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Douglas Lawson Creek Cemeteries Project celebrates five years of work | Corin & Friends Comedy Show returns for second year at Goldtown
Juneau Afternoon recorded live on Wednesday, August 26, 2026. Bostin 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:. Juneau Afternoon is a production of the...
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Tongass Voices: Holly Huber on competing for Miss USA
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 Miss USA 2026 will be crowned Thursday evening.
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Volunteers mark 5 years of cleaning Douglas cemeteries
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 short — people who died in their 20s and 30s. The years on the markers read from the late 1800s to the 1930s.
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State approves controversial New Amalga mine access road in Juneau
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...
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Army Corps plans to construct glacial outburst flood solution before Juneau’s 2030 flood
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...
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State approves controversial New Amalga mine access road in Juneau
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...
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New playground at Juneau’s Dzantik’i Heeni campus closes just days after opening
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.
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SEARHC opens new compounding pharmacy in Mendenhall Valley after years without one
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 Pharmacy. It’s located at the exact same location Juneau’s longtime Ron’s Apothecary Shoppe once called home.
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School year begins with new playground and administrators in Juneau
Juneau students went back to school 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 Shaanáx̱...
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Ellie Carpenter becomes Juneau’s 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’t allowed into the program. But that changed in 2019, when the Boy Scouts program made a historic shift to officially allow girls to join and earn the rank of Eagle Scout.
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Juneau homes assessed for “minor” damage from glacial outburst flood
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”...
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Discover the Allure of Juneau, AK for Adventure-Loving Retirees: Tax Benefits and Scenic Beauty
Juneau offers retirees access to stunning natural scenery, a vibrant arts community, and tax benefits for older residents. Alaska’s lack of state income tax and Juneau’s property and sales tax exemptions can help offset the city’s high cost of living. Juneau’s remote location and reliance on air...
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Juneau’s Egan and Vanderbilt intersection reopens after months-long closure
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 project, we...
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Residents Invited to Celebrate Reopenings of Two Juneau Parks in August
Residents Invited to Celebrate Reopenings of Two Juneau Parks in August. The City and Borough of Juneau Parks & Recreation invites the community to celebrate the recent upgrades and reopenings of both Sigoowu Ye Park in Lemon Creek and the Thunder Mountain Bike Park in the Mendenhall Valley. There will be a ribbon-cutting and BBQ for the community at each event.
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Juneau Assembly highlights: selling City Hall, flood damage and electric motorcycles on trails
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...
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New Dzantik’i Heeni Playground Opens August 19
After a summer of construction, the City and Borough of Juneau and Juneau School District are pleased to share that the new Dzantik’i Heeni Playground opens tomorrow, August 19. The public is invited to celebrate the playground’s opening with a ribbon cutting ceremony at the Dzantik’i Heeni Campus (1600 Renninger Street) beginning at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
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Army Corps announces “Shark Tank” process for industry bids to drain Suicide Basin, end Juneau’s glacial outburst floods
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 Basin, the glacial lake that produces the flood.
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Receding Mendenhall Glacier causes flash flooding in parts of Juneau, Alaska
Residents of Juneau, Alaska, are relieved after a flood from a glacial outburst crested Thursday afternoon without causing major damage. Glacial melt caused by climate change fills up a pool every year until it bursts out into the suburban valley below. Alix Soliman of Member Station KTOO has the story.
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Juneau neighborhoods spared major damage in glacial outburst flood
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 […]