This week’s word is yanshuká, which means camp.
Yvonne Krumrey
Justice & Culture Reporter, KTOO
"Through my reporting and series Tongass Voices and Lingít Word of the Week, I tell stories about people who have shaped -- and continue to shape -- the landscape of this place we live."
Family, friends remember Raye Johnston after Christmas Day police shooting
Johnston grew up in Juneau, and was unhoused from a young age. Their death was the second fatal police shooting in Juneau in 2024.
Tongass Voices: Juneau Animal Rescue on the joy of compiling the Alaska Pets Calendar
Each year, Juneau Animal Rescue gives pet owners a chance to put their favorite photos somewhere other than social media while promoting animal adoption.
Lingít Word of the Week: G̱uwakaan — Deer
This week’s word is g̱uwakaan, which means deer.
Tongass Voices: Gigi Monroe on watching Juneau Drag grow up
This is Tongass Voices, a series from KTOO sharing weekly perspectives from the homelands of the Áak’w Kwáan and beyond. When Gigi Monroe started Juneau Drag in 2014, the city quickly embraced the art form — a performance of exaggerated gender, with flashy costumes and, often, choreography. Its roots are in spaces that the LGBTQ+…
Juneau rolls out a new mobile crisis team
The team is made up of a Capital City Fire Rescue paramedic and a Bartlett Regional Hospital clinician. Crisis care consists of immediate response to a situation or crisis, further assessment of the person undergoing the emergency, stabilization, and follow-up involving other services.