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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

Newscast – Tuesday, May 21, 2024

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2024/05/22

In this newscast: Security footage posted online shows Anchorage police killing an armed man last week, but a witness who owns the camera says her footage contradicts what officers say happened in the lead up to the shooting; The first Alaska woman has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences; The remote village of Golovin is the subject of a new documentary that shines a light on the unique hardships experienced living on the Western Alaska coast; A Homer man died Sunday morning after being

Newscast – Monday, May 20, 2024

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2024/05/20

In this newscast: An electric pole in Ketchikan caught fire late last month and sent Ketchikan, Petersburg, and Wrangell into a blackout. The three grids - which are interconnected - went dark for a few hours. That smoldering electric pole was symptomatic of a much larger, decades-long issue facing Ketchikan Public Utilities; Tongass Voices: Kanik Corinne James on being uplifted by Indigenous women in the art world

Newscast – Friday, May 17, 2024

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2024/05/18

In this newscast: AKPM's Eric Stone reports on the dozens of bills passed as lawmakers concluded their work this legislative session; Injured commercial fishermen and boat owners in Alaska will now be able to access higher insurance reimbursements, thanks to a senate bill passed by lawmakers; A bill passed by the legislature addresses the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous People in the state.

Newscast – Thursday, May 16, 2024

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2024/05/17

An affordable housing project built specifically for people in recovery from substance misuse received funding support from the Juneau Assembly this week; KTOO reporter Anna Canny sought out where ravens roost in Juneau in this week's Curious Juneau episode; A 91-year-old cruise tourist is suing the Ketchikan Borough for negligence after his mobility scooter tipped over on a public bus.

Newscast – Wednesday, May15, 2024

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2024/05/16

In this newscast: Ketchikan community members are pushing back against the planned construction of a market downtown which would feature two totem poles made by a non-Native Minnesota artist with a checkered past; A look at what's planned for this years Little Norway Festival in Petersburg

Newscast – Tuesday, May 14, 2024

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2024/05/15

In this newscast: The Juneau Assembly approved the school district's more than $85 million budget for next school year last night; Budget negotiators in the Alaska Legislature have settled on the amount of this year's Permanent Fund dividend and energy relief check; Since statehood, Alaska has not had the death penalty, but the men who were last executed here shouldn't be forgotten

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