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• Juneau Huskies Open Gridiron Season at Anchorage’s Dimond High

  Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The defending Cook Inlet Conference champion and state runner-up Juneau Huskies football team starts the gridiron prep season on the road at Dimond High School on Saturday.

• Nifty Fifty Ultra Run Returns on Saturday

    Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Sign up online if you are up to the task of completing Juneau’s Nifty Fifty ultra-distance 50K this Saturday. Cancelled by COVID-19 in 2020 and Mother Nature in 2021 the course is awaiting ultra-runners "jonesing" for an outdoors race.

• Carson Featured at JDHS Girls Basketball Clinic 

  Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé girls basketball program will host a girls basketball clinic Friday through Sunday featuring guest instructor and former Crimson Bears player Kendyl Carson. Carson, a 2020 JDHS graduate, is now a starting guard and team captain at Pepperdine University.

• Whetman Wins Inaugural IRONMAN Alaska, Coleman Top Alaskan

  Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The 49th state’s rugged reputation was put to the test and passed by roughly 1,000 athletes on Sunday as the inaugural IRONMAN Alaska triathlon started on the shores of Auke Lake, traveled an adventurous Glacier Highway, toured scenic backroads and trails and deposited the perseverant into the welcoming embraces of the local population.

• Alaska Athletes Will Push Their Limits in IRONMAN Alaska

  Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - On Sunday one of the hardest athletic events around the world will begin on the shores of Auke Lake in Juneau with a cannon blast that will signify the first official full IRONMAN race in Alaska.

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• LB&A Committee approves additional $50K for Rodell investigation

  Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) - The joint Legislative Budget & Audit Committee met Wednesday in Anchorage to approve an increase in spending with an outside law firm investigating the dismissal of former Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation CEO Angela Rodell.

• Superintendent Weiss gets an 'A+' from school board during evaluation

  Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Juneau Board of Education has completed its annual evaluation of JSD Superintendent Dr. Bridget Weiss.

• Recall paperwork filed against Hoonah Mayor Gerald Byers

  Hoonah, Alaska (KINY) - A document obtained by News of the North shows that a group of registered voters are asking the Hoonah City Clerk's office to certify a petition that would allow signatures to be gathered and to put the recall question on the ballot. 

• Alaska State Fire Marshal Richard Boothby set to retire

  Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) - Alaska State Fire Marshal Richard Boothby announced his retirement from the Alaska Department of Public Safety, effective Aug. 12.

• JPD releases statement on man missing from cruise ship

  Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Juneau Police Department has released a statement about the search for a man missing overboard in Gastineau Channel.

• Alaska Division of Elections releases information related to ballot security

  Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Alaska Division of Elections is gearing up for the Aug. 16 special general election to fill the remainder of the late Rep. Don Young's term in Washington, D.C.

• Travel Juneau's Liz Perry speaks to News of the North about IRONMAN Alaska

  Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Travel Juneau’s Liz Perry spoke to News of the North this week about her thoughts on the recent IRONMAN Alaska triathlon.

• Fireworks use, changing form of government top Hoonah City Council agenda

  Hoonah, Alaska (KINY) - The Hoonah City Council will hold a regular meeting Thursday at 7 p.m. at City Hall.

• Sitka Assembly approves land transfer to develop 'affordable housing'

  Sitka, Alaska (KINY) - The City and Borough of Sitka Assembly voted unanimously Tuesday night to transfer lots on Halibut Point Road to the Sitka Community Land Trust to continue development of affordable housing.

• School heat pump repairs top Sitka Assembly discussions Tuesday

  Sitka, Alaska (KINY) - The City and Borough of Sitka Assembly unanimously passed an ordinance Tuesday to make a $600,000 supplemental appropriation for heat pump system repairs at Blatchley Middle School.

• Sealaska Heritage Institute publishes book on fight to protect sacred site

  Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Sealaska Heritage Institute has published a book documenting the decades-long battle to protect Juneau’s Indian Point, considered to be a sacred site to Native people.

• Gov. Dunleavy signs bill advancing statewide broadband access

  Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) - Governor Mike Dunleavy has signed House Bill 363 establishing the Office of Broadband, creating the broadband parity adjustment fund, and establishing the Statewide Broadband Advisory Board.

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