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The latest local, state, and regional news is compiled from reports from the KTOO newsroom in Juneau.

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Newscast – Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024

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2024/12/05

In this newscast: Six Republicans in the state Senate have announced that they're planning to form a minority caucus, which would be enough to guarantee conservative seats on the legislative committees; A recount is underway in Juneau on the closely contested ballot measure that would have repealed Alaska's open primaries and ranked choice voting; There are expected to be a lot fewer people in Southeast Alaska by 2050, according to a recent report; Coast Guard Base Kodiak's child development center

Newscast – Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024

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2024/12/04

In this newscast: Juneau residents and businesses can now submit proposals for how the city should spend marine passenger fees for next year; The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for five missing mariners after their fishing boat capsized near Point Couverden; Juneau continues to see heavy rains this week, after getting nearly a foot and a half of snow last week. That’s left road travel slippery and treacherous across town; Advocates for limiting cruise visitation have submitted a fourth

Newscast – Monday, Dec. 2, 2024

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2024/12/03

In this newscast: A seiner reportedly capsized in heavy weather near Hoonah early Sunday morning; Some new research is challenging the established scientific thinking about why an endangered population of killer whales in Puget Sound continues to be in jeopardy; Among the roughly 100 proposals on the Alaska Board of Fisheries agenda at its upcoming meeting are four focused on further restricting or closing the state-managed pollock trawl fishery on Prince William Sound; People living in Newtok have

Newscast – Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024

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2024/11/28

In this newscast: Ketchikan's city manager is resigning; The bipartisan caucuses who will control the Alaska House and Senate have announced their committee chairs; Alaska's commercial harvests plummeted this year: pounds harvested were the lowest on record; People can now view a livestream feed of Cook Inlet beluga whales swimming in the Kenai River

Newscast – Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024

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2024/11/27

In this newscast: There has been a lot of speculation that Gov. Mike Dunleavy might leave his job for a role in the Trump administration. Now he says he's staying; The Alaska Supreme Court will have a new chief justice early next year; In the remote Southeast Alaska village of Angoon, high school students are learning how to grow their own produce using hydroponic technology; Many Southeast Alaska residents rely on diesel heating oil like Toyostoves, to keep warm in the winter. But a new program

Newscast – Monday, Nov. 25, 2024

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2024/11/26

In this newscast: Snowfall is expected across Southeast Alaska this week, starting tonight, and Juneau may be hit the hardest; The state and the Alaska Republican Party are gearing up for a recount of Ballot Measure 2, the initiative to repeal Alaska's open primary and ranked choice voting; Dozens of bikers, figure skaters, and hockey players took to the ice at Juneau's Mendenhall Lake this weekend, but venturing out onto a frozen lake can be extremely dangerous; A ferry attempting to moor in the

Newscast — Friday, Nov. 22, 2024

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2024/11/23

In this newscast: The Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s (ADF&G) preliminary 2024 Commercial Harvest and Exvessel Values report is here. The initial set of data shines a light on declining commercial salmon harvests in Alaska; It’s been a year since last year’s fatal landslide in Wrangell killed six residents. KSTK’s Colette Czarnecki spoke with a couple of Wrangellites affected by the slide to see how they’ve coped and what their future plans are; Hundreds of Anchorage residents are flocking

Newscast — Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024

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2024/11/22

In this newscast: A ballot measure that would repeal ranked choice voting in Alaska has narrowly failed. That’s according to final unofficial results the Division of Elections released last night; A plan to extend Juneau’s downtown waterfront walking path, also known as the seawalk, crossed a major hurdle earlier this week; Alaska’s transgender community is worried that a second Donald Trump presidency might threaten their access to gender-affirming care, or healthcare that allows people to

Newscast – Wednesday, Nov. 20th, 2024

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2024/11/21

In this newscast: The Juneau Assembly is petitioning the state to increase the number of alcohol liscenses in town; The City and Borough of Juneau has introduced a plan to finance the installation of flood barriers to fight glacial outburst floods, but it could cost Valley homeowners nearly $8,000 each.

Newscast – Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024

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2024/11/20

In this newscast: The City and Borough of Juneau will collaborate with the Central Council Tlingit & Haida on issues of public safety and composting moving forward; The ballot measure that would repeal Alaska’s open primary and ranked choice voting is now failing by the narrowest of margins, according to today’s [MON] results update from the Division of Elections; The Juneau Assembly unanimously approved a 500,000-dollar grant to Gastineau Human Services at a meeting last night; This week's

Newscast – Monday, Nov. 18, 2024

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2024/11/19

In this newscast: European green crabs have been wreaking havoc up the west coast of North America. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration calls them one of the most invasive marine species in the world. And they’ve been expanding their territory in Southeast Alaska ever since they were detected near Ketchikan two years ago. A statewide task force has been formed to tackle the problem; Two Alaska State Troopers each pleaded not guilty to a felony assault charge during an arraignment at

Newscast – Friday, Nov. 15, 2024

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2024/11/16

In this newscast: A federal court sided with halibut conservationists in a case over new rules limiting halibut bycatch in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands; The power went out across Juneau for about an hour on Friday afternoon; Juneau high schoolers can swap pencils for wrenches in the districts new Diesel 101 class; Starting next year, Ketchikan students will have a full week off for Thanksgiving

Newscast – Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024

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2024/11/15

In this newscast: High school and middle school students in Juneau are reportedly fighting more this semester than in years prior; Rumors abound that Gov. Mike Dunleavy may leave the governor's mansion for a post in the Trump administration; The City of Sitka has its first agreement with the local, privately owned cruise dock; The former mayor of the Yukon River community of Pilot Station has pled guilty to felony election interference

Newscast – Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024

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2024/11/14

In this newscast: The Alaska Division of Elections posted an updated results tally late last night; A state commission has finally approved the City of Hoonah's request to form a borough, and now residents of the proposed borough will decided whether to accept it; Someone made a $10 million mistake by buying steel for a critical dock project in Haines; A nonprofit hydropower agency in Southeast Alaska is set to receive $5 million dollars in federal funds to increase its energy generation

Newscast – Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024

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2024/11/13

In this newscast: The Alaska Beacon reports that state legislators believe Governor Mike Dunleavy might be offered a job in the new administration of President Donald Trump; Homer Police arrested a man Monday night as the suspect in three shootings at two local health nonprofits over the last month; Veterans in Petersburg came together yesterday for a parade, and some received handmade quilts; Tongass Voices: Wayne Price on the past — and future — of yaakw carving

Newscast – Friday, Nov. 8, 2024

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2024/11/09

In this newscast: Alaska is well into the start of respiratory disease season. And with it, Alaskans are getting coughs, colds, COVID-19 and cases of flu. And physicians are seeing a few things that make this year stand out; The Hecla Greens Creek mine near Juneau plans to break ground on an expansion sometime next year. That’s because on Thursday the U.S. Forest officially permitted its project on Admiralty Island. The move will extend mine operations for up to 18 years, but it will be subjected

Newscast – Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024

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2024/11/08

In this newscast: Some key races across Alaska remain too close to call with tens of thousands of votes yet to be counted. Ballot Measure 2, repealing ranked choice voting and open primaries, leads by less than two percentage points. A Fairbanks state Senate race and an Anchorage House race are each on a knife’s edge; Next week marks the beginning of wolf-trapping season on Prince of Wales Island in Southeast Alaska. But on the island – and the smaller islands surrounding it – getting an accurate

Newscast – Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024

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2024/11/07

In this newscast: Final election results are trickling in today [WED] for the national and state races. In Alaska, unofficial results show the Republican presidential and U.S. House candidates lead in their races statewide, but there’s evidence of a lot of split-ticket voters in Juneau; A group home in Juneau for women experiencing addiction or leaving incarceration has just reopened after a three-year hiatus due to flooding. T’áa Shuyee Hit Haven House is now accepting applicants; Republican

Newscast – Monday, Nov. 4, 2024

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2024/11/05

In this newscast: The federal Department of Justice will monitor Alaska’s compliance with federal voting rights laws in rural areas of the state for Tuesday’s election, according to a statement from the agency; Long lines for early voting and uncontested local races in Juneau haven’t stopped voters here; Alaska isn’t a swing state in the Presidential election, but the U.S. House race here could help decide who controls Congress, and it’s now near the top of the list of the most expensive House races

Newscast – Friday, Nov. 1, 2024

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2024/11/02

In this newscast: The City and Borough of Juneau wants to fight glacial outburst floods with a temporary riverside levee. But some riverfront property owners don't want it; Alaska's election results will likely not be ready on Election Day.

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