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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, March 14, 2024

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2024/03/15

In this newscast: A search for Alaska herring at Tsukiji Outer Market in Tokyo, Japan. Money from the bipartisan education funding package does not pay for the building maintenance and repairs that some rural Alaska public schools desperately need.

Newscast – Wednesday, March 13, 2024

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2024/03/14

In this newscast: The Juneau School Board has decided to stick with its previously adopted school closure plan; Humpback whales are often considered a conservation success story. The species was near extinction just 50 years ago — today, tens of thousands of humpbacks call the North Pacific home. But climate change may be stunting the species’ recovery. A new study using artificial intelligence shows that Alaska’s humpback population has dropped more than 30% in a decade; A hydroelectric project on

Newscast – Tuesday, Mach 12, 2024

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2024/03/13

In this newscast: The Juneau School District’s current school closure plan would have it vacate three city-owned buildings: the district office on Glacier Avenue, the Marie Drake building and Floyd Dryden Middle School. Now, the city is eyeing those buildings as possible new homes for City Hall; A little-known federal agency called Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has a big role in regulating nearly 7,000 miles of coastline in Alaska. Last week, they met with KTOO reporter Anna Canny, who asked

Newscast – Monday, March 11, 2024

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2024/03/12

In this newscast: The Juneau School Board will reconsider a school closure plan it approved last month to help address the district's budget deficit; Tongass Voices: Jocelyn Clark was born in Juneau but has spent decades in Korea, studying a 1500 year old folk instrument; KCAW's Katherine Rose reports from Japan, where she's looking into the industry and culture of herring

Newscast – Wednesday, March 6, 2024

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2024/03/07

In this newscast: The four-legged search and rescue team at SEADOGS got some practice in urban disaster searches in a simulated disaster in Lemon Creek this weekend; A Ketchikan-born Lingit artist has been selected to visually represent this year's Celebration; Tongass Voices: Axel Brouillette-Gillam us a co-owner of Cosmik Debriz, a vintage Alaskana shop that began from his interests in thrifting and fashion

Newscast – Monday, March 4, 2024

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2024/03/05

In this newscast: Southeast Alaska's deputy forester for the US Forest Service said its time for the Tongass National Forest to update their management plan; Juneau's Augustus Brown Pool is reopening after nearly a year of renovations; Southeast Alaska Native leaders and Chilkat weavers welcomed home a very old Chilkat robe last week

Newscast – Friday, Feb. 23, 2024

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2024/02/24

The Alaska House passed a wide-ranging, bipartisan education bill late Thursday night, federal education officials say Alaska owes millions in state funding to Juneau, Kenai and North Slope schools, city leaders say residents aren't applying for grants to promote the construction of mother-in-law apartments and the Anchorage School District reversed course Tuesday night, opting to keep elementary art classes that were slated to be cut in order to balance the budget.

Newscast – Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024

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2024/02/23

In this newscast: Juneau lawmakers introduce bills that would double the amount of disaster aid Alaska can give homeowners; Juneau residents have until March 25 to give feedback on marine passenger fee project proposals; Dancers in Wrangell celebrate Elizabeth Peratrovich Day with a televised performance

Newscast – Wednesday, February 21, 2024

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2024/02/22

In this newscast: The Juneau School Board could consolidate the town's two high schools to help address the budget deficit for next year, but students rallied on Tuesday in opposition to the way they proposed to split up the students; Gov. Mike Dunleavy issued an executive order that would bring big changes to a board that oversees Alaska's ferry system

Newscast – Tuesday, February 20, 2024

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2024/02/21

In this newscast: A new study shows that some surveys of pollock abundance in the Gulf of Alaska may not account for the way that fish are responding to climate change; Sitkans shared feedback with SEARHC about the fall closure of its Medicare-certified home health department, after months of trying; The Alaska Federation of Natives have announced plans for Julie Kitka to step aside as president before this fall's convention

Newscast – Monday, Feb. 19, 2024

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2024/02/20

In this newscast: The Juneau School District is facing a $9.7 million deficit for the next fiscal year. District leaders are considering closing schools to balance the budget; Nellie Moore was a broadcast journalist who left a big footprint in Alaska and beyond. She died this month at the age of 69

Newscast – Friday, Feb. 16, 2024

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2024/02/16

In this newscast: Today is Elizabeth Peratrovich Day; A new city proposal could look at whale stress levels, funded by cruise ship money; Attorneys for the only Native reservation in Alaska presented arguments this week in federal court in a lawsuit over fishing rights

Newscast – Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024

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2024/02/16

In this newscast: State legislators remain divided on how much to increase state education funding; Fishermen oppose a bill that would allow electronic monitoring in state fisheries; Alaska's U.S. senators support foreign aid for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan

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