KTOO News Department

In this newscast:

• Bartlett Regional Hospital is taking over ownership of an independently owned pediatric clinic in downtown Juneau,
• A proposition on Juneau’s local ballot this year asks voters whether to lower the cap on the local property tax rate, also known as the mill rate,
• The state of Alaska imagines a future when the already growing shellfish farming industry takes off,
• For years, a national database that tracks and maps landslides has had an Alaska-shaped hole, but that’s about to change

In this newscast:

• Hurricane-force winds are expected to hit central and southern Southeast Alaska late tonight and into Friday,
• Construction to get Eaglecrest Ski Area’s controversial gondola up and running is finally underway,
• Juneau School Board President Deedie Sorensen was set to finish her term this year, but she is adding her name to this year’s school board race,
• Renters living on Juneau’s historic Telephone Hill have a week to pack up their belongings and vacate their homes before the city’s Oct. 1 eviction date

In this newscast:

• Researchers at the University of Alaska Anchorage are looking for community problems to solve using artificial intelligence,
• The Juneau Assembly approved funding to get started on a new playground at the Dzantik’i Heeni campus in Lemon Creek, but the decision brought up budget concerns as voters consider reducing taxes in the municipal election,
• Unless Congress steps in with a solution, thousands of Alaskans will lose health insurance subsidies at the end of December and see the cost of their premiums shoot up,
• Alaska viewers of this year’s Super Bowl may recognize the Crimson Bears, Juneau’s high school football team, in the coverage leading up to the big game. An NBC camera crew flew in to catch a very rainy game Saturday

Juneau Assembly and school board candidates running in the Oct. 7 municipal election answered questions about local issues during the 2025 League of Women Voters Candidate Forum on Friday.

Ballots are on their way to voters now and must be returned by Oct. 7.

Find the latest local election coverage — including candidate profiles — at ktoo.org/elections. 

 

In this newscast:

• Ballots are on their way from Washington state to registered voters in Juneau for this year’s local election,
• This year’s Permanent Fund Dividend will be exactly $1000,
• A jury has declared a Juneau artist not guilty of terroristic threatening, Mitchell Watley was accused of threatening the public in 2023, when he distributed printed notes around town that referenced school shootings,
• Juneau’s 2025 municipal election is just around the corner. There are three propositions. KTOO’s Clarise Larson breaks down what they are and why they matter for voters this election

In this newscast:

• One of the sessions at Southeast Alaska’s annual economic conference in Sitka looked at economic variables, and their future impact on the region,
• A landslide triggered by heavy rain and wind took down trees next to an apartment building in downtown Juneau late last night,
• A Lingit mastwe weaver is using viral monster dolls called Labubus to bring attention to Chilkat and Ravenstail weaving,
• Former Alaska attorney general Treg Taylor filed to join the 2026 race for governor,
• Alaskans can expect a La Nina climate pattern this winter