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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.

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

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