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Newscast – Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025

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2025/02/27

In this newscast: Influenza cases in Alaska are spiking, according to data from the state's division of public health; The Juneau police officer who shot and killed a resident wielding a hatchet last year will not face criminal charges; In less than two months the Juneau Assembly is expected to vote on a proposal that would allow the construction of a fifth cruise ship dock downtown to move forward; The University of Alaska is grappling with how to respond to broad executive orders from the Trump

Newscast – Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025

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2025/02/26

In this newscast: Juneau’s longtime city clerk Beth McEwen is retiring from her position after nearly three decades with the city; The Juneau Assembly is moving forward with a plan that would demolish most of Marie Drake building to use for parking; Juneau’s tourism sector says its unsure what will happen at Mendenhall Glacier, after the firing of most of its staff, as summer season approaches; Tongass Voices: Frank Henry Kaash Katasse on directing the funny, yet biting show opening at Perseverance:

Newscast – Monday, Feb. 24, 2025

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2025/02/25

In this newscast: Anchorage parents could be legally liable if their child brings a gun or other deadly weapon to school under a proposed Assembly ordinance; Lawmakers heard last week that they're facing even larger deficits than they previously thought, complicating a key priority for majority-caucus lawmakers in the House and Senate: boosting funding for public schools; An investment by the Alaska Permanent Fund in the seafood processing company Peter Pan resulted in the lost of more than $29

Newscast – Friday, Feb. 21, 2025

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2025/02/22

In this newscast: A survey of Juneau's Bartlett Regional Hospital staff last year shows they lack confidence in management and leadership and are experiencing higher rates of burnout and turnover; The Juneau School District Board of Education began formal discussions on next school year's budget based on an assumption of a $400 increase to the state's per-student funding contribution; A closely watched bill that would boost state funding for public schools took a step forward on Wednesday; Ketchikan

Newscast – Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025

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2025/02/21

In this newscast: Roughly three-quarters of the staff at the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center have been laid off, according to former employees with knowledge of the situation; Bartlett Regional Hospital's board voted to incrementally pay back $2 million to the City and Borough of Juneau over the next three years; Congressman Nick Begich III told the Alaska Legislature the state has become too dependent on federal spending; A panel of civil rights and immigration advocates addressed how immigration

Newscast – Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025

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2025/02/20

In this newscast: Federal workers in Juneau are among the thousands nationwide to receive layoff notices in the inboxes last week and over the holiday weekend. This is part of the Trump Administration’s continued efforts to downsize the government; State lawmakers are considering a new student loan repayment program to attract former Alaskans to return and serve as teachers and state workers; Alaska’s state ferry system continues to face stiff headwinds when it comes to staffing, state

Newscast – Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025

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2025/02/19

In this newscast: Juneau Democratic Representative Sara Hannan introduced a bill that would impose a statewide tax on e-cigarette or vape products and raise the minimum purchasing age in Alaska. Versions of this bill have come before lawmakers multiple times in the past few years and public testimony was divided; Last month, U.S. President Donald Trump issued an executive order to eliminate federally funded programs that promote diversity, equity, and inclusion. That order could affect a wide range

Newscast – Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025

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2025/02/14

In this newscast: Juneau’s city-owned hospital is in a much better financial position than it has been in years. For the last eight months, the hospital has been making steady positive income; A deadly strain of bird flu is sweeping the nation. It has killed more than 20 million chickens since October, and that has scrambled the egg market. Alaska Public Media’s Ava White has more on how Anchorage businesses are coping with rapidly increasing egg prices along with supply problems; Juneau’s

Newscast – Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025

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2025/02/13

In this newscast: Alaska Supreme Court Chief Justice Susan Carney defended the court system's work and laid out plans for the future in a speech to state lawmakers; Juneau's Visitor Industry Director Alix Pierce shared data from an annual tourism survey that shows the conversation about the future of tourism's growth is far from over; An education compact is an agreement between tribal and state governments that allows tribes to run their own public schools, and Alaska's Department of Education and

Newscast – Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025

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2025/02/12

In this newscast: A team of researchers in Alaska have banded together to investigate a famous Alaska shipwreck. The Star of Bengal sank off the coast of Prince of Wales Island in 1908, taking more than 100 lives with it. The shipwreck highlighted a stark racial inequality in Alaska at the time-- most of those who died were Asian cannery workers. Members of a 2022 expedition to the site of the wreck are going back in May. In this episode of Tongass Voices, team members Gig Decker and Jenya

Newscast – Monday, Feb. 10, 2025

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2025/02/11

In this newscast: The 2025 Native Youth Olympics Junior Celebration took place over the weekend in Juneau. Elementary school students from across the borough competed in events like the seal hop, two-foot high kick, Inuit stick pull and more; The Alaska Senate passed a bill today that would allow teenagers to serve alcohol at restaurants. The bill would lower the minimum age to serve alcohol from 21 to 18; The second annual Juneau Jazz Festival packed nearly thirty performances, workshops and

Newscast – Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025

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2025/02/07

In this newscast: Juneau city officials have proposed a multi-million dollar wastewater bond package to offset utility rate hikes; Ketchikan's local governments are pursuing a new sales tax on cruise ship passengers; The U.S. Forest Service has completed assessment reports on over 20 topics that will inform how the Tongass National Forest will be managed in decades to come. The last time the Forest Service studied the Tongass this deeply, the movie Titanic was hitting the screens; Delta Junction

Newscast – Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025

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2025/02/06

In this newscast: Lawmakers are working to hammer out a compromise on an education bill that could avoid the governor's veto; FBI agents in Anchorage participated in a nationwide immigration crackdown under President Trump last weekend, but local groups, including the Anchorage School District, are pushing back; More than 100 Juneau residents took to the sidewalk across the street from the Alaska State Capitol this afternoon to join a nationwide protest against President Donald Trump's

Newscast – Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025

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2025/02/05

In this newscast: Alaska nonprofit face immense uncertainty due to the Trump administration's pause on federal grants and loans; The City and Borough of Juneau will move forward with a controversial plan to mitigate glacial outburst floods in the Mendenhall Valley; Members of Juneau's chapter of the International Association of Fire Fighters union spoke out again about the lack of competitive wages leading to staffing shortages in Juneau, and as contract negotiations begin, first responders are

Newscast – Monday, Feb. 3, 2025

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2025/02/04

In this newscast: A teenager was fatally shot at a roundabout in Juneau's Mendenhall Valley early this morning; The Alaska Board of Fisheries is entering its second week of deliberations on Southeast Alaska fishing regulations in Ketchikan, and this week is about salmon and herring; The state regulatory group will take up herring proposals this week and it could adopt changes to how the Sitka Sound Sac Roe herring fishery is managed; Alaskans testified overwhelmingly in favor of a bill that would

Newscast – Friday, Jan. 31, 2025

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2025/02/01

In this newscast: Portugal. the Man, Ya Tseen and Samantha Crain are performing in Southeast Alaska this weekend to fundraise for the Point House Revitalization Project; Alaska Folk Festival leadership announced that the guest artists for the 50th festival will be Rhiannon Giddens and Dirk Powell; Gov. Mike Dunleavy unveiled his own education bill this morning, setting the stage for negotiations with legislative leaders; The Skagway Assembly voted last month to collect sales tax on the full price of

Newscast – Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025

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2025/01/31

In this newscast: Alaska students posted some of the lowest scores in the country in national reading and math test results that were released yesterday; State regulators have fined proponents of the 2024 ranked choice repeal ballot measure nearly $157,000 for what officials called "egregious and widespread" violations of campaign finance laws; Officials in Alaska are still scrambling to understand the impact of a Trump Administration freeze that halts spending on infrastructure project -- one that

Newscast – Wednesday, Jan 29, 2025

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2025/01/30

In this newscast: Rumors have been circulating on social media that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have detained tribal citizens in Juneau, but local officials say that is not true; Gov. Mike Dunleavy touted his administration's accomplishments and outlined plans for his final two years in office during his seventh annual State of the State address; Starting this summer, the Greater Sitka Chamber of Commerce will no longer provide visitor services for the city; The Alaska Board of

Newscast – Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025

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2025/01/29

In this newscast: A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck about 60 miles southwest of Unalaska Sunday afternoon; On April 1, Anchorage will hold its municipal election, and half of the seats on the Assembly are on the ballot along with two school board seats; As Eaglecrest Ski Area faces ongoing financial hardship, city officials continue to hope the gondola will one day make it self-sustaining; Delta Airlines pulled booking for summer flights to both Ketchikan and Sitka fr0m its website earlier this

Newscast – Monday, Jan. 27, 2025

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2025/01/28

In this newscast: The Alaska House of Representatives offered a rebuke to President Donald Trump's move to rename North America's highest peak as Mount McKinley; The Alaska Legislature is getting to work on a bill that would boost state funding for public schools by more than $460 million; One of the more than 200 executive orders President Donald Trump signed in the first days of his new term was aimed at accessing more natural resources in Alaska, and seeks to roll back protections on millions of

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