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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 – Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024

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2024/09/04

In this newscast: A widespread internet outage in Sitka continued into the weekend; Underwater anthropologist Kelly Monteleone kicks off Sealaska Heritage Institute's fall lecture series this week; A new project helps provides communities with data on their local permafrost and erosion risks.

Newscast – Thursday, August 29, 2024

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2024/08/30

In this newscast: A new partnership between a cruise ship company and a local Alaska Native corporation aims to improve internet in the downtown area during the cruise season; Juneau’s Echo Ranch Bible Camp is among the places where a California man allegedly abused boys over the span of decades, according to a recent lawsuit. Now, the people who say they were victims of Bradley Earl Reger are trying to hold the institutions where the abuse took place accountable; More than three dozen entities have

Newscast – Wednesday, August 28, 2024

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2024/08/29

In this newscast: Teams of scientists, engineers and meteorologists continue their work assessing the steep hillside in Ketchikan following Sunday's fatal landslide; The annual State of the Climate report is out; Officials say the Covenant House youth homeless shelter in Anchorage helps young people with skills to live on their own; Climate change is altering where wild berries grow in Alaska, and when, so researchers are gathering data

Newscast – Tuesday, August 28, 2024

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2024/08/28

In this newscast: US Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland has finalized a decision to maintain protections for 28 million acres of wilderness lands across Alaska, known as "D-1" lands; Ketchikan residents describe a chaotic scene in the minutes and hours after a landslide ripped through a residential neighborhood; A new study released by NOAA deepens the connection between human-caused climate change and the die-off of Bering Sea snow crabs; Tongass Voices: Sh Dei Wooteen Jeni Brown on speaking up

Newscast – Monday, August 26, 2024

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2024/08/27

In this newscast: Southeast Alaska health officials say cases of pertussis, commonly called whooping cough, are up in Juneau; Emergency crews responded to a large landslide that killed one person and destroyed several houses in Ketchikan on Sunday; A bellweather trial is began today in a fight over whether the parent companies of two Alaska grocery chains can merge; Petersburg residents are ramping up their efforts to track and combat the invasive European green crabs; Southeast Alaska’s king

Newscast – Friday, August 23, 2024

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2024/08/24

In this newscast: A new program in Gustavus will provide residents with money for heat pumps; The family of a man who was shot and killed by law enforcement in Juneau in July say they’re still waiting for answers; Alaskans have limited access to medicinal and recreational psychedelics, but an upcoming conference, called Arctic Visions, will address ethical, cultural and logistical approaches to psychedelic practices,; A ballot measure that could repeal Alaska’s ranked choice election system is

Newscast – Thursday, August 22, 2024

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2024/08/23

In this newscast: Illegal student parking is on the rise near Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé; Bartlett Regional Hospital's nationwide search for a new CEO has narrowed down to three candidates; The three members of Alaska's Congressional delegation are calling for action from President Biden on transboundary mining in British Columbia; Some lawmakers have tried, but all failed to pass a law to delegate the responsibility of making new specialty license plates to the Alaska Division of

Newscast – Wednesday, August 21, 2024

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2024/08/22

In this newscast: KTOO speaks with the new executive director of the Glory Hall, who's looking forward to adding more units to its supportive housing program; A coalition of Southeast Alaska tribes is asking for a pause on reopening a large gold and silver mine near the Canadian border

Newscast – Tuesday, August 20, 2024

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2024/08/21

In this newscast: The Juneau Assembly unanimously passed an emergency resolution last night freeing up more than a million dollars of city funding for more flood response and recovery; The purpose of Tuesday's primary election is to narrow each field to four candidates, but few races have more than four to start with; Tongass Voices: James Houck on the joy of pedaling people through Juneau

Newscast – Monday, August 19, 2024

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2024/08/20

In this newscast: Gov. Dunleavy signed a bipartisan bill into law last week that puts more guardrails on how local governments assess the value of real estate; A controversial 2023 court ruling ordering the closure of commercial trolling for king salmon in Southeast Alaska has been lifted; The Metlakatla Indian Community is receiving $2 million of federal funding for its tribally owned salmon hatchery

Newscast – Friday, Aug. 16, 2024

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2024/08/17

In this newscast: Dog sledding is an iconic piece of Alaska’s history — from its roots in Alaska Native culture to the Klondike Gold Rush to the Iditarod — it’s stood the test of time. And today, it’s taken on a new form to help it survive: excursions for the ever-booming cruise ship tourism industry; Two Alaska State Troopers are being charged with assault for using unreasonable force while arresting a person in Kenai who they thought was someone else. That’s according to criminal charges filed

Newscast – Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024

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2024/08/16

In this newscast: It was the first day of school for students in the Juneau School District today. And, it’s also the first time students headed to the newly consolidated high school and middle school campuses; An emergency day care center opens up in the former Floyd Dryden Middle School as residents continue to recover from the glacier outburst flood last week.

Newscast – Wednesday, August 14, 2024

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2024/08/15

In this newscast: A newly permitted affordable housing project hopes to help fill gaps in Juneau's housing; Archivists with Sealaska Heritage Institute is cataloging lost and found from nearly two decades of Celebrations; A renowned culture-bearer in Sitka passed away last month

Newscast – Tuesday, August 13, 2024

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2024/08/14

In this newscast: Ten disabled Alaskans are suing the state, and the guardian the state appointed to take care of them, in a class-action lawsuit, alleging financial abuse and neglect; Tongass Voices: Diosdado Valdez on finding family away from home

Newscast – Monday, August 12, 2024

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2024/08/13

In this newscast: The first day of school for the Juneau School District is just around the corner — classes kick off on Thursday. KTOO’s Clarise Larson sat down with Superintendent Frank Hauser to chat about the start of the new year with the consolidation plan in place, the stability of the district moving forward and what students can expect; A Juneau stage was packed with artists on Saturday night. They were there to pay tribute to Steven Kissack, a local man who was shot and killed by law

Newscast – Friday, August 9, 2024

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2024/08/10

In this newscast: Alaska Congresswoman Mary Peltola joined D.C. lawmakers from 16 states in a legal brief backing a lawsuit to stop a massive, national grocery store merger; In House District 40, covering the North Slope and the Northwest Arctic, the big issue is the incumbent's vote this spring to sustain the governor's veto of education funding; Alaska used to have some of the strictest campaign spending laws in the country, but since 2021 the state has had no limits on individual donations, but

Newscast – Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024

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2024/08/09

In this newscast: Juneau residents affected by record-breaking glacial outburst flooding are in the process of cleaning up flood damage. Scores of volunteers are pitching in, and the state and the City and Borough of Juneau are offering resources for clean up; Plans to redevelop a historic neighborhood in the heart of downtown Juneau are moving forward. The city says the project could add more than 100 new units of badly needed housing; Alaska musician Quinn Christopherson speaks to KTOO for the

Newscast – Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024

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2024/08/08

In this newscast: Governor Mike Dunleavy and U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski toured the Juneau neighborhoods that experienced record-breaking flooding earlier this week. Now, residents are beginning to recover and assess the damage, and city and state officials are working together to figure out next steps; The U.S. Interior Department says it reviewed over a million pages of federal records to produce a two-volume report on Native boarding schools. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland released the second

Newscast – Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024

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2024/08/07

In this newscast: The Juneau Assembly has selected Emily Wright to serve as the City and Borough of Juneau's new city attorney; Glacial outburst flooding in Juneau broke records for the second year in a row. The Mendenhall River crested at nearly 16 feet in the early morning hours on Tuesday; A homer man is making alcohol from locally grown ingredients.

Newscast – Monday, Aug. 5, 2024

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2024/08/06

In this newscast: Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed five bills today [THU] that lawmakers passed after midnight on the last day of the legislative session. Dunleavy says the bills, which passed on what was technically the 122nd day of the session, violated the Alaska Constitution’s limit on the length of the legislative session; There are currently 11 candidates running to unseat Alaska Democratic Congresswoman Mary Peltola this November. One candidate though has some… let’s say, extra hurdles; Glacial

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