Adelyn Baxter

2 months ago | ktoo.org | Adelyn Baxter

Two people were killed and one was seriously injured Monday in a plane crash near the community of Nanwalek on the southern Kenai Peninsula, authorities said. The three adults were on a commercial flight from Homer. The single-engine Cessna 207 crashed near the Nanwalek airstrip, according to the Anchorage Daily News. Alaska State Troopers responded to the crash site along with an investigator from the National Transportation Safety Board.

Feb 19, 2025 | ktoo.org | Adelyn Baxter |Claire Stremple

Matthew Brodsky got his dream job in 2023. As a wilderness ranger for the Tongass National Forest, he patrolled Tracy Arm Fjord by kayak in the summer season, monitoring environmental data and providing information to mariners and visitors aboard cruise ships. But last week, Brodsky says he and other U.S. Forest Service staff in Juneau were called into a meeting.

Jan 22, 2025 | ktoo.org | Adelyn Baxter

Everyone saw the images of homes burning throughout greater Los Angeles earlier this month in what has now been called one of the most destructive urban fires in United States history. That included two Juneau residents, one of whom fled the Eaton Fire as it consumed the community he had lived in for decades. https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/22Altadena.mp3On the night of Jan. 7, Juneau resident Drew Dembowski had just returned to his home of nearly 30 years.

Nov 6, 2024 | ktoo.org | Adelyn Baxter

As results continue to trickle in for the national and state elections, Juneau’s local outcome, at least, is clear. Juneau’s delegation in the Alaska Legislature ran unopposed this year. Incumbents Sen. Jesse Kiehl, Rep. Andi Story and Rep. Sara Hannan are all Democrats and will all serve another term in office. All three were first elected in 2018. Kiehl represents District Q in the Alaska Senate. That includes Juneau, Haines, Skagway, Klukwan and Gustavus. His term is four years.

Oct 30, 2024 | ktoo.org | Adelyn Baxter

Two Juneau residents were honored Tuesday night at the Alaska Governor’s Arts and Humanities Awards in Anchorage. X̱ʼunei Lance Twitchell, a professor of Alaska Native Languages at the University of Alaska Southeast, received the Alaska Native Arts Award. The distinction recognizes his commitment to preserving Indigenous languages. Twitchell is vice-chair of the Alaska Native Language Preservation & Advisory Council and has spent years recording, documenting and teaching Lingít.