Workers construct a retaining wall at the outdoor food court location on Franklin Street on Monday, April 15, 2024. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO) A drop in new and existing jobs [...]
Pelican harbor, pictured here in late 2019. (Photo courtesy of Heather Bauscher) https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/06pelican.wav Boxes of food, mail and late Christmas presents arrived by plane to the small Southeast Alaska fishing [...]
The U.S. Capitol building. (Photo by Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public Media) U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski struck a note of skepticism in her reaction to Saturday’s military operation ousting Venezuelan leader Nicholas [...]
The Alaska Marine Highway System ferry Lituya provides regular service between Metlakatla Indian Community and Ketchikan. (KRBD file photo by Leila Kheiry) The state ferry Lituya went aground on Tuesday [...]
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/20260102-News-Update-1.mp3 In this newscast: It’s a new year, but Juneau residents are still digging out from four feet of snow that fell earlier this week, Thane Road is now open [...]
A tsunami evacuation sign in Unalaska. (Kanesia McGlashan-Price/KUCB) The Alaska Earthquake Center is in negotiations with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to restore funding for nine seismic stations. In [...]
A Twin Lakes resident shovels snow off of a roof on Dec. 31, 2025. (Photo by Alix Soliman/KTOO) The City and Borough of Juneau is warning residents about urban avalanches [...]
Juneau Afternoon 2025 Holiday SpecialDecember 22, 2025Celebrate the holidays with KTOO and Juneau Afternoon with a special live in studio audience holiday show. With performances by Vox Borealis, Christmas Carol, [...]
Snow covers the roads in downtown Juneau on Monday, Dec. 29, 2025. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO) City and state facilities remain closed again on Tuesday after record-breaking snowfall in Juneau. [...]
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy greets a child during the governor’s annual holiday open house on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2022 at the Governor’s Mansion in Juneau. (James Brooks/Alaska Beacon) Framed by [...]
Mike Wylie has worked at his family’s Ben Franklin store since the 70s. He said the decision to close is bittersweet. Dec. 11, 2025. (Photo by Yvonne Krumrey/KTOO) With its [...]
Snow covers boats in downtown Juneau on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO) Heavy snow is forecast to hit Juneau and other parts of Alaska’s panhandle this weekend, [...]
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/20251224-News-Update-1.mp3 In this newscast: Heavy snow is forecast to hit Juneau and other parts of Alaska’s panhandle this weekend, following days of record-breaking frigid temperatures. When it snows, crews fan [...]
A Juneau Police Department vehicle park in downtown Juneau on Thursday, June 13, 2024. (Clarise Larson/KTOO) A 7-year-old child died from injuries suffered in a car accident near Auke Lake [...]
Jack Petersen poses with a portion of his nutcracker collection displayed at Wildflour Cafe and Bakery. (Ryan Cotter/KCAW) https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/11Nutcracker.mp3 As a well-known prop designer for community theater productions in Sitka, [...]
“I voted” stickers are seen on display at a polling station in Juneau’s Mendenhall Valley on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022. (Photo by James Brooks/Alaska Beacon) One of Rep. Nick Begich [...]
CBJ Streets & Fleet Superintendent Scott Gray. (Courtesy of CBJ) When it snows, crews fan out with plows, graders, blowers and more to clear the streets in Juneau. Morning Edition [...]
Goose Creek Correctional Center is seen in fall. (Photo courtesy of Alaska Department of Corrections) The Alaska Department of Corrections has reported 18 people have died in custody of the [...]
Skiers walk back from the mountain at Eaglecrest Ski Area on Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO) Following a partial opening last week, Eaglecrest Ski Area is experiencing [...]
Moonrise over the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 18, 2021. (Brett Davis) WASHINGTON — It’s been a rough year for Alaska’s 15,000 federal employees. Along with job losses and funding uncertainty, [...]
Flashing lights atop a law enforcement vehicle. (Valerie Lake/Alaska Public Media) Alaska State Troopers said in a bulletin Monday that Dr. Ryan McDonough died in a weekend fire at his home in [...]
The Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO) Listen to this story: https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/17VisitorCenter_WEB.wav A U.S. Forest Service plan to revamp the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor [...]
Alaska Organized Militia members, assigned to Task Force Bethel, survey Nightmute, Alaska, while conduct post-storm recovery efforts for Operation Halong Response at Oct. 27, 2025. (Courtesy photo by the Alaska [...]
Photo of Anthony “Bone” Lekanof (Courtesy of Michael Livingston) For those who haven’t filed for their Native allotments, Alaska Native veterans don’t have much time to claim 160 acres of [...]
Secure Rural Schools payments go to municipalities with large amounts of untaxed federal land — including those near the Tongass National Forest and the Chugach National Forest. (Sydney Dauphinais/KRBD) Congress [...]
The Klukwan Library. (Photo courtesy of Jamie Katzeek) Federal funding for libraries and museums has been reinstated nine months after the Trump administration first sought to eliminate the agency that provides that [...]
Kittens cuddle together at Juneau Animal Rescue on Wednesday, June 12, 2024. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO) Juneau Animal Rescue might soon have a location in the Mendenhall Valley for its [...]
Eaglecrest Ski Area on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. (Eaglecrest Ski Area) Juneau’s Eaglecrest Ski Area is slated to open at a limited capacity on Saturday and Sunday after an influx [...]
Capital City Fire/Rescue’s Andrew Pantiskas on Dec. 9, 2025. (Photo by Yvonne Krumrey/KTOO) When someone experiences sudden cardiac arrest in Juneau, the average response time for Capital City Fire/Rescue is [...]
Rani Malone, who works in mental health support at Alaska Behavioral Health, winds down with rituals that support sleep at her home on Oct. 31, 2025. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media) [...]
Reggie Paul of Kipnuk holds a frame that he helped to build during an Alaska Works Partnership construction workshop in Mountain View. (Rhonda McBride/KNBA) For several southwest Alaska communities, it [...]
(Alaska Earthquake Center) A magnitude 7 earthquake shook Juneau and other towns in Alaska’s northern and central panhandle late Saturday morning. According to the Alaska Earthquake Center, the quake happened [...]
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/20251205-News-Update.mp3 In this newscast: The University of Alaska will host listening sessions in Juneau, Fairbanks, and Anchorage next week as it ramps up its search for a new president, Teacher [...]
A commercial bowpicker is seen headed out of the Cordova harbor for a salmon fishing opener in June 2024 (Corinne Smith/Alaska Beacon) One of Alaska’s smallest telecommunications companies is about [...]
Solar panels at the Cold Climate Housing Research Center campus in Fairbanks are seen on June 5, 2025. The Cold Climate House Research Center, which became part of the National [...]
Members of the Alaska Air and Army National Guard, Alaska Naval Militia, and Alaska State Defense Force work together to load plywood onto a CH-47 Chinook helicopter, in Bethel, Alaska, [...]
Acid drainage from the Tulsequah Chief Mine, discolors a leaking containment pond next to the Tulsequah River in British Columbia in 2013. (Photo courtesy Chris Miller/Trout Unlimited) Ten years ago, [...]
A GCI van parked in Kotzebue. (Wesley Early/KOTZ) The Regulatory Commission of Alaska has unanimously approved a series of requests for financial secrecy filed by attorneys representing John Malone, the telecom billionaire seeking [...]
Speaker of the House Cathy Tilton, R-Wasilla, talks to fellow lawmakers about rules for debate on House Bill 183 on Saturday, May 11, 2024. (Photo by James Brooks/Alaska Beacon) Gov. [...]
Juneau Afternoon episode for Wednesday, November 26, 2025: Juneau’s annual Thanksgiving tradition, The Public Market, features demonstrations from Capital City Fire and Rescue and new vendors such as Sweet Spot [...]
Trees on Douglas Island on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO) Some Southeast residents put up Christmas decorations over Thanksgiving weekend. The centerpiece, of course, is the tree. [...]
Listen here: https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/20251126-News-Update.mp3 In this newscast: The comment period for the first phase of construction of a new ferry terminal north of Juneau ends this Friday. For the first time, [...]
Vera Starbard poses in a KTOO studio in Juneau on Nov. 24, 2025. (Photo by Jamie Diep/KTOO) Listen here: https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/26VeraMolly.wav Lingít and Dena’ina writer and playwright Vera Starbard recently clinched [...]
Dorene Lorenz stands inside the Jesse Lee Home in Seward in 2018. (Casey Grove/Alaska Public Media) Alaska State Commission for Human Rights chair Dorene Lorenz sued blogger Jeff Landfield of [...]
The U.S. Coast Guard icebreakers Polar Star (at background), Healy (at left) and Storis (at foreground) are seen together at Coast Guard Base Seattle on Oct. 26, 2025, marking the [...]
Juneau Afternoon episode for Thursday, November 20, 2025: Tidal Echoes, the literary and arts journal published by the University of Alaska Southeast, is seeking submissions for the 2026 edition. The [...]
Juneau Afternoon episode for Friday, November 21, 2025: Audio Podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Id4OeYbRBx4 Video Livestream Bostin Christopher hosts the conversation. Juneau Afternoon airs at 3:00 p.m. on KTOO and KAUK with [...]
A March Master vehicle drives off-road in a field. (Coast Machinery LLC) Earlier this week, the Juneau Assembly approved spending $320,200 in mostly federal grant funding to purchase an amphibious [...]
Fresh produce is seen at the Alaska Commercial Company grocery store in Bethel on Oct 15, 2025. (Corinne Smith/Alaska Beacon) Alaskans who qualify for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program received [...]
Child care workers interact with infants at Gold Creek Child Development Center in Juneau on May 11, 2018. State rules require certain square footage and staffing levels, which limit this [...]