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Newscast – Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024

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2024/11/01

In this newscast: A conservative campaign group is facing questions over whether it properly disclosed the donors who funded ads in Alaska races; Lingít veterans hold space for dual identities during US Navy apology in Angoon; Searchers from Sitka on Wednesday (10-30-24) recovered the body of a hunter who died in a brown bear attack; As the first major batch of snow falls in Anchorage, the city is opening more hotel rooms to serve as shelter for homeless residents

Newscast – Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024

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2024/10/31

In this newscast, Change is coming to Juneau’s local convenience store chain following new ownership; Juneau Compost and Juneau RecycleWorks are partnering to open pumpkin drop-off bins starting Friday; Two Juneau residents were honored last night at the Alaska Governor's Arts and Humanities Awards in Anchorage; The US Navy formally apologized to the community of Angoon for the 1882 bombardment of their village; The state's department of corrections is struggling to keep up with all the ways

Newscast – Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024

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2024/10/30

In this newscast: Alaska voters will decide the future of the state's ranked choice voting system in this November's election; The Federal Emergency Management Agency is opening a disaster recovery center at Mendenhall Valley Public Library starting Wednesday; The Alaska Marine Highway System's plan for the next 20 years was discussed at a day-long meeting in Anchorage; On Friday, President Joe Biden apologized for the harm done to generations of Native American children who were taken from their

Newscast – Monday, Oct. 28, 2024

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2024/10/29

In this newscast: President Joe Biden issued an apology last week for the nation's history of federally-funded boarding schools for Native Americans. Here's how Alaskans are reacting; Education is playing a big role in campaigns for the Alaska Legislature this fall; 46,000 Alaskans have already cast their ballots for the 2024 election.

Newscast – Friday, Oct. 25, 2024

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2024/10/26

In this newscast: Gastineau Human Services officially opened the new Mount Juneau Counseling and Recovery building in Lemon Creek on Thursday; Juneau residents can get a free flu shot at Thunder Mountain Middle School this Saturday; Alaska businesses are divided over a ballot measure that would raise minimum wage and mandate sick leave; The city of Sitka has brokered a “Memorandum of Understanding” with the local cruise dock, but the city assembly postponed a vote until the next meeting after a

Newscast – Thursday. Oct 24, 2024

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2024/10/25

In this newscast: The final cruise ship of the season, the Norwegian Jewel, leaves Juneau on Thursday evening. It concludes a nearly 200-day cruise ship season for the capital city; The City and Borough of Juneau formally apologized for the 1962 burning of the Douglas Indian Village at a Juneau Assembly meeting on Monday; This week, the Juneau Planning Commission approved a series of land rezones that span from North Douglas to Auke Bay. All of them would increase housing density in those areas, but

Newscast – Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024

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2024/10/24

In this newscast: Alaska's healthcare facilities are are conserving the use of intravenous or IV fluids due to shortages from Hurricane Helene; The Juneau Assembly has approved $2 million in funding to construct a temporary levee along Mendenhall River in order to prepare for future glacial outburst floods; City officials in Juneau say they are still extremely unhappy with a cruise line and a local Alaska Native corporation after they announced plans to develop a new cruise ship port last week;

Newscast – Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024

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2024/10/23

In this newscast: Two new Juneau Assembly members were sworn in at City Hall last night; Early voting started yesterday in communities across Alaska; Alaska Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski says she hopes Democratic Congresswoman Mary Peltola is reelected this November; Cruise passengers cost the City of Ketchikan roughly $8 million last year, according to a new McKinley Research Group report; Tongass Voices: NAMI Juneau's Aaron Surma on how to combat the winter blues

Newscast – Monday, Oct. 21, 2024

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2024/10/22

In this newscast: Juneau School District's chief financial officer is resigning just a few months after she officially began the role; Water levels on Juneau’s Mendenhall Lake and River are returning to normal following a moderate glacial outburst flood that peaked at 10.7 feet at 11:30 p.m. Sunday night; Rosita Worl, a longstanding Indigenous leader from Juneau was honored at the White House today; A bill that passed quietly into law this summer aims to make it easier to bring experienced teachers

Newscast – Friday, Oct. 18, 2024

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2024/10/19

In this newscast: The City and Borough of Juneau will offer sandbags this weekend for residents affected by August’s record-breaking glacial outburst flood. Every household that flooded is eligible for up to 200 free sandbags provided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Juneau-based writer Vera Starbard will be Alaska’s next state writer laureate; Subsistence has always been part of the conversation during the Alaska Federation of Natives annual convention, but in recent years, it’s a topic that’s

Newscast – Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024

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2024/10/18

U.S. President Joe Biden has approved a major disaster declaration more than two months after a record-breaking glacial outburst damaged nearly 300 homes in Juneau’s Mendenhall Valley;Juneau voters said no to a proposition that would have banned all large cruise ships on Saturdays in this year’s municipal election. But, it’s not the end of the effort to address the impacts of tourism growth. And now, plans for a new cruise ship dock on Douglas are complicating things; Tribal and federal officials

Newscast – Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024

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2024/10/17

In this newscast: Final results in Juneau's municipal election show that two new faces will join the Assembly, while incumbents for the mayor's seat and the school board will stay; Goldbelt Incorporated and Royal Caribbean announced a partnership to develop a new cruise ship port on the backside of Douglas Island; The State of Alaska is asking a court to dismiss a lawsuit by eight young Alaskans arguing that efforts to build a North Slope natural gas pipline violate the state constitution.

Newscast – Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024

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2024/10/16

In this newscast: Lou Logan, Qayak builder-in-residence at the Alaska Srare Museum. is building a skin-on-frame qayak; The famed Red Onion saloon in Skagway is changing hands to a Juneau-based owned.

Newscast – Friday, Oct. 11, 2024

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2024/10/12

In this newscast: Preliminary results for Juneau's lcal election haven't budged much since last week's update; The Juneau Police Department arrested a Juneau man accused of spray-painting swastikas at multiple locatons in the Mendenhall Valley; As Suicide Basin continues to fill up, residents in Juneau’s Mendenhall Valley are struggling with uncertainty; The major canidates running for Alaska's U.S. House sear squared off in a debate Thursday night.

Newscast – Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024

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2024/10/11

In this newscast: The National Weather Service Office in Juneau said water levels in Suicide Basin dropped this morning. That could mean this year’s second glacial outburst flood is on the way. But based on current water levels in the basin, the potential flood would be far less damaging than this past summer’s flood; Next Tuesday, the City and Borough of Juneau will open its cold weather emergency warming shelter for the winter. It’s the shelter’s second year in a warehouse in Thane operated by St

Newscast – Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024

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2024/10/10

In newscast: Congresswoman Mary Peltola has launched one disparaging how challenger Nick Begich made his personal wealth; Dr. Iki Heke, a Indigenous Maori professor from New Zealand, was in Alaska recently for a national tribal conference on climate. He spoke with KNBA's Rhonda McBride about the growing importance of Indigenous environmental knowledge.

Newscast – Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024

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2024/10/09

In this newscast: A Native-led economic development nonprofit based in Juneau has received $10 million toward projects that will help Southeast Alaska communities ditch fossil fuels; The City and Borough of Juneau started a program a year ago that requires people to register their short-term rentals with the city. At the time, city leaders said it would help make sure operators were paying taxes and would give clearer data on the short-term rental market — data that down the road could help shape

Newscast – Monday, Oct. 7, 2024

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2024/10/08

In this newscast: Incumbent candidates for mayor and school board widened their respective leads in Juneau’s local election on Friday. One of Eaglecrest Ski Area’s four chairlifts will likely be out of commission this winter season due to safety concerns. A large fire in Haines over the weekend destroyed several businesses and apartments. A landslide in Ketchikan Sunday night trapped nearly a dozen people on a remote stretch of road north of the city. And the Juneau Police Department is looking for

Newscast – Friday, Oct. 4, 2024

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2024/10/05

In this newscast: A community-led flood recovery group has convened to address gaps in clean-up and emergency planning for future floods; Two Juneau residents hunting on Admiralty Island at the end of September ended up face-to-face with a brown bear. The Alaska Marine Highway System expects to roll out its long-range plan early next year, setting the course for the next 20 years. Sunday is the deadline to register to vote in the Nov. 5 election. Two Juneau residents hunting on Admiralty Island at

Newscast – Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024

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2024/10/04

In this newscast: the City and Borough of Juneau introduced phase one of its flood fighting plan; Katmai National Park and Preserve’s annual celebration of brown bears gearing up for hibernation kicked off Wednesday morning; The American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska says it uncovered a “massive” violation of medical privacy laws by a software company used by the state Department of Corrections; and Alaska had a record number of opioid overdose deaths last year.

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