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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

Newscast – Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025

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2025/01/08

In this newscast: After months in a stalemate, union employees at Juneau’s hospital have a contract, Juneau Assembly OKs $3M loan for 60-unit apartment complex in Mendenhall Valley, President Biden announced today that he is banning offshore oil and gas drilling in large swaths of federal waters, including one section off the coast of Alaska…

Newscast – Monday, Jan. 6, 2025

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2025/01/07

In this newscast: A Juneau resident died after a fire broke out in a home in the Mendenhall Valley over the weekend; The U.S. Coast Guard has taken delivery of an icebreaker; Alaskans Christina Love and Josie Heyano served on the U.S. Advisory Council on Human Trafficking and helped shape the council's 2024 report; The tribe representing one of the coastal communities on the Kuskokwim Delta that were hit by a string of storms became the second-ever in Alaska to receive a federal disaster

Newscast – Friday, Jan. 3, 2025

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2025/01/04

In this newscast: Applications for the 2025 PFD opened on New Year's Day and will stay open until March 31; Ketchikan has a new police chief; A new report by a state child care task force proposes dozens of recommendations aimed at expanding child care options statewide; A 21-year-old man went missing from Fairbanks in early December, and his loved ones are searching for answers

Newscast – Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025

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2025/01/03

In this newscast: Congress passed the American Relief Act of 2025, with millions of dollars directed to study possible ways to mitigate Juneau's glacial outburst floods in the long term; Juneau police name officers involved in fatal Christmas morning shooting; Family and community members mourn the loss of Juneau resident killed by police on Christmas morning; The Sitka Assembly is on notice that there's another difficult year ahead for local schools; Ketchikan Indian Community announced that it's

Newscast – Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024

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2025/01/01

In this newscast: A union representing nurses at Providence Alaska has filed three unfair labor practice charges against the hospital; Tongass Voices: Juneau Animal Rescue on the joy of compiling the Alaska Pets Calendar; This week, Anchorage will host the U.S. Cross Country Ski Championships at Kincaid Park; KTOO bids farewell to Weather and Climate Reporter Anna Canny

Newscast – Monday, Dec. 30, 2024

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2024/12/31

In this newscast: The Anchorage Assembly has approved a roughly $20,000 contract to set up a warming area for unhoused residents; Sitka is looking for public input on planning its energy future; The cost of shipping goods is increasing next month, due to tariff surcharges at the Port of Alaska in Anchorage; A reading teacher in Nenana received national recognition for excellence in education earlier this month

Newscast – Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024

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2024/12/27

In this newscast: A Juneau woman died after she was shot and killed by a Juneau Police officer in the parking lot of the Mendenhall Valley Breeze In convenience store early Christmas morning; The small Southeast Alaska town of Gustavus is hosting a food drive this weekend. And it’s getting a boost from the Juneau food bank. The drive is the first step in plans to open up a new, permanent food pantry – something the town doesn't have yet. But organizers say it's something Gustavus desperately needs;

Newscast – Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024

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2024/12/25

In this newscast: A state commission issued a written decision late last week affirming its approval of the City of Hoonah’s request to form a borough.But, a dissenting report and a potential motion for reconsideration may put some hurdles in front of plans for residents to vote on the proposed borough this summer; For this week's episode of Tongass Voices Gigi Monroe discusses when first started Juneau Drag in 2014, and how quickly, the city embraced the art form. Now, its annual New Yearʼs Eve

Newscast – Monday, Dec. 23, 2024

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2024/12/24

In this newscast: Southeast Alaska’s Native-run health consortium is acquiring another privately owned healthcare facility in downtown Juneau. Southeast Medical Clinic will join SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium, also called SEARHC, in April of next year; A bill that would increase thousands of Alaskans’ Social Security benefits is headed for President Biden’s desk after passing the Senate early Saturday. The bill, known as the Social Security Fairness Act, would repeal two provisions that

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