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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

Newscast – Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025

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2025/01/24

In this newscast: Juneau residents had a chance to ask questions and offer comments on a proposed fifth cruise ship dock at two public meetings this week; A key public-sector union and some Democratic state lawmakers are calling on Gov. Mike Dunleavy to release the results of a million-dollar study on how competitive the state's salaries are; Seven tribal organizations across the state of Alaska received over $12 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development last month; More

Newscast – Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025

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2025/01/23

In this newscast: Former Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson has been appointed as manager of the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, Another subsea cable break has taken out internet across northern and western Alaska, University of Alaska Southeast researchers among those awarded nearly $1 million to study glacial outburst floods in a grant from the National Science…

Newscast – Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025

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2025/01/22

In this newscast: The City and Borough of Juneau is warning of a potential measles exposure at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport that could impact Southeast Alaska residents; Juneau residents will have a chance to learn more about Huna Totem Corporation's proposal to build a fifth cruise ship dock in downtown Juneau at two joint meetings at City Hall this week; State lawmakers convened in Juneau this afternoon to kick off the first session of the 34th Alaska Legislature; Tongass Voices: Rich

Newscast – Friday, Jan. 17, 2025

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2025/01/18

In this newscast: Earlier this week, the Alaska Department of Health confirmed a measles case in an adult on the southern Kenai Peninsula; Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is poised to be the country's new Health and Human Services secretary, and he has pledged to advise all U.S. water systems to remove fluoride from public water. Juneau did that nearly two decades ago, and data shows kids in Juneau are getting more cavities; The U.S. Forest Service plans to raise five new totem poles at the Mendenhall

Newscast – Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025

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2025/01/17

In this newscast: Election officials rejected more than 1,300 absentee ballots in the November 2024 general elections; The 2025 Kuskokwim 300 has been pushed back two weeks because of poor snowfall and above-freezing temperatures; The Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center raised over $30,000 in just two days to rebuild an animal shelter after it was destroyed by high winds last Monday; Fifty people experiencing homelessness died on the streets of Anchorage last year; Bethel's tribal government

Newscast – Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025

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2025/01/16

In this newscast: The Juneau School District says its students' personal data may have been compromised in a national data breach. The software company – PowerSchool – gave the district an initial all-clear last week. But further examination by the district’s IT department revealed suspicious activity. PowerSchool then confirmed Juneau’s data had been compromised; Alaskans who have experienced stalking and domestic violence — or who work as police or correctional officers — aren’t able to hide their

Newscast – Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025

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2025/01/15

In this newscast: The Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska has received $3 million in federal funding for coastal habitat restoration; One Southeast Alaska lawmaker has a proposal to offer a state flood insurance alternative to federal insurance that may include coverage for both floods and some landslides; A project to build Alaska's first state-run veterans cemetery received a $7 million grant; Tongass Voices: Librarian Melinda Sandkam on engaging all ages with Douglas

Newscast – Monday, Jan. 13, 2025

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2025/01/14

In this newscast: A Juneau lawmaker is once again pushing to revive a pension system for state and local government workers, Several borough-owned lots in Petersburg will get utilities in the next year or so, and Tlingit Haida Regional Housing Authority will do the work. A new bipartisan caucus made up largely of Democrats and…

Newscast – Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025

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2025/01/10

In this newscast: Juneau police: Man who died inside Mendenhall Valley home intentionally set it on fire; The Ketchikan City Council is still on track to approve a hefty electric rate increase; A man held at the Anchorage Correctional Complex has died after authorities say his cellmate severely beat him; Anchorage officers shot a man early Wednesday, in the second police shooting in Anchorage in 24 hours; A consultant hired by Anchorage's municipal attorney has a dozen recommendations to improve

Newscast – Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025

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2025/01/09

In this newscast: After deadly fire, Juneau’s first responders say staff shortages put public at risk; Juneau's population is declining -- and young people are leading the charge; The Juneau Assembly voted to oppose a proposition that would limit Southeast Alaska hatchery production; Juneau Assembly approves rezoning over 200 acres of city land for denser housing; Petersburg is starting out the year nearly snow-less, even at high elevations

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