning/ In this newscast:Juneau residents will see a 5% hike in their water and sewer utility rates starting Wednesday. Service and program fees at many city parks and recreation facilities will also increase.
Juneau’s city clerk’s office certified a citizen ballot proposition last week that seeks to raise the city’s cap on the local property tax rate, also known as the mill rate. The move would return the tax]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-tuesday-june-30-2026/Wed, 01 Jul 2026 03:11:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-tuesday-june-30-2026/ Juneau’s city clerk’s office certified a citizen ballot proposition last week that seeks to raise the city’s cap on the local property tax rate, also known as the mill rate. The move would return the tax rate back to where it was before voters approved lowering it last fall.
The certification means the proposition]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/citizen-ballot-proposition-to-reverse-property-tax-cap-change-certified-by-city-clerk/Wed, 01 Jul 2026 03:11:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/citizen-ballot-proposition-to-reverse-property-tax-cap-change-certified-by-city-clerk/ Juneau residents will see a 5% hike in their water and sewer utility rates starting on Wednesday. Service and program fees at many city parks and recreation facilities will also increase. 
The utility rate hikes come after the Juneau Assembly voted last year to increase residential water and sewer rates by 5% annually through 2029. The increases this year are part of the second round of five planned in]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/residential-utility-rates-parks-and-rec-fees-to-increase-in-july/Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:55:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/residential-utility-rates-parks-and-rec-fees-to-increase-in-july/ Juneau residents will see a 5% hike in their water and sewer utility rates starting on Wednesday. Service and program fees at many city parks and recreation facilities will also increase. 
The utility rate hikes come after the Juneau Assembly voted last year to increase residential water and sewer rates by 5% annually through 2029. The increases this year are part of the second round of five planned in]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/residential-utilities-rates-and-parks-and-rec-and-fees-to-increase-in-july/Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:55:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/residential-utilities-rates-and-parks-and-rec-and-fees-to-increase-in-july/ Besides serving as a popular tourist destination, the Red Onion Saloon has been a local meeting place for drag events and all things queer. But until recently, the new owner had a No Pride flags policy, although she donated money to the Pride Committee and hosted a Pride event. Some in the LGBTQ+ community are upset and say that policy put them at risk. But others say it’s more about how employers act and less about wha]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/pride-flags-back-up-at-skagways-red-onion-saloon/Tue, 30 Jun 2026 20:10:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/pride-flags-back-up-at-skagways-red-onion-saloon/ A group of state lawmakers tasked with drafting a final version of an Alaska LNG tax relief bill kicked off its work Friday and Saturday, a week after Gov. Mike Dunleavy rejected the version passed by the Senate and called lawmakers back into spec]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/gas-pipeline-developer-raises-issues-with-lng-tax-bill-as-lawmakers-work-out-final-draft/Tue, 30 Jun 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/gas-pipeline-developer-raises-issues-with-lng-tax-bill-as-lawmakers-work-out-final-draft/ A group of Alaska Native organizations is launching a new rural veterinary public health program in July to provide care for animals in 80 villages across the state. That care includes rabies vaccinations, testing for infectious diseases, and spaying and neutering.
Mike Williams, a musher and the chief of the village of Akiak in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region, sa]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/a-new-program-will-bring-free-veterinary-care-to-80-alaska-villages/Tue, 30 Jun 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/a-new-program-will-bring-free-veterinary-care-to-80-alaska-villages/ Bubbles, a giant rainbow flag, 3 days of performances, 15 drag artists, Cookie Monster, sequins, glitter and glam. Over the weekend, more than 300 people attended Glitz, Juneau’s annual LGBTQ+ Pride extravaganza. 
Juneau Drag is organized by local Drag Queen Gigi Monroe, who started Glitz in 2015. The show is filled with gender expression in the form of gl]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-glitz-drag-show-celebrates-lgbtq-love-and-community/Tue, 30 Jun 2026 03:07:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-glitz-drag-show-celebrates-lgbtq-love-and-community/ The Alaska Supreme Court issued an order Monday afternoon that Dan J. Sullivan, a retired teacher from Petersburg, must be included on the ballot for Alaska’s U.S. Senate seat. The court sent the case back to the Division of Elections to decide h]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-supreme-court-orders-a-spot-on-the-ballot-for-2nd-dan-sullivan/Tue, 30 Jun 2026 03:07:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-supreme-court-orders-a-spot-on-the-ballot-for-2nd-dan-sullivan/ In this newscast:A group of state lawmakers tasked with drafting a final version of an Alaska LNG tax relief bill kicked off work this weekend,
Governor Mike Dunleavy vetoed nearly half a million dollars from the state budget Wednesday that would have gone toward efforts to retain and recruit teachers in Alaska,
A new nonprofit Jiu Jitsu studio opened this month,
One Alaska couple shares their experience over a 50 year re]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-monday-june-29-2026/Tue, 30 Jun 2026 02:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-monday-june-29-2026/ Listen:
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Right off the bat I wasn’t prepared. I didn’t have shorts to wear under my Gi — the jacket, pants and belt ensemble people typically practice Jiu Jitsu in.  
“Its just that sometimes the pants come down a little,” Flow State Jiu Jitsu and Yoga founding member S]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/a-new-jiu-jitsu-studio-in-juneau-brings-trust-and-care-to-the-mat/Tue, 30 Jun 2026 02:45:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/a-new-jiu-jitsu-studio-in-juneau-brings-trust-and-care-to-the-mat/ Gov. Mike Dunleavy told lawmakers on Thursday he’d vetoed six bills, including a ban on Styrofoam foodservice packaging. Meanwhile, dozens more have passed into law over the past few weeks, including a crime bill that raises Alaska’s age of consent to 18.
Here’s a look at a few vetoes and new laws.
House Bill 25, banning the use of disposable polystyrene foodservice containers
The sponsor of the Styrofoam-ban]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/dozens-of-alaska-bills-meet-their-fate-at-gov-dunleavys-desk/Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/dozens-of-alaska-bills-meet-their-fate-at-gov-dunleavys-desk/ Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed about $123,000 from the state budget Wednesday that was earmarked for a maintenance position at Mt. Edgecumbe High School in Sitka.
The school, which is operated by the state, currently has three budgeted maintenance positions, but two remain unfilled.
Dunleavy spokesperson Grant Robinson said in a statement that the governor generally]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/dunleavy-vetoes-123k-for-mt-edgecumbe-maintenance-position/Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/dunleavy-vetoes-123k-for-mt-edgecumbe-maintenance-position/ A Superior Court judge says the Alaska Division of Elections was wrong to disqualify Petersburg retiree Dan Sullivan as a challenger to U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan.
Judge Thomas Matthews said the decision to drop the candidate “was based upon a new, previously unstated, ‘good-faith’ criteria” that’s not in the Constitution or state law.
“In addition, the (Di]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/judge-puts-2nd-dan-sullivan-back-on-ballot-in-alaskas-us-senate-race/Sun, 28 Jun 2026 08:45:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/judge-puts-2nd-dan-sullivan-back-on-ballot-in-alaskas-us-senate-race/ The scene of a Coast Guard helicopter crash in Sitka on Monday remains closed until further notice, officials say.
The U.S. Forest Service issued an updated closure order Thursday for the area on Harbor Mountain, where a MH-60 Jayhawk carrying four crew from Air Station Sitka went down during a training exercise. The crew was transported to the local hospital with “non-serious injuries” and released the s]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/helicopter-crash-site-in-sitka-remains-closed-for-us-coast-guard-investigation/Sat, 27 Jun 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/helicopter-crash-site-in-sitka-remains-closed-for-us-coast-guard-investigation/ Juneau residents in the glacial lake outburst flood zone are rallying around a single, long-term solution: a tunnel. At a community-led meeting, a local mining expert presented an alternative tunneling method that could cut the cost of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ proposed project in half.
More than a hundred people sat]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-residents-rally-around-tunnel-solution-to-glacial-outburst-flooding/Sat, 27 Jun 2026 03:15:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-residents-rally-around-tunnel-solution-to-glacial-outburst-flooding/ Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed $490,000 from the state budget Wednesday that would have gone toward efforts to retain and recruit teachers in Alaska.
The Alaska Educator Retention and Recruitment Center began almost two years ago as a resource to support recruiting and retaining teachers in Alaska. Jennifer Schmitz, its executive director, said its services include marketing teach]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/dunleavy-vetoes-490000-earmarked-to-support-teacher-retention-and-recruitment/Sat, 27 Jun 2026 03:04:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/dunleavy-vetoes-490000-earmarked-to-support-teacher-retention-and-recruitment/ In this newscast:The Juneau Assembly made a number of appointments and reappointments to city boards during a special meeting Wednesday,
Former Alaska state senator Natasha Von Imhof has thrown her hat in the ring in the race for Anchorage’s next mayor,
Gov. Mike Dunleavy told lawmakers he’d vetoed six bills, and dozens more have passed into law,
KTOO’s Mike Lane speaks with Walk Southeast organizers]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-friday-june-26-2026/Sat, 27 Jun 2026 02:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-friday-june-26-2026/ Rachel Levy’s Broken Bottle Circus one-night only event at Alaska Robotics and Amalga Distillery on July 3Douglas 4th of July Committee features Grand Marshals from JDHS Class of ’66 and Soapbox DerbySpecial screening of Mo Longworth’s “Blue Ticket” on Monday, June 29, at Goldtown NickMystical Masquerade at Zach Gordon Youth Center on Saturday, June 27
Audio PodcastVideo LivestreamBostin Christopher ho]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/broken-bottle-circus-douglas-4th-of-july-committee-blue-ticket-screening-mystical-masquerade-at-zach-gordon/Sat, 27 Jun 2026 02:58:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/broken-bottle-circus-douglas-4th-of-july-committee-blue-ticket-screening-mystical-masquerade-at-zach-gordon/ Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed a bill Wednesday naming a storied University of Alaska, Anchorage, public policy research center after its first director, Vic Fischer.
Fischer was a delegate to Alaska’s constitutional convention who had a seven-decade career in politics in the state. In 1966, he became the first official director of what’s now known as the Institute for Social and Economic Research at UAA.
In the 60 years]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/dunleavy-vetoes-bill-naming-iser-and-marine-park-after-vic-fischer/Sat, 27 Jun 2026 01:10:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/dunleavy-vetoes-bill-naming-iser-and-marine-park-after-vic-fischer/ Theater Alaska opens “The Romance of Magno Rubio” as part of the 2026 Alaska Theater FestivalJuneau World Affairs Council guest speaker Gary Power previews his talk “Spy Pilot: Francis Gary Powers, the U-2 Incident, and a Controversial Cold War Legacy”Dr. Heidi Pearson, from the University of Alaska Southeast, on her Fulbright research in Portugal, and Juneau Whale Health
Audio PodcastVideo LivestreamBosti]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/the-romance-of-magno-rubio-opens-alaska-theater-festival-2026-world-affairs-speaker-gary-powers-marine-biologist-heidi-pearson-on-whale-health/Fri, 26 Jun 2026 23:55:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/the-romance-of-magno-rubio-opens-alaska-theater-festival-2026-world-affairs-speaker-gary-powers-marine-biologist-heidi-pearson-on-whale-health/ WASHINGTON — President Trump had choice words Wednesday for Sen. Lisa Murkowski, one of the four Republicans who helped Democrats pass a war powers resolution restraining Trump’s use of force against Iran.
He spoke at a closed-door luncheon with Senate Republicans at the Capitol. Murkowski missed the first part of the event so she escaped Trump’s direct attack. Colleagues filled her in on a meetin]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/trump-lashes-out-at-murkowski-and-other-republicans-at-fiery-luncheon/Fri, 26 Jun 2026 21:23:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/trump-lashes-out-at-murkowski-and-other-republicans-at-fiery-luncheon/ In this newscast:Gov. Mike Dunleavy trimmed nearly $90 million from the state budget with line-item vetoes before signing a series of appropriations bills Wednesday afternoon,
Bookings opened Thursday morning for Juneau’s new public use cabin at the Mendenhall Campground,
There is a new social media trend of people dancing around Alaska Native totem poles. Tribal organizations across Southeast Alaska are speaking]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-thursday-june-25-2026/Fri, 26 Jun 2026 03:02:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-thursday-june-25-2026/ An attorney representing the Alaska Division of Elections acknowledged to a judge Thursday that the agency could craft a solution so that voters can differentiate between U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan and a would-be challenger of the same name.
But the chal]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/state-could-differentiate-2-dan-sullivans-on-the-ballot-but-doesnt-have-to-its-attorney-says/Fri, 26 Jun 2026 02:34:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/state-could-differentiate-2-dan-sullivans-on-the-ballot-but-doesnt-have-to-its-attorney-says/ Juneau Community Bands hosts 4th of July concerts on Sunday, June 28, and Friday, July 3National Weather Service Forecast Office hosts an open house on Saturday, June 27Juneau Public Library reading programs and summer activitiesJuneau Chamber of Commerce upcoming events
Audio 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. List]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/community-bands-4th-of-july-concerts-national-weather-service-open-house-library-and-chamber-updates/Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:06:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/community-bands-4th-of-july-concerts-national-weather-service-open-house-library-and-chamber-updates/ What started as a way to stay active during COVID is now a regular seasonal fixture to many Juneau and Southeast residents. Walk Southeast is a free program of CBJ Parks and Recreation. The goal is to walk almost 300 miles and, while doing it, you get tickets for raffle drawings. Parks and Recreation’s Dawn Welch heads up the program. And Linda Kruger is AARP’s liaison for Walk]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/qampa-walk-southeast-on-walking-virtually-from-juneau-to-ketchikan/Thu, 25 Jun 2026 23:02:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/qampa-walk-southeast-on-walking-virtually-from-juneau-to-ketchikan/ There’s a new social media trend of people dancing around Alaska Native totem poles to a Lil Jon song, replicating a scene from the 2009 movie “The Proposal.”
Ketchikan Indian Community, Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, and Alaska Native Heritage Center sent out a joint press release last week condemning the behavior and calling on visitors to do better.
Emily Edenshaw, CEO of]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/native-leaders-say-disrespectful-social-media-trend-symptom-of-larger-problem/Thu, 25 Jun 2026 21:21:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/native-leaders-say-disrespectful-social-media-trend-symptom-of-larger-problem/ Gov. Mike Dunleavy trimmed nearly $90 million from the state budget with line-item vetoes before signing a series of appropriations bills Wednesday afternoon.
Despite the vetoes, the budget bills leave in place many of legislators’ top priorities. That includes nearly $150 million in funding for badly needed school maintenance and construction enabled by higher-than-expected oi]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/gov-dunleavy-vetoes-895m-from-alaska-budget-but-leaves-school-funding-intact/Thu, 25 Jun 2026 20:55:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/gov-dunleavy-vetoes-895m-from-alaska-budget-but-leaves-school-funding-intact/ Last year, a state-owned Alaska corporation transferred leadership of the proposed trans-Alaska natural gas pipeline project to a private developer.
Now, a newly revealed draft analysis of the agreement between the state-owned Alaska Gasline Development Corp. and Glenfarne, the private developer, shows that if the pr]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/confidential-document-guided-alaska-senators-working-on-natural-gas-pipeline-tax-break/Thu, 25 Jun 2026 20:49:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/confidential-document-guided-alaska-senators-working-on-natural-gas-pipeline-tax-break/ The pregnant dead fin whale found attached to the bow of a cruise ship that arrived in Seward on Friday likely died from a vessel strike. Biologists completed the preliminary necropsy over the weekend, announcing their findings Tuesday afternoon.
The official cause of death is]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/preliminary-necropsy-shows-dead-fin-whale-in-seward-had-injuries-consistent-with-vessel-strike/Thu, 25 Jun 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/preliminary-necropsy-shows-dead-fin-whale-in-seward-had-injuries-consistent-with-vessel-strike/ On the shore of Mendenhall Lake overlooking the Mendenhall Glacier, Forest Service staff cut a green and white ribbon spanning the stairs to a new recreational cabin on Wednesday. Booking opens Thursday morning.
It’s Juneau’s first Forest]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/new-forest-service-cabin-in-juneau-expected-to-become-most-popular-in-the-tongass/Thu, 25 Jun 2026 03:49:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/new-forest-service-cabin-in-juneau-expected-to-become-most-popular-in-the-tongass/ In this newscast:A Juneau man was arrested last week after he allegedly chased two girls in the Mendenhall Valley,
The former Juneau Police officer who slammed a man to the ground during an arrest last summer is asking a court judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought against him,
A new state law enacted Monday allows charitable organizations to gamble on snowfall,
A U.S. Department of Defense agency is preparing to exhume the r]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-wednesday-june-24-2026/Thu, 25 Jun 2026 02:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-wednesday-june-24-2026/ A Juneau man was arrested last week after he allegedly chased two girls in the Mendenhall Valley, prompting concerns for their safety. 
36-year-old Darian Bliss has been charged with two misdemeanor counts of causing fear of imminent and serious injury. Charging documents say the girls were afraid Bliss was going to kidnap them. 
Sam Kokotovich is the father of one of those girls. He said the expe]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/man-arrested-for-chasing-girls-in-the-mendenhall-valley/Thu, 25 Jun 2026 01:38:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/man-arrested-for-chasing-girls-in-the-mendenhall-valley/ The former Juneau Police officer who slammed a man to the ground during an arrest last summer is asking a court judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought against him by the man he arrested.
Christopher Williams, Jr. originally filed the civil lawsuit last November against the City and Borough of Juneau and former Juneau Police Officer Brandon L]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/former-juneau-police-officer-seeks-dismissal-of-civil-case-after-violent-arrest-last-year/Thu, 25 Jun 2026 01:35:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/former-juneau-police-officer-seeks-dismissal-of-civil-case-after-violent-arrest-last-year/ Samples collected this month show that high levels of harmful toxins that cause paralytic shellfish poisoning are again present in the waters around Southeast Alaska. That includes Haines, for the third year in a row.
The Chilkoot Indian Association collects the samples as part of a broader effort by more than a dozen tribes across th]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/high-psp-toxin-levels-mean-its-not-a-good-time-to-harvest-shellfish-in-parts-of-southeast-alaska/Wed, 24 Jun 2026 21:26:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/high-psp-toxin-levels-mean-its-not-a-good-time-to-harvest-shellfish-in-parts-of-southeast-alaska/ WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate voted Tuesday to curtail President Trump’s use of military force, telling him to cease hostilities against Iran unless Congress explicitly authorizes it.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski was among four Republicans who voted with Democrats to pass the resolution, 50-48.
The House passed the resolution weeks ago. It likely does not have the force of law but its passage is a blow to Trump and a reflection of]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/with-murkowskis-help-senate-votes-to-restrain-trumps-power-to-wage-war-on-iran/Wed, 24 Jun 2026 21:14:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/with-murkowskis-help-senate-votes-to-restrain-trumps-power-to-wage-war-on-iran/ The Alaska legislature passed a law on Tuesday that allows charitable organizations to gamble on snowfall.
Now, qualified organizations across the state can host betting games called “snow classics,” where prize money is awarded to the best guess of total snowfall at a specific location and time. 
Previously, state law restricted the game to the Mount Alyeska Snow]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-charities-can-now-host-snowfall-betting-pools/Wed, 24 Jun 2026 03:35:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-charities-can-now-host-snowfall-betting-pools/ In this newscast:The Juneau Community Foundation is giving the Alaska Legislature 16 two-bedroom apartments as part of a long-term effort to keep the state’s capital in Juneau.
Four U.S. Coast Guard crew members involved in a helicopter crash in Sitka Monday morning have been reported safe with “non-serious injuries.”
Juneau residents say they want to see the city’s tourism task force address issue]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-tuesday-june-23-2026/Wed, 24 Jun 2026 03:04:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-tuesday-june-23-2026/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/lawsuit-aims-to-put-sunflower-sea-stars-on-endangered-species-list/Wed, 24 Jun 2026 02:46:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/lawsuit-aims-to-put-sunflower-sea-stars-on-endangered-species-list/ The state of Alaska has advanced more than 400 projects to the next step in its grant application process for the Rural Health Transformation Program. That’s a federal program to strengthen the state’s rural health infrastructure, as the country faces huge cuts and eligibility changes to federal healthcare programs.
Alaska is e]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/state-advances-over-four-hundred-projects-in-bid-for-rural-health-transformation-program-funding/Wed, 24 Jun 2026 01:51:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/state-advances-over-four-hundred-projects-in-bid-for-rural-health-transformation-program-funding/ Juneau Afternoon featuring GLOF updates with local scientists, GLITZ 2026 Drag Show, and updates with the Juneau Commission on Aging.
Audio 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 Af]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/glitz-2026-to-close-out-pride-month-with-three-shows-glof-predictions-juneau-commission-on-aging/Wed, 24 Jun 2026 01:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/glitz-2026-to-close-out-pride-month-with-three-shows-glof-predictions-juneau-commission-on-aging/ Juneau residents say they want to see the city’s tourism task force address issues like helicopter noise, downtown bus traffic and whale watching congestion. 
Those were just a few of the topics mentioned during more than an hour of public testimony last week at a Visitor Industry Task Force meeting. 
Nathan Stewart lives in the Fritz Cove area and testified at the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/it-has-to-be-balanced-with-livability-residents-share-tourism-concerns-with-juneau-task-force/Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/it-has-to-be-balanced-with-livability-residents-share-tourism-concerns-with-juneau-task-force/ Our beloved colleague, Elizabeth Arnold, has died.
Elizabeth was an award-winning broadcast journalist whose work for National Public Radio spanned coverage of presidential politics, Congress and the global environment, died at her home in Anchorage on Thursday, June 18.
She died from complications of endometrial cancer, her family said. She was 66.
An unstoppable, one-of-a-kind reporter, Arnold also was an avid fisher]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/elizabeth-arnold-ktoo-and-npr-reporter-and-professor-dies-at-66/Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:18:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/elizabeth-arnold-ktoo-and-npr-reporter-and-professor-dies-at-66/ A man seeking to challenge U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan has filed suit after the Alaska Division of Elections removed him from this year’s ballot. Daniel J. Sullivan is a retired teacher from Petersburg who filed to run as a Republican.
The Division of Elections determined last week that the non-incumbent Sullivan could not be on the ballot because, as the Division director said]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/petersburgs-dan-sullivan-sues-alaska-division-of-elections-after-being-removed-from-us-senate-ballot/Tue, 23 Jun 2026 09:10:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/petersburgs-dan-sullivan-sues-alaska-division-of-elections-after-being-removed-from-us-senate-ballot/ Dion McCabe was 29 years old when he was reported missing earlier this month. He was found dead over the weekend, according to the Juneau Police Department.
He was last seen on May 26 and family reported him missing on June 5. His body was found Friday afternoon in a wooded area at the end of Sherwood Lane in the Mendenhall Valley. Deputy Chief Krag Campbell said the death “does not appear to be recent.”&nbs]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/missing-juneau-man-found-dead/Tue, 23 Jun 2026 03:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/missing-juneau-man-found-dead/ In this newscast:A Juneau man who was reported missing earlier this month has been found dead,
The Juneau Assembly passed a resolution declaring a local emergency in anticipation of the annual glacial outburst flood later this summer,
The Juneau Assembly also passed a resolution to support the homeporting of a second Coast Guard icebreaker in Juneau,
KTOO’s Community News Intern Elan Chappell recently chatted with p]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-monday-june-22-2026/Tue, 23 Jun 2026 02:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-monday-june-22-2026/ The Juneau Assembly passed a resolution late last week during a special meeting to support the homeporting of a second Coast Guard icebreaker in Juneau. Whether that will become reality is uncertain.
The resolution follows an announcement by the Coast Guard earlier this month that three new icebreakers would be homeported in Alaska — two in Kodiak and on]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-assembly-passes-resolution-to-support-homeporting-second-coast-guard-icebreaker/Tue, 23 Jun 2026 01:33:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-assembly-passes-resolution-to-support-homeporting-second-coast-guard-icebreaker/ The Juneau Assembly recently passed a city budget for the next fiscal year that reduces funding to the Juneau-Douglas City Museum due to a revenue shortfall. The reductions will result in the museum laying off two staff members and drastically cutting back its hours.  
KTOO’s Community News Intern El]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-douglas-city-museum-goers-share-why-local-history-matters-as-it-faces-staff-and-budget-cuts/Tue, 23 Jun 2026 01:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-douglas-city-museum-goers-share-why-local-history-matters-as-it-faces-staff-and-budget-cuts/ A cruise ship arrived in Seward on Friday with a dead fin whale attached to its bow, according to a statement from NOAA Fisheries.
An initial investigation found the 61-foot adult whale was pregnant, the statement said. Fin whales are listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act.
Vessel strikes are a major threat to fin whales, according to NOAA Fisheries.
The only scheduled cruise ship in Seward on Friday was Ovati]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/an-endangered-pregnant-fin-whale-arrived-in-seward-dead-on-a-cruise-ship-bow/Mon, 22 Jun 2026 20:28:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/an-endangered-pregnant-fin-whale-arrived-in-seward-dead-on-a-cruise-ship-bow/ It’s Pride Month and Juneau joins other communities nationwide in celebrating LGBTQ+ people. 
One couple in Juneau, Maureen Longworth and Lin Davis, have dedicated their lives to advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. They met on a late-night dog walk at the Oakland Rose Garden in California in 1987. That was nearly 40 years ago, though Longworth remember]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-couple-who-helped-change-lgbtq-rights-in-alaska-reflect-on-living-openly-and-joyfully/Mon, 22 Jun 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-couple-who-helped-change-lgbtq-rights-in-alaska-reflect-on-living-openly-and-joyfully/ The Alaska Legislature kicked off its second consecutive special session on Saturday, a day after Gov. Mike Dunleavy and key members of the House said the Senate’s version of a bill offering tax relief to the Alaska LNG project was unworkable.
Dunleavy and the House majority leader, Anchorage Republican Rep. Chuck Kopp, said Friday night that a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-lawmakers-seek-gas-pipeline-tax-compromise-as-another-special-session-begins/Mon, 22 Jun 2026 09:12:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-lawmakers-seek-gas-pipeline-tax-compromise-as-another-special-session-begins/ The Alaska Senate approved in a 12-8 vote Friday a bill that would reduce taxes on the Alaska LNG project. It was the last day of a special session Gov. Mike Dunleavy called to consider the issue.
But Gov. Dunleavy, in a news conference minutes after the vote, said the Senate version “doesn’t work.”
Dunleavy called lawmakers into a new special session starting at]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/it-doesnt-work-gov-dunleavy-says-of-senate-alaska-lng-bill/Sat, 20 Jun 2026 09:27:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/it-doesnt-work-gov-dunleavy-says-of-senate-alaska-lng-bill/ Members of the Alaska Senate’s bipartisan majority caucus spent Thursday in another round of closed-door talks discussing a bill that passed the state House offering tax breaks for the Alaska LNG project.
It was the penultimate day of a special session Gov. Mike Dunleavy called to consider th]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/gasline-bill-remains-stalled-in-senate-as-dunleavy-vetoes-9-bills-threatens-another-special-session/Fri, 19 Jun 2026 08:21:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/gasline-bill-remains-stalled-in-senate-as-dunleavy-vetoes-9-bills-threatens-another-special-session/ The Juneau Assembly passed a resolution Thursday declaring a local emergency in anticipation of the annual glacial outburst flood expected later this summer. 
Since the catastrophic 2024 flood impacted around 300 homes in the Mendenhall Valley, the city has been operating under an ongoing emergency due to the continued threat to the community. Last year, the city issued a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-issues-preemptive-disaster-declaration-ahead-of-2026-glacial-outburst-flood/Fri, 19 Jun 2026 03:07:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-issues-preemptive-disaster-declaration-ahead-of-2026-glacial-outburst-flood/ In this newscast:Capital City Fire/Rescue responded to a structure fire at the site of two historic, abandoned cabins in the Mendenhall Valley Thursday afternoon. Smoke could be seen from the surrounding area. No injuries were reported.
Juneau residents will have their first chance to testify in front of Juneau’s Visitor Industry Task Force Thursday at City Hall or online at 5:30 p.m.
A critical deep ocean observati]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-thursday-june-18-2026/Fri, 19 Jun 2026 03:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-thursday-june-18-2026/ Capital City Fire/Rescue responded to a structure fire at the site of two historic, abandoned cabins in the Mendenhall Valley Thursday afternoon. Smoke could be seen from the surrounding area. No injuries were reported. 
Division Chief Brandon Bagwell said the fire was fully contained within about an hour of initial reports. 
“We had fire coming from the top]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/fire-destroys-historic-farm-ruin-in-mendenhall-valley/Fri, 19 Jun 2026 02:07:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/fire-destroys-historic-farm-ruin-in-mendenhall-valley/ A critical deep ocean observation network that includes a long-standing station off the coast of Alaska has been saved from getting dismantled. As first reported by the New York Times, the Trump administration dropped its plan to get rid of the ocean and climate tracking system after the U.S.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/deep-sea-observation-system-that-tracks-climate-change-saved-from-disassembly/Fri, 19 Jun 2026 01:11:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/deep-sea-observation-system-that-tracks-climate-change-saved-from-disassembly/ Audio PodcastVideo LivestreamBostin Christopher hosts the conversation. Juneau Afternoon airs at 3:00 p.m. on KTOO and KAUK with a rebroadcas]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/assembly-members-christine-woll-and-greg-smith-community-members-encourage-participation-in-visitor-industry-task-force-sabbath-queen-screens-at-jewish-film-festival/Thu, 18 Jun 2026 23:39:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/assembly-members-christine-woll-and-greg-smith-community-members-encourage-participation-in-visitor-industry-task-force-sabbath-queen-screens-at-jewish-film-festival/ Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy has until the end of the day Thursday to veto or sign two dozen bills into law.
The 24 bills run the gamut. They include a wide-ranging education bill, taxes on nicotine vapes and pouches, a bill allowing a state development agency to pursue workforce housing, and a ban on]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/dunleavy-faces-thursday-deadline-to-sign-or-veto-24-bills-as-gas-pipeline-bill-looms/Thu, 18 Jun 2026 23:03:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/dunleavy-faces-thursday-deadline-to-sign-or-veto-24-bills-as-gas-pipeline-bill-looms/ An attorney advising the state Legislature says the Division of Elections likely lacked legal justification to block Dan. J. Sullivan of Petersburg from running in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race.
The Division of Elections ruled Monday that Sullivan could not be on the ballot because, as the Division director said, he did not file “in good faith.”
That]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/states-refusal-to-put-petersburg-sullivan-on-ballot-likely-not-legally-justified-attorney-says/Thu, 18 Jun 2026 21:12:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/states-refusal-to-put-petersburg-sullivan-on-ballot-likely-not-legally-justified-attorney-says/ Listen to this story:
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Summer is in full-swing, and that means many coastal Alaskans are flocking to the shoreline. Scientists are testing a few popular beaches in Juneau for fecal contamination and so far, they’re mostly poop-free. 
At low tide on a bright June]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/beach-testing-for-fecal-bacteria-underway-in-juneau-for-second-summer-in-a-row/Thu, 18 Jun 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/beach-testing-for-fecal-bacteria-underway-in-juneau-for-second-summer-in-a-row/ Alaska saw an unprecedented wave of school closures this year. District officials grappling with severe budget shortfalls have opted to close 12 elementary and middle schools across the state — in Anchorage, Wasilla, Sutton, Seward, Sterling, Soldotna,]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-districts-close-12-schools-this-year-amid-severe-budget-cuts/Thu, 18 Jun 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-districts-close-12-schools-this-year-amid-severe-budget-cuts/ In this newscast:The local firefighter union and the City and Borough of Juneau reached an agreement on a labor contract last week,
Gov. Mike Dunleavy has until tomorrow to veto or sign two dozen bills into law,
Denali National Park’s sled dog puppies will begin sowing off their training to visitors this month,
Residents of Anuktuvuk Pass can now use four wheelers to subsistence hunt in the Gates of the Arctic Nat]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-wednesday-june-17-2026/Thu, 18 Jun 2026 02:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-wednesday-june-17-2026/ The local firefighters union and the City and Borough of Juneau reached an agreement on a labor contract last week. That’s after more than a year of negotiations, and nearly a year without an agreement.
The Juneau chapter of the International Association of Fire Fighters, or IAFF, ratified the new contract that takes effect now and lasts two years. The contract comes as the department has s]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-firefighters-have-a-new-contract-after-nearly-a-year-without-one/Thu, 18 Jun 2026 02:14:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-firefighters-have-a-new-contract-after-nearly-a-year-without-one/ Members of the Alaska Senate’s majority coalition said on Tuesday that a tax break for the proposed trans-Alaska natural gas pipeline currently lacks the votes to advance in the Senate.
Because lawmakers are meeting in a special session that ends on Friday, even a short delay could kill]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/natural-gas-pipeline-tax-break-lacks-needed-senate-votes-alaska-lawmakers-say/Thu, 18 Jun 2026 01:14:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/natural-gas-pipeline-tax-break-lacks-needed-senate-votes-alaska-lawmakers-say/ Juneau residents will have their first chance to testify in front of Juneau’s Visitor Industry Task Force on Thursday at City Hall or online at 5:30 p.m.
The task force has been meeting since mid-December and is comprised of Juneau Assembly members and people involved in the tourism industry. 
The group is examining whether the city’s current approach to managing tourism is work]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/residents-can-share-their-thoughts-on-tourism-to-juneau-task-force-on-thursday/Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:04:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/residents-can-share-their-thoughts-on-tourism-to-juneau-task-force-on-thursday/ An Oregon man died after getting lost on a hike and apparently falling off a cliff near Ketchikan, according to Alaska State Troopers.
Searchers found the man, believed to be 49-year-old Portland resident Heath Didier, near Silvis Lake early Monday after he had gotten lost near the Deer Mountain trail on Sunday.
Didier sent an alert Sunday night using a locator beacon with messaging capabilities saying he was lost, cold and wet]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/oregon-man-dies-in-apparent-fall-after-getting-lost-on-hike-near-ketchikan/Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:36:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/oregon-man-dies-in-apparent-fall-after-getting-lost-on-hike-near-ketchikan/ State senators are closely examining a House-passed bill offering tax cuts for a North Slope natural gas pipeline as they near Friday’s deadline to end a special session on the issue.
Many of their concerns center on a theme: what’s at risk for Alaskans if things don’t go according to plan?
At a hearing on Tuesday, senators pre]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/senators-weigh-risk-of-gas-pipeline-project-as-special-session-deadline-approaches/Wed, 17 Jun 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/senators-weigh-risk-of-gas-pipeline-project-as-special-session-deadline-approaches/ Listen to this story:
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A short walk down the trail from the end of St. Anns Avenue on Douglas Island, a bright orange plastic fence circles the site of an old oil tank in the Treadwell Mine complex. 
Juneau’s historic Treadwell Gold Mine is a beloved city park with trails and]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/crude-oil-surfaced-at-historic-treadwell-mine-the-state-plans-to-study-it/Wed, 17 Jun 2026 03:10:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/crude-oil-surfaced-at-historic-treadwell-mine-the-state-plans-to-study-it/ In this newscast:The City and Borough of Juneau is repairing two school roofs this summer that were damaged during this winter’s record-breaking snowstorm,
Oil rose to the surface at Juneau’s historic Treadwell Gold Mine, and the state plans to assess how wide the pollution has spread this summer,
A new report shows that the population regrowth of humpback whales after a heatwave a decade ago has been slow,
Th]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-tuesday-june-16-2026/Wed, 17 Jun 2026 02:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-tuesday-june-16-2026/ The City and Borough of Juneau is repairing two school roofs this summer that were damaged during this past winter’s record-breaking snowstorms. 
The Juneau School District closed Sít’ Eetí Shaanáx – Glacier Valley Elementary School and  evacuated Mendenhall River Community School during the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/repairs-to-2-school-roofs-in-juneau-expected-to-begin-this-summer/Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:58:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/repairs-to-2-school-roofs-in-juneau-expected-to-begin-this-summer/ Platinum, on the Bering Sea coast, is a small town — it has fewer than 50 residents. But when it comes to local elections, administrators make sure that traveling even small distances within town doesn’t get in the way of voting.
“We’ll go to elderly homes and present the ballots, because they, hard to get around for them,” explained Lou Adams, the acting tribal administrator for Platinum Village Traditional]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/how-a-change-to-mail-in-voting-could-impact-alaskas-most-rural-voters/Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:42:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/how-a-change-to-mail-in-voting-could-impact-alaskas-most-rural-voters/ Planned Parenthood is suing the state to expand access to abortion medication via telehealth. Under Alaska law, people seeking a medication-induced abortion must go in person to a clinic, which is usually limited to Anchorage or Fairbanks.
Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawai’i, Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky filed the lawsuit Thursday in Alaska Superior Court.
Lead case attorney Dylan Cowit said restricting access to a med]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/planned-parenthood-of-alaska-sues-state-for-requiring-in-person-visits-for-medication-abortion/Tue, 16 Jun 2026 20:17:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/planned-parenthood-of-alaska-sues-state-for-requiring-in-person-visits-for-medication-abortion/ Alaska Director of Elections Carol Beecher issued a final determination Monday that Dan J. Sullivan of Petersburg can’t be on the ballot to challenge Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan.
“On review of the complaints and other information in the Division’s possession, I conclude that your declaration of candidacy was not properly filed with th]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-elections-division-makes-it-official-says-dan-j-sullivan-cant-run-against-sen-dan-s-sullivan/Tue, 16 Jun 2026 03:06:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-elections-division-makes-it-official-says-dan-j-sullivan-cant-run-against-sen-dan-s-sullivan/ In this newscast:A citizen ballot proposition that would add a new seasonal sales tax will appear on the local ballot this fall election,
Six new firefighters officially joined Capital City Fire/Rescue after completing a year-long apprenticeship,
Alaska allows at least some late-arriving ballots to be counted as long as they are postmarked by election day, but a U.S. Supreme Court ruling could complicate that,
Planned Par]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-monday-june-15-2026/Tue, 16 Jun 2026 02:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-monday-june-15-2026/ Six new firefighters officially joined Capital City Fire/Rescue after completing a year-long apprenticeship. It was the first year of this paid apprentice program in Juneau and it’s helping the agency fill a staffing shortage.
Assistant Fire Chief Sam Russell led the program. At the pinning cer]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/six-firefighter-apprentices-complete-first-year-of-training/Tue, 16 Jun 2026 01:22:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/six-firefighter-apprentices-complete-first-year-of-training/ Two new Coast Guard icebreakers will be homeported in Kodiak, according to a press release posted by the U.S. Coast Guard on June 11.
A third icebreaker will be homeported in Seward when construction of supporting infrastructure in the town is completed. Sen. Lisa Murkowski spoke about the announcement alongside Sen. Dan Sullivan on a press call today.
“This announcement today from the Coast Guard is not just cause for celebration]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/two-coast-guard-icebreakers-to-be-homeported-in-kodiak/Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:06:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/two-coast-guard-icebreakers-to-be-homeported-in-kodiak/ The U.S. Small Business Administration proposed Thursday to drastically change a contracting program that benefits disadvantaged individuals and groups. But the agency said the change won’t affect tribes and Alaska Native corporations, which benefit heavily from the program.
The 8(a) Business Development Program under the U.S. Small Business Administration al]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/federal-officials-say-drastic-proposed-changes-to-a-contracting-program-wont-affect-tribes-and-native-corporations/Mon, 15 Jun 2026 22:32:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/federal-officials-say-drastic-proposed-changes-to-a-contracting-program-wont-affect-tribes-and-native-corporations/ A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit by former Alaska state Sen. Lora Reinbold, R-Eagle River, against Alaska Airlines.
Alaska Airlines banned Reinbold in 2021 for refusing to follow its masking policies during the COVID-19 pandemic eme]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/federal-appeals-judges-reject-lawsuit-against-alaska-airlines-by-former-state-senator/Mon, 15 Jun 2026 21:51:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/federal-appeals-judges-reject-lawsuit-against-alaska-airlines-by-former-state-senator/ A citizen ballot proposition that would add a new seasonal sales tax will appear on the local ballot this fall election. That’s after advocates gained more than 3,200 signatures of support. The tax is intended to boost funding for the city’s recreational facilities. 
Michael Cole is one of the residents behind the proposition. He says the proposition saw an overwhelming amount of support from the publi]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/citizen-proposition-to-support-recreational-facilities-secures-spot-on-juneaus-local-ballot/Mon, 15 Jun 2026 21:46:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/citizen-proposition-to-support-recreational-facilities-secures-spot-on-juneaus-local-ballot/ In this newscast:
 A plan to build a $500 million cruise ship port on the backside of Douglas Island is taking shape, and tourism leaders and North Douglas residents have a lot of questions,
The Alaska House passed a bill this afternoon tat would reduce taxes on the planned Alaska LNG project,
A Juneau artist created a magazine where Indigenous artists and writers to share their perspectives without having to reduce]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-friday-june-12-2026/Sat, 13 Jun 2026 02:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-friday-june-12-2026/ A plan to build a $500 million cruise ship port on the backside of Douglas Island is taking shape — and tourism leaders and North Douglas residents have a lot of questions. 
Goldbelt Incorporated President and CEO McHugh Pierre presented to the city’s]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/we-dont-think-thats-good-public-policy-goldbelt-criticizes-five-ship-limit-shares-details-on-proposed-cruise-port/Sat, 13 Jun 2026 01:19:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/we-dont-think-thats-good-public-policy-goldbelt-criticizes-five-ship-limit-shares-details-on-proposed-cruise-port/ Lingít artist Chloey Cavanaugh released the first issue of the Black and White Raven Company Magazine earlier this month. She said she was frustrated seeing Alaska media outlets cover stories about Indigenous people without care and follow-through. She said she wanted a platform for Indigenous artists and writers to have control of the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/lingt-artists-new-magazine-features-indigenous-people-telling-their-own-stories/Sat, 13 Jun 2026 01:19:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/lingt-artists-new-magazine-features-indigenous-people-telling-their-own-stories/ SeaBank Natural Capital Report provides an overview of the economic and cultural value of the Southeast Alaska ecosystem. The new edition will be released this July.
Juneau Community Foundation Arts Vibrancy and Artists Awards now accepting applications.
Artist Clifton Guthrie on his collaboration and participation in the “Intertwined: Returning to Our Roots” show at Aan Hít.Perseverance Theatre’s STAR su]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/seabank-report-arts-vibrancy-grant-artist-clifton-guthrie-perseverance-theatres-summer-camp-and-new-season/Fri, 12 Jun 2026 23:02:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/seabank-report-arts-vibrancy-grant-artist-clifton-guthrie-perseverance-theatres-summer-camp-and-new-season/ Cancer Connection of Juneau hosts a National Cancer Survivors Day celebration on Sunday, June 14Juneau Mountain Rescue co-hosts the National Mountain Rescue Convention in JuneauSeaCoast Marathon Relay is a full marathon on Saturday, June 13
Audio 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 p]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/national-cancer-survivors-day-mountain-rescue-national-convention-seacoast-marathon-relay/Fri, 12 Jun 2026 22:33:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/national-cancer-survivors-day-mountain-rescue-national-convention-seacoast-marathon-relay/ Three weeks into a special session, the state House is on the v]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/gasline-tax-bill-heads-for-house-vote-as-developer-pledges-to-prioritize-alaska-labor/Fri, 12 Jun 2026 21:27:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/gasline-tax-bill-heads-for-house-vote-as-developer-pledges-to-prioritize-alaska-labor/ The Alaska Division of Elections says retired teacher Dan Sullivan of Petersburg is ineligible to run against Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan.
“Based on a review of the evidence presented and in the Division’s possession, the Division has determined that the preponderance of evidence does not support your eligibility for the office of United States Senator,” Elections Division Director Carol Bee]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-division-of-elections-intends-to-strike-us-senate-challenger-dan-sullivan-from-the-ballot/Fri, 12 Jun 2026 20:24:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-division-of-elections-intends-to-strike-us-senate-challenger-dan-sullivan-from-the-ballot/ 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-thursday-june-11-2026/Fri, 12 Jun 2026 02:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-thursday-june-11-2026/ 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/republican-lawmakers-send-roadless-rule-repeal-to-us-senate/Fri, 12 Jun 2026 01:20:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/republican-lawmakers-send-roadless-rule-repeal-to-us-senate/ 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-launches-safe-place-program-for-youth-in-crisis/Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:41:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-launches-safe-place-program-for-youth-in-crisis/ Listen here:
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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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/university-of-alaska-staff-union-files-unfair-labor-practice-charge-against-employer/Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:18:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/university-of-alaska-staff-union-files-unfair-labor-practice-charge-against-employer/ 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/89-year-old-woman-dies-in-juneau-after-crash-on-north-douglas-highway/Thu, 11 Jun 2026 22:27:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/89-year-old-woman-dies-in-juneau-after-crash-on-north-douglas-highway/ 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaskas-minimum-wage-will-increase-next-month/Thu, 11 Jun 2026 20:51:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaskas-minimum-wage-will-increase-next-month/ Listen:
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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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/what-earrings-mean-at-celebration-to-buyers-and-sellers/Thu, 11 Jun 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/what-earrings-mean-at-celebration-to-buyers-and-sellers/ 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-wednesday-june-10-2026/Thu, 11 Jun 2026 02:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-wednesday-june-10-2026/ 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/back-loop-bridge-trailhead-closed-for-glacial-outburst-flood-wall-construction/Thu, 11 Jun 2026 01:08:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/back-loop-bridge-trailhead-closed-for-glacial-outburst-flood-wall-construction/ 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/assembly-members-christine-woll-alicia-hughes-skandijs-not-running-for-reelection-this-fall/Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:29:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/assembly-members-christine-woll-alicia-hughes-skandijs-not-running-for-reelection-this-fall/ 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/what-were-seeing-is-adaptation-scientists-study-influx-of-gray-whales-into-sitka-sound-during-herring-spawn/Wed, 10 Jun 2026 21:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/what-were-seeing-is-adaptation-scientists-study-influx-of-gray-whales-into-sitka-sound-during-herring-spawn/ 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-tuesday-june-9-2026/Wed, 10 Jun 2026 02:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-tuesday-june-9-2026/ 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-assembly-addresses-a-fairness-issue-regarding-glacial-outburst-flood-wall-funding/Wed, 10 Jun 2026 02:47:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-assembly-addresses-a-fairness-issue-regarding-glacial-outburst-flood-wall-funding/ 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/three-key-takeaways-from-juneaus-finalized-city-budget/Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:21:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/three-key-takeaways-from-juneaus-finalized-city-budget/ 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/state-of-alaska-opens-investigation-into-second-dan-sullivans-us-senate-run/Tue, 09 Jun 2026 21:19:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/state-of-alaska-opens-investigation-into-second-dan-sullivans-us-senate-run/ Listen here:
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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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/lingt-comic-book-brings-student-characters-to-life-during-celebration/Tue, 09 Jun 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/lingt-comic-book-brings-student-characters-to-life-during-celebration/ 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-assembly-highlights-budget-approval-city-museum-reductions-flood-mitigation-funding/Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:58:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-assembly-highlights-budget-approval-city-museum-reductions-flood-mitigation-funding/ 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-monday-june-8-2026/Tue, 09 Jun 2026 02:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-monday-june-8-2026/ 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-school-board-to-consider-strategic-plan-updated-enrollment-numbers/Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:44:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-school-board-to-consider-strategic-plan-updated-enrollment-numbers/ 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-family-reports-man-missing/Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:06:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-family-reports-man-missing/ 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/anwr-lease-sale-draws-37m-in-winning-bids-but-major-oil-and-gas-players-stay-home/Mon, 08 Jun 2026 23:56:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/anwr-lease-sale-draws-37m-in-winning-bids-but-major-oil-and-gas-players-stay-home/ 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/expect-higher-ticket-prices-at-eaglecrest-ski-area-next-season/Mon, 08 Jun 2026 21:46:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/expect-higher-ticket-prices-at-eaglecrest-ski-area-next-season/ 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/hey-this-box-stinks-the-weird-work-of-intercepting-trafficked-wildlife-in-alaska/Mon, 08 Jun 2026 20:21:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/hey-this-box-stinks-the-weird-work-of-intercepting-trafficked-wildlife-in-alaska/ 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-friday-june-5-2026/Sat, 06 Jun 2026 03:06:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-friday-june-5-2026/ 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/forest-service-admits-herbert-glacier-cabin-cancelled-due-to-mining-interests-after-previously-denying-it/Sat, 06 Jun 2026 02:58:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/forest-service-admits-herbert-glacier-cabin-cancelled-due-to-mining-interests-after-previously-denying-it/ Juneau Afternoon is a production of the KTOO Arts and Culture Team.Bostin Christopher produced today’s show with help from Lisa Purves.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/live-music-with-ashley-young-and-quinton-woolman-morgan-symphony-hollywood-pops-pipeline-skater-park-community-day-ak-experience-camp/Sat, 06 Jun 2026 02:48:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/live-music-with-ashley-young-and-quinton-woolman-morgan-symphony-hollywood-pops-pipeline-skater-park-community-day-ak-experience-camp/ 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/help-us-decide-what-questions-to-ask-candidates-in-alaskas-2026-statewide-election/Sat, 06 Jun 2026 02:41:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/help-us-decide-what-questions-to-ask-candidates-in-alaskas-2026-statewide-election/ 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/best-solution-to-alaskas-pfd-gorilla-is-to-end-the-program-with-10k-payout-walker-argues/Sat, 06 Jun 2026 01:46:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/best-solution-to-alaskas-pfd-gorilla-is-to-end-the-program-with-10k-payout-walker-argues/ 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/major-assembly-decisions-on-city-facility-closures-flood-mitigation-funding-on-monday-nights-agenda/Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:24:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/major-assembly-decisions-on-city-facility-closures-flood-mitigation-funding-on-monday-nights-agenda/ 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/artist-jennifer-younger-opens-intertwined-returning-to-our-roots-at-aan-ht-jahc-laughs-comedy-show-featuring-sam-miller-and-mike-glazer/Fri, 05 Jun 2026 23:22:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/artist-jennifer-younger-opens-intertwined-returning-to-our-roots-at-aan-ht-jahc-laughs-comedy-show-featuring-sam-miller-and-mike-glazer/ U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan has been silent for weeks on President Trump’s controversial plan to spend public funds on a White House ballroom and his nearly $1.8 billion compensation fund, to help people Trump deems victims of political prosecutions.
Sullivan took a position Thursday. He voted to block those Trump priorities, supporting Democratic amendments. They failed, but for a senator running for reelection with Trump’s]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/sullivan-votes-against-trumps-ballroom-and-compensation-fund/Fri, 05 Jun 2026 22:41:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/sullivan-votes-against-trumps-ballroom-and-compensation-fund/ An unusual partnership is sailing Alaska’s waters this summer. A cruise line is teaming up with an international whale advocacy organization to host a marine mammal observer on board for part of the season. 
Steve Jones is the chief operating officer at ORCA, a citizen-science nonprofit based in the United Kingdom that advocates for whales an]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/new-alaska-cruise-ship-hosts-marine-mammal-observer-to-better-prevent-whale-strikes/Fri, 05 Jun 2026 20:47:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/new-alaska-cruise-ship-hosts-marine-mammal-observer-to-better-prevent-whale-strikes/ In this newscast:Democratic incumbent Rep. Andi Story now has an opponent in the race for her current seat in the state House: Annette Kreitzer, Haines’ former borough manager.
After years of planning, the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska soft-opened a casino on Douglas Island this week. It’s Juneau’s first casino.
The National Science Foundation plans to yank a long-sta]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-thursday-june-4-2026/Fri, 05 Jun 2026 03:06:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-thursday-june-4-2026/ The Alaska State Board of Education and Early Development unanimously approved a new master’s in teaching program for Indigenous languages at the University of Alaska Southeast Thursday. This is the final approval the program needs to begin accepting students. 
Angela Lunda is the campus’ interim Dean of Education. She said this program would strengthen the teacher workforc]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/new-uas-indigenous-language-masters-program-gets-final-approval-from-state-board-of-education/Fri, 05 Jun 2026 03:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/new-uas-indigenous-language-masters-program-gets-final-approval-from-state-board-of-education/ Guest host Rochelle Smallwood interviews teachers, parents, and students from the Tlingit Culture, Language, and Literacy Program, who will be dancing as part of Celebration 2026George Holly shares about Morning Reflections — happening each morning of Celebration around the healing basket at 8 am on the Sealaska Plaza.
Weaver Lily Hope and musician Ashley Young on the pop-up concert and info session for the upcoming Textile S]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/ashely-young-and-lily-hope-textile-symposium-pop-up-george-hollys-celebration-morning-reflections-tcll-program-with-rochelle-smallwood/Fri, 05 Jun 2026 02:58:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/ashely-young-and-lily-hope-textile-symposium-pop-up-george-hollys-celebration-morning-reflections-tcll-program-with-rochelle-smallwood/ This is Tongass Voices, a series from KTOO sharing perspectives from the homelands of the Áak’w Kwáan and beyond.
Every Celebration, a dance group is asked to lead. That means they write a song that all groups dance to during Grand Entrance and Grand Exit – the dance ceremonies that bookend Celebration.
Though this year’s lead d]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/tongass-voices-seiga-liimii-marcella-asicksik-on-leading-the-dances-for-celebration-2026/Fri, 05 Jun 2026 01:31:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/tongass-voices-seiga-liimii-marcella-asicksik-on-leading-the-dances-for-celebration-2026/ Democratic incumbent Rep. Andi Story now has an opponent in the race for her current seat in the state House: Annette Kreitzer, Haines’ former borough manager.
The Juneau Independent reported earlier this week that Kreitzer filed as a Republican to run for the District 3 seat. The seat represents Haines, Skagway, Gustavus and parts of North Juneau.
If elect]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/former-haines-borough-manager-to-challenge-rep-andi-story-for-district-3-house-seat/Fri, 05 Jun 2026 01:27:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/former-haines-borough-manager-to-challenge-rep-andi-story-for-district-3-house-seat/ The developer of the Alaska LNG project released its first specific public cost estimates Wednesday for the proposed 800-mile gas pipeline and associated infrastructure.
The developer, Glenfarne, told state senators it estimates the full project will cost between $44.5 billion and $54.5 billion.
The first phase of the project, the pi]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/glenfarne-releases-alaska-lng-cost-estimates-as-skeptical-legislators-press-for-details/Thu, 04 Jun 2026 23:55:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/glenfarne-releases-alaska-lng-cost-estimates-as-skeptical-legislators-press-for-details/ A political unknown from Petersburg filed for Alaska’s U.S. Senate race last week. His name is Dan Sullivan, the same name as Alaska’s sitting junior senator. And they’ll both be on the same ballot for Alaska’s primary in August.
The new candidate sparked interest and accusations almost as soon as he announced his campaign.
Both Sullivans are running as Re]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/its-no-joke-a-second-dan-sullivan-says-he-really-does-want-to-be-alaskas-next-senator/Thu, 04 Jun 2026 22:47:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/its-no-joke-a-second-dan-sullivan-says-he-really-does-want-to-be-alaskas-next-senator/ After years of planning, the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska soft-opened a casino on Douglas Island this week. It’s Juneau’s first casino.
Amber Forrester sat at the end of a long row of electric slot machines, pressing a bright white spin button]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneaus-first-tribal-casino-soft-opens-on-douglas-island-amid-lingering-legal-questions/Thu, 04 Jun 2026 22:29:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneaus-first-tribal-casino-soft-opens-on-douglas-island-amid-lingering-legal-questions/ Alaska is one of only two states that saw increased participation in the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program last year.
The increase in SNAP users could be attributed to changes the state has made to improve access to the federally funded food assistance program, according to the state Department of Health.
The increase comes despite most oth]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-one-of-only-2-states-to-see-increase-in-snap-participants-in-2025/Thu, 04 Jun 2026 21:15:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-one-of-only-2-states-to-see-increase-in-snap-participants-in-2025/ This story is co-published by Northern Journal and KYUK.
Every few weeks this winter, 75-year-old Harvey Joe, a Yup’ik Elder in the Western Alaska village of Hooper Bay, climbed onto his snowmachine.
Dragging a sled with a fuel drum on top, he’d bump 20 miles across the tundra to the neighboring village of Chevak.
In Hooper Bay, on th]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/youd-be-crying-at-the-pump-this-alaska-villages-gas-was-844-before-the-iran-war/Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:32:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/youd-be-crying-at-the-pump-this-alaska-villages-gas-was-844-before-the-iran-war/ 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/ Anybody hoping to throw their hat in the ring to be Alaska’s next governor, senator, congressman or state legislator is running out of time. The deadline to file to run for office is 5 p.m. Monday.
There are already 20 candidates running for governor and dozens more seeking other state and federal offices.
Here are three things to watch as the deadline approaches.
1. Lat]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/3-things-to-watch-as-alaskas-election-filing-deadline-approaches/Mon, 01 Jun 2026 19:26:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/3-things-to-watch-as-alaskas-election-filing-deadline-approaches/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/appeals-court-says-alaska-has-the-right-to-make-conocophillips-oil-well-data-public/Sat, 30 May 2026 01:17:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/appeals-court-says-alaska-has-the-right-to-make-conocophillips-oil-well-data-public/ Thousands of people will converge in Juneau next week to dance, sing and showcase their Indigenous culture. 
Celebration 2026 officially kicks off on Wednesday with the theme “enduring strength.” The every-other-year gathering began more than 40 years ago to recognize the survival and persistence of Lingít, Haida an]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-prepares-to-welcome-thousands-as-celebration-2026-approaches/Sat, 30 May 2026 00:13:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-prepares-to-welcome-thousands-as-celebration-2026-approaches/ WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan and Rep. Nick Begich are not saying how they feel about two of President Trump’s most controversial priorities: a $1 billion security-related request for his ballroom and a nearly $1.8 billion compensation fund that could pay Jan. 6 riot defendants and other Trump allies.
The Trump administration claims the fund will compensate people who have been “victimize]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaskans-seeking-sen-sullivan-rep-begich-stance-on-trump-compensation-fund-get-silence/Sat, 30 May 2026 00:10:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaskans-seeking-sen-sullivan-rep-begich-stance-on-trump-compensation-fund-get-silence/ Former Gov. Bill Walker is considering another run for governor. Walker, an independent and former Republican who served one term as governor from 2014 to 2018, filed a letter of intent with Alaska campaign regulators Thursday morning.
It would be Walker’s fifth consecutive run for governor. He lost the Republican]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/former-alaska-gov-bill-walker-considers-fifth-run-for-governor-as-deadline-approaches/Fri, 29 May 2026 03:07:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/former-alaska-gov-bill-walker-considers-fifth-run-for-governor-as-deadline-approaches/ More than 100 Sitkans gathered at the Starrigavan boat launch Thursday morning for a blessing and send-off of the “Ancestral Echoes” canoe, sponsored by the SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium, heading to Celebration in Juneau.
Paddles at the Starrigavan boat launch on May 28, 2026. (KCAW/McKenney)
Lingít elders Ed Peele and Harvey Kitka offered a blessing accompanied b]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/sitkans-send-off-ancestral-echoes-canoe-headed-to-celebration/Fri, 29 May 2026 03:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/sitkans-send-off-ancestral-echoes-canoe-headed-to-celebration/ Clarence “Butch” Laiti was Yanyeidí and T’aaḵu Ḵwáan, born and raised in Juneau. He was a Vietnam War veteran, grandfather and great grandfather. 
Laiti died at the age of 77 on April 10. 
Until his death, he served as president of the Douglas Indian Association, a tribal government based on Douglas Island.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/clarence-butch-laiti-remembered-as-lingit-leader-and-fisheries-advocate/Sat, 23 May 2026 03:21:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/clarence-butch-laiti-remembered-as-lingit-leader-and-fisheries-advocate/ In this newscast:The popular Goldbelt Tram in downtown Juneau will remain closed as it undergoes repairs and inspections,
More than 300 high school seniors are expected to graduate in Juneau this Sunday,
Alaska Airlines might add a flight from Juneau to Portland, without stopping in Seattle,
Douglas Island Pink and Chum celebrates its 50th anniversary this year,
Hundreds of people gathered in Hoonah last weekend to unveil]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-friday-may-22-2026/Sat, 23 May 2026 02:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-friday-may-22-2026/ Juneau Afternoon featuring filmmaker Keeyées Tláa Moriah Hayes on the film “Dear Alaska,” playing June 7 in Juneau, plus Metallica cover band One Eye Open, and CBJ Pools with Terra Patterson.
Audio 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/jun]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/keeyes-tla-moriah-hayes-film-dear-alaska-one-eye-open-metallica-cover-band-juneau-pools/Sat, 23 May 2026 02:35:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/keeyes-tla-moriah-hayes-film-dear-alaska-one-eye-open-metallica-cover-band-juneau-pools/ More than 300 high school seniors are expected to graduate in Juneau this Sunday.
Yaaḵoosgé Daakahídi High School will hold its graduation for 34 seniors at the Dzantik’i Heeni gymnasium at noon. The ceremony will include remarks by interim Principal Lori Hoover and be followed by a reception i]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneaus-class-of-2026-is-set-to-graduate-this-sunday/Sat, 23 May 2026 01:29:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneaus-class-of-2026-is-set-to-graduate-this-sunday/ The popular Goldbelt Tram in downtown Juneau will remain closed as it undergoes repairs and inspections, according to Goldbelt Inc. President and CEO McHugh Pierre.
The tram has been closed since late April after a tram car came to an abrupt halt at its bottom terminal. The incident sent two employees to the hospital with injuries. 
The tram was scheduled to reopen on May 24, but in an interview with]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/goldbelt-tram-to-remain-closed-indefinitely-following-incident-last-month/Fri, 22 May 2026 23:43:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/goldbelt-tram-to-remain-closed-indefinitely-following-incident-last-month/ Dr. Murray Buttner from Bartlett Family Medicine, Sea Week program highlights with NOAA, UAS, and the Juneau School District, and updates from the Juneau Commission on Aging.
Audio 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:App]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/dr-murray-buttner-joins-bartlett-family-medicine-sea-week-program-welcomes-uas-as-new-partner-older-americans-month/Fri, 22 May 2026 23:26:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/dr-murray-buttner-joins-bartlett-family-medicine-sea-week-program-welcomes-uas-as-new-partner-older-americans-month/ The Alaska Legislature approved millions for immediate upgrades to the facilities at the state-run boarding school, Mt. Edgecumbe High School.
Mt. Edgecumbe has been the focus of public concern and legislative hearings this year, after more than 100 students disenrolled during the school year. Lawmakers called the state’s management of the school into question after witnessing deterioratin]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-legislature-approves-millions-for-facilities-upgrades-at-mt-edgecumbe-high-school/Fri, 22 May 2026 23:06:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-legislature-approves-millions-for-facilities-upgrades-at-mt-edgecumbe-high-school/ Listen to this story:
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Alaska Airlines might add a flight from Juneau to Portland, without stopping in Seattle. It’s one possibility among several changes the airline talked about at a Juneau Chamber of Commerce luncheon on Thursday.
Scott Habberstad manages the airline’s Alaska market.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-might-get-an-alaska-airlines-flight-to-portland-without-stopping-in-seattle/Fri, 22 May 2026 21:39:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-might-get-an-alaska-airlines-flight-to-portland-without-stopping-in-seattle/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/how-to-get-your-soil-ready-for-spring-planting/Fri, 22 May 2026 19:45:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/how-to-get-your-soil-ready-for-spring-planting/ https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/20hoonahvets.wav
HOONAH — More than a hundred people walked off a catamaran into Hoonah on Saturday morning. They were there to join dozens of other Hoonah residents who gathered to witness the unveiling of two memorials dedicated to veterans and their families. 
The first memorial is an archway anchored]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/this-is-how-we-heal-hoonah-honors-its-veterans-with-two-new-memorials/Fri, 22 May 2026 18:40:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/this-is-how-we-heal-hoonah-honors-its-veterans-with-two-new-memorials/ In this newscast:The Juneau Assembly may have found a path out of the red for its budget last night, but it wasn’t easy,
A U.S. Forest Service plan to revamp the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center to accommodate more tourists will remain in place, with some additional paperwork,
A bill that would change the scope of an Alaska sexual assault law passed the Alaska Legislature Wednesday as part of a 10-bill package. It]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-thursday-may-21-2026/Fri, 22 May 2026 02:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-thursday-may-21-2026/ https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/21mocutz.wav
The Juneau Assembly may have found a path out of the red for its budget at a late night finance committee meeting on Wednesday — but it wasn’t easy. 
Members spent more than five hours voting on a list of what to cut and what to keep as the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-assembly-moves-forward-with-mount-jumbo-gym-closure-museum-staff-layoffs/Fri, 22 May 2026 02:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-assembly-moves-forward-with-mount-jumbo-gym-closure-museum-staff-layoffs/ Alaska lawmakers approved an additional $144 million in one-time funding for K-12 schools next year, plus a batch of education policy changes that garnered bipartisan support particularly aimed at boosting teacher retention and offsetting districts’ energy costs.
The Alaska Legislature has been divided, and at odds with Gov. Mike Dunleavy, over the level of state funding for public education &mda]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-lawmakers-approve-one-time-funding-for-k-12-schools-plus-energy-relief/Fri, 22 May 2026 02:10:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-lawmakers-approve-one-time-funding-for-k-12-schools-plus-energy-relief/ A bill that would change the scope of an Alaska sexual assault law passed the Alaska Legislature Wednesday as part of a 10-bill package. It alters a law that criminalizes sexual assault by a medical provider. 
Democratic Juneau Rep. Sara Hannan’s bill come]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/bill-closing-loophole-in-sexual-assault-law-passes-alaska-legislature/Fri, 22 May 2026 01:26:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/bill-closing-loophole-in-sexual-assault-law-passes-alaska-legislature/ Juneau Afternoon featuring City & Borough of Juneau Glacial Lake Outburst Flood preparation, “Strings through Time” – an evening of Ukrainian music, and Garden Talk: Soil Preparation.
Audio 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/juneauaftern]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/glacial-lake-outburst-flood-preprations-strings-through-time-and-soil-preparation-with-darren-snyder/Thu, 21 May 2026 23:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/glacial-lake-outburst-flood-preprations-strings-through-time-and-soil-preparation-with-darren-snyder/ The Alaska Legislature kicked off a special session Thursday to continue working on a key priority of Gov. Mike Dunleavy that didn’t pass in the 121-day regular session: tax cuts for the Alaska LNG project.
“It’s like we were just here,” joked Senate President Gary Stevens, a Kodiak Republican, as he gaveled in the specia]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-lawmakers-adjourn-one-session-and-begin-another-to-mull-tax-breaks-for-lng-project/Thu, 21 May 2026 23:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-lawmakers-adjourn-one-session-and-begin-another-to-mull-tax-breaks-for-lng-project/ Cruise ships planning to stop in Seward have had to dock in Whittier instead.
Three ships that were set to visit Seward in the last week were rerouted nearly 90 land miles north to Whittier, according to a social media post from the Seward Chamber of Commerce. A new dock in Seward was scheduled to open on May 14 but has been delayed.
The Alaska Railroad owns and operates the dock. Railroad external affairs director Me]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/snag-with-seward-cruise-dock-reroutes-ships-to-whittier/Thu, 21 May 2026 22:43:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/snag-with-seward-cruise-dock-reroutes-ships-to-whittier/ WASHINGTON — President Trump is undermining his own legislative agenda by working to oust two Republican senators, Sen. Lisa Murkowski said Tuesday.
“Maybe he doesn’t think he needs us,” she said. “But I don’t know. Last I checked, the laws don’t just appear before his desk to be signed.”
Trump’s actions to take down inc]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/trump-wants-a-more-loyal-senate-murkowski-says-hes-sabotaging-that/Thu, 21 May 2026 19:45:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/trump-wants-a-more-loyal-senate-murkowski-says-hes-sabotaging-that/ Listen:
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A U.S. Forest Service plan to revamp the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center to accommodate more tourists will remain in place, with some additional paperwork. A federal court decided this month not to scrap the improvement project after ruling last year that the agency’s planning process violated the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/federal-court-decides-not-to-scrap-mendenhall-glacier-visitor-center-improvement-plan-after-legal-violation/Thu, 21 May 2026 03:24:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/federal-court-decides-not-to-scrap-mendenhall-glacier-visitor-center-improvement-plan-after-legal-violation/ In this newscast:Juneau residents say the city’s sole electric provider’s proposal to raise bills by 20% is not affordable,
It’s National Safe Boating Week and the U.S. Coast Guard search and rescue teams in Juneau are asking residents to help prevent false alerts,
Alaska Native Vietnam War veteran, George Lindoff from Hoonah, got a proper homecoming decades after his service,
The Alaska Legislature is l]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-wednesday-may-20-2026/Thu, 21 May 2026 03:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-wednesday-may-20-2026/ https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/20WELCOMEHOME.mp3
When George Lindoff returned to the U.S. in 1971 after fighting for his country in Vietnam, he was not met with a warm welcome. Instead, there were anti-war protestors. 
“First time we landed in San Francisco, t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/vietnam-war-veteran-from-hoonah-gets-proper-homecoming-decades-after-his-service/Thu, 21 May 2026 02:03:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/vietnam-war-veteran-from-hoonah-gets-proper-homecoming-decades-after-his-service/ It’s National Safe Boating Week, and U.S. Coast Guard search and rescue teams in Juneau are asking residents to help prevent false alerts. 
A false alert is anytime the Coast Guard’s search and rescue systems are activated when there is no real emergency. Responders still have to treat it like it is one, said U.S. Coast Guard Arctic District Master Chief Greg Slush]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/us-coast-guard-advises-southeast-alaskans-to-avoid-false-alerts/Thu, 21 May 2026 01:34:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/us-coast-guard-advises-southeast-alaskans-to-avoid-false-alerts/ The Alaska Legislature approved a wide-ranging crime bill on Wednesday, the last day of its regular session. The bill includes measures that raise Alaska’s age of sexual consent to 18 and criminalize child sex abuse material generated by artificial intelligence.
House Bill 239 includes elements of 10 separate proposals introduced this year and last year, plus]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-legislature-passes-sweeping-crime-bill-raising-age-of-consent-to-18-on-last-day-of-session/Thu, 21 May 2026 00:28:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-legislature-passes-sweeping-crime-bill-raising-age-of-consent-to-18-on-last-day-of-session/ On a blustery morning in mid-May, some two dozen people transferred from a large boat to a smaller one and then onto a rocky island in the middle of Lynn Canal.
Left on the boat were stacks of wood meant for building bunk beds in the red-and-white lighthouse perched high above the shore.
“I don’t think we’re going to get this lumber off from Haines,” said Sue York, who]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaskas-oldest-original-lighthouse-will-soon-open-to-the-public-for-the-first-time/Wed, 20 May 2026 23:31:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaskas-oldest-original-lighthouse-will-soon-open-to-the-public-for-the-first-time/ After Alaska Electric Light & Power filed a rate increase case with the Regulatory Commission of Alaska last week, some Juneau residents say a 20% bill increase is too high. 
Lynda Giguere is one of a few residents who submitted a public comment on the case. She said the additional cost would hurt her wallet. 
“I mean, 20% is significant — when your utility]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-residents-say-aelampprsquos-proposal-to-raise-bills-by-20-is-not-affordable/Wed, 20 May 2026 21:05:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-residents-say-aelampprsquos-proposal-to-raise-bills-by-20-is-not-affordable/ The Alaska Legislature is headed for a special session focused on tax cuts for the Alaska LNG project immediately after lawmakers adjourn on Wednesday.
Gov. Mike Dunleavy said that’s because lawmakers look unlikely to pass a bill that would replace the 2% annual property tax with a tax on gas flowing through the pipeline.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/special-session-called-after-alaska-lawmakers-fail-to-reach-pipeline-deal-with-governor/Wed, 20 May 2026 19:54:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/special-session-called-after-alaska-lawmakers-fail-to-reach-pipeline-deal-with-governor/ In this newscast:The Juneau Assembly voted last night to divest from Eaglecrest Ski Area’s gondola project and pay back a $10 million investment from Goldbelt Incorporated.
Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed a bill that would reinstate pensions for public employees late last night as the Alaska House failed to advance a tax cut for the Alaska LNG project. Lawmakers had hoped to make a deal: they’d pass a gas pipeline t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-tuesday-may-19-2026/Wed, 20 May 2026 03:06:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-tuesday-may-19-2026/ In this interview, Read discusses the creative process behind the album, the similarities between Scottish and American folk music, and how her upbringi]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/scottish-multi-instrumentalist-hannah-read-plays-live-in-the-kxll-studio-discusses-new-album/Wed, 20 May 2026 03:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/scottish-multi-instrumentalist-hannah-read-plays-live-in-the-kxll-studio-discusses-new-album/ New parents in Alaska would be eligible for up to 12 weeks of state-paid leave starting in 2030 under a bill approved Saturday by the Alaska House of Representatives.
If signed into law, House Bill 193 would require the state to pay certain working parents up to $524 per week for up to 12 weeks starting in 2030 after a birt]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-legislature-considers-bill-mandating-paid-leave-for-many-new-parents-starting-in-2030/Wed, 20 May 2026 02:47:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-legislature-considers-bill-mandating-paid-leave-for-many-new-parents-starting-in-2030/ A man accused of breaking into two homes in the Mendenhall Valley and assaulting three people earlier this month has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Juneau resident Seeti Maua, 24, faces six felony charges and three misdemeanor assault charges related to the alleged break-ins and sexual assault of one person.
Maua is currently in Department of Corrections custody and appeared in-person at hi]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/suspect-in-violent-mendenhall-valley-break-ins-pleads-not-guilty/Wed, 20 May 2026 02:27:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/suspect-in-violent-mendenhall-valley-break-ins-pleads-not-guilty/ Douglas Island Pink and Chum celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. The Juneau hatchery – commonly known as DIPAC – was founded in 1976. That was shortly after the Alaska Legislature passed a bill allowing private nonprofits to operate salmon hatcheries as a way to rehabilitate low salmon runs.
KTOO’s Mike Lake talked with Executive Director Katie Harms about highlights from the last five dec]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/qampa-dipac-celebrates-50-years-of-salmon-sustainability-in-juneau/Wed, 20 May 2026 00:58:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/qampa-dipac-celebrates-50-years-of-salmon-sustainability-in-juneau/ The Juneau Assembly voted on Monday night to divest from Eaglecrest Ski Area’s gondola project and pay back a $10 million investment from Goldbelt Incorporated. 
The vote marks a reversal of the Assembly’s controversial 2022 decision to purchase the gondola for the city-owned ski area. It comes after the Assembly learned the project’s price tag would be nearl]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-assembly-officially-backs-out-of-eaglecrest-ski-areas-gondola-project/Tue, 19 May 2026 22:47:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-assembly-officially-backs-out-of-eaglecrest-ski-areas-gondola-project/ Chilkat Valley Preschool in Haines is working to change the ages it serves. Once licensing is approved, it will open enrollment to infants. That’s the group that the Haines Early Childhood Task Force has identified as the most underserved. But it will take time and money for the transition to happen.
Haines, like many towns, is dealing with a childcare shortage. So it was a bit of a surprise when enrollment numbers at Chilkat Valley Prescho]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/haines-nonprofit-preschool-is-restructuring-to-accept-infants/Tue, 19 May 2026 22:02:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/haines-nonprofit-preschool-is-restructuring-to-accept-infants/ A high-stakes quid pro quo deal fell apart in the Alaska Capitol on Monday as legislators failed to approve a tax break for the propose]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/pipeline-for-pension-deal-falls-apart-as-the-alaska-legislatures-regular-session-nears-end/Tue, 19 May 2026 21:15:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/pipeline-for-pension-deal-falls-apart-as-the-alaska-legislatures-regular-session-nears-end/ The Juneau Assembly met for a regular meeting on Monday night to vote on whether to divest from the ski area’s gondola project, approve funding toward a potential federal buyout program of flood-prone homes and approve a grant for summer childcare programs in Juneau. 
Here are some of the highlights from the meeting:
• The Juneau Assembly approved two ordinances to fi]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-assembly-highlights-gondola-divestment-view-drive-buyout-childcare/Tue, 19 May 2026 07:41:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-assembly-highlights-gondola-divestment-view-drive-buyout-childcare/ The Alaska House is considering a tax break for the Alaska LNG project aimed at making the long-dreamed natural gas pipeline from the North Slope to Southcentral Alaska a reality. Debate was ongoing Monday afternoon]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-house-weighs-negotiated-compromise-cutting-taxes-for-alaska-lng-project/Tue, 19 May 2026 03:10:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-house-weighs-negotiated-compromise-cutting-taxes-for-alaska-lng-project/ In this newscast:The Juneau Assembly will vote tonight on whether to finalize its plan to divest from Eaglecrest Ski Area’s controversial gondola project,
As leadership of the Juneau School District undergoes a major changeover this summer, many of those positions are being filled with current employees,
A Canadian mining company wants to reopen a gold mine in British Columbia, upstream from the Taku River, Southeas]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-monday-may-18-2026/Tue, 19 May 2026 02:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-monday-may-18-2026/ Sixth graders in Juneau’s Montessori Borealis program recently showcased their family histories with presentations they spent months working on. 
It’s the capstone project for their grade level — and the presentations parallel southeast Alaska’s history, too. ]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-students-reach-back-into-history-with-capstone-ancestry-project/Tue, 19 May 2026 01:57:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-students-reach-back-into-history-with-capstone-ancestry-project/ As leadership of the Juneau School District undergoes a major changeover this summer, most of its top administrator and principal positions are being filled with current employees. 
The district is filling six more leadership positions following several retirements and resignations. It announced the positions on Friday. 
Thunder Mountain Middle School Assistant Principal La]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-school-district-selects-current-employees-to-fill-multiple-leadership-vacancies/Tue, 19 May 2026 00:55:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-school-district-selects-current-employees-to-fill-multiple-leadership-vacancies/ Earthquakes and elevated gas emissions are causing scientists to take a closer look at Kupreanof Volcano. It’s a remote, heavily glaciated volcano about 50 miles northeast of Sand Point with very little known eruptive history.
The Alaska Volcano Observatory raised the volcano’s alert level to Advis]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/an-alaska-peninsula-volcano-is-showing-signs-of-unrest-scientists-are-learning-more-about-it-for-the-first-time/Tue, 19 May 2026 00:32:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/an-alaska-peninsula-volcano-is-showing-signs-of-unrest-scientists-are-learning-more-about-it-for-the-first-time/ Less than two years after Alaskans approved a ballot measure creating a mandatory sick leave law, the Alaska House of Representatives has voted to partially repeal it.
By a 22-18 vote on Saturday, the House approved an amendment that would cancel the law’s application for seasonal workers and for workers employed by a business with nine or fewer employees. The cancellat]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-house-votes-to-immediately-eliminate-sick-leave-for-many-workers-in-the-state/Mon, 18 May 2026 21:56:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-house-votes-to-immediately-eliminate-sick-leave-for-many-workers-in-the-state/ Alaska lawmakers are racing against the clock this week with the Legislature’s regular session set to end by Wednesday night.
Over the weekend, leaders in the state House and Senate worked out a compromise on the state budget and decided on $1,200 in payments to Alaskans this fall. That’s a $1,000 Permanent Fund dividend a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/lawmakers-land-on-1200-payout-as-they-negotiate-aklng-bill/Mon, 18 May 2026 21:46:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/lawmakers-land-on-1200-payout-as-they-negotiate-aklng-bill/ The Alaska Legislature wants the state’s development agency to finance new apartment complexes and other multifamily housing.
House Bill 184 passed the Senate in a 17-3 vote Friday after clearing the House in February. It gives the Alaska Industrial Development and]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/legislature-looks-to-add-workforce-housing-to-alaska-development-agencys-priority-list/Mon, 18 May 2026 20:31:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/legislature-looks-to-add-workforce-housing-to-alaska-development-agencys-priority-list/ In this newscast:Divers are searching the murky waters of Gastineau Channel this week in hopes of locating the body of a Juneau man who has been missing for nearly a year,
The case against a former Juneau chiropractor accused of assaulting more than a dozen women under the guise of medical care may continue into another year. At a hearing Wednesday, the defense attorney said he would likely not be ready to go to trial unt]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-friday-may-15-2026/Sat, 16 May 2026 02:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-friday-may-15-2026/ Juneau Afternoon featuring the League of Women Voters’ “Suffs” movie event, and the Yadaa.at Kalé: JDHS Drama, Debate, and Forensics team heads to nationals.
Audio 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 podca]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/yadaaat-kal-jdhs-drama-debate-and-forensics-heads-to-nationals-league-of-women-voters-showing-suffs/Sat, 16 May 2026 02:54:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/yadaaat-kal-jdhs-drama-debate-and-forensics-heads-to-nationals-league-of-women-voters-showing-suffs/ The Juneau Assembly will vote Monday night on whether to finalize its plan to divest from Eaglecrest Ski Area’s controversial gondola project. It would mean paying back a $10 million investment from Goldbelt Incorporated. 
The decision comes after the Assembly voted in committee last month to go in this direction. The vote on Monday night will finalize that decision.
When th]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-assembly-to-vote-on-finalizing-eaglecrest-gondola-divestment-on-monday/Sat, 16 May 2026 02:23:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-assembly-to-vote-on-finalizing-eaglecrest-gondola-divestment-on-monday/ Listen:
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Canagold Resources, the company proposing to open the New Polaris gold mine on the Tulsequah River in British Columbia, says it’s taking steps to protect the environment. 
The Tulsequah is a tributary of the Taku River in Alaska, which is known as the most productive salmon stream in Southeast. A]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/proposed-new-polaris-mine-raises-concerns-about-taku-river-salmon-but-mining-company-assures-safegaurds/Sat, 16 May 2026 00:50:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/proposed-new-polaris-mine-raises-concerns-about-taku-river-salmon-but-mining-company-assures-safegaurds/ State regulators are breathing a sigh of relief after the federal government on Wednesday decided against listing Gulf of Alaska king salmon with Endangered Species Act protections.
The move comes more than two-and-a-half years after a Washington state environmental group first called on the agency to list kings under the Endangered Species Act.
The Wild Fish Conservancy filed the petition on the grounds that king populations have]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/noaa-rejects-petition-to-list-gulf-of-alaska-king-salmon-under-the-endangered-species-act/Sat, 16 May 2026 00:17:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/noaa-rejects-petition-to-list-gulf-of-alaska-king-salmon-under-the-endangered-species-act/ The case against a former Juneau chiropractor accused of assaulting more than a dozen women under the guise of medical care may continue into another year.At a hearing Wednesday, the defense attorney said he would likely not be ready to go to trial until 2027. 
Listen:
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Jeff]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/public-defender-for-former-chiropractor-accused-of-sexual-assault-asks-to-delay-retrial-until-2027/Fri, 15 May 2026 23:22:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/public-defender-for-former-chiropractor-accused-of-sexual-assault-asks-to-delay-retrial-until-2027/ Juneau Afternoon featuring From Juneau to Ireland with Fortenbery, Vidic, and The Heists, plus the Alaska Law Enforcement Torch Run, and Juneau Community Foundation Douglas-Dornan Fund.
Audio 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/from-juneau-to-ireland-with-fortenbery-vidic-and-the-heists-law-enforcement-torch-run-douglas-dornan-grant/Fri, 15 May 2026 22:11:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/from-juneau-to-ireland-with-fortenbery-vidic-and-the-heists-law-enforcement-torch-run-douglas-dornan-grant/ WASHINGTON — Sen. Lisa Murkowski voted with Democrats Wednesday to advance a resolution to remove U.S. forces from Iran, after rejecting six similar measures. But she said her stance is not absolute, and she said she might be willing to approve nearly $30 billion to pay for the war.
First, though, she’s asking for more facts about what the war has cost, beyond the round numbers the Pentagon has]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/murkowski-votes-with-dems-to-end-war-but-shes-open-to-paying-for-it/Fri, 15 May 2026 20:09:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/murkowski-votes-with-dems-to-end-war-but-shes-open-to-paying-for-it/ Divers are searching the murky waters of Gastineau Channel this week in hopes of locating the body of a Juneau man who has been missing for nearly a year. 
Benjamin “Benny” Stepetin, a 42-year-old Juneau resident, disappeared last June. His brother, Martin Stepetin Sr., said his family hasn’t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/divers-search-for-missing-juneau-man-in-gastineau-channel-nearly-a-year-after-disappearance/Fri, 15 May 2026 19:31:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/divers-search-for-missing-juneau-man-in-gastineau-channel-nearly-a-year-after-disappearance/ In this newscast:Beginning next school year, elementary school students will no longer be dismissed 30 minutes early on Mondays,
Juneau’s pools are no longer on the Juneau Assembly’s chopping block, for now. The city museum still is,
National Geographic journalist Paul Salopek has been walking around the world since 2013. But now that he’s in Alaska, his main mode of transportation is about to change,
Th]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-thursday-may-14-2026/Fri, 15 May 2026 02:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-thursday-may-14-2026/ National Geographic journalist Paul Salopek has been walking around the world since 2013. But now that he’s in Alaska, his main mode of transportation is about to change. 
He’s following the path of Stone Age human migration out of Africa and across the globe. He started in Ethiopia, walked out o]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/journalist-walking-across-the-globe-for-last-decade-takes-to-the-sea-in-southeast-alaska/Fri, 15 May 2026 01:34:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/journalist-walking-across-the-globe-for-last-decade-takes-to-the-sea-in-southeast-alaska/ Juneau’s pools, Dimond Park Field House and reductions to social service grants are off the Juneau Assembly’s chopping block — for now. The Juneau-Douglas City Museum, Mount Jumbo Gym and Douglas Fire Station are still in limbo. 
The Assembly spent five hours Wednesday night honing in on what city services and facilities it bel]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/local-pools-and-field-house-safe-for-now-as-juneau-assembly-eyes-other-cuts-amid-budget-deficit/Fri, 15 May 2026 00:18:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/local-pools-and-field-house-safe-for-now-as-juneau-assembly-eyes-other-cuts-amid-budget-deficit/ Juneau Afternoon featuring Last Chance Mining Museum, Parents for Safe Grad, and Juneau Ghost Light Theatre Play Crawl.
Audio 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/jglt-play-crawl-last-chance-mining-museum-parent-for-safe-grad/Thu, 14 May 2026 23:47:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/jglt-play-crawl-last-chance-mining-museum-parent-for-safe-grad/ The Alaska Legislature rejected Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s pick for attorney general, Stephen Cox, on a 29-31 vote Thursday morning, an extraordinary rebuke of the governor’s appointment to head the Department of Law.
Democratic lawmakers in the House and Senate said they were concerned about a range of co]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-legislature-rejects-dunleavy-ag-appointee-stephen-cox/Thu, 14 May 2026 23:29:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-legislature-rejects-dunleavy-ag-appointee-stephen-cox/ As lawmakers spar over a wide range of issues in the final days of the Alaska Legislature’s regular session, one idea is bringing Republicans, Democrats and independents together.
The state House of Representatives voted unanimously Wednesday to make the giant green cabbage Alaska’s official state vegetable.
“Let us leave partisanship b]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaskas-famously-massive-cabbages-should-be-the-official-state-vegetable-state-house-says/Thu, 14 May 2026 21:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaskas-famously-massive-cabbages-should-be-the-official-state-vegetable-state-house-says/ The number of cruise ship passengers in Haines could more than quadruple if the borough leases its largest dock to an international cruise port operator.
The Haines Borough is exploring a partnership with Global Ports Holding, which is interested in taking over long-term management of the Port Chilkoot Dock, the Chilkat Valley News reported last week.
The Turkish-owned company has offices in London, Barc]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/cruise-traffic-in-haines-could-skyrocket-under-potential-deal-with-major-cruise-port-operator/Thu, 14 May 2026 19:57:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/cruise-traffic-in-haines-could-skyrocket-under-potential-deal-with-major-cruise-port-operator/ A Canadian company proposing to reopen a gold mine in British Columbia plans to drive a large boat up Alaska’s Taku River this summer to see whether it can ship construction materials to the site. Some locals worry it could run aground or damage property along the banks. 
Canagold Resources plans to use a 98-foot-long, steel-hulled landing craft called the Inlet Raider. The route is up the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/canagold-plans-to-drive-98-foot-long-ship-up-taku-river-to-proposed-new-polaris-mine-in-june/Thu, 14 May 2026 03:11:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/canagold-plans-to-drive-98-foot-long-ship-up-taku-river-to-proposed-new-polaris-mine-in-june/ In this newscast:As lawmakers spar over a wide range of issues in the final days of the Alaska Legislature’s regular session, one idea is bringing them together. The state House of Representatives voted unanimously on Wednesday to make the giant green cabbage Alaska’s official state vegetable.
A Canadian company proposing to reopen a gold mine in British Columbia plans to drive a large boat up Alaska’s]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-wednesday-may-13-2026/Thu, 14 May 2026 03:06:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-wednesday-may-13-2026/ Beginning next school year, elementary school students will no longer be dismissed 30 minutes early on Mondays. 
The Juneau School Board voted down continuing the practice during a meeting on Tuesday, with members citing concerns around impacts on families and a lack of data showing improvement]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-school-board-ends-30-minute-early-release-for-elementary-students-next-year/Thu, 14 May 2026 02:46:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-school-board-ends-30-minute-early-release-for-elementary-students-next-year/ A late amendment to a bill nearing final passage in the Alaska Capitol would exempt some Alaska Native village corporations from public financial disclosures required by state law.
On Monday afternoon, the Alaska Senate’s labor and commerce committee voted to amend House Bill 126 with a new section that reduces and caps the number of Native corporations requir]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-legislature-considers-exempting-some-native-corporations-from-public-disclosure/Thu, 14 May 2026 02:43:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-legislature-considers-exempting-some-native-corporations-from-public-disclosure/ Gov. Mike Dunleavy issued a disaster declaration on May 11 for two Interior Alaska communities after they were inundated by severe ice jam flooding.
The declaration covers areas near Chalkyitsik on the Black River and Hughes on the Koyukuk River,]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/dunleavy-issues-disaster-declaration-for-flooded-interior-alaska-communities/Wed, 13 May 2026 23:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/dunleavy-issues-disaster-declaration-for-flooded-interior-alaska-communities/ With a week left in the legislative session, the Alaska House passed a bill Tuesday focused on how students are counted.
The bill aims to stabilize the budgeting process for school districts through a few different ways. Rep. Andi Story, D-Juneau, sponsored the bill and explained on the floor Tuesday that it allows school districts to use known enrollment counts to calculate f]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/bill-aiming-to-stabilize-school-budget-process-passes-out-of-alaska-house/Wed, 13 May 2026 21:55:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/bill-aiming-to-stabilize-school-budget-process-passes-out-of-alaska-house/ The Alaska Legislature’s regular session ends in just over a week, on May 20, and lawmakers are racing to pass a wide range of bills and resolutions before the deadline.
Alaska Public Media’s Eric Stone has been at the Capitol tracking what law]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/its-bill-passing-season-heres-what-to-expect-in-the-final-days-of-the-alaska-legislatures-session/Wed, 13 May 2026 19:55:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/its-bill-passing-season-heres-what-to-expect-in-the-final-days-of-the-alaska-legislatures-session/ Juneau residents will see higher electricity bills starting next month. 
Alaska Electric Light & Power, the city’s only electric utility, filed a rate increase case on Monday with the Regulatory Commission of Alaska to recover costs from infrastructure projects and inflation.
The power company expects the average Juneau hou]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/aelampp-to-raise-juneau-electricity-rates-due-to-inflation-capital-improvements/Wed, 13 May 2026 03:11:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/aelampp-to-raise-juneau-electricity-rates-due-to-inflation-capital-improvements/ In this newscast:The Juneau School Board will consider what to add back to its budget for this fiscal year during a regular meeting Tuesday night. The district has more unspent funds than what it’s allowed under state law to carry over into the next fiscal year that begins in July.
Juneau residents will see higher electricity bills starting next month.
More than 100 middle school students in Juneau are getting hands]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-tuesday-may-12-2026/Wed, 13 May 2026 03:04:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-tuesday-may-12-2026/ The City and Borough of Juneau clerk’s office has certified two proposed citizen ballot propositions for the 2026 local election. That means the groups behind them are approved to start collecting signatures of support to put the questions on the ballot this fall. 
The two propositions were filed late]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/local-ballot-initiatives-aimed-at-boosting-city-revenue-recreation-facilities-certified-for-signature-gathering/Wed, 13 May 2026 02:03:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/local-ballot-initiatives-aimed-at-boosting-city-revenue-recreation-facilities-certified-for-signature-gathering/ The U.S. Marines Corps doesn’t have a big presence in Alaska, but that presence is expanding.
The Corps announced two new initiatives Friday that will bring more Marines north to Alaska, some on a rotating basis to coordinate training exercises and others more permanently in a detachment of reservists to be based at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.
“This is something that the Marine Corps, Alaska, we’ve all]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/us-marine-corps-expands-alaska-footprint/Wed, 13 May 2026 00:24:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/us-marine-corps-expands-alaska-footprint/ Join KTOO for an expert panel discussion on Juneau’s annual glacial outburst flood. Panelists will talk about the latest science guiding flood planning, the temporary flood wall made of HESCO barriers, future solutions and public safety.
KTOO climate and environment reporter Alix Soliman will moderate the one-hour panel discussion, followed by a 30 minute Q&A.
Panelists:
Nathan Epps and John Rajek, U.S. Army Corps of]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/flood-prep-panel-discussion/Tue, 12 May 2026 23:11:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/flood-prep-panel-discussion/ 1st place for Best Same-Day Feature (AUDIO, VIDEO), Alix Soliman and Clarise Larson for “‘It would have been catastrophic’: Juneau’s temporary levee protects most homes from record flooding”
2nd place for Best Natural Sound Journalism (ALL M]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/ktoo-wins-five-alaska-press-club-awards/Tue, 12 May 2026 22:57:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/ktoo-wins-five-alaska-press-club-awards/ https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/12paddlez.wav
More than 100 middle school students in Juneau are getting hands-on experience to learn about traditional Lingít carving by crafting their own canoe paddles in the classroom. 
The sounds of sanding, filing and chipping, and the aroma of spruce filled a classroom in Thunder M]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-middle-school-students-learn-traditional-lingt-carving-ahead-of-celebration/Tue, 12 May 2026 21:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-middle-school-students-learn-traditional-lingt-carving-ahead-of-celebration/ A state judge in Anchorage has again delayed a new election misconduct trial for former state Rep. Gabrielle LeDoux, R-Anchorage, after state prosecutors requested the postponement.
Earlier this year, judges Catherine Easter and Thomas Matthews scheduled a new trial for June, but Judge Josie Garton agreed on May 1 to postpone the tria]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/state-prosecutors-ask-to-delay-new-election-misconduct-trial-for-former-alaska-legislator/Tue, 12 May 2026 20:55:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/state-prosecutors-ask-to-delay-new-election-misconduct-trial-for-former-alaska-legislator/ A bill that seeks to make it easier for Alaskans to repair consumer electronics cleared the state Senate on Monday and headed to the House, as the end of the legislative session approaches.
Senate Bill 111, known as the Consumer Digital Right to Repair Act, would require electronics manufacturers to provide parts, documentation and tools to Alaskans looking to fix thin]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-senate-passed-bill-seeks-to-assert-right-to-repair-for-consumer-electronics/Tue, 12 May 2026 20:21:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-senate-passed-bill-seeks-to-assert-right-to-repair-for-consumer-electronics/ In this newscast:Young Juneau musicians got a chance to bring down the house over the weekend at a dual fundraiser for the Juneau Soccer Club and a music program that groups kids who want to play in rock bands,
Researchers have spent months studying the Tracy Arm tsunami landslide, and they conclude it was the second largest on record,
The Alaska Legislature is asking the federal government for some flexibility when it co]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-monday-may-11-2026/Tue, 12 May 2026 02:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-monday-may-11-2026/ Young Juneau musicians got a chance to bring down the house over the weekend at a dual fundraiser for the Juneau Soccer Club and a music program that groups kids who want to play in rock bands.
At 6 p.m. on Saturday night, a crowd full of kids and their parents jammed out to the Flaming Fjords at the Juneau Arts and Culture Center. The band — made up most]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-youth-rock-out-on-stage-after-months-of-practice/Tue, 12 May 2026 01:57:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-youth-rock-out-on-stage-after-months-of-practice/ The Juneau School Board will consider what to add back to its budget for this fiscal year during a regular meeting Tuesday night. The district has more unspent funds than what it’s allowed under state law to carry over into the next fiscal year that begins July 1.
The proposed addbacks include langu]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-school-board-to-consider-adding-language-arts-curriculum-technology-equipment-to-this-years-budget/Tue, 12 May 2026 01:51:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-school-board-to-consider-adding-language-arts-curriculum-technology-equipment-to-this-years-budget/ Rural Alaska has long struggled with an abundance of stray and loose dogs and high rates of dog bites, with young children]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/lawmakers-take-aim-at-alaskas-chronic-problems-with-abandoned-and-loose-dogs/Mon, 11 May 2026 23:40:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/lawmakers-take-aim-at-alaskas-chronic-problems-with-abandoned-and-loose-dogs/ The Alaska Legislature has voted to mandate a three-step disaster evacuation scale for use statewide, a move inspired in part by a miscommunication in a wildfire near Denali National Park.
The state House voted 39-1 on Wednesday to pass Senate Bill 192 and require that state and local officials use the terms “Rea]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-legislature-approves-standardized-disaster-evacuation-scale-for-statewide-use/Mon, 11 May 2026 21:49:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-legislature-approves-standardized-disaster-evacuation-scale-for-statewide-use/ The Alaska Legislature is asking the federal government for some flexibility when it comes to implementing a massive program intended to improve rural healthcare across the state.
Alaska received $272 million from the federal Rural Health Transformation Program, part of the One Big Beautiful Bill that passed in the summer of 2025, putting it on track to receive nearly $1.4 b]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-legislature-asks-federal-government-for-more-flexibility-on-rural-health-funding/Mon, 11 May 2026 19:34:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-legislature-asks-federal-government-for-more-flexibility-on-rural-health-funding/ Bretwood Higman has spent years scouring Alaska’s mountains for signs of potential landslides. One spot he looked: Tracy Arm Fjord – a popular cruise destination between Juneau and]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/we-should-be-acting-more-quickly-tracy-arm-tsunami-highlights-unseen-hazards-in-busy-alaska-fjords/Sat, 09 May 2026 03:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/we-should-be-acting-more-quickly-tracy-arm-tsunami-highlights-unseen-hazards-in-busy-alaska-fjords/ In this newscast:Huna Totem Corporation officials say they are full steam ahead with the plan to open downtown Juneau’s fifth cruise ship dock by 2028. That’s despite unexpected timeline delays and price hikes that may scale down the project,
In early April, two people allegedly severely beat a man in the Marine Parking Garage in downtown Juneau. He was medevaced out of town. Nearly a month later, Alfred Torre]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-friday-may-8-2026/Sat, 09 May 2026 02:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-friday-may-8-2026/ Juneau Afternoon featuring Navy Band Northwest, Water Ways exhibit at Liaise Studios, and World Migratory Bird Day with Juneau Audubon.
Audio 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
Junea]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/navy-band-northwest-water-ways-at-liaise-studios-world-migratory-bird-day/Sat, 09 May 2026 02:33:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/navy-band-northwest-water-ways-at-liaise-studios-world-migratory-bird-day/ Huna Totem Corporation officials say they are full steam ahead with the plan to open downtown Juneau’s fifth cruise ship dock by 2028. That’s despite unexpected timeline delays and price hikes that may scale down the project. 
Susan Bell, vice president of strategic initiatives for the Alaska Native village corpora]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/huna-totems-new-cruise-dock-project-could-be-downsized-due-to-cost-hikes-tariffs/Sat, 09 May 2026 01:51:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/huna-totems-new-cruise-dock-project-could-be-downsized-due-to-cost-hikes-tariffs/ In early April, two people allegedly severely beat a man in the Marine Parking Garage in downtown Juneau. He was medevaced out of town. Nearly a month later, Alfred Torres Sr. was pronounced brain dead and taken off of life support on Monday.
Torres’s family is reeling from the loss. His daughter, Lau]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/family-mourns-death-of-juneau-man-beaten-in-downtown-parking-garage-last-month/Sat, 09 May 2026 01:39:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/family-mourns-death-of-juneau-man-beaten-in-downtown-parking-garage-last-month/ The Alaska Senate has finalized its draft of the state’s operating budget for the upcoming fiscal year, moving lawmakers closer to the end of their last regular session before the 2026 election.
In a 17-3 vote, Senators approved a $13.1 billion proposal that includes a $1,000 Permanent Fund dividend for 2026, plus a $150 “energy rebat]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-senate-approves-139-billion-draft-state-budget-and-1150-payments-to-alaskans/Fri, 08 May 2026 23:56:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-senate-approves-139-billion-draft-state-budget-and-1150-payments-to-alaskans/ Juneau Afternoon featuring artists from the Marine View Mural Project, Mudrooms “Sip & Tell” event at Devil’s Club, and Auke Bay Elementary students on their upcoming pansy sale.
Audio 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.Sub]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/marine-view-mural-project-mudrooms-ldquosip-amp-tellrdquo-auke-bay-elementary-pansy-sale/Fri, 08 May 2026 22:27:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/marine-view-mural-project-mudrooms-ldquosip-amp-tellrdquo-auke-bay-elementary-pansy-sale/ The first month of the American war against Iran caused crude oil prices to skyrocket around the world, and the price of Alaska’s oil has risen particul]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/amid-iran-war-alaskas-oil-is-selling-with-an-extra-premium-on-global-markets/Fri, 08 May 2026 20:07:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/amid-iran-war-alaskas-oil-is-selling-with-an-extra-premium-on-global-markets/ This is part three in a three-part series about Tracy Day and her family’s ongoing search for answers. Read part one here and part two here. 
Juneau woman Tracy Day has been missing for more than seven years. And while her disappearance has become a rallying cry for the families of missing and murdered Indigenous people in Juneau, her daughter, Kaelyn Schneider, also wants people to know who she was before she went missing.
Listen:
h]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-woman-vows-to-continue-searching-for-her-missing-mother/Fri, 08 May 2026 19:57:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-woman-vows-to-continue-searching-for-her-missing-mother/ In this newscast:The Juneau Police Department has arrested a man suspected of assaulting three people over the weekend in the Mendenhall Valley,
Kaelyn Schneider has a lot of questions about the police investigation into her mother’s disappearance. Tracy Day, a Lingít woman from Juneau, went missing in 2019 and police say they have no suspects,
A bill aimed at stabilizing school district budgeting process mad]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-thursday-may-7-2026/Fri, 08 May 2026 02:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-thursday-may-7-2026/ A Juneau lawmaker’s bill to increase state funding for free legal aid to vulnerable Alaskans is headed to the governor. 
Rep. Sara Hannan, D-Juneau, sponsored House Bill 48. She introduced it in late January of this legislative session. The Alaska House advanced the bill in late February and the Senate approved it o]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-lawmakers-bill-to-boost-legal-aid-funding-for-vulnerable-alaskans-heads-to-the-governor/Fri, 08 May 2026 02:43:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-lawmakers-bill-to-boost-legal-aid-funding-for-vulnerable-alaskans-heads-to-the-governor/ An Alaska Superior Court judge in Anchorage has given the state of Alaska permission to shoot bears in Southwest Alaska as part of a plan to boost a local caribou herd.
In a 22-page order, Judge Adolf Zeman said a cull planned for this month may take place while attorneys proceed with arguments about the constitutionality of the state’s action.
With the order, Ze]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/after-legal-challenge-alaska-judge-approves-states-revised-bear-cull-in-southwest-alaska/Thu, 07 May 2026 22:47:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/after-legal-challenge-alaska-judge-approves-states-revised-bear-cull-in-southwest-alaska/ This is part two in a three-part series about Tracy Day and her family’s ongoing search for answers. Read part one here. 
Kaelyn Schneider has a lot of questions about the police investigation into her mother’s disappearance. Tracy Day, a Lingít woman from Juneau, went missing in 2019 and pol]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/seven-years-after-tracy-days-disappearance-juneau-police-say-they-have-no-suspects-and-no-new-leads/Thu, 07 May 2026 21:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/seven-years-after-tracy-days-disappearance-juneau-police-say-they-have-no-suspects-and-no-new-leads/ This is part two in a three-part series about Tracy Day and her family’s ongoing search for answers. Read part one here. 
Kaelyn Schneider has a lot of questions about the police investigation into her mother’s disappearance. Tracy Day, a Lingít woman from Juneau, went missing in 2019 and pol]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/7-years-after-tracy-days-disappearance-juneau-police-say-they-have-no-suspects-and-no-new-leads/Thu, 07 May 2026 21:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/7-years-after-tracy-days-disappearance-juneau-police-say-they-have-no-suspects-and-no-new-leads/ Lawmakers in the Alaska House unveiled their first draft of the state’s capital budget on Monday. It adds $99.5 million in general-purpose spending to the roughly $250 million capital budget that passed the Senate last month. The majority of the added items focus on shoring up schools and university facilities around the state.
Rep. Calvin Schrage, an Anchorage independent who co-chairs the H]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/house-panel-boosts-maintenance-pulls-west-su-and-cascade-point-projects-from-budget/Thu, 07 May 2026 19:46:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/house-panel-boosts-maintenance-pulls-west-su-and-cascade-point-projects-from-budget/ The Juneau Police Department is looking for a man suspected of assaulting three people at random in two separate attacks in the Mendenhall Valley over the weekend. 
According to Juneau Police Department Deputy Chief Krag Campbell, police believe the person is a current threat to public safety. 
“These do seem random. There’s not a person in custody at this time,” he said]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-police-on-the-lookout-for-suspect-accused-of-attacking-multiple-people-in-mendenhall-valley/Thu, 07 May 2026 05:02:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-police-on-the-lookout-for-suspect-accused-of-attacking-multiple-people-in-mendenhall-valley/ Update, 4:30 p.m. Thursday:
The Juneau Police Department has arrested a man suspected of assaulting three people over the weekend in the Mendenhall Valley. 
Police took into custody 24-year-old Juneau resident Seeti Maua on Thursday afternoon. He was arrested on three counts of fourth-degree assault, two counts of first-degree burglary and one count of second-degree sexual assault. 
Maua]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-police-arrest-suspect-accused-of-attacking-multiple-people-in-mendenhall-valley/Thu, 07 May 2026 05:02:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-police-arrest-suspect-accused-of-attacking-multiple-people-in-mendenhall-valley/ In this newscast:Tuesday was a day of remembrance, awareness and calls to action to address the crises of Alaska Native and other Indigenous people facing extreme rates of violence,
City and federal contractors originally planned to build the flood wall along the Mendenhall River much higher this summer, after it just barely protected hundreds of homes from Juneau’s largest glacial outburst flood last August. But af]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-wednesday-may-6-2026/Thu, 07 May 2026 03:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-wednesday-may-6-2026/ Calculating school funding is complicated. It’s currently based on enrollment projections, which can create uncertainty in a school district’s budgeting process. House Bill 261 would allow districts to use known numbers instead of projections to build budgets. 
In the bill, districts could use enrollment numbers from the previous year, or a th]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/bill-aimed-at-stabilizing-school-district-budgeting-process-proceeds-through-legislature/Thu, 07 May 2026 02:46:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/bill-aimed-at-stabilizing-school-district-budgeting-process-proceeds-through-legislature/ Juneau Maritime Festival – Saturday, May 9Alaska Robotics Mini-Con comic festival – Saturday, May 9
Juneau Dance Theatre’s “Coppélia” – Friday, Saturday, Sunday, May 8-10Audio 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/juneau]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/jedc-maritime-festival-ak-robotics-mini-con-juneau-dances-copplia/Thu, 07 May 2026 02:29:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/jedc-maritime-festival-ak-robotics-mini-con-juneau-dances-copplia/ Tuesday was Missing and Murdered Indigenous People’s Day. It’s a day of remembrance, awareness, and calls to action to address the crises of Alaska Native and other Indigenous people facing extreme rates of violence.
Family members of missing and murdered people gathered off Egan Drive in downtown Juneau as the wor]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-families-of-missing-and-murdered-loved-ones-gather-to-draw-attention-to-the-crisis/Thu, 07 May 2026 01:07:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-families-of-missing-and-murdered-loved-ones-gather-to-draw-attention-to-the-crisis/ City and federal contractors originally planned to build the flood wall along the Mendenhall River much higher this summer, after it just barely protected hundreds of homes from Juneau’s largest glacial outburst flood last August. But after the project cost ballooned, leaders decided to scale it back. 
Until Monday, both the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the City & Bo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/now-juneaus-flood-wall-is-being-rebuilt-to-withstand-a-glacial-outburst-flood-30-larger-than-last-year-instead-of-twice-the-size/Thu, 07 May 2026 00:19:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/now-juneaus-flood-wall-is-being-rebuilt-to-withstand-a-glacial-outburst-flood-30-larger-than-last-year-instead-of-twice-the-size/ When the remnants of Typhoon Halong blew through Kwigillingok in October, Lucy Martin sheltered in her home with her boys and her father.
“Just after 2:15 a.m., I looked out the window and I saw graves rolling, graves and caskets rolling,” Martin said. “It was a real-life horror movie for me.”
Martin spoke at a roundtable in An]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaskans-rocked-by-halong-plead-with-feds-for-help-relocating-our-land-is-no-longer-safe/Wed, 06 May 2026 21:16:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaskans-rocked-by-halong-plead-with-feds-for-help-relocating-our-land-is-no-longer-safe/ Gov. Mike Dunleavy is pressing lawmakers to act quickly on his proposal to cut taxes for the Alaska LNG project.
With liquefied natural gas prices high and supplies uncertain because of the U.S. and Israel’s war with Iran, now is the time for the project, Dunleavy told reporters at a news conference in Anchorage on Monday.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/dunleavy-pushes-skeptical-senators-to-move-forward-with-alaska-lng-tax-cuts/Wed, 06 May 2026 20:44:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/dunleavy-pushes-skeptical-senators-to-move-forward-with-alaska-lng-tax-cuts/ In this newscast:As the Juneau Assembly moves forward with ending the city’s involvement in Eaglecrest Ski Area’s controversial gondola project, they’re now trying to figure out what to do with the parts,
Last year, missing woman Tracy Day’s family requested a death declaration hearing as a way to ask police officers questions about their investigation. But the judge said their questioning wasn&r]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-tuesday-may-5-2026/Wed, 06 May 2026 02:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-tuesday-may-5-2026/ Human-bear interactions are not necessarily uncommon in Southeast Alaska. But they can be dangerous to the bear as well as the human.
KTOO’s Mike Lane recently sat down with Area Management Biologist Carl Koch with Fish and Game Wildlife Conservation to talk about securing trash and other attractants. In part two of that interview, they r]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/qampa-the-dorsquos-and-donrsquots-of-staying-safe-in-bear-country/Wed, 06 May 2026 02:49:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/qampa-the-dorsquos-and-donrsquots-of-staying-safe-in-bear-country/ As the Juneau Assembly moves forward with ending the city’s involvement in Eaglecrest Ski Area’s controversial gondola project, they’re now trying to figure out what to do with the parts. 
At an Assembly committee of the whole meeting Monday night, the Assembly asked city staff to pursue a plan to terminate the project and sell all its parts and equ]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-assembly-moves-forward-with-plan-to-sell-gondola-parts-at-financial-loss/Wed, 06 May 2026 01:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-assembly-moves-forward-with-plan-to-sell-gondola-parts-at-financial-loss/ Hooligan. Berries. Natural disasters.
Those are among the focus areas of a Chilkoot Indian Association project that aims to respond to climate threats in Haines. The project will lead to a climate adaptation plan rooted in data and projections about how the global phenomenon will manifest in Haines specifically.
“It’s pretty cool. If you ever had a question of, ‘What does that mean here?’ This is the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/a-tribal-project-is-producing-hyper-local-climate-data-and-strategies-for-haines/Tue, 05 May 2026 22:38:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/a-tribal-project-is-producing-hyper-local-climate-data-and-strategies-for-haines/ Every year, state biologists predict how many salmon can be commercially harvested in relation to expected run strengths. It guides how they manage the state’s fisheries, like when and where they open and for how long.
The state Department of Fish and Game announced in April that this year’s expected overall harvest is 126 million]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/126-million-salmon-thats-the-estimated-harvest-by-alaskas-commercial-fishermen-this-year/Tue, 05 May 2026 20:06:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/126-million-salmon-thats-the-estimated-harvest-by-alaskas-commercial-fishermen-this-year/ This is part one in a three-part series about Tracy Day and her family’s ongoing search for answers.
May 5 is a day of awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People. For many families, it’s a reminder of cases that are still open and may never close.
Like Tracy’s Day’s case. Day is a Lingít woman from Juneau, who went m]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/a-year-after-a-missing-juneau-woman-was-declared-dead-her-family-still-wants-answers/Tue, 05 May 2026 17:02:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/a-year-after-a-missing-juneau-woman-was-declared-dead-her-family-still-wants-answers/ “Tambayan at Kwentuhan,” features the stories, photos and belongings of Filipino elders in Juneau. The name means “a place to hang out and share stories” in Tagalog. 
The exhibit is on display at the Juneau Arts and Culture Center until May 30. It was produced by Mana, a media]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/new-exhibit-from-mana-documents-the-legacy-of-filipinos-in-juneau/Tue, 05 May 2026 03:26:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/new-exhibit-from-mana-documents-the-legacy-of-filipinos-in-juneau/ “Tambayan at Kwentuhan,” features the stories, photos and belongings of Filipino elders in Juneau. The name means “a place to hang out and share stories” in Tagalog. 
The exhibit is on display at the Juneau Arts and Culture Center until May 30. It was produced by Mana Alaska,]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/new-exhibit-from-mana-alaska-documents-the-legacy-of-filipinos-in-juneau/Tue, 05 May 2026 03:26:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/new-exhibit-from-mana-alaska-documents-the-legacy-of-filipinos-in-juneau/ In this newscast:The Goldbelt Tram in downtown Juneau will remain closed for at least the next three weeks, after a tram car came to an abrupt halt at its bottom terminal last week,
Public service is nothing out of the ordinary for Scott Ciambor, a longtime employee of the City and Borough of Juneau. He’s worn different hats within CBJ, from chief housing officer to planning manager to his newest role as director]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-monday-may-4-2026/Tue, 05 May 2026 02:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-monday-may-4-2026/ The Goldbelt Tram in downtown Juneau will remain closed for at least the next three weeks. That’s after a tram car came to an abrupt halt at its bottom terminal last week, sending two employees to the hospital for injuries. 
The tram will now be closed through May 24.
The incident happened last Thursday night at about 9 p.m. According to emergency responders and Goldbelt, five employees were ab]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/goldbelt-tram-will-remain-closed-for-weeks-following-incident-that-sent-two-employees-to-hospital/Tue, 05 May 2026 01:44:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/goldbelt-tram-will-remain-closed-for-weeks-following-incident-that-sent-two-employees-to-hospital/ Alaska lawmakers on Monday failed to override Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of a bill offering a number of ballot access and election security reforms. Two Southeast Alaska lawmakers who had previously supported the bill voted against the override, leading it to fail 38 to 22. Lawmakers needed 40 votes to override the veto.
Proponents of Senate Bill 6]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/veto-override-vote-on-elections-bill-fails-as-two-southeast-alaska-lawmakers-flip/Tue, 05 May 2026 00:23:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/veto-override-vote-on-elections-bill-fails-as-two-southeast-alaska-lawmakers-flip/ Cheyenne Nelson pulled a pair of fur pompom earrings from a box stacked with her creations.
“These are otter,” she said. “I buy my fur from the scraps of other artists so that nothing goes to waste.”
Nelson, who is Aleut and Tlingit, owns Iliamna Arts in Anchorage. A self-taught artist, she uses fur from otters, rabbits, lynx and foxes to make jewelry, inc]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-native-artists-say-etsys-new-fur-ban-discriminates-against-indigenous-sellers/Mon, 04 May 2026 21:11:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-native-artists-say-etsys-new-fur-ban-discriminates-against-indigenous-sellers/ Blake Gettys, a retired U.S. Air Force brigadier general, will run for lieutenant governor alongside Republican gubernatorial candidate Shelley Hughes, the duo announced Thursday in Anchorage.
Incumbent Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy, a Republican,]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-republican-gubernatorial-candidate-shelley-hughes-picks-blake-gettys-as-running-mate/Mon, 04 May 2026 20:42:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-republican-gubernatorial-candidate-shelley-hughes-picks-blake-gettys-as-running-mate/ KTOO’s Mike Lane sat down with Ciambor and talked about what his goals are for leading the department.
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The following transc]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/qampa-juneaursquos-new-director-of-community-development-shares-his-visions-and-goals/Mon, 04 May 2026 20:36:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/qampa-juneaursquos-new-director-of-community-development-shares-his-visions-and-goals/ Legislators aimed pointed questions at Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s pick for attorney general during a series of contentious confirmation hearings Thursday and Friday. Attorney General-designee Stephen Cox appeared before two Senate committees ahead of a confirmation vote expected in the legislative session&rsquo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/senators-grill-dunleavy-ag-pick-stephen-cox-in-contentious-confirmation-hearings/Mon, 04 May 2026 20:19:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/senators-grill-dunleavy-ag-pick-stephen-cox-in-contentious-confirmation-hearings/ In this newscast:Two people were sent to Bartlett Regional Hospital for minor injuries after a Goldbelt Tram car came to an abrupt halt at its bottom terminal while making its way down Mount Roberts last night. That’s according to Capital City Fire and Rescue.
The University of Alaska system will have a new president this summer. The Board of Regents appointed Fairbanks attorney Matt Cooper to the role this morning.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-friday-may-01-2026/Sat, 02 May 2026 03:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-friday-may-01-2026/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/jazz-amp-classics-spring-festival-spring-winds-from-juneau-community-bands-foster-care-awareness-month-with-tlingit-amp-haida/Sat, 02 May 2026 02:18:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/jazz-amp-classics-spring-festival-spring-winds-from-juneau-community-bands-foster-care-awareness-month-with-tlingit-amp-haida/ The University of Alaska system will have a new president this summer. The Board of Regents appointed Fairbanks attorney Matt Cooper to the role Friday morning. He formerly served as general counsel for the university. 
Cooper will succeed President Pat Pitney, who will retire later this month.
Pitney said during Friday’s emergency]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/university-of-alaska-board-of-regents-selects-former-general-counsel-as-next-president/Fri, 01 May 2026 23:43:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/university-of-alaska-board-of-regents-selects-former-general-counsel-as-next-president/ Decisions about Alaskan schools are almost always made by administrators, school board members and lawmakers. But students also play a role. Twice a year, student leaders from across the state gather at the Alaska Association of Student Government conference to decide on goals to improve the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/student-delegates-from-across-the-state-gather-in-juneau-to-learn-about-leadership/Fri, 01 May 2026 22:06:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/student-delegates-from-across-the-state-gather-in-juneau-to-learn-about-leadership/ WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski says it’s time for Congress to assert its authority over the war against Iran.
“I do not accept that we should engage in open-ended military action without clear direction or accountability,” she said in a speech on the Senate floor Thursday. “Congress has a role. Congress has to step up and fulfill that role, that obligati]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/murkowski-asserts-congresss-role-in-war-diverging-from-her-alaska-colleague/Fri, 01 May 2026 20:34:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/murkowski-asserts-congresss-role-in-war-diverging-from-her-alaska-colleague/ Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed a bipartisan election reform bill Thursday, setting up a contentious override vote in the coming days.
Senate Bill 64 proposed a variety of changes to Alaska’s election system, especially around absentee voting. The bill would set up a ballot tracking and curing system, which would allow Alaskans to watch their votes move through the counting process a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/gov-dunleavy-vetoes-election-reform-bill-citing-concerns-over-timeline-ahead-of-2026-election/Fri, 01 May 2026 19:40:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/gov-dunleavy-vetoes-election-reform-bill-citing-concerns-over-timeline-ahead-of-2026-election/ Two people were sent to Bartlett Regional Hospital for minor injuries after a Goldbelt Tram car came to an abrupt stop at its bottom terminal while making its way down Mount Roberts Thursday evening, according to Capital City Fire/Rescue. 
CCFR Chief Tom Hatley was at the scene at about 9:30 p.m. He said five people were aboard the tram when]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/two-sent-to-hospital-in-juneau-after-goldbelt-tram-car-comes-to-abrupt-stop/Fri, 01 May 2026 08:04:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/two-sent-to-hospital-in-juneau-after-goldbelt-tram-car-comes-to-abrupt-stop/ In this newscast:State House lawmakers rolled a new draft of Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s proposal cutting taxes for the Alaska LNG project on Monday.
A lot of people – from toddlers to teens to retirees – had a lot to say to the Juneau Assembly at a special meeting Wednesday. It was the first chance for residents to testify about a list of possible city service cuts and facility closures the Assembly is consider]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-thursday-april-30-2026/Fri, 01 May 2026 03:09:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-thursday-april-30-2026/ Listen to this story:
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The temporary flood wall along the Mendenhall River just barely protected hundreds of homes from Juneau’s largest glacial outburst flood last summer. Now, city and federal contractors are racing to repair the damage and bolster it for the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneaus-flood-wall-is-being-rebuilt-to-withstand-glacial-outburst-floods-nearly-double-the-size-of-last-year/Fri, 01 May 2026 02:52:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneaus-flood-wall-is-being-rebuilt-to-withstand-glacial-outburst-floods-nearly-double-the-size-of-last-year/ Juneau Afternoon featuring NAMI Juneau Mental Health Awareness Month, Alaska Robotics First Friday with artist Rob Roys and author Bridget Smith, and Made in Alaska Juneau market.
Audio 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 podc]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/mental-health-awareness-month-rob-roys-and-bridget-smith-first-friday-at-alaska-robotics-made-in-alaska-market/Fri, 01 May 2026 02:44:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/mental-health-awareness-month-rob-roys-and-bridget-smith-first-friday-at-alaska-robotics-made-in-alaska-market/ Lawmakers in the Alaska House rolled out a new draft of Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s proposal cutting taxes for the Alaska LNG project on Monday.
The House Resources Committee’s version of House Bill 381 would raise more money for the state and local communities than Dunleavy’s proposal but far less than the draft under consideration in the state Senate.
All three]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-house-shrinks-governors-proposed-tax-break-for-lng-project/Thu, 30 Apr 2026 23:13:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-house-shrinks-governors-proposed-tax-break-for-lng-project/ A lot of people – from toddlers to teens to retirees – had a lot to say to the Juneau Assembly at a special meeting Wednesday night. 
It was the first chance for residents to testify about a list of possible city service cuts and facility closures the Assembly is considering as the city grapples with a multimillion-dollar budget shortfal]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/residents-decry-proposed-city-service-reductions-and-facility-closures-at-juneau-assembly-meeting/Thu, 30 Apr 2026 23:04:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/residents-decry-proposed-city-service-reductions-and-facility-closures-at-juneau-assembly-meeting/ It’s that time of year again when we’re all told to be “bear aware.” Bear encounters can happen when we’re hiking, camping or even just walking through town.
KTOO’s Mike Lane recently sat down with Area Management Biologist Carl Koch with Fish and Game Wildlife Conservation to learn what attracts the bears and how we can limit encounters.
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Local aviation experts and air carriers said they expect to see some of the new weather stations come online this summer or fall. But the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-is-getting-more-than-100-new-weather-stations-but-its-not-clear-yet-where-they-will-be/Thu, 30 Apr 2026 22:07:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-is-getting-more-than-100-new-weather-stations-but-its-not-clear-yet-where-they-will-be/ “Where Did We Sit on the Bus?” is a one-person show pulsing with Latin rhythms, rap, hip-hop, and spoken word. During a third-grade lesson on the civil rights movement and Rosa Parks, a Latinx eight-year-old raises their hand to ask, “Where did we sit on the bus?” and the teacher can’t answer the question. The production stars Enrique Bravo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/where-did-we-sit-on-the-bus-opens-mana-exhibit-on-filipino-elders-critter-trek-at-city-museum-juneau-libraries-may-events-2/Thu, 30 Apr 2026 21:58:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/where-did-we-sit-on-the-bus-opens-mana-exhibit-on-filipino-elders-critter-trek-at-city-museum-juneau-libraries-may-events-2/ “Where Did We Sit on the Bus?” is a one-person show pulsing with Latin rhythms, rap, hip-hop, and spoken word. During a third-grade lesson on the civil rights movement and Rosa Parks, a Latinx eight-year-old raises their hand to ask, “Where did we sit on the bus?” and the teacher can’t answer the question. The production stars Enrique Bravo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/where-did-we-sit-on-the-bus-opens-mana-exhibit-on-filipino-elders-critter-trek-at-city-museum-juneau-libraries-may-events/Thu, 30 Apr 2026 21:58:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/where-did-we-sit-on-the-bus-opens-mana-exhibit-on-filipino-elders-critter-trek-at-city-museum-juneau-libraries-may-events/ On a clear, warm day in Haines last weekend, the trails that run through the heart of town were busier than normal. Local artists were posted up in the woods, carving, crocheting and playing music.
The sound of a button accordion rang out – courtesy of Nene Wolfe, who was perched on a sunny platform. Sky Skiles accompanied her on an electric okedo, a kind of Japanese drum.
The pair]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/it-brings-a-lot-of-joy-chilkat-valley-artists-practice-their-crafts-on-local-trails/Thu, 30 Apr 2026 20:33:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/it-brings-a-lot-of-joy-chilkat-valley-artists-practice-their-crafts-on-local-trails/ In this newscast:Community members can provide feedback on the City and Borough of Juneau’s budget Wednesday during a special meeting.
Juneau student Cassie Lumba advanced to the national finals of Poetry Out Loud after competing in the semifinals in Washington D.C.
Two groups of Juneau residents filed proposed citizen propositions this week in hopes of putting questions on the 2026 local election ballot.
The U.S. F]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-wednesday-april-29-2026/Thu, 30 Apr 2026 03:06:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-wednesday-april-29-2026/ Alaska utilities have warned of sharp price hikes when they start importing liquefied natural gas in the coming years to replace dwindling supplies of]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaskas-energy-cliff-isnt-coming-its-already-here/Thu, 30 Apr 2026 01:49:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaskas-energy-cliff-isnt-coming-its-already-here/ The Alaska Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would once again offer state and local government employees a pension. The House was concurred with the Senate’s changes Wednesday, sending the measure to Gov. Mike Dunleavy.
Despite dozens of attempts since the state closed its pension plans in 2006,]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-senate-passes-bill-offering-public-pensions-with-fate-at-dunleavys-desk-uncertain/Wed, 29 Apr 2026 23:11:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-senate-passes-bill-offering-public-pensions-with-fate-at-dunleavys-desk-uncertain/ The Alaska Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would once again offer state and local government employees a pension. The House was concurred with the Senate’s changes Wednesday, sending the measure to Gov. Mike Dunleavy.
Despite dozens of attempts since the state closed its pension plans in 2006,]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-legislature-passes-bill-offering-public-pensions-with-fate-at-dunleavys-desk-uncertain/Wed, 29 Apr 2026 23:11:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-legislature-passes-bill-offering-public-pensions-with-fate-at-dunleavys-desk-uncertain/ Two groups of Juneau residents filed proposed citizen propositions this week aimed at undoing some of the consequences of ballot measures that voters approved last election.
Late Tuesday morning, a group of five residents walked into the City and Borough of Jun]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-voters-chose-to-cut-local-taxes-last-election-now-some-residents-want-them-back/Wed, 29 Apr 2026 22:40:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-voters-chose-to-cut-local-taxes-last-election-now-some-residents-want-them-back/ More than 100 people gathered to see Petersburg’s first canoe in a century when the local tribe unveiled and blessed it after its first time on the water.
Eleven pullers paddled the canoe, or “yaakw” in Lingít, around the tip of Mitk]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/petersburg-unveils-ket-yaakw-with-traditional-canoe-blessing-at-sandy-beach/Wed, 29 Apr 2026 21:08:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/petersburg-unveils-ket-yaakw-with-traditional-canoe-blessing-at-sandy-beach/ Juneau student Cassie Lumba will be advancing to the national finals of Poetry Out Loud after competing in the semifinals in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday.Lumba is a senior at Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé and won Alaska’s Poetry Out Loud competition in March.
Fifty-four students from U.S. states and territories r]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneaus-cassie-lumba-makes-it-to-finals-at-national-poetry-out-loud-competition/Wed, 29 Apr 2026 19:58:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneaus-cassie-lumba-makes-it-to-finals-at-national-poetry-out-loud-competition/ In this newscast:Four Alaskans appointed by Gov. Mike Dunleavy to serve on various state boards and commissions recently resigned ahead of a legislative confirmation vote expected May 7,
The remains of a woman found in a wooded area in Spenard last week have been identified as Kelly Hunt, a 19-year-old college student from Shaktoolik who had been missing since January,
A bill that would reinstate a pension system for stat]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-tuesday-april-28-2026/Wed, 29 Apr 2026 03:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-tuesday-april-28-2026/ WASHINGTON — Tens of millions of dollars will likely be spent on Alaska’s U.S. Senate race, and Democratic challenger Mary Peltola took in the lion’s share of it during the first three months of the year.
Her campaign listed nearly $9 million in receipts for the quarter. Incumbent Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan raised $1.7 million over the same period.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/7-things-to-know-about-money-in-alaskas-us-senate-race/Wed, 29 Apr 2026 01:14:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/7-things-to-know-about-money-in-alaskas-us-senate-race/ Remember that mysterious “golden orb” government scientists found at the bottom of the Gulf of Alaska in 2023? Was it an egg? A sponge? Remnants of a space alien?
Scientists were baffled. Two-and-a-half years later, they say they’ve figured it out.
First, though, here was the scene back in 2023: Some scientists aboard the research vessel called the Okeanos Explorer are h]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/scientists-identify-mysterious-golden-orb-discovered-off-alaskas-coast/Tue, 28 Apr 2026 21:52:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/scientists-identify-mysterious-golden-orb-discovered-off-alaskas-coast/ You’ve likely seen Brian Wallace around town. And odds are: he was carrying a camera. Wallace has been taking photos of Juneau people, places and happenings since he was a kid. He worked as a photojournalist at the Juneau Empire for nearly 30 years. 
He comes from a family of artists: his father, the late Amos Wallace, was a renowned carver. 
Wallace takes pictures of]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/tongass-voices-brian-wallace-on-preserving-time-through-photography/Tue, 28 Apr 2026 20:52:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/tongass-voices-brian-wallace-on-preserving-time-through-photography/ Four Alaskans appointed by Gov. Mike Dunleavy to serve on various state boards and commissions recently resigned ahead of a legislative confirmation vote expected May 7. Dunleavy told legislators in a series of letters on Friday and Monday that the four had left their seats.
His office did not respond to questions asking whether the appointees had been asked to resign, but two were the subject of s]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/four-dunleavy-appointees-to-boards-and-commissions-resign-ahead-of-confirmation-vote/Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:56:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/four-dunleavy-appointees-to-boards-and-commissions-resign-ahead-of-confirmation-vote/ In this newscast:Juneau’s first cruise ship of the year arrived this afternoon,
The Canadian company proposing to open the New Amalga gold mine in Juneau, announced this week that it plans to build an ore barge dock at Cascade Point regardless of whether the state moves forward with its controversial ferry terminal at the same location,
Petersburg’s local tribe unveiled and blessed its new killer whale canoe e]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-monday-april-27-2026/Tue, 28 Apr 2026 03:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-monday-april-27-2026/ For more than three decades, Tim Bourcy’s tour company guided clients on a historic, 33-mile hike between Skagway, Alaska and Canada. Among his guests have been tourists, film crews and U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski.
Bourcy sold his company a few years back. But he’s among those who are reeling over the reality that hikers have not been able to trek the entire Chilkoot Trail for six se]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/hikers-still-cant-walk-the-full-chilkoot-trail-as-us-and-canada-keep-remote-border-closed/Tue, 28 Apr 2026 02:26:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/hikers-still-cant-walk-the-full-chilkoot-trail-as-us-and-canada-keep-remote-border-closed/ Juneau’s first cruise ship of the year arrived Monday afternoon. 
It marks the kickoff of the 2026 cruise ship season. Juneau is expected to see about 1.69 million passengers arriving on ships between now and Oct. 6, when the season ends. 
Sarah Wong was one of the more than 2,000 passengers on the MS Eurodam who walked off the ship and onto the Juneau seawalk on Monday. Sh]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneaus-first-cruise-ship-of-2026-kicks-off-first-year-of-daily-passenger-limits/Tue, 28 Apr 2026 01:12:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneaus-first-cruise-ship-of-2026-kicks-off-first-year-of-daily-passenger-limits/ A governor’s nominee for the Alaska Police Standards Council who served on the board for eight months has resigned following legislative confirmation hearings.
The resignation comes after legislative hearings where Veronica Lambertsen was questioned about her eligibility for a rural seat on the board and social media and defended conspiracy theories.
A spokesperson for Gov. Mike Dunleavy&]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-police-standards-council-nominee-resigns-after-lawmakers-flag-social-media-posts-eligibility/Mon, 27 Apr 2026 20:51:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-police-standards-council-nominee-resigns-after-lawmakers-flag-social-media-posts-eligibility/ Alaska&rsqu]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/biologists-forecast-a-reduced-alaska-commercial-salmon-harvest/Mon, 27 Apr 2026 20:08:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/biologists-forecast-a-reduced-alaska-commercial-salmon-harvest/ A bill that would reinstate a pension system for state and local government employees in Alaska is on the verge of a state Senate vote, which would bring it closer than ever to Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s desk.
It’s a major priority for leaders of the bipartisan coalitions controlling the House and Senate. But the Senate&]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/bill-returning-alaska-to-pension-plan-nears-state-senate-vote-amid-concerns-over-cost/Mon, 27 Apr 2026 19:38:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/bill-returning-alaska-to-pension-plan-nears-state-senate-vote-amid-concerns-over-cost/ In this newscast:A former Juneau School District principal pleaded not guilty Thursday to an assault charge stemming from an incident involving a student.
The defense attorney for a former Juneau chiropractor accused of assaulting more than a dozen women said he wants a retrial to be moved to Anchorage instead of Juneau.
The Skagway Borough was awarded a federal grant to construct an industrial dock that will allow heavy]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-friday-april-24-2026/Sat, 25 Apr 2026 03:19:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-friday-april-24-2026/ Six months after arriving in Anchorage, evacuees from Western Alaska have moved from hotels into temporary housing.
Hundreds of people have been unable to return to their homes since ex-Typhoon Halong devastated parts of Western Alaska. The storm hit Oct. 12, and wind and high water lifted houses in some villages, leaving dozens of them unlivable. Many]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/6-months-after-halong-evacuees-in-anchorage-move-into-temporary-housing/Sat, 25 Apr 2026 02:50:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/6-months-after-halong-evacuees-in-anchorage-move-into-temporary-housing/ On Wednesday, April 29, 2026, AWARE, Inc. will host the “Denim Day” sexual assault awareness fashion show, an event marking International Denim Day in Juneau. This year’s event marks a shift in local advocacy, as AWARE explicitly calls upon men in the community to take a substantial role in the movement to end sexual violence.
Juneau Audubon Society bird walks. Saturday, April 25, the bird walk will be on the wes]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/denim-day-fashion-show-audubon-spring-walks-uas-summer-classes-walk-southeast/Sat, 25 Apr 2026 02:47:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/denim-day-fashion-show-audubon-spring-walks-uas-summer-classes-walk-southeast/ Grande Portage Resources, Ltd., the Canadian company proposing to open the New Amalga gold mine in Juneau, announced this week that it plans to build an ore barge dock at Cascade Point regardless of whether the state moves forward with its controversial ferry terminal at the same location. 
The company also provided more detailed mining plans, in]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/new-amalga-gold-mine-plans-to-ship-ore-from-cascade-point-no-matter-what-happens-with-ferry-terminal/Sat, 25 Apr 2026 02:32:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/new-amalga-gold-mine-plans-to-ship-ore-from-cascade-point-no-matter-what-happens-with-ferry-terminal/ A Juneau School District principal pleaded not guilty Thursday to an assault charge stemming from an incident involving a student.
John Paul is the principal of Montessori Borealis and Yaaḵoosgé Daakahídi High School, both located at the Dzantik’i Heeni campus in Lemon Creek. He was charged with assault on April 3 after he allegedly restrained a student in March. The school district placed hi]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-school-principal-pleads-not-guilty-to-assault-charge/Sat, 25 Apr 2026 01:43:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-school-principal-pleads-not-guilty-to-assault-charge/ This story has been updated.A former Juneau School District principal pleaded not guilty Thursday to an assault charge stemming from an incident involving a student.
Until recently, John Paul was the principal of Montessori Borealis and Yaaḵoosgé Daakahídi High School, both located at the Dzantik’i Heeni campus in Lemon Creek. He was charged with assault on April 3 after he allegedly restrain]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/former-juneau-school-principal-pleads-not-guilty-to-assault-charge/Sat, 25 Apr 2026 01:43:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/former-juneau-school-principal-pleads-not-guilty-to-assault-charge/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/songwriters-on-songwriters-taylor-dallas-vidic-and-spencer-edgers/Fri, 24 Apr 2026 23:04:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/songwriters-on-songwriters-taylor-dallas-vidic-and-spencer-edgers/ Songwriters on Songwriters featuring Taylor Dallas Vidic and Spencer EdgarsOn this episode of Songwriters on Songwriters, Spencer Edgars chats with Taylor Dallas Vidic about Taylor’s debut album “Cat & Mouse.” They discuss their collaboration on the “Cat” half of the album, infused with jazz originals and Edgars’ arrangements. They also discuss the “Mouse” half]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/songwriters-on-songwriters-taylor-dallas-vidic-and-spencer-edgars/Fri, 24 Apr 2026 23:04:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/songwriters-on-songwriters-taylor-dallas-vidic-and-spencer-edgars/ Members of the Senate Judiciary committee put questions to a governor’s nominee for the Alaska Police Standards Council about her social media posts during a confirmation hearing Wednesday.
Veronica Lambertsen defended conspiracy theories around the Holocaust, blood-harvesting from children and the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Lambertsen has been nominated by Gov. Mik]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/nominee-for-alaska-police-standards-council-defends-conspiracy-theories/Fri, 24 Apr 2026 22:48:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/nominee-for-alaska-police-standards-council-defends-conspiracy-theories/ April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and AWARE is planning a fashion show to honor survivors of sexual assault and raise awareness. The event is happening on what’s known as Denim Day, which falls on April 29 this year.
KTOO’s Mike Lane sat down with AWARE Director of Outreach and Engagement Christina Michelle to learn more.
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The follow]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/qampa-what-is-denim-day-and-how-does-it-relate-to-sexual-assault-awareness-month/Fri, 24 Apr 2026 22:17:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/qampa-what-is-denim-day-and-how-does-it-relate-to-sexual-assault-awareness-month/ The defense attorney for a former Juneau chiropractor accused of assaulting more than a dozen women said he wants a retrial to take place in Anchorage instead of Juneau. At least one the defendant’s accusers doesn’t think that’s a good idea. 
It’s been nearly five years since Juneau chiropractor Jeffrey Fultz was arrested]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/retrial-of-former-juneau-chiropractor-accused-of-sexual-assault-may-move-to-anchorage/Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:56:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/retrial-of-former-juneau-chiropractor-accused-of-sexual-assault-may-move-to-anchorage/ In this newscast:The Juneau Assembly discussed a list of more than 40 city services and facilities that could face reductions or closures for the first time at a finance committee meeting Wednesday night,
A week after a Ward Air plane crashed and sank into Favorite Channel near Juneau, officials are still piecing together what happened,
The U.S. Forest Service is rethinking how it defines areas of the Tongass Nationa]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-thursday-april-23-2026/Fri, 24 Apr 2026 03:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-thursday-april-23-2026/ The Juneau Assembly discussed a list of more than 40 city services and facilities that could face reductions or closures for the first time at a finance committee meeting Wednesday night.
Assembly member Christine Woll chairs the finance committee. She started the meeting by acknowledging the difficult situation the Assembly is facing. 
“These are p]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-assembly-begins-to-grapple-with-list-of-dozens-of-proposed-city-service-cuts-and-closures/Fri, 24 Apr 2026 02:09:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-assembly-begins-to-grapple-with-list-of-dozens-of-proposed-city-service-cuts-and-closures/ The state Senate Finance Committee released its first revision of the state’s operating budget Wednesday, including a $1,000 Permanent Fund dividend and a $150 energy relief check. It came about a week after the state House passed a budget with a $1,500 dividend.
The Se]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/senators-version-of-state-budget-includes-1000-dividend-and-150-energy-relief/Thu, 23 Apr 2026 23:42:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/senators-version-of-state-budget-includes-1000-dividend-and-150-energy-relief/ A week after a Ward Air plane crashed and sank into Favorite Channel near Juneau, officials are still piecing together what happened. 
Last Thursday morning, a pilot reported a loss of engine power while flying from Haines to Juneau and then crashed into Favorite Channel near Boy Scout Beach. The U.S. Coast Guard issued an Urgent Marine Information Broadcast and launched a boat and helicopte]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/investigation-underway-to-determine-cause-of-recent-ward-air-plane-crash-near-juneau/Thu, 23 Apr 2026 23:13:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/investigation-underway-to-determine-cause-of-recent-ward-air-plane-crash-near-juneau/ Civil rights advocates are suing over Alaska’s decision last year to share confidential voter data, including home addresses, dates of birth and partial Social Security numbers, with the federal government.
The American Civil Liberties Union’s Alaska chapter, the national ACLU’s Voting Rights Project and the Washington, D.C.-based Electronic Priv]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-lt-gov-faces-lawsuit-for-sharing-confidential-voter-data-with-trump-doj/Thu, 23 Apr 2026 23:10:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-lt-gov-faces-lawsuit-for-sharing-confidential-voter-data-with-trump-doj/ The U.S. Forest Service is rethinking how it defines areas of the Tongass National Forest. One of its ideas is to designate recreation areas according to commercial use, which could guide where the Forest Service concentrates permits for tour operators. 
In a draft outline for the Tongass Forest Plan revision, the agency proposes two types of recreation areas: high commercial use and low commercial use.
Barb Miranda is the dep]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/forest-service-seeks-input-on-tongass-commercial-tourism-zones/Thu, 23 Apr 2026 22:25:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/forest-service-seeks-input-on-tongass-commercial-tourism-zones/ The Bureau of Land Management announced last week it will hold an auction in June for drilling rights in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northeast Alaska. The lease sale is mandated in federal law but also reflects the Trump administration’s commitment to promoting energy development in the state.
The Arctic refuge’s coastal plain — a swath along the Beaufort Sea that po]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/a-new-oil-lease-sale-for-the-arctic-refuge-draws-mixed-reactions-from-alaska-native-communities/Thu, 23 Apr 2026 21:45:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/a-new-oil-lease-sale-for-the-arctic-refuge-draws-mixed-reactions-from-alaska-native-communities/ WASHINGTON – The Trump administration is proposing steep cuts to the National Park Service and plans to cut nearly 3,000 more positions from the payroll.
U.S. senators of both parties told Interior Secretary Doug Burgum at a hearing Wednesday that they don’t like the idea.
Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., said the budget and personnel cuts would further degrade the Park Service.
&ldquo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/senators-condemn-trump-administrations-national-park-service-cuts-and-10b-slush-fund/Thu, 23 Apr 2026 20:15:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/senators-condemn-trump-administrations-national-park-service-cuts-and-10b-slush-fund/ UAS Indigenous Studies presents two events on Friday, April 24: Northwest Coast Art Student Showcase from 4-7 p.m. in Egan 223 & Gathering of the Drums in celebration of the Native & Rural Student Centerʼs 30th Anniversary from 6-9:15 p.m. at the Noyes Pavilion.The Juneau Piano Series and the Juneau Arts and Humanities Council are presenting a chamber music concert on April 24, 7 p.m. at the JACC. The concert will]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/gathering-of-the-drums-northwest-art-showcase-shostakovich-piano-quintet-climate-change-presentation-at-planetarium-juneau-chamber-spirits-of-alaska/Thu, 23 Apr 2026 03:56:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/gathering-of-the-drums-northwest-art-showcase-shostakovich-piano-quintet-climate-change-presentation-at-planetarium-juneau-chamber-spirits-of-alaska/ In this newscast:The Juneau Assembly will discuss potential city service reductions at a finance committee meeting on Wednesday night,
The kickoff of the 2026 cruise ship tourism season is just around the corner in Juneau. The first ship, the MS Eurodam, arrives Monday afternoon,
A proposal to raise Alaska’s age of consent from 16 to 18 took a step forward on Friday as a key part of an omnibus package of crime legis]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-wednesday-april-22-2026/Thu, 23 Apr 2026 03:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-wednesday-april-22-2026/ A key Alaska Senate committee is out with a new take on the governor’s proposal to cut taxes for the Alaska LNG project — with a much smaller tax cut.
The Senate Resources Committee rolled out the new version of Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s bill Monday afternoon.
The original bill introduced by Dun]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/senate-committee-eyes-smaller-tax-break-for-alaska-lng-project/Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:12:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/senate-committee-eyes-smaller-tax-break-for-alaska-lng-project/ A union that represents workers for one of Skagway’s largest employers is set to grow by about 40 members after employees voted to unionize earlier this month.
The White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad employs 180 people, most of which are based in Skagway. They make it possible for the train to carry hundreds of thousands of passengers each year from the small, tourist town to a range of destinations along the railr]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/tour-guides-and-stockers-for-skagways-largest-tourist-attraction-vote-to-unionize/Wed, 22 Apr 2026 23:21:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/tour-guides-and-stockers-for-skagways-largest-tourist-attraction-vote-to-unionize/ The kickoff of the 2026 cruise ship tourism season is just around the corner in Juneau. The first ship, the MS Eurodam, arrives Monday afternoon.
KTOO’s Clarise Larson sat down with the city’s Visitor Industry Director Alix Pierce to learn more about what’s in store this season and what residents should expect. 
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https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/upl]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/the-first-cruise-ship-of-juneaus-2026-tourism-season-arrives-monday-heres-what-to-know/Wed, 22 Apr 2026 21:38:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/the-first-cruise-ship-of-juneaus-2026-tourism-season-arrives-monday-heres-what-to-know/ WASHINGTON — U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright gave a ringing endorsement for Alaska LNG Tuesday, a mega project that he acknowledged has a mega challenge.
Wright, testifying at a Senate hearing, said the project to build a pipeline and an export terminal for North Slope natural gas is his No. 1 infrastructure priority.
“Not a week goes by that I don’t have multiple meetings or dialogue]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/energy-secretary-says-alaska-lng-is-his-no-1-infrastructure-priority/Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:19:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/energy-secretary-says-alaska-lng-is-his-no-1-infrastructure-priority/ The Juneau Assembly will discuss potential city service reductions at a finance committee meeting on Wednesday night. Ideas for reduction include possibly closing down city facilities like the Mt. Jumbo Gym or the downtown pool. 
The meeting will largely revolve around a summary created by city staff that outlines more than 40 city services that could be on the chopping block. The list also includes the number of]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-assembly-to-discuss-dozens-of-proposed-service-reductions-and-facility-closures/Wed, 22 Apr 2026 03:40:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-assembly-to-discuss-dozens-of-proposed-service-reductions-and-facility-closures/ In this newscast:Leadership of the Juneau School District will undergo a major changeover this summer,
Juneau’s cold-weather warming shelter was supposed to close for the season last week, but, instead, the shelter will be open year-round, thanks to a decision by the Juneau Assembly earlier this month,
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and Aware is planning a fashion show to celebrate survivors of sexual assau]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-tuesday-april-21-2026/Wed, 22 Apr 2026 03:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-tuesday-april-21-2026/ https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/21shelterforever.wav
Juneau’s cold-weather warming shelter was supposed to close for the season last week. Instead, the shelter will now be open year-round, thanks to a decision by the Juneau Assembly earlier this month. 
Jno Diedrichson sipped a late-night cup of coffee as a movie played quietl]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/patrons-say-juneaus-year-round-warming-shelter-is-a-lifeline/Wed, 22 Apr 2026 01:22:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/patrons-say-juneaus-year-round-warming-shelter-is-a-lifeline/ A proposal to raise Alaska’s age of consent from 16 to 18 took a step forward on Friday as a key part of an omnibus package of crime legislation proposed by Anchorage Democratic Sen. Matt Claman. The age of consent legislation had stalled in a Senate committee since it passed the House unanimously last year.
But the fact that it’s one of 10 bills in]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/raising-alaskas-age-of-consent-headlines-10-bill-package-of-crime-legislation/Tue, 21 Apr 2026 23:48:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/raising-alaskas-age-of-consent-headlines-10-bill-package-of-crime-legislation/ WASHINGTON — Alaska normally has three people — two senators and a House member — at the U.S. Capitol arguing for federal land and natural resources policies that boost the state’s economy.
Last week, 150 Alaskans fanned out a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaskans-flock-to-us-capitol-to-pitch-economic-development/Tue, 21 Apr 2026 21:08:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaskans-flock-to-us-capitol-to-pitch-economic-development/ The Alaska Senate advanced a resolution Monday to preserve three work visas to support Alaska’s economic security.
Alaska relies on J-1 visas to fill teacher positions, H-1B visas for highly skilled workers and the H-2B program for temporary nonagricultural workers in tourism, health care and seafood processing industries and for teachers.
Sen. Löki Tobin, D-Anchorage, sai]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-senate-advances-resolution-asking-federal-policymakers-to-protect-visa-programs/Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:10:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-senate-advances-resolution-asking-federal-policymakers-to-protect-visa-programs/ In this newscast:A year-long investigation into Anchorage and Mat-Su massage parlors has led to seven arrests involving sex trafficking,
As part of a crime bill passed by the Legislature two years ago, the Department of Corrections contracted with the Alaska Federation of Natives to conduct a study looking at ways to reduce the overrepresentation of Alaska Native People in the state’s prison population. The study wa]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-monday-april-20-2026/Tue, 21 Apr 2026 03:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-monday-april-20-2026/ Leadership of the Juneau School District will undergo a major changeover this summer. In addition to a new superintendent, more than half the superintendent’s six-member cabinet is turning over. The Juneau School Board also unanimously approved creating an assistant superintendent position on April]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/more-than-half-of-the-juneau-school-districts-leaders-will-change-this-summer/Tue, 21 Apr 2026 02:49:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/more-than-half-of-the-juneau-school-districts-leaders-will-change-this-summer/ As protesters gathered along a main thoroughfare in Fairbanks on April 11, several carried portraits of William Rexford, a 24-year-old Alaska Native man. On New Year’s Day, two Alaska State Troo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/troopers-will-not-face-charges-in-new-years-day-shooting-of-fairbanks-man-experiencing-mental-health-crisis/Tue, 21 Apr 2026 02:43:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/troopers-will-not-face-charges-in-new-years-day-shooting-of-fairbanks-man-experiencing-mental-health-crisis/ The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced that it is opening an Office of Seafood.
This first-of-its-kind office comes after years of advocacy from Alaska’s congressional delegation and fishermen
The Agriculture Department said in a press release that the Office of Seafood will, “prioritize customer service and ease of navigation for American seafood cultivators, producers, and processors to ac]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/usdas-new-seafood-office-labels-fishermen-as-farmers-of-the-sea/Mon, 20 Apr 2026 23:02:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/usdas-new-seafood-office-labels-fishermen-as-farmers-of-the-sea/ Inside the Petersburg Indian Association’s warehouse, it smelled strongly of paint.
A white, Tlingit-style fiberglass canoe rested on a boat trailer, barely fitting the room’s length. Just short of 40 feet, it will take about a dozen pullers to paddle the ca]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/petersburgs-tribe-prepares-its-first-canoe-in-a-century-for-journey-to-celebration/Mon, 20 Apr 2026 22:21:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/petersburgs-tribe-prepares-its-first-canoe-in-a-century-for-journey-to-celebration/ A program that delivers boxes of food to struggling Alaskans is set to end this summer.
A confluence of events that threatened food security in the state prompted the emergency aid starting in late 2025.
A disaster in Western Alaska brought on by ex-Typhoon Halong in October, combined with an extended federal government shutdown that caused delays to food aid around the same time, made access to]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/an-emergency-food-program-served-thousands-of-alaskans-a-gap-will-remain-when-it-ends/Mon, 20 Apr 2026 20:33:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/an-emergency-food-program-served-thousands-of-alaskans-a-gap-will-remain-when-it-ends/ Juneau filmmaker Scott Burton will premiere his documentary “Earnest Drinker: A Film about Relationships with Alcohol” at the Goldtown Theater on Tuesday, April 21, followed by a statewide premiere on KTOO 360 TV. For more details on the film and its participants, visit earnestdrinker.com.The members of the Burn Thompson Writers Group are having a poetry reading at the City Museum (114 W. 4th Street) on Saturday, April]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/scott-burtons-film-earnest-drinker-world-premiere-burn-thompson-writers-group-cancer-connection-peer-training/Sat, 18 Apr 2026 04:08:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/scott-burtons-film-earnest-drinker-world-premiere-burn-thompson-writers-group-cancer-connection-peer-training/ In this newscast:Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau was evacuated Thursday after a fire broke out in a utility closet.
Officials say a plane made a crash landing in Favorite Channel near Juneau Thursday morning.
Tlingit and Haida’s Generations Southeast Juneau Campus is offering free community emergency response team training beginning April 25th.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-friday-april-17-2026/Sat, 18 Apr 2026 03:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-friday-april-17-2026/ Identity Alaska is closing its Anchorage clinic this month due to multiple logistical and financial challenges. The clinic is the only dedicated LGBTQ+ focused health care center in the state and serves around 1,500 Alaskans for primary and mental health care. Most of the clinic’s patients were in Anchorage, but health]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaskas-only-dedicated-queer-health-care-clinic-is-closing/Fri, 17 Apr 2026 21:44:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaskas-only-dedicated-queer-health-care-clinic-is-closing/ Theater at Latitude 58 opens “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” for a two-week run April 16-26.The Juneau Symphony presents “Elegance & Energy,” which includes the premiere of the overture from the upcoming first-ever Tlingit opera composed by Ed Littlefield.
The Litter Free Juneau Community Clean-up is on Saturday, April 18.The Early Career Fair, presented by Southeast Childhood Collective, is]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-symphony-tlingit-opera-overture-charlie-brown-opens-litter-free-early-learning-fair/Fri, 17 Apr 2026 21:33:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-symphony-tlingit-opera-overture-charlie-brown-opens-litter-free-early-learning-fair/ WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard announced Thursday that the first of its two new medium-weight icebreakers will be homeported in Alaska.
A Finnish firm is under contract to build up to four of the ships, called Arctic security cutters, and the first is projected to arrive in 2028.
Sen. Dan Sullivan celebrated the homeporting announcement with the cabinet secretary who oversees the C]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/coast-guard-says-two-new-icebreakers-will-be-homeported-somewhere-in-alaska/Fri, 17 Apr 2026 21:06:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/coast-guard-says-two-new-icebreakers-will-be-homeported-somewhere-in-alaska/ KTOO’s Morning Edition Host Mike Lane sat down with Mike Lopez, a CERT program liaison in Juneau, to learn more.
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The following transcript has been lightly edited f]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/cert-program-offers-training-at-generations-southeast-juneau-campus/Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:27:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/cert-program-offers-training-at-generations-southeast-juneau-campus/ Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau was evacuated Thursday after a fire broke out in a utility closet. A maintenance staff member accidentally cut heat tape in a closet in the surgery unit shortly before 2 p.m.
Capital City Fire/Rescue responded and put out the fire, with the help of hospital staff, according to hospital spokesperson Erin Hardin. Staff, patients and visitors were evacuated. Responders gave the all clear at 3:40]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/elective-surgeries-canceled-friday-after-fire-at-bartlett-regional-hospital/Fri, 17 Apr 2026 03:52:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/elective-surgeries-canceled-friday-after-fire-at-bartlett-regional-hospital/  
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In this Newscast:A Lingit composer and musician from Sitka has been part of a team composing the first full opera in the Lingit language.
A Juneau school principal is on administrative leave and facing a charge of misdemeanor assault for allegedly restraining a student.
The Juneau School Board unanimously approved a long-awaited contract between the district and its teachers union.
President Trump has appoin]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-thursday-april-16-2026/Fri, 17 Apr 2026 03:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-thursday-april-16-2026/ Like the rest of the country, Alaskans have been paying a lot more for gas in recent weeks due to ongoing conflict in the Middle East. It was noticeable to Bryant Fiorenzi last Sunday in Fairbanks as he filled up a 2010 Mercury Mariner.
“I can’t remember a time in my driving life where I was paying $4.50 a gallon,” he said. “It’s really good on gas compared to most cars, bu]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/rising-gas-prices-squeeze-alaska-drivers-and-their-budgets/Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:22:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/rising-gas-prices-squeeze-alaska-drivers-and-their-budgets/ Officials say a plane made a crash landing in Favorite Channel near Juneau Thursday morning. The pilot, who was the plane’s sole passenger, was rescued and later transported to a hospital.
Coast Guard Public Affairs Officer Shannon Shepard said the Coast Guard received reports of a downed Cessna single-engine propeller plane in the vicinity of Boy Scout Beach and north of Shelter Island in Favorite Ch]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/pilot-transported-to-hospital-after-juneau-plane-goes-down-near-shelter-island/Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:17:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/pilot-transported-to-hospital-after-juneau-plane-goes-down-near-shelter-island/ Coast Guard officials say a floatplane went down in Favorite Channel near Juneau Thursday morning. The pilot, who was the plane’s sole passenger, was rescued and later transported to a hospital.
Coast Guard Public Affairs Officer Shannon Shepard said the Coast Guard received reports of a downed Cessna single-engine propeller plane in the vicinity of Boy Scout Beach and north of Shelter Island in Favor]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/pilot-transported-to-hospital-after-juneau-floatplane-goes-down-near-shelter-island/Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:17:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/pilot-transported-to-hospital-after-juneau-floatplane-goes-down-near-shelter-island/ This is Tongass Voices, a series from KTOO sharing perspectives from the homelands of the Áak’w Kwáan and beyond.
Shaakindustoow Ed Littlefield is a Lingít composer and musician from Sitka. For the past three years, he’s been a part of a team composing what will be the first full opera in the Lingit language. It’s about the Battle of Sitka in the early 1800s.
Littlefield composed the mu]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/tongass-voices-ed-littlefield-on-composing-a-lingit-opera/Thu, 16 Apr 2026 18:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/tongass-voices-ed-littlefield-on-composing-a-lingit-opera/ President Trump has appointed Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy to a seat on the U.S. Arctic Research Commission.
The commission promotes Arctic science and establishes priorities for funding research projects in Alaska and the international Arctic.
This is the first time a sitting governor has served on the commission, according to USARC Executive Director John Farrell, and the appointment takes effect immediately.
Dunleavy]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/trump-appoints-alaska-governor-to-a-seat-on-us-arctic-research-commission/Thu, 16 Apr 2026 04:11:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/trump-appoints-alaska-governor-to-a-seat-on-us-arctic-research-commission/ In this newscast: The Juneau Assembly will delay the planned summer demolition of the downtown Telephone Hill neighborhood until the city receives more information from prospective developers.
President Donald Trump on Friday called on Alaska voters to repeal ranked choice voting at the November election.
Two Chilkat robes – one very old, one not yet on the loop – will soon belong to a Lingit clan as t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-wednesday-april-15-2026/Thu, 16 Apr 2026 03:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-wednesday-april-15-2026/ A Juneau school principal is on administrative leave and facing a charge of misdemeanor assault for allegedly restraining a student. 
John Paul is the principal of Montessori Borealis and Yaaḵoosgé Daakahídi High School, both of which are at the Dzantik’i Heeni campus in Lemon Creek. He’s served as principal since 2023.
According to charging documents, th]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-principal-charged-with-assault-after-incident-involving-a-student/Thu, 16 Apr 2026 02:16:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-principal-charged-with-assault-after-incident-involving-a-student/ A budget proposal that would provide $100 million to shore up schools and state facilities in dire need of repairs across Alaska is on its way to a full Senate vote. The Senate Finance Committee rolled out its capital budget on Monday and passed the bill out of committee Tuesday afternoon.
The Senate’s draft would require roughly $248 million in unrestricted funds, much of]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/248-million-draft-of-senate-capital-budget-would-shore-up-schools-and-state-facilities/Wed, 15 Apr 2026 22:22:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/248-million-draft-of-senate-capital-budget-would-shore-up-schools-and-state-facilities/ The Juneau School Board unanimously approved a long-awaited contract between the district and its teachers union Tuesday night.
This marks the end of a more than yearlong negotiation process that escalated to the union authorizing a strike in March.
Board Vice President Elizabeth Siddon said she’s glad to reach an agreement after a difficult negotiation]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-school-board-approves-contract-with-teachers-union/Wed, 15 Apr 2026 21:34:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-school-board-approves-contract-with-teachers-union/ Two Chilkat robes — one very old, one not yet on the loom — will soon belong to a Lingít clan as they work to rebuild their clan house in Sitka.
In the last year, California sculptor Bruce Beasley started to think about how he can repatriate his collection of Indigenous art to the people who made]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/repatriation-and-rematriation-come-together-in-two-new-chilkat-robes-for-sitka-clan/Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/repatriation-and-rematriation-come-together-in-two-new-chilkat-robes-for-sitka-clan/ The Alaska House rejected a state Senate effort to impose corporate income taxes on energy producer Hilcorp and other similarly structured oil and gas companies.
It was the House’s first floor vote in this two-year Legislature on a major oil and gas tax measure — and a moment t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-house-rejects-senate-effort-to-impose-corporate-taxes-on-hilcorp/Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:49:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-house-rejects-senate-effort-to-impose-corporate-taxes-on-hilcorp/ In this newscast:The U.S. Forest Service will hold an in-person public meeting in Juneau tomorrow to gather feedback for the Tongass National Forest management plan revision,
The Juneau Assembly will delay the planned summer demolition of the downtown Telephone Hill neighborhood until the city receives more information from prospective developers,
A new muni-owned treatment center in Anchorage is housing people in micro-u]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-tuesday-april-14-2026/Wed, 15 Apr 2026 03:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-tuesday-april-14-2026/ https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/14teleupdate.wav
The Juneau Assembly will delay the planned summer demolition of the downtown Telephone Hill neighborhood until the city receives more information from prospective developers.
The Assembly is becoming increasingly divided on what to do with the city-owned property. The neighborhood is in a prime location in downtown Junea]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-assembly-delays-telephone-hill-demolition-pending-responses-from-prospective-developers/Wed, 15 Apr 2026 01:29:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-assembly-delays-telephone-hill-demolition-pending-responses-from-prospective-developers/ Ben Horton, Juneau Choice and Accountability Program FacilitatorNatalie Watson, Prevention ManagerSaralyn Tabach]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/culture-rich-conversations-healthy-relationships-in-rural-communities-part-one/Wed, 15 Apr 2026 01:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/culture-rich-conversations-healthy-relationships-in-rural-communities-part-one/ The U.S. Forest Service will hold an in-person public meeting in Juneau on Wednesday to gather feedback for the Tongass National Forest Management Plan revision. The plan will set the agency’s priorities for the forest over the next decade or more. 
The meeting will be held at the Juneau Ranger District building on Mendenhall Loop Road from 5 to 7 p.m. Attendance is in-person o]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/forest-service-to-hold-tongass-forest-plan-public-meeting-in-juneau-wednesday/Tue, 14 Apr 2026 23:35:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/forest-service-to-hold-tongass-forest-plan-public-meeting-in-juneau-wednesday/ Alaska Democrat Mary Peltola, who is mounting a high-profile challenge to Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, announced on Monday that her campaign raised $8.9 million in]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/peltola-announces-big-fundraising-haul-signaling-an-expensive-senate-race-in-alaska/Tue, 14 Apr 2026 23:21:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/peltola-announces-big-fundraising-haul-signaling-an-expensive-senate-race-in-alaska/ Last Saturday afternoon in Haines, people were ordering food like normal at Alpenglow Woodfired Pizza, the town’s only pizza joint.
But things weren’t normal: it was the restaurant’s last day in business. The owner announced on Facebook early last week that the restaurant was shutting down with just five days’ notice, leaving the small town with e]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/haines-only-pizza-shop-closes-its-doors/Tue, 14 Apr 2026 22:57:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/haines-only-pizza-shop-closes-its-doors/ The Alaska House approved its version of the state operating budget Monday afternoon. The budget passed along caucus lines, with all 21 members of the Democrat-heavy bipartisan majority voting in favor and all 19 minority Republicans opposed.
The bill underwent a few majo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-house-passes-budget-with-1500-permanent-fund-dividend-and-boosts-to-education-funding/Tue, 14 Apr 2026 19:26:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-house-passes-budget-with-1500-permanent-fund-dividend-and-boosts-to-education-funding/ In this newscast:Bartlett Regional Hospital has temporarily moved its emergency room entrance as the department undergoes a major multimillion-dollar renovation in the coming weeks,
The Juneau School Board will decide on ratifying a contract with the district’s teachers union at its meeting Tuesday,
At least three cruise lines have changed their itineraries this year to avoid the Tracy Arm Fjord south of Juneau, cit]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-monday-april-13-2026/Tue, 14 Apr 2026 03:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-monday-april-13-2026/ Bartlett Regional Hospital has temporarily moved its emergency room entrance as the department undergoes a major multimillion-dollar renovation in the coming weeks.  
Kim McDowell is the chief nursing officer and chief operating officer of the city-owned hospital. She said the upcoming renovations will improve both safety and quality of care for patients. It’s been nearly two decades since the emergency]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneaus-city-owned-hospital-prepares-for-multimillion-dollar-renovation-project/Tue, 14 Apr 2026 01:14:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneaus-city-owned-hospital-prepares-for-multimillion-dollar-renovation-project/ The Juneau School Board will decide on ratifying a contract with the district’s teachers union at its meeting on Tuesday night.
The Juneau Education Association spent more than a year negotiating a new contract with the district, which escalated to a union vote authorizing a strike. Both parties came to a ten]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-school-board-to-decide-on-contract-with-teachers-union/Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:26:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-school-board-to-decide-on-contract-with-teachers-union/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/folk-fest-the-red-hots-guest-dance-band-for-2026-and-juneaus-own-queens-live-in-studio-1a/Mon, 13 Apr 2026 21:36:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/folk-fest-the-red-hots-guest-dance-band-for-2026-and-juneaus-own-queens-live-in-studio-1a/ President Donald Trump on Friday called on Alaska voters to repeal ranked choice voting at the November election.
“The Wonderful People of Alaska desperately want to restore Free, Fair, and Honest Elections in their Great State, and get rid of their disastrous, and very fraudulent, “Ranked-Choice Voting,” Trump said on]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/president-donald-trump-calls-for-repeal-of-ranked-choice-voting-in-alaska/Mon, 13 Apr 2026 21:10:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/president-donald-trump-calls-for-repeal-of-ranked-choice-voting-in-alaska/ One morning last month, Olena Dubchenko packed two suitcases for her and her four-year-old son, Maksim. Aside from clothes and toys, she included a few keepsakes: a swaddle, baby blanket and a worn-out fairytale book she brought from her war-torn hometown in Ukraine.
Dubchenko was preparing to move out of her Anchorage apartment and fly to Seattle wi]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/lengthening-bureaucratic-delays-are-leaving-ukrainians-in-alaska-without-income-or-certainty-about-what-comes-next/Mon, 13 Apr 2026 20:48:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/lengthening-bureaucratic-delays-are-leaving-ukrainians-in-alaska-without-income-or-certainty-about-what-comes-next/ At least three cruise lines have tweaked their 2026 itineraries to avoid the Tracy Arm Fjord south of Juneau, citing safety concerns after a major tsunami struck the area last August.
Carnival Cruise Line, Holland America Line and Royal Caribbean Cruises have all notified customers that their ships this summer will not be visiting the area, which offers sweeping views of the Sa]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/after-last-years-historic-tsunami-some-cruise-lines-say-theyll-avoid-tracy-arm-this-year/Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:48:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/after-last-years-historic-tsunami-some-cruise-lines-say-theyll-avoid-tracy-arm-this-year/ In this newscast:Gov. Mike Dunleavy signed a $450 million fast-track budget bill Thursday afternoon, according to his spokesman.
Alaska Airlines increased checked bag fees for most customers duet to volatile fuel prices and global uncertainty.
Juneau’s three Democratic state lawmakers met with constituents downtown on Wednesday for a mid-session town hall event.
Starting today, Alaska Seaplanes can use new, propriet]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-friday-april-10-2026/Sat, 11 Apr 2026 03:14:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-friday-april-10-2026/ Gov. Mike Dunleavy told lawmakers on Thursday he’d signed a $450 million fast-track budget bill. The closely watched bill provides $70 million dollars for construction projects, $75 million for disaster relief and nearly $100 million for wildfire suppression. Lawmakers passed it late last mont]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/gov-dunleavy-signs-closely-watched-450-million-fast-track-budget-bill/Sat, 11 Apr 2026 01:09:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/gov-dunleavy-signs-closely-watched-450-million-fast-track-budget-bill/ A Juneau boy with a rare genetic disease has now undergone a potentially life-saving treatment after years of fundraising. 
Cade Jobsis just turned 5 years old, and with that birthday, received gene therapy treatment in Dallas, Texas – a treatment that could save his life. 
Cade’s mother, Emma Jobsis, has been raising money since]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-boy-undergoes-gene-therapy-after-millions-raised-to-restart-clinical-trials/Sat, 11 Apr 2026 00:32:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-boy-undergoes-gene-therapy-after-millions-raised-to-restart-clinical-trials/ Juneau’s three Democratic state lawmakers met with constituents downtown on Wednesday for a mid-session town hall event at Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé.
The Alaska Legislature’s 2026 regular session is more than halfway done. Sen. Jesse Kiehl said so far, it’s been an interesting one amid the ongoing U.S.-Israeli war against Iran. 
&ld]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-delegates-talk-oil-education-funding-at-mid-session-town-hall/Fri, 10 Apr 2026 22:26:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-delegates-talk-oil-education-funding-at-mid-session-town-hall/ Listen:
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On Thursday morning, Patrick Ford descended through clouds shrouding Juneau in a brand new Cessna 208 Caravan. The plane emerged from whiteout conditions at around 1600 feet above the Mendenhall Wetlands and glided gently onto the runway at Juneau International Airport.
Ford is a pilot and the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-seaplanes-gets-approval-for-new-departure-landing-paths-to-reduce-flight-disruptions/Fri, 10 Apr 2026 21:18:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-seaplanes-gets-approval-for-new-departure-landing-paths-to-reduce-flight-disruptions/ Listen:
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On Thursday morning, Patrick Ford descended through clouds shrouding Juneau in a brand new Cessna 208 Caravan. The plane emerged from whiteout conditions at around 1600 feet above the Mendenhall Wetlands and glided gently onto the runway at Juneau International Airport.
Ford is a pilot and the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-seaplanes-gets-approval-for-new-departure-and-landing-paths-to-reduce-cancellations-disruptions/Fri, 10 Apr 2026 21:18:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-seaplanes-gets-approval-for-new-departure-and-landing-paths-to-reduce-cancellations-disruptions/ The chief of staff for a member of the Alaska House of Representatives was arrested early Sunday morning in Juneau and accused of driving under the influence of alcohol.
Kathryn “Katy” Giorgio, 45, is an aide to Rep. Genevieve Mina, D-Anchorage, and pleaded not guilty to a class A misdemeanor in an initial hearing on Monday.
Her arrest came less than a week after Fo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-house-legislators-aide-arrested-for-dui-in-juneau/Fri, 10 Apr 2026 21:06:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-house-legislators-aide-arrested-for-dui-in-juneau/ Gubernatorial candidate Click Bishop, a former Republican state senator, on Wednesday announced he had chosen Greta Schuerch, an Alaska Native corporation board member, as his running mate.
Bishop is one of 18 candidates for Alaska governor. Incumbent Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy, a Republican, is constitutionally prevented from serving a third consecutive term.
Schuerch, 46, is from Kiana, a village in Northwest Alaska. She work]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-gop-governor-candidate-click-bishop-picks-iupiaq-leader-greta-schuerch-as-running-mate/Fri, 10 Apr 2026 20:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-gop-governor-candidate-click-bishop-picks-iupiaq-leader-greta-schuerch-as-running-mate/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/folk-fest-live-music-with-hannah-read-amp-2026-guest-artist-willi-carlisle/Fri, 10 Apr 2026 03:03:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/folk-fest-live-music-with-hannah-read-amp-2026-guest-artist-willi-carlisle/ In this newscast:A 17-year-old boy who was reported missing for nearly three weeks in Juneau was located earlier this week and returned home,
Earlier this week, Huna Totem and the City and Borough of Juneau finalized the tidelands lease agreement for a fifth cruise ship dock in downtown Juneau, which gives the final stamp for its development,
The City and Borough of Juneau stopped accepting septic waste from Gustavus last]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-thursday-april-9-2026/Fri, 10 Apr 2026 02:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-thursday-april-9-2026/ While not much has changed on Juneau’s waterfront since the Juneau Assembly approved a tidelands lease for the development of a fifth cruise ship dock downtown last year, work has been progressing in the background.
That’s according to Susan Bell with Huna Totem Corp., the Alaska Native village corporation behind t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/huna-totem-says-new-juneau-cruise-dock-construction-will-begin-next-summer/Fri, 10 Apr 2026 02:32:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/huna-totem-says-new-juneau-cruise-dock-construction-will-begin-next-summer/ It’s Alaska Folk Festival week in Juneau, which means hundreds of musicians are showcasing their skills on the Main Stage at Centennial Hall and at other venues around town.
On the first night of Folk Fest on Monday, volunteers scrambled to get ready and shared what it takes to make the festival run. 
Listen:
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/up]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/behind-the-scenes-at-alaska-folk-festival-volunteers-keep-the-show-moving/Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:29:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/behind-the-scenes-at-alaska-folk-festival-volunteers-keep-the-show-moving/ Signs of the prolonged shutdown are cropping up at the largest Coast Guard base in the country.
There’s a hiring freeze on all but a few specific positions on Base Kodiak. The local Coast Guard Exchange has partially cut its store hours short. Websites are going unmanaged.
And the last time the base’s Facebook feed was updated was Feb. 26. It says, “Due t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/third-shutdown-of-fiscal-year-has-severe-impacts-for-coast-guard/Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:09:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/third-shutdown-of-fiscal-year-has-severe-impacts-for-coast-guard/ Leaders of the state Senate are throwing cold water on hopes for a super-sized Permanent Fund dividend.
In the state House, the Finance Committee added a roughly $3,800 dividend to the latest draft of the budget April 1 before sending it on to the floor for a final debate. It would require drawing down nearly half of the state’s $3 bill]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-senate-leaders-still-aiming-for-1000-dividend-despite-high-oil-prices/Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:35:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-senate-leaders-still-aiming-for-1000-dividend-despite-high-oil-prices/ Listen to this story:
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Most households and businesses in the rural community of Gustavus rely on septic systems. For years, a private company from Juneau ferried over to pump them out. 
But the City an]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/officials-are-still-looking-for-a-solution-after-juneau-rejected-pfas-contaminated-poop-from-gustavus/Thu, 09 Apr 2026 03:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/officials-are-still-looking-for-a-solution-after-juneau-rejected-pfas-contaminated-poop-from-gustavus/ In this newscast:Juneau’s teachers union voted earlier this week in favor of approving a tentative contract agreement with the Juneau School District,
After months of public pushback, the Juneau Assembly will revisit the current redevelopment plan for the Telephone Hill neighborhood in downtown Juneau,
The 2026 Traditional Games begin in the capital city Friday,
A behind-the-scenes look at the 51st Alaska Folk Festi]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-wednesday-april-8-2026/Thu, 09 Apr 2026 03:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-wednesday-april-8-2026/ Audio 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 onl]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/folk-fest-carey-seward-amp-the-sizz-air-jazz-new-music-and-talk-at-sealaska/Thu, 09 Apr 2026 02:58:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/folk-fest-carey-seward-amp-the-sizz-air-jazz-new-music-and-talk-at-sealaska/ The 2026 Traditional Games begin in the capital city on Friday. Around 200 participants from around the state and at least three other countries will compete through Sunday at Juneau Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé.The free event is co-hosted by the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska and Sea]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneaus-ninth-traditional-games-welcomes-international-competitors/Thu, 09 Apr 2026 02:46:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneaus-ninth-traditional-games-welcomes-international-competitors/ Juneau’s teachers union voted earlier this week in favor of approving a tentative contract agreement with the Juneau School District. Now, it’s the school board’s turn to decide whether to approve the contract before it’s implemented.
The majority vote comes after more than a year of strained contract negotiations between the district]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-teachers-union-approves-contract-with-school-district/Thu, 09 Apr 2026 01:32:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-teachers-union-approves-contract-with-school-district/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/roe-seized-from-factory-trawler-accused-of-fishing-violations-in-alaskas-bering-sea/Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:15:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/roe-seized-from-factory-trawler-accused-of-fishing-violations-in-alaskas-bering-sea/ This is Tongass Voices, a series from KTOO sharing perspectives from the homelands of the Áak’w Kwáan and beyond.
This week is the Alaska Folk Festival, an annual music festival in Juneau that started in 1975.
Folk Fest is completely free to attend, thanks to the work of dozens and dozens of volunteers. With about 12]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/tongass-voices-hiram-henry-on-the-volunteers-that-drive-folk-fest/Wed, 08 Apr 2026 22:04:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/tongass-voices-hiram-henry-on-the-volunteers-that-drive-folk-fest/ This is Tongass Voices, a series from KTOO sharing perspectives from the homelands of the Áak’w Kwáan and beyond.
This week is the Alaska Folk Festival, an annual music festival in Juneau that started in 1975.
Folk Fest is completely free to attend, thanks to the work of dozens and dozens of volunteers. With about 12]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/tongass-voices-hiram-henry-on-the-volunteers-that-drive-alaska-folk-fest/Wed, 08 Apr 2026 22:04:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/tongass-voices-hiram-henry-on-the-volunteers-that-drive-alaska-folk-fest/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/folk-fest-live-music-with-quinton-woolman-morgan-and-big-sissy-pink-martini-on-their-upcoming-juneau-concert/Wed, 08 Apr 2026 03:04:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/folk-fest-live-music-with-quinton-woolman-morgan-and-big-sissy-pink-martini-on-their-upcoming-juneau-concert/ In this newscast:The Anchorage Forestry Sciences Lab is set to close and the future of the Pacific Northwest Research Station lab in Juneau is uncertain since the U.S. Forest Service began a national restructuring last week,
The city’s cold weather emergency shelter, which was set to close for the season next week, is turning into a year-round operation,
Judge Sharon Gleason dismissed a federal class-action lawsuit]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-tuesday-april-7-2026/Wed, 08 Apr 2026 03:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-tuesday-april-7-2026/ After months of public pushback, the Juneau Assembly will revisit the current redevelopment plan for the Telephone Hill neighborhood in downtown Juneau. 
The neighborhood is currently scheduled to be demolished this summer following approval from the Assembly last year. But at a meeting Monday night, Assembly members voted to reexamine that timeline and the redevelopment]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-assembly-agrees-to-reexamine-telephone-hill-demolition-plan-and-timeline/Wed, 08 Apr 2026 02:49:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-assembly-agrees-to-reexamine-telephone-hill-demolition-plan-and-timeline/ Juneau’s cold weather emergency shelter, which was set to close for the season next week, is turning into a year-round operation. The Juneau Assembly unanimously approved an ordinance on Monday to make that change.
The aim is that opening the shelter year-round would help address Juneau’s current lack of shelter space and]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-assembly-approves-opening-winter-warming-shelter-year-round/Tue, 07 Apr 2026 23:47:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-assembly-approves-opening-winter-warming-shelter-year-round/ Fishermen in Southeast Alaska will be able to harvest about 70,000 more king salmon this season than last year.
The state Department of Fish and Game announced the harvest goal for all gear groups on March 31.
“It’s not, you know, a great catch limit, but it’s a decent catch limit,” said fish biologist Dani Evenson, with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/southeast-alaska-back-to-average-harvest-goal-for-king-salmon-after-2025-low/Tue, 07 Apr 2026 22:04:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/southeast-alaska-back-to-average-harvest-goal-for-king-salmon-after-2025-low/ Ahead of the Easter weekend, an Alaska House committee inserted a massive Permanent Fund dividend into its latest draft of the state budget. It’d be in line with the formula used to calculate the dividend until the mid-2010s, what’s called a statutory dividend, a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/house-committee-oks-3800-dividend-that-would-spend-half-of-state-savings/Tue, 07 Apr 2026 21:48:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/house-committee-oks-3800-dividend-that-would-spend-half-of-state-savings/ The Anchorage Forestry Sciences Lab is set to close and the future of the Pacific Northwest Research Station lab in Juneau is uncertain since the U.S. Forest Service began a national restructuring last week.
The agency announced last Tuesday that its headquarters will move to Utah, the existing regional structure will be switched to a state structure and dozens of forest research labs will close. But there are still many unknowns that the age]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/future-of-juneaus-forest-service-lab-in-limbo-after-agency-announces-restructuring-closes-anchorage-forestry-lab/Tue, 07 Apr 2026 03:25:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/future-of-juneaus-forest-service-lab-in-limbo-after-agency-announces-restructuring-closes-anchorage-forestry-lab/ Metals mining has a prominent place in Alaska history. Today, it remains a prominent economic driver in the state.
Over the past decade, the metals mining sector has made up 3% to 4% of Alaska’s gross domestic]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/metals-mining-in-alaska-still-a-big-source-of-jobs-money-and-exports-report-says/Tue, 07 Apr 2026 03:09:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/metals-mining-in-alaska-still-a-big-source-of-jobs-money-and-exports-report-says/ In this newscast:The city is now asking residents to weigh in on potential projects that could be funded by the fees paid by cruise ship passengers this year,
The Juneau Assembly will vote tonight during a regular meeting on whether to turn the city’s cold weather emergency shelter into a year-round operation,
A labor union representing Ketchikan shipyard workers has filed three charges against the yard’s new]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-monday-april-6-2026/Tue, 07 Apr 2026 03:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-monday-april-6-2026/ The city is asking residents to weigh in on potential projects that could be funded by the fees paid by cruise ship passengers this year. 
Funding an extension of the seawalk, adding more downtown public restrooms and offsetting Juneau Mountain Rescue operation costs are some of the proposed projects. Residents have until May 3 to submit comments. 
Each cruise ship passenger who]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/cruise-ship-passenger-free-proposals-include-seawalk-extension-more-downtown-public-restrooms/Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:54:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/cruise-ship-passenger-free-proposals-include-seawalk-extension-more-downtown-public-restrooms/ The city is asking residents to weigh in on potential projects that could be funded by the fees paid by cruise ship passengers this year. 
Funding an extension of the seawalk, adding more downtown public restrooms and offsetting Juneau Mountain Rescue operation costs are some of the proposed projects. Residents have until May 3 to submit comments. 
Each cruise ship passenger who]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/cruise-ship-passenger-fee-proposals-include-seawalk-extension-more-downtown-public-restrooms/Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:54:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/cruise-ship-passenger-fee-proposals-include-seawalk-extension-more-downtown-public-restrooms/ A group of Juneau organizations and the regional tribal government are working together on an event that will provide direct services to unhoused people in Juneau. 
The Juneau Coalition on Housing and Homelessness and the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska’s Community Advocacy Program are partnering to host Project Homeless Connect on Tuesday.
The event]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-organizations-will-host-an-event-to-help-unhoused-people-connect-with-services/Mon, 06 Apr 2026 22:33:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-organizations-will-host-an-event-to-help-unhoused-people-connect-with-services/ From laid-back jam sessions to unique late-night sets, KXLL has got you covered to help you plan your after-hours Folk Fest experience. We’ll be updating it throughout the week with any]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/2026-kxll-nightlife-guide/Mon, 06 Apr 2026 22:33:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/2026-kxll-nightlife-guide/ Two Alaska inmates died in one week at the end of March according to the state department of corrections.
Johnny Allen Nashookpuk was 63 years old and Jeffery Mulifai was 66. They were both most recently housed at Goose Creek Correctional Center in Wasilla.
They are the first two deaths reported in state custody in 2026. A spokesperson for the department, Betsy Holley, did not respond to questio]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-department-of-corrections-reports-two-inmate-deaths-in-one-week/Mon, 06 Apr 2026 20:56:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-department-of-corrections-reports-two-inmate-deaths-in-one-week/ Linguists across the state say Alaska’s primary research institute for Alaska Native languages is being starved of funding, and that its mission is at risk. But administrators at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, which houses the Alaska Native Language Center, say that’s not true — and that it’s actually growing.
The stat]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/at-hearing-linguists-tell-lawmakers-that-the-alaska-native-language-centers-mission-is-at-risk/Sat, 04 Apr 2026 23:52:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/at-hearing-linguists-tell-lawmakers-that-the-alaska-native-language-centers-mission-is-at-risk/ Three of Alaska’s key shipping companies are set to hike rates as fuel prices skyrocket amid the war with Iran.
Alaska Marine Lines, Matson and Tote Maritime are all increasing their fuel-related surcharges, starting this month.
Alaska Marine Lines ships freight to communities in Southeast Alaska, including Haines, Skagway an]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-freight-shipping-costs-set-to-spike-amid-war-in-iran/Sat, 04 Apr 2026 23:32:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-freight-shipping-costs-set-to-spike-amid-war-in-iran/ In this newscast:Staff at the University of Alaska have successfully voted to form a union,
The City and Borough of Juneau’s budget-making process officially kicked off Wednesday,
The state of Alaska is collecting input from Juneau residents hit by glacial outburst flooding in 2024 to help decide how a federal grant for $6 million will be spent,
A group of Juneau organizations and the regional tribal government are]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-friday-april-3-2026/Sat, 04 Apr 2026 03:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-friday-april-3-2026/ Theater Alaska is offering two youth programs in April:Knight at Dawn KIDS — Theater Alaska on April 3 & 4Retention: An Academic Pentathlon — Theater Alaska on April 17, 18, 19KXLL is sponsoring Hip-Hop Night at The Crystal Saloon, and the annual KTOO Nightlife Guide has coverage of all non-Folk Fest Mainstage events happening during the week of April 6-12.
UAS Folk Fest brings together student bands and local and n]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/uas-folk-fest-theater-alaska-youth-programs-kxll-hip-hop-day/Sat, 04 Apr 2026 02:58:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/uas-folk-fest-theater-alaska-youth-programs-kxll-hip-hop-day/ The state of Alaska is collecting input from Juneau residents hit by glacial outburst flooding in 2024 to help decide how a $6,051,588 federal grant will be spent.  
That flood, which occurred before the city put up a temporary levee along the river, inundated nearly 300 homes in the Mendenhall Valley overnight, forcing people to evacuate through the ice cold wate]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/state-seeks-community-input-on-2024-glacial-outburst-flood-federal-grant-priorities/Sat, 04 Apr 2026 02:26:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/state-seeks-community-input-on-2024-glacial-outburst-flood-federal-grant-priorities/ The Juneau Assembly will vote Monday night during a regular meeting on whether to turn the city’s cold weather emergency shelter into a year-round operation. Right now, it’s only open from mid-October through mid-April. 
City officials say it would help address Juneau’s current lack of shelter space and housing units, and would reduce the number of unhoused people camping in t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-assembly-will-decide-whether-to-offer-winter-warming-shelter-year-round/Fri, 03 Apr 2026 23:53:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-assembly-will-decide-whether-to-offer-winter-warming-shelter-year-round/ As the Alaska Folk Festival approaches, so does a big spike in activity at downtown bars.With that comes concerns about drink safety. Two people in Juneau who work to prevent sexual assault in different ways say it’s everyone’s responsibility to look out for each other.
Tawney Letterman has served drinks at bars for 16 years. She said there’s a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/advocates-remind-bar-patrons-to-stay-vigilant-about-drink-safety-as-folk-festival-approaches/Fri, 03 Apr 2026 21:26:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/advocates-remind-bar-patrons-to-stay-vigilant-about-drink-safety-as-folk-festival-approaches/ Large majorities of Alaskans tell pollsters they’re sick of changing their clocks twice a year. And for years, lawmakers have introduced bills that would stop us from springing forward and falling back.
This year is no exception. But the thornier question is, what time should it be?
In some sense, it’s principle versus pragmatism. Nature versus industry. Early birds versus night owls.
The one]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaskans-want-to-stop-changing-their-clocks-but-what-time-should-it-be/Fri, 03 Apr 2026 20:17:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaskans-want-to-stop-changing-their-clocks-but-what-time-should-it-be/ The Univeristy of Alaska Southeast Dual Enrollment Progam offers high school students an opportunity to get a jump start on their college career. UAS welcomes registration of high school and homeschool students who are prepared for college-level work. Jessica Dean from UAS, and Nate Dutton from Juneau Schools detail the program options, and how to get registered.
Upates from the Juneau Commission on Aging with Deborah Craig and L]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/uas-dual-enrollment-offers-registered-high-school-and-homeschool-students-college-credit/Fri, 03 Apr 2026 06:17:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/uas-dual-enrollment-offers-registered-high-school-and-homeschool-students-college-credit/ Staff at the University of Alaska have successfully voted to form a union. 
The group calls itself the Coalition of Alaska University Employees for Equity, or CAUSE-UAW. It’s organizing as part of the United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, one of the largest unions in the nation.
The union covers permanent staff, including people]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/university-of-alaska-staff-successfully-vote-to-form-a-union/Fri, 03 Apr 2026 03:53:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/university-of-alaska-staff-successfully-vote-to-form-a-union/ In this newscast:Three young mountain goats with a highly contagious viral skin infection have been found this winter on popular Juneau hiking trails,
The Juneau Assembly voted last night to end the city’s involvement in Eaglecrest Ski Area’s controversial gondola project and pay back a $10 million investment from Goldbelt Incorporated,
Alaska school districts consistently build budgets based on many uncertain]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-thursday-april-2-2026/Fri, 03 Apr 2026 02:58:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-thursday-april-2-2026/ The Alaska Senate on Wednesday advanced a constitutional amendment that would establish a dedicated fund for public education.
If passed, lawmakers could design a new source of state revenue to go toward the fund that would be used specifically for schools. The resolution states that the Legislature could only appropriate money from the fund for public ed]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-senate-advances-constitutional-amendment-to-establish-education-fund/Fri, 03 Apr 2026 01:17:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-senate-advances-constitutional-amendment-to-establish-education-fund/ https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/02budgetbuster.wav
The City and Borough of Juneau’s budget-making process officially kicked off on Wednesday. Over the next few months, the Juneau Assembly will face tough decisions about how to balance a budget that faces a multimillion-dollar hole. 
Throughout the next few mont]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-begins-budget-process-that-likely-could-see-significant-cuts-to-services/Fri, 03 Apr 2026 01:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-begins-budget-process-that-likely-could-see-significant-cuts-to-services/ Three young mountain goats with a highly contagious viral skin infection have been found this winter on popular Juneau hiking trails. 
The infection, which can transfer to humans and pets, is called contagious ecthyma. Skin lesions form around the mouth, eyes and nose. It’s usually mild in humans and dogs, but it’s typically more severe and fatal in lambs and goat kids. 
Carl K]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/after-third-mountain-goat-dies-from-contagious-skin-infection-signage-goes-up-on-popular-juneau-hiking-trails/Thu, 02 Apr 2026 23:43:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/after-third-mountain-goat-dies-from-contagious-skin-infection-signage-goes-up-on-popular-juneau-hiking-trails/ The Alaska House narrowly passed a bill Wednesday that would update the state’s corporate income tax to capture more revenue from companies that sell to Alaskans over the internet.
The heart of House Bill 280 is a change to what’s known as market-based sourcing. That’s a method of calculating corporate income taxes that’s based on the location of the customer, rather tha]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-house-passes-new-version-of-vetoed-corporate-tax-change/Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:28:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-house-passes-new-version-of-vetoed-corporate-tax-change/ The Juneau Assembly voted on Wednesday night to end the city’s involvement in Eaglecrest Ski Area’s controversial gondola project and pay back a $10 million investment from Goldbelt Incorporated.
The Assembly’s vote came during a finance committee meeting, which means it isn’t final. Procedurally, the Assembly still needs to introduce an ordinance, take public t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-assembly-votes-to-end-the-citys-involvement-in-eaglecrest-ski-areas-gondola/Thu, 02 Apr 2026 07:54:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneau-assembly-votes-to-end-the-citys-involvement-in-eaglecrest-ski-areas-gondola/ Alaska school districts consistently build budgets based on many uncertainties, but a bill that aims to stabilize the budgeting process moved out of the House Education Committee Wednesday. 
House Bill 261 would change how students and certain schools are counted under the state’s education funding formula. This would allow school districts to budget with more certa]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/bill-that-aims-to-stabilize-school-district-budgeting-advances-out-of-house-education-committee/Thu, 02 Apr 2026 03:12:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/bill-that-aims-to-stabilize-school-district-budgeting-advances-out-of-house-education-committee/ In this newscast:Wild king salmon sport fishing regulations for 2026 took effect across Southeast today. In most inside waters of the northern panhandle, the season opens June 15,
Around 25,000 Alaskans lost all or part of their health insurance subsidies in 2026 due to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act,
Pink Martini, a band from Portland, Oregon, will play in Sitka and Juneau in a couple of weeks to benefit the rebuilding o]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-wednesday-april-1-2026/Thu, 02 Apr 2026 03:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-wednesday-april-1-2026/ Wild king salmon sport fishing regulations for 2026 took effect across Southeast on Wednesday. In most inside waters of the northern panhandle, including Juneau, the season opens June 15. 
Daniel Teske is a Juneau area management biologist for sport fisheries at the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. He said the regulations for kings, also called Chinook salmon, haven’t change]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/wild-king-salmon-sport-regulations-take-effect-in-juneau-area/Thu, 02 Apr 2026 02:57:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/wild-king-salmon-sport-regulations-take-effect-in-juneau-area/ The Alaska Folk Festival kicks off next Monday, April 6, for a full week of music, guest artists, and workshops. In addition, the festival is premiering “50 Years of Folk Fest,” a documentary that chronicles its history and impact. Full details and schedule available at akfolkfest.org.The Marie Darlin Prize is a $5,000 award that celebrates an outstanding Juneau artist, writer, or performer whose recent work expresse]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-folk-festival-premieres-50-years-of-folk-fest-documentary/Thu, 02 Apr 2026 02:43:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-folk-festival-premieres-50-years-of-folk-fest-documentary/ Guest host Christina Love, a recent recipient of AWARE’s Women of Distinction honor for her work in advocacy and as U.S Commissioner on Civil Rights, navigates the conversation with a panel of experts in the field.
Guests include:Natasha Jackson, Community Advocacy Manager, Tlingit & HaidaNatalie Watso]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/sexual-assault-and-prevention-with-aware-child-adocacy-center-and-tlingit-amp-haida-with-guest-host-christina-love/Wed, 01 Apr 2026 22:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/sexual-assault-and-prevention-with-aware-child-adocacy-center-and-tlingit-amp-haida-with-guest-host-christina-love/ Phoenix Johnson works in political advocacy and education now, but around two decades ago, fresh out of the Unit]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/after-sitka-doctor-is-convicted-of-assaulting-patients-a-former-ketchikan-colleague-comes-forward/Wed, 01 Apr 2026 21:51:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/after-sitka-doctor-is-convicted-of-assaulting-patients-a-former-ketchikan-colleague-comes-forward/ A legislative resolution urging a continued and better-enforced ban on Russian seafood in the United States is headed to Gov. Mike Dunleavy.
Part of a series of actions by Alaska lawmakers to try to shore up the state&rsq]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-lawmakers-push-for-continued-ban-on-russian-seafood-imports/Wed, 01 Apr 2026 21:11:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/alaska-lawmakers-push-for-continued-ban-on-russian-seafood-imports/ U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski said she didn’t want to be “lecture-y,” but she told state lawmakers that they needed to step up their game in a few areas.
“And one of those areas – I’m just going to offer it up here – is matching funds,” she said in her annual address to the Alaska Legislature Tuesday. “Wh]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/murkowski-asks-alaska-legislature-to-up-its-game/Wed, 01 Apr 2026 20:19:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/murkowski-asks-alaska-legislature-to-up-its-game/ Mayors of the five boroughs that would host elements of the Alaska gasline project say they’re not on board with a bill from Gov. Mike Dunleavy offering tax breaks for the project. At least, not yet.
The governor’s bill would replace a statewide 20-mill property tax on oil and gas infrastructure, split between the state and local governments, with a volu]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/borough-mayors-urge-changes-to-dunleavys-alaska-lng-tax-break-bill/Wed, 01 Apr 2026 19:36:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/borough-mayors-urge-changes-to-dunleavys-alaska-lng-tax-break-bill/ In this newscast:Today is the last day for Alaskans to apply for a 2026 Permanent Fund Dividend,
Juneau’s beloved city-owned Eaglecrest Ski Area is embroiled in controversy over a gondola project and its price tag,
A theater in a historic building in downtown Juneau is being brought back to life after sitting empty for years,
Mayors of the five boroughs that would host elements of the Alaska gasline project say tha]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-tuesday-march-31-2026/Wed, 01 Apr 2026 03:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/newscast-tuesday-march-31-2026/ Inside an 86-year-old movie theater in downtown Juneau, a group of film lovers sifted through decades of debris in a dusty room behind the big screen. 
There were a couple of generations of theater seats in various states of deconstruction and decay. Red rolls of tickets and an ancient cash register sat on shelves. A]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneaus-20th-century-theater-is-seeing-new-life-and-a-new-name-as-aurora-grand/Wed, 01 Apr 2026 01:29:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneaus-20th-century-theater-is-seeing-new-life-and-a-new-name-as-aurora-grand/ Guest host Christina Love, a recent recipient of AWARE’s Women of Distinction honor for her work in advocacy and as U.S Commissioner on Civil Rights, navigates the conversation with a panel of experts in the field.
Guests include:Natasha Jackson, Community Advocacy Manager, Tlingit & HaidaNatalie Watso]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/sexual-assault-and-prevention-with-aware-child-advocacy-center-and-tlingit-amp-haida-with-guest-host-christina-love/Wed, 01 Apr 2026 01:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/sexual-assault-and-prevention-with-aware-child-advocacy-center-and-tlingit-amp-haida-with-guest-host-christina-love/ Annie Goodenough spends her summers traveling the Alaska coast on cruise ships.
But she’s not there for glacier views or whale sightings. She’s a state inspector, tasked with ensuring the ships aren’t endangering Alaska’s natural]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/for-months-carnival-corp-has-withheld-water-pollution-data-from-alaska-regulators/Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:41:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/for-months-carnival-corp-has-withheld-water-pollution-data-from-alaska-regulators/ Juneau’s beloved city-owned Eaglecrest Ski Area is embroiled in controversy over a gondola project and its price tag, which has ballooned to a potential cost of as much as $37 million.
That has left city leaders and the ski area’s board scrambling to find ways to make the millions of dollars in unexpected costs pencil out. Now some are worried the situation could threaten the ex]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneaus-city-owned-ski-area-faces-uncertain-future-as-gondola-project-cost-balloons/Tue, 31 Mar 2026 23:33:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/anchorage/juneaus-city-owned-ski-area-faces-uncertain-future-as-gondola-project-cost-balloons/