KTOO News Update

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• A hydroelectric plant and salmon hatchery near Petersburg are working out how to keep the water they shar…

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• The Juneau Assembly delayed voting on whether to adopt a ranked choice voting system for local elections …

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• Alaska Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski isn’t ruling out running for governor.
• Juneau Assembly members r…

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• Registration for after-school child care in the Juneau School District opened, but information provided t…

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• Juneau police say DNA has identified human remains found in the Gastineau Channel more than 20 years ago,
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• Juneau residents will see a hike in their utility rates beginning in August,
• A Juneau man was medevaced to Seattle th…

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• The Juneau Assembly narrowly voted against putting two bond questions on this fall’s municipal ballot at …

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• Southeast’s sunshine yesterday was one for the books, literally. Multiple towns in the region reached rec…

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• Contract negotiations between the Juneau School District and the Juneau Education Associations stalled Th…

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• A second Juneau school board member is not running for reelection.
• Juneau’s Bartlett Regional Hospital le…

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• Satellite internet provider Starlink experienced a major “network outage” on Thursday that lasted about two…

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• A 35-year-old woman has died after the vessel she was on capsized near Sitka on Sunday.
• Nearly all the st…

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• The City and Borough of Juneau is inviting developers, nonprofit and tribal governments to apply for gran…

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• Tomorrow marks one month since Juneau resident Benjamin or “Benny” Stepetin was last seen in the capital …

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• The Environmental Protection Agency is sticking with its veto of the proposed Pebble Mine project in southwest Al…

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• The Juneau Assembly is moving forward with a plan to temporarily move its regular meetings from City Hall…

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• The Petersburg Borough settled a lawsuit from its police chief out of court.
• The Juneau School District B…

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• As electronic gaming machines chime away at the Eklutna Tribe’s new casino near Anchorage, the high-stake…

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• June’s commercial salmon harvest in the South Alaska Peninsula was one of the lowest in four decades.
• Wra…

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• A Juneau man who pleaded guilty to stabbing someone to death at a senior and disabled housing facility in…