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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, 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

Newscast – Tuesday, June 25, 2024

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2024/06/26

In this newscast: Recent Juneau high school graduate and soon-to-be collegiate swimmer PJ Foy competed in the U.S. Olympic trials in Indianapolis on Friday; Last week, a group of Juneau middle schoolers got a crash course in renewable electricity through a summer camp called the “Nature of Energy;" The state has released its draft winter ferry schedule, which residents might find familiar; After two failed attempts last year, a local group advocating to limit cruise tourism in Sitka filed a third

Newscast – Monday, June 24, 2024

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2024/06/25

In this newscast: A Wisconsin museum has sent a Chilkat robe it's had for the last 80 years to Sealaska Heritage Institute in Juneau in the hopes of identifying it; The Kodiak Filipino American Association celebrated Philippine Independence Day wiht a basketball tournament; Tongass Voices: Juneau Bike Doctor’s Ken Hill wants to get everybody on a bike

Newscast – Friday, June 21, 2024

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2024/06/22

In this newscast: The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has announced an emergency closure for most near-shore fishing areas around Juneau, Researchers found dangerous levels of paralytic shellfish toxins in Ketchikan, and they are helping researchers learn more about the toxins, And, if you felt that this May was especially rainy, you were right

Newscast – Thursday, June 20, 2024

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2024/06/21

In this newscast: Local trail crews are trying to figure out how to keep up with muddier and harder-to-maintain trails in Southeast Alaska caused by climate change; New rules for wastewater are on the horizon here in Alaska; Seward's Lydia Jacoby won't compete in this summer's Olympics in Paris; Two men died after their small plane crashed on Tuesday into Crescent Lake on the Kenia Peninsula.

Newscast – Tuesday, June 18, 2024

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2024/06/19

In this newscast: Juneau Mayor Beth Weldon announced that she plans to run for a third term in October's local election; The Juneau Assembly is increasing funding in a city loan program for purchasing mobile homes; European green crabs are expanding their territory in Southeast Alaska; A team of experts on sexual assault is training healthcare professionals to fill gaps in response and care

Newscast – Monday, June 17, 2024

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2024/06/18

In this newscast: It's taken 44 years, but a hydroelectric project in Angoon finally has all the funding and most of the permits to launch; A rare mountain lion was shot and killed on Wrangell Island earlier this month; Tongass Voices: The Evening Star on creating spaces for queer Indigenous people

Newscast – Friday, June 14, 2024

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2024/06/15

In this newscast: Cultural ambassadors are now at the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center to teach Lingit culture and history to tourists; Representative Mary Peltola recently introduced two bills aimed at addressing bycatch in federal trawl fisheries

Newscast – Thursday, June 13, 2024

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2024/06/14

In this newscast: A drag story time in Seward faced a bomb threat on Saturday, but the event persisted; Curious Juneau: What will happen to Juneau’s City Hall mural if the city moves out?

Newscast – Wednesday, June 12, 2024

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2024/06/13

In this newscast: A Superior Court judge in Anchorage has dismissed a significant portion of a lawsuit filed by supporters of Alaska's ranked choice voting; A search is underway for a missing Ketchikan woman; Museum curators, chemists and Alaska Native weavers have worked to solve the mystery of what dye techniques were used to produce the colors in Chilkat weaving; Juneau Animal Rescue removed over 50 cats and kittens from a Juneau residence

Newscast – Tuesday, June 11, 2024

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2024/06/12

In this newscast: Last week, SHI presented a film screening of Tlingit Macbeth. The production reimagines Shakespeare's 400-year-old play by infusing elements of Lingit language and culture; The federal government is considering a request that would grant the Gulf of Alaska king salmon Endangered Species Act protections

Newscast – Monday, June 10, 2024

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2024/06/11

In this newscast: A federal lawsuit over fishing rights for the people of Alaska's only Native reservation is likely heading for trial; Every year, one dance group is chosen to lead the procession of dancers that begins and ends Celebration; Tongass Voices: Nick Alan Foote on coming home for Celebration

Newscast – Friday, June 7, 2024

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2024/06/08

In this newscast: Southeast Alaska’s cutest models hit the stage at Centennial Hall on Thursday for Celebration’s Toddler Regalia Review; The state of Alaska is facing a new class action lawsuit over its failure to process Medicaid applications on time. That’s after state officials told Alaska Public Media last month that more than 15,000 Alaskans are waiting for their applications to be approved; Researchers are monitoring a bloom of phytoplankton near one of Kodiak Island’s beaches that is known

Newscast – Thursday, June 6, 2024

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2024/06/07

In this newscast: Earlier this week, a swath of gray storm clouds interrupted an afternoon of clear blue skies in Juneau. A few people caught the sound of thunder and saw flashes of lightning. Juneau is no stranger to rainy days, but thunderstorms only happen once every two years or so here. KTOO’s Anna Canny explains why they’re so rare; A mother-daughter duo — a weaver and an engraver — won Best of Show at this Celebration’s Juried Arts show. Their winning entry was a spruce root hat called

Newscast – Wednesday, June 5, 2024

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2024/06/06

In this newscast: Traditional canoes -- or yaakw -- landed in Juneau Tuesday to mark the start of the bi-annual Celebration festival; A team of local scientists and emergency managers are trying to improve flood forecasts; Tongass Voices: Dave Hanson on the cosmos of Marie Drake Planetarium

Newscast – Tuesday, June 4, 2024

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2024/06/05

In this newscast: Last week, an Alaska Coach Tours bus backed into a totem pole at the Juneau-Douglas City Museum, and drove off. Witnesses called the museum to report the accident. There’s minimal damage to the pole and city engineers made sure it was stable. But for the son of the man who carved the 57-year-old totem pole, the accident was a reminder of what this piece means to him and his father’s legacy; Naomi Michelson shares her reflections on the practice of respectful harvesting for this

Newscast – Monday, June 3, 2024

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2024/06/04

In this newscast: Civil liberties advocates are accusing the Alaska Department of Corrections of unconstitutionally limiting prisoners’ access to attorneys at the state’s only all-female prison. For Curious Juneau, Yvonne Krumrey delves into the history of Auke Rec, where canoes land for Celebration each year.

Newscast – Thursday, May 30, 2024

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2024/05/31

In this newscast: Bartlett Regional Hospital is facing a multi-million dollar deficit and now hospital leaders are considering cutting some services to stop the bleeding; A partnership between scientists and local hunters to monitor sea ice is helping Utqiagvik adapt to the lost of ice due to climate change

Newscast – Wednesday, May 29, 2024

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2024/05/30

In this newscast: Students studying environmental science at UAS will settle into a brand new building this fall; An organization working to reduce the cost of trash disposal in Southeast Alaska has won a $500,000 grant to study where there are cheaper, more efficient ways to get rid of garbage; Sixteen people from Wrangell and Petersburg are about to paddle north to Juneau for the bi-annual Celebration festival

Newscast – Tuesday, May 28, 2024

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2024/05/29

In this newscast: Dozens of people had to scramble to find a way home from Haines this weekend when two sailings of the LeConte were canceled due to mechanical issues; On Sunday, more than 300 seniors graduated from Juneau's three high schools, and the last graduating class from Thunder Mountain High School; Tongass Voices: Seth Williams on what it takes to be a karaoke host in Juneau

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