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Newscast – Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025

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2025/12/03

In this newscast: With major cruise tourism developments on the horizon in the capital city, the City and Borough of Juneau is resurrecting a task force to look at whether its current approach to managing tourism is working; Eaglecrest Ski Area is slated to open for its 50th season this Saturday, and KTOO's Mike Lane sat down with Craig Cimmons, the general manager of the city-owned ski area, to talk about the season ahead; A portion of the lucrative Bristol Bay red king crab harvest nearly went to

Newscast – Monday, Dec. 1, 2025

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2025/12/02

In this newscast: The comment period for the first phase of construction of a new ferry terminal north of Juneau has been extended to January 9, 2026; A Superior Court judge is allowing the City and Borough of Juneau to refile eviction cases against the tenants who are refusing to vacate the historic Telephone Hill neighborhood in downtown Juneau; Alaska's Office of Children's Services pushed back last week on the findings of an audit required by a law meant to reform the state's foster care system;

Newscast – Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025

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2025/11/27

In this newscast: The comment period for the first phase of construction of a new ferry terminal north of Juneau ends this Friday; For the first time, Juneau's famous Mendenhall Glacier is not touching Mendenhall Lake; As Thanksgiving approaches, some Southeast residents are already putting up Christmas decorations, including a Christmas tree that can be harvested in the Tongass National Forest and Juneau city land; Lingít and Dena'ina writer and playwright Vera Starbard recently clinched her fourth

Newscast – Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025

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2025/11/26

In this newscast: Sitka city officials look into what to do about the ability for uninsured boats to use the marine haulout at the Gary Paxton Industrial Park; Marc Wheeler talks about potential changes to Juneau Parks and Recreation services; S'eitlin Jamiann Hasselquist talks about community soup nights where she makes soup from traditional Lingít foods.

Newscast – Monday, Nov. 24, 2025

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2025/11/25

In this newscast: Alaska's state government is increasingly failing to keep up with requirements in state and federal law, according to the state's nonpartisan auditor; Thousands of Alaskans who rely on the federal marketplace for health insurance are experiencing sticker shock as they apply for coverage for the coming year; Earlier this month, the Juneau School District unilaterally announced it was entering arbitration with its teacher's union after more than nine months of contract negotiations;

Newscast – Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025

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2025/11/21

In this newscast: Earlier this week, the Juneau Assembly approved spending more than $320,000 -- made up of mostly grant funding from the FAA -- to purchase an amphibious wetland rescue vehicle for the Juneau International Airport; Starting today, Juneau residents won’t have to pay local sales tax on essential food and residential utilities. Voters in Juneau approved exempting them during this fall’s recent municipal election; A lawsuit from Alaska’s only Native reservation will proceed over the

Newscast – Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025

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2025/11/19

In this newscast: Last night, the Juneau Assembly officially killed a proposal to locally implement ranked choice voting. The body unanimously voted to table the ordinance to adopt a ranked-choice voting system for municipal elections beginning next year; The man who was slammed to the ground by a former Juneau police officer this summer is suing the City and Borough of Juneau and the officer in civil superior court; A controversial mineral exploration project near Haines is changing hands again –

Newscast – Monday, Nov. 17, 2025

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2025/11/18

In this newscast: The Juneau School District Board of Education is considering giving more than $1 million dollars earmarked for child care back to the city at its regular meeting tomorrow; The longest government shutdown in U.S. history came to an end last week. That paved the way for federal employees to return to their posts, including many in Alaska’s capital city. But as KTOO’s Alix Soliman reports, reopening isn’t necessarily a smooth process and some agency workers are frustrated,; Two

Newscast – Thursday, No.v. 13, 2025

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2025/11/14

In this newscast: University of Alaska President Pat Pitney will retire this spring; After a decade of serving Juneau a range of fresh food and diverse flavors, a beloved local restaurant is closing its doors later this month. Zerelda’s Bistro was started by a couple who love food almost as much as they love each other; Powerful solar storms brought a dazzling light show to the skies above the Northern Hemisphere this week. As the Alaska Desk’s Shelby Herbert reports, even scientists who have

Newscast – Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025

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2025/11/13

In this newscast: The number of Democrats running for governor of Alaska grew to two on Monday as Anchorage state Sen. Matt Claman entered the race; More than a dozen people without permanent housing have been camping out on Teal Street in the Mendenhall Valley. It’s Juneau’s largest unhoused encampment and the city plans to force people and their belongings out of the area on Friday, ahead of the season’s first expected snowfall; One Fairbanks woman is especially grateful to be home with her family

Newscast – Monday, Nov. 10, 2025

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2025/11/11

In this newscast: Tomorrow is Veterans Day and there are several ceremonies honoring veterans in Juneau; Juneau's avalanche forecasters are gearing up for winter; The state of Alaska is limiting payments to SNAP recipients this week in response to federal guidance; Dozens of elders and youth from around Alaska learned how to process a seal at a workshop last month

Newscast – Friday, Nov. 7, 2025

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2025/11/08

In this newscast: The delay in SNAP benefit payments has driven Juneau residents to worry that their next meal isn’t guaranteed, and local organizations are stepping up their efforts to fill the gaps; The University of Alaska Board of Regents approved increasing tuition across the board by 4% next year; Fishing jobs in Alaska are down for the fifth year in a row, according to new economic data from the state Department of Labor for the year 2024; Cruise ships are relatively new to Prince of Wales

Newscast – Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025

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2025/11/07

In this newscast: Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport is among 40 airports across the country forced to slash air traffic by 10% starting Friday as the government shutdown becomes the longest in U.S. history; The Juneau Assembly is facing some tough decisions in the coming months. That’s after Juneau voters approved tax cuts this fall, leaving an estimated $12 million annual hole in the city’s budget. Last night, Assembly members discussed what that will mean for the level of services the

Newscast – Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025

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2025/11/06

In this newscast: Alaska might soon regulate its own hazardous waste if authorized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Haines and Skagway are among the communities across Alaska are doing what they can to support the more than one thousand people displaced by Typhoon Halong; The largest community in the North Slope Borough has a new grocery store; College Gate Elementary School now have 70 new students who evacuated from Western Alaska communities after ex-typhoon Halong last month.

Newscast – Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025

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2025/11/05

In this newscast: The U. S. Coast Guard may briefly be unable to hear distress calls in Southeast Alaska for 3-5 minute intervals this week; Tenants living in Juneau’s historic Telephone Hill neighborhood had until this past weekend to move out. But some didn’t, and several are now suing the city to reverse the evictions. At the same time, city officials are discussing the next steps for the downtown neighborhood's redevelopment into new, denser housing; A controversial higher education compact from

Newscast – Monday, Nov. 3, 2025

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2025/11/04

In this newscast: The Juneau Assembly doesn't plan to take a stance on whether it's in favor of the state's proposed Cascade Point Ferry Terminal north of Juneau; Five firefighter apprentices in Juneau received their pins on Saturday — that means the formally joined the force; Renters living in Juneau's Telephone Hill neighborhood had until Saturday to vacate their homes before the city would have evicted them; The Juneau Assembly is hoping to avoid paying a portion of the cost for a federal program

Newscast – Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025

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2025/10/31

In this newscast: The Juneau School Board swore in three members and honored two outgoing members at a meeting Tuesday; Though Alaskans approved ranked-choice voting nearly 5 years ago, the debate about whether it actually benefits voters persists. At a Chamber of Commerce luncheon this afternoon, two speakers shared what they think of the system; Juneau's new hydroelectric utility passed one of its last hurdles this week toward expanding the capital city's energy grid; A beloved maintenance

Newscast – Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025

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2025/10/30

In this newscast: Federal subsidies for rural air travel will continue through at least mid-November despite the government shutdown. That’s according to a notice from the Transportation Department telling air carriers that it’s found enough funding to continue paying Essential Air Service subsidies through Nov. 18; The state’s plan to build a new ferry terminal north of Juneau has sparked calls for more information about the project … and, what justifies it. The state recently released an economic

Newscast – Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025

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2025/10/29

In this newscast: Juneau plans to expand its temporary levee along the Mendenhall River, in part by using money originally intended for a new arts and culture center; A project meant to bring more than 70 units of new workforce housing to downtown Juneau is dead before it could even break ground. The developer blames the city for stopping it. The city says the project was a risk to public safety; The Juneau Assembly approved merit and cost-of-living pay bumps to Juneau’s city manager and city

Newscast – Monday, Oct. 27, 2025

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2025/10/28

In this newscast: Fairbanks North Star Borough officials are searching for places that could offer more stable housing for ex-Typhoon Halong evacuees; A geological firm presented options for long-term rockslide mitigation in Skagway, but none of the choices are easy or cheap; The City and Borough of Wrangell is pausing work at a housing project after archaeologists confirmed artifacts at the site; Months after Joann Fabrics stores closed in Alaska, the gap in craft supplies is being put to the test

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