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• What to know about Alaska’s general election

  12-10-2026 15:00 via ktoo.org
  An Alaskan votes in the primary election at the State Office Building in Juneau on Aug. 18, 2026. (Jamie Diep/KTOO)
  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
  
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• As King Cove road issue heads to federal appeals court, Peltola reiterates her support

  15-10-2026 15:00 via ktoo.org
  An aerial view, taken by drone, shows the King Cove area where the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities is seeking to start construction on a road to Cold Bay. (Photo by Gabe Strong/Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities)
  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
  
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• Halong: 1 year after the storm

  15-10-2026 14:59 via ktoo.org
  Construction crews repair storm-damaged buildings in Kipnuk on Aug. 11, 2026. (Photo by Gabby Hiestand Salgado/KYUK)
  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
  
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• What a ‘Godzilla’ El Niño could mean for snow across Alaska this winter

  15-10-2026 04:36 via ktoo.org
  Termination dust powders the Juneau Ridge on Oct. 14, 2026, marking the change in season. (Photo by Alix Soliman/KTOO)
  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
  
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• Newscast – Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026

  15-10-2026 03:00 via ktoo.org
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  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
  
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• Cancer Connection Community Health Forum | Evening at Egan: ‘Climate change and high-altitude agriculture: the work plants do’ | Thrush Hill Music faculty recital

  15-10-2026 02:53 via ktoo.org
  Juneau Afternoon recorded live on Wednesday, October 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
  
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• Juneau School District explores new elementary school model as enrollment declines

  14-10-2026 23:14 via ktoo.org
  Families enter Mendenhall River Community School on Aug. 15, 2025. (Photo by Jamie Diep/KTOO)
  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
  
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• Trump rally brings pardons, promises and endorsements to Wasilla

  14-10-2026 21:17 via ktoo.org
  President Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Wasilla on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026. (Photo by James Daggett/Alaska Public Media)
  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
  
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• Passenger numbers on track for record at major Alaska airports

  14-10-2026 15:00 via ktoo.org
  Passengers arrive at the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport on April 20, 2022. (Photo by Jeff Chen/Alaska Public Media)
  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
  
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• ‘Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity’: Trump supporters line up hours early for Wasilla rally

  14-10-2026 15:00 via ktoo.org
  Juneau resident Cindy Fuller sits in a chair with an American flag print near the shuttle to get to President Donald Trump’s midterm rally in Wasilla. (Photo by Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media)
  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
  
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• Alaska governor candidates address growing gap in childcare

  14-10-2026 15:00 via ktoo.org
  Children at the Hmoob Cultural Center of Alaska on Aug. 7, 2024. The childcare center opened in Anchorage in 2022 and struggled with high operating costs and low state subsidies. It has since closed. (Photo by Adam Nicely/Alaska Public Media)
  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
  
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• Newscast – Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026

  14-10-2026 03:00 via ktoo.org
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  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
  
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• Two sent to hospital in separate vehicle strike incidents in Juneau this weekend

  14-10-2026 01:51 via ktoo.org
  Juneau Police Department vehicles park in downtown Juneau on Thursday, June 13, 2024. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  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-
  
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• Indigenous scholars meet in Juneau to collaborate and highlight tribal resilience

  13-10-2026 22:57 via ktoo.org
  Alaska Native Languages Professor X̱’unei Lance Twitchell speaks with Native Children’s Research Exchange Scholars in Juneau on Oct. 12, 2026. (Photo courtesy of NCRE)
  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
  
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• How the state uses prison labor in Juneau to subsidize its ferry system

  13-10-2026 22:39 via ktoo.org
  Incarcerated workers at Lemon Creek Correctional Center move clean sheets at the prison’s laundry warehouse on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  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
  
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• Mat-Su officials call preparation for Trump visit ‘overwhelming’ and ‘exciting’

  13-10-2026 20:05 via ktoo.org
  President Donald Trump during a press conference on Aug. 15, 2025, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. (Wesley Early/Alaska Public Media)
  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 &
  
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• Juneau had another record-breaking cruise season. Here’s how it went.

  13-10-2026 19:19 via ktoo.org
  Mount Jumbo looms over the Oceania Riviera in downtown Juneau on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  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
  
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• Trump’s push for $50B Korean investment in Alaska gasline faces familiar economic challenges

  13-10-2026 15:00 via ktoo.org
  A tanker takes on a shipment at the Kenai LNG plant in October 2015. (Rachel Waldholz/APRN)
  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
  
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• Updated election results show Juneau voters continue to support seasonal tax

  10-10-2026 22:11 via ktoo.org
  Juneau Assembly candidate Paul Kelly smiles as he waves signs with supporters in the Mendenhall Valley on municipal Election Day on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026. (Photo by Jamie Diep/KTOO)
  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. &
  
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• Second Annual Juneau Wayzgoose | Mudrooms storytelling event | KXLL history chat with Andy Kline

  10-10-2026 02:53 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Juneau Afternoon recorded live on October 9, 2026
  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
  
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• Newscast – Friday, Oct. 9, 2026

  10-10-2026 02:53 via ktoo.org
  
  
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  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
  
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• New Alaska sea sponge species fuel debate over fishery practices

  10-10-2026 02:45 via ktoo.org
  Deep-sea sponges and other invertebrates collected during a bottom trawl survey in Alaska are seen in a basked. (NOAA Fisheries)
  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
  
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• Rare albino caribou calf photographed for possibly the first time in Alaska

  10-10-2026 01:55 via ktoo.org
  An albino caribou calf photographed with its mother on Alaska’s North Slope in late June, 2026. (Jordan Pruszenski/Alaska Department of Fish and Game)
  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
  
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• Man barricading himself inside downtown office building surrenders to Juneau Police

  10-10-2026 01:12 via ktoo.org
  Juneau Police Chief Derek Bos speaks with an officer at the doorway of the state Community Building in Juneau on Oct. 9, 2026. (Photo by Jamie Diep/KTOO)
  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
  
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• ‘Putting ourselves back together’: Juneau educator confronts boarding schools’ legacy

  09-10-2026 22:01 via ktoo.org
  Hana’ackm Ggoadm ‘Tsoal Naomi Leask helps a woman with family research at an Orange Shirt Day event at the Zach Gordon Youth Center on Sept. 30, 2026. (Photo by Yvonne Krumrey/KTOO)
  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
  
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• October is Filipino American History Month

  09-10-2026 15:00 via ktoo.org
  Filipino Community, Inc. held a “2026 Seniors Prom” at the Filipino Community Hall at the end of Sept. 2026. (Photo courtesy of Filipino Community, Inc.)
  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
  
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• New interactive tsunami map helps Alaska communities prepare for the worst

  09-10-2026 14:59 via ktoo.org
  Tsunami damage along the Kodiak waterfront after the 1964 Alaska earthquake. (United States Geological Survey)
  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
  
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• Fu Bao is SAIL’s Advocate of the Year | Artist & musician Harper Joy Gunn | Elections update with KTOO’s Clarise Larson

  09-10-2026 06:01 via ktoo.org
  Juneau Afternoon recorded live on Thursday, October 8, 2026
  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
  
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• Trump to rally for Sullivan in Wasilla next week

  09-10-2026 03:20 via ktoo.org
  Donald Trump at his 2022 rally at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage. (Kendrick Whiteman/Alaska Public Media)
  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
  
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• Alaska gubernatorial candidate settles campaign finance complaint with state regulators

  09-10-2026 03:17 via ktoo.org
  Former Attorney General Treg Taylor speaks at a Sept. 8, 2026, gubernatorial candidate forum held by the Last Frontier Republican Club at the Petroleum Club of Anchorage. (Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)
  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
  
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