With almost 700 participants, Juneau’s annual board game convention sold out for a second time this year. And the weekend-long Platypus Con was open late — until the early morning hours.

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."
Man sentenced for 2017 death of Kake woman
More than eight years after 19-year-old Kake resident Jade Williams was killed at a party, a man has been sentenced for causing her death.
Juneau weaver receives national fellowship with $50,000 attached
United States Artists partners with foundations and philanthropists to support artists and cultural practitioners of all disciplines.
Tlingit and Haida tribal members concerned by tribal government corporation presence in Guantánamo Bay
While tribal corporation leadership says their operations are separate from the detention center on the military base, what’s happening on the ground may tell a different story.
Why Juneau’s warming shelter moved multiple times during the avalanche advisory
Staff at the city’s emergency warming shelter for unhoused residents relocated operations three times in two days.
Residents at a mobile home park in Juneau go weeks without adequate water pressure
Amid record-breaking snowfalls and unusually low temperatures, some residents at Thunder Mountain Mobile Park have been without enough water to take a shower for more than two weeks.
First Friday show features new myths written and illustrated by Juneau artists
The prints are a part of a show titled “My Mother’s Bones,” opening Friday at the Juneau Arts and Culture Center.
Juneau child’s clinical trial set to proceed in new year after community raises more than $1 million
For the past two years, 4-year-old Cade Jobsisʼs family has been raising money to allow scientists to restart clinical trials that previously showed promising results treating a rare genetic disease known as SPG50.
After more than 50 years, a family-run shop in downtown Juneau is closing its doors
The owner of Ben Franklin said the store has been a part of the town’s history — and his own — and closing is bittersweet.
Juneau’s homeless shelter resumes day services after months-long pause
The Glory Hall is once again offering daytime meals and other services after stopping them in August due to safety concerns.









