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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 – Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024

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2024/08/02

In this newscast: Water levels in Suicide Basin have started to drop, as water overtops the ice dam. Flooding has not started yet, but riverside residents should be prepared. Juneau’s city-owned hospital and its employee union are heading to arbitration after failing to come to an agreement over a new contract. Alaska has a high…

Newscast – Wednesday, July 31, 2024

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2024/08/01

In this newscast: Nearly a dozen residents testified in front of the Juneau Assembly Monday night calling for more accountability from local law enforcement in the wake of a deadly shooting; Tickets for parking violations in Juneau’s city-owned downtown facilities are about to get a bit more spendy. That’s because the Juneau Assembly voted to bump up the price of parking fines in an attempt to deter repeat offenders; The Alaska Department of Fish and Game on Thursday [7/25] announced a surprise

Newscast – Tuesday, July 30, 2024

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2024/07/31

In this newscast: Plans to construct a fifth cruise ship dock in downtown Juneau crossed at major hurdle at this week's meeting of the Juneau Assembly; Tongass Voices: Juneau artist Chloey Cavanaugh on organizing the final Kake Dog Salmon Festival; $15 million in funding from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has helped Alaska communities to clear passages for migratory fish to spawn.

Newscast – Monday, July 29, 2024

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2024/07/30

In this newscast: $38 million in new federal funding will be help homeowners in southeast and southcentral Alaska get heat pumps; Juneau's Eaglecrest Ski Area is interviewing two candidates to take over as general manager; A Canadian conservation group known for labeling sustainable seafood removed its recommendation of Southeast salmon.

Newscast – Thursday, July 25, 2024

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2024/07/26

In this newscast: Congresswoman Mary Peltola says she's isn't endorsing either presidential candidate this fall; A recent Supreme Court decision could have important implications for fisheries in Alaska

Newscast – Wednesday, July 24, 2024

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2024/07/25

In this newscast: Juneau residents will have a chance to learn more about the three finalists for Juneau's next city attorney this week; Tommy, the mythical sole survivor of the Princess Sophia wreck, is cast in bronze atop a boulder at Tee Harbor; The Alaska Travel Industry Association confirmed that the state broke a cruise ship passenger record last year

Newscast – Tuesday, July 23, 2024

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2024/07/24

In this newscast: The Juneau Police Department has released the names of the officers involved in last week's deadly shooting downtown; Protesters took to the streets downtown to express their anger over the death of Steven Kissack; Anchorage police officials say they'll enact a new body camera policy this week that mandates the release of footage of police shootings within 45 days; Tongass Voices: Xixtc’ i see Ruby Hughes fuses pop culture and tradition in her sewing

Newscast – Monday, July 22, 2024

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2024/07/23

In this newscast: A Haines man and a couple flying from Juneau to Yakutat are missing after their plane never arrived at its destination over the weekend; Former Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation CEO Angela Rodell is running for Juneau Mayor; People who witnessed Monday's deadly police shooting in downtown Juneau are carrying a lot of emotions, and a local mental health care provider has compiled resources to help residents deal with the trauma; The 9th District Court of Appeals heard cases for and

Newscast – Thursday, July 18, 2024

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2024/07/19

In this newscast: State officials say they're working to improve the speed of their investigations into police shootings as public pressure mounts for the release of body camera footage of the incidents; A federal judge is sending Interior Department officials back to the drawing board after concluding that a Cook Inlet oil and gas lease sale didn't adequately consider the possible impacts on endangered beluga whales in the area; The judge sentencing convicted killer Brian Smith in Anchorage last

Newscast – Wednesday, July 17, 2024

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2024/07/18

In this newscast: Resurrection Lutheran Church held a vigil for Steven Kissack, and many community members are still reeling after he was shot and killed by law enforcement; Archeologists excavating an ancient pit house near Delta Junction say the artifacts they've found have helped them understand more about the people who've lived there for 14,000 years

Newscast – Monday, July 15, 2024

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2024/07/16

In this newscast: A landslide in downtown Juneau displaced at least seven people in the Strasbaugh Apartments building late Sunday morning amid heavy rain; A federal judge in Juneau sentenced two members of a Washington state family who sold over 1 million dollars of fake Alaska Native art in Ketchikan; In the wake of five police shootings in Anchorage in less than two months, the Party for Socialism and Liberation-Anchorage is pushing for the city to establish an independent police review board to

Newscast – Friday, July 12, 2024

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2024/07/13

In this newscast: The start of the 10-day period to file to run for a seat on Juneau's Assembly or Board of Education opened today; Communities across the state like Ketchikan are developing tough-on-crime policies to try to reduce the crime rates, and KRBD stopped by a community organization that's using a different method to reduce recidivism; The U.S. Coast Guard encountered four Chinese military ships in the Bering Sea over the weekend

Newscast – Wednesday, July 10, 2024

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2024/07/11

In this newscast: An Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development study shows that Juneau has the highest average cost of a single-family home in Alaska; New rules for bringing dogs into the United States are set to take effect next month, and will have some unique impacts in Alaska; A fisherman has died in Bristol Bay's sockeye salmon gillnet fishery

Newscast – Tuesday, July 9, 2024

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2024/07/10

In this newscast: A citizen's committee charged with reviewing books for the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District has completed its work; The Alaska chapter of the ACLU is stepping up its pressure on the Alaska Department of Corrections over what it says are improper restrictions on inmates' access to private conversations with their attorneys; Tongass Voices: Lovely Colours on playing for their hometown

Newscast – Monday, July 8, 2024

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2024/07/09

In this newscast: Dozens of jobs previously cut from the Juneau School District due to a lack of funding are now being added back for the coming school year; Cool, rainy weather over the long holiday weekend aided firefighters working to contain wildfires around the state; The Alaska Marine Highway System's proposed winter ferry schedule has just one ferry serving Southeast Alaska's main route, and it leaves some communities out; North Pacific sablefish are a single genetic population, according to

Newscast – Wednesday, July 3, 2024

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2024/07/04

In this newscast: Ice is melting faster in the Juneau Icefield than expected; Juneau's former downtown homeless shelter has been converted into seven affordable housing units; A Canadian company is getting close to the permitting stage to reopen a gold mine at the headwaters of a river that flows into Southeast Alaska, and the British Columbia government is downplaying their responsibility to consult with Alaska tribes

Newscast – Tuesday, July 2, 2024

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2024/07/03

In this newscast: The Little Mermaid Beauty Salon in Douglas closed for good last weekend after 60 years; A researcher with the Pacific Northwest Research Station is recording connections between people and subsistence foods for a new project with the National Forest Service

Newscast – Monday, July 1, 2024

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2024/07/02

In this newscast: Gov. Mike Dunleavy signed the state's $12.2 billion operating budget Friday; Last week, a federal judge in Anchorage ruled that tribes in Alaska can put land into trust; Tongass Voices: Sakoon Donedin Jackson on re-indigenizing her life

Newscast – Thursday, June 27, 2024

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2024/06/28

In this newscast: A high-stakes battle over a popular form of homeschooling reached the Alaska Supreme Court today; Curious Juneau: Juneau is a windy city. So why don’t we have more wind turbines?

Newscast – Wednesday, June 26, 2024

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2024/06/27

In this newscast: Supports of Alaska's ranked-choice voting were in court Monday in an attempt to disqualify a ballot measure that would repeal the election reforms voters adopted in 2020; A Juneau artist's family is donating hundreds of photos of King Island taken in the early 1950s before the residents were removed from the remote Bering Sea island; An audio postcard from Dillingham's boatyard as fishing crews get ready for the Bristol Bay salmon season

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