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For most Alaskan voters, ranked choice voting is like a big mystery box. What is it? How does it work? Will it change Alaska politics?  So many unknowns. But on Tuesday’s Juneau Afternoon, Professor Benjamin Reilly from the University of Western Australia will try to answer those questions. He’s this week’s speaker at UAS’s Egan…

More than a thousand athletes will descend on Juneau next August for the for the city’s first Ironman competition. The Ironman franchise is billing it as an “epic adventure” — with a 2.4 mile swim, a 112 mile bicycle race, and a 26 mile run through the rainforest. On  Friday’s Juneau Afternoon, how the city…

Alyssa Quintyne describes herself as a Bajan – an American from the Caribbean Island of Barbados, but she’s here in Alaska now, working as a community organizer. In this Thursday’s program from the Black Awareness Association, Quintyne talks with Christina Michelle and Kelli Patterson about how she uses her Bajan culture to reach out to…

With his slogan “Give a hoot. Don’t pollute,” Woodsy Owl seems ageless. But the mascot for the U.S. Forest Service turns fifty on September 15. On  this Wednesday’s Juneau Afternoon, a look at how this milestone will be celebrated at the Mendenhall Glacier. Also on Juneau Afternoon: Juneau Makerspace’s fundraiser to make space for artistic…

The past, the present and the future are all connected for Mischa Jackson, a longtime voice for change Alaska Native education. Whether it’s acknowledging the complex history of the impact of Western education on Native children or creating space for Native ways of knowing and indigenous perspectives, Jackson says the first step in reinventing education…

Although Juneau lies across the continent from the epicenter of the September 11th terrorist attacks, a number of Juneau-ites have a direct connection to the events of that day. To name a few: Libby Bakalar, Dorlisa Nazario, Christina Apathy and Dr. Destiny Sargeant. On this Friday’s Juneau Afternoon, the eve of the 20th anniversary of…