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Jun 13 2018

Michelle Bonnet Hale enters Juneau Assembly race

By Jacob Resneck, KTOO | Juneau, Local Government

The Mendenhall Valley resident has longstanding ties to Southeast Alaska and worked for Alaska Department of Conservation and the Kensington Mine. She’s running for the seat being vacated by Jerry Nankervis.

By Jacob Resneck, KTOO | June 13, 2018 4:33 pm

Jun 13 2018

A digital camera is attached to a utility pole on June 13, 2018, overlooking the crosswalk at Seventh and Gold streets in downtown Juneau. The camera was installed to deter people from painting a crosswalk in rainbow colors.

Juneau erects cameras to deter rainbow crosswalk

By Jacob Resneck, KTOO | Community, Juneau, Local Government, Transportation

Cameras have been installed overlooking a Juneau intersection to deter guerrilla artists from painting a downtown crosswalk in rainbow colors. Public works crews have repainted the crosswalk at least five times.

By Jacob Resneck, KTOO | June 13, 2018 12:32 pm

Jun 12 2018

City seeks community help with $1 million endowment for Alaska College of Education

By Adelyn Baxter, KTOO | Education, Juneau, Local Government, University of Alaska

The City and Borough of Juneau is looking to the community for help meeting the remainder of its $1 million commitment to the University of Alaska’s new education college.

By Adelyn Baxter, KTOO | June 12, 2018 7:56 pm

Jun 10 2018

Owen James poses with his daughter Leah Moss. James and Moss both came to Celebration 2018 from Hoonah. (Photo by Adelyn Baxter/KTOO)

Elders look on with pride as younger generations step up at Celebration 2018

By Adelyn Baxter, KTOO | Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Celebration, Juneau, Southeast

What began 36 years ago as an attempt to save Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian cultures from extinction has become a vibrant reminder that Alaska Native traditions are alive and thriving.

By Adelyn Baxter, KTOO | June 10, 2018 5:57 pm

Jun 10 2018

Juneau waterfront developer pitches city land swap

By Jacob Resneck, KTOO | Business, Community, Juneau, Tourism

The former owners of the Juneau Empire have proposed a downtown waterfront land swap with the city to realize an ambitious retail development on South Franklin Street. Juneau’s Docks and Harbors sees potential in the deal to create more room for cruise ship tourists.

By Jacob Resneck, KTOO | June 10, 2018 7:00 am

Jun 08 2018

The C-SPAN Bus visits South Valley Jr. High in Liberty, Missouri on May 19, 2009. Students could tour the 45-foot bus, which is a mobile production studio.

C-SPAN Cities Tour to hit Juneau, Fairbanks and Anchorage

By Jeremy Hsieh, KTOO | 2 Alaska, Interior, Juneau, Southcentral

What they produce will be featured at C-SPAN.org, and on all three C-SPAN cable channels on July 21 and 22.

By Jeremy Hsieh, KTOO | June 8, 2018 6:13 pm

Jun 08 2018

Traditional Arts Apprentice & Youth Mentor Shane Brown works on the Yanyeidí totem pole at Harborview Elementary School on May 29, 2018. (Photo by Annie Bartholomew/KTOO)

Yanyeidí healing totem shares indigenous knowledge

By Annie Bartholomew | Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Arts & Culture, Celebration, Juneau, Southeast

The totem pole was created for Goldbelt Heritage Foundation and Douglas Indian Association, as part of a healing process for the T’aaḵú Ḵwáan Tlingit tribe. The pole memorializes the deliberate burning of Akáx Yaa Andagán, the Douglas Indian village, in 1962 and honors the residents who lost their homes.

By Annie Bartholomew | June 8, 2018 5:55 pm

Jun 08 2018

Defendant Reuben Yerkes sits by public defender Jude Pate in Sitka Superior Court on Monday, May 15, 2017. Judge David George advised Yerkes he had the right to trial within 120 days, Yerkes waived that right to examine the state’s evidence against him.

Yerkes takes plea deal in Sitka homicide to serve 45 years

By Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Crime & Courts, Juneau, Southeast

Yerkes, formerly of Juneau, agreed to plead guilty to a single count of second-degree murder and take a sentence of 60 years in prison with 15 suspended, for a total of 45 years.

By Robert Woolsey, KCAW | June 8, 2018 4:46 pm

Jun 08 2018

The judges get done scoring the seal oil with crackling. (Photo by Elizabeth Jenkins/Alaska's Energy Desk)

Including seal oil in this food competition is about more than taste

By Elizabeth Jenkins, Alaska's Energy Desk | Alaska's Energy Desk, Celebration, Food, Juneau

The competition wasn’t just about awarding the traditional food. The event organizer says it’s also about a history of cultural resilience that still resonates today.

By Elizabeth Jenkins, Alaska's Energy Desk | June 8, 2018 4:22 pm

Jun 07 2018

Video: Artist Andy Everson talks about blending traditional design with ‘Star Wars’

By Tripp J Crouse, KTOO | Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Arts & Culture, Highlights, Juneau, Southeast

British Columbia-based artist Andy Everson likes to use dark imagery from “Star Wars” and add traditional Native designs as a way to uplift Native people. “As a child of the 1970s, I grew up around ‘Star Wars’ and collected all…

By Tripp J Crouse, KTOO | June 7, 2018 5:04 pm

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Michelle Bonnet Hale enters Juneau Assembly race

Juneau erects cameras to deter rainbow crosswalk

City seeks community help with $1 million endowment for Alaska College of Education

Elders look on with pride as younger generations step up at Celebration 2018

Juneau waterfront developer pitches city land swap

C-SPAN Cities Tour to hit Juneau, Fairbanks and Anchorage

Yanyeidí healing totem shares indigenous knowledge

Yerkes takes plea deal in Sitka homicide to serve 45 years

Including seal oil in this food competition is about more than taste

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