Juneau Afternoon

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…

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…

NPR’s Jenn White tackles some of the most important issues of our times on “1A,” a talk show with a name inspired by the First Amendment and the motto, “Speak freely.” On this Wednesday’s Juneau Afternoon, White talks with KTOO’s Sheli DeLaney about her career, her passion for connecting with people and what she hopes…

It was a race against the weather for Crystal Worl, as she and her team worked to put up a mural on the downtown library wall before Labor Day. Now a giant portrait of Elizabeth Peratrovich, a celebrated Lingit civil rights activist, gazes out across the waterfront. Worl and her older brother, Rico, are well…

Efforts have been underway for more than a decade to head off what’s been called an impending “silver tsunami” in Juneau, a huge wave of seniors in need of assisted living and memory care programs. On this Friday’s Juneau Afternoon, we’ll hear about efforts to close the gap with the Riverview Senior Living housing project,…

Shéiyi X̱aat Hít, which means Spruce Root House in Lingit, opened its doors to runaways and other young adults in need of shelter this summer. The name takes its inspiration from the spruce trees that cling to the mountain sides. Their roots are intermingled and help to hold each other up. In a video,  X̲’unei…

Cliff Groh says he has one job – to save the state. He acknowledges, that at this point, based on his job performance, he ought to be fired. But no one’s paying him a dime to do this work. And besides, he says he’s not giving up on solving Alaska’s fiscal crisis. On this Friday’s…