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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

Newscast – Friday, Oct. 24, 2025

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2025/10/25

In this newscast: A private beach in Gustavus, known as the Beach Meadows, is now protected by a conservation easement the owners signed with the Southeast Alaska Land Trust; The Trump administration, reverting to a decision during the prior Trump presidency, is again advancing the Ambler Road project in Northwest Alaska, to help mining interests; In the days after Typhoon Halong tore through Western Alaska, the state evacuated hundreds of people to Anchorage. The evacuees say they mostly have what

Newscast – Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025

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2025/10/24

In this newscast: Local advocates have gathered more than 600 signatures in an effort to pause the looming evictions and demolition of the historic Telephone Hill neighborhood in downtown Juneau; Alaskans will not receive SNAP, or food stamp, benefits for November, according to the state division of public assistance. That’s unless the federal government shutdown ends before then; Dozens of communities in Western Alaska are working to restore essential infrastructure and repair damaged homes after

Newscast – Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025

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2025/10/23

In this newscast: Final results for Juneau's municipal election dropped Tuesday, showing that voters chose not to implement a new seasonal sales tax system in Juneau next year; The Juneau school board will have two new board members and one returning member following the release of final election results yesterday; Scientists in Southeast Alaska recently established that avalanches are a leading cause of mountain goat mortalities; Over 3 million people visited Alaska during the tourism season that

Newscast – Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025

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2025/10/22

In this newscast: The Alaska Office of Children's Services has struggled with staffing for years, and data shows caseworker demographics also don't line up with the states, or the system's, children; The mayor's task force on short-term rentals wrapped up four months ago, without immediate recommendations on regulations or restrictions for the Juneau Assembly; Juneau's black bears are packing on the pounds to keep from starving during hibernation, and they are going for whatever they can find; Ten

Newscast – Monday, Oct. 20, 2025

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2025/10/21

In this newscast: Alaska Federation of Natives delegates on Saturday called for an immediate emergency declaration from President Donald Trump – and more federal assistance for communities hit by the remnants of Typhoon Halong. It was one of dozens of resolutions passed on the final day of the AFN convention in Anchorage; Alaska Airlines is dropping its popular policy that allowed travelers flying within the state of Alaska to check three bags for free. The change will primarily impact non-Alaska

Newscast – Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025

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2025/10/17

In this newscast: Juneau School District's high school graduation rate went up after the first year of consolidating schools; Half a dozen helicopter crews and other aircraft have worked since the weekend to move people and supplies where they're needed in the storm-battered Kuskokwim Delta; Volunteers in Juneau are offering free lunches for federal employees who were furloughed when the government shut down on Oct. 1st; Sealaska Heritage Institute opened its new science education building Monday;

Newscast – Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025

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2025/10/16

In this newscast: Juneau's cold weather emergency shelter opens tonight; Researchers presented new preliminary data on how the ice contributed this summer's record-breaking flood in the Mendenhall Valley and shared their ideas about how that could change in the future; Juneau School District Superintendent Frank Hauser is resigning; Juneau saw at least five backcountry deaths this summer, many were cruise tourists or visitors; Alaska has joined more than half of the country in creating artificial

Newscast – Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025

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2025/10/15

In this newscast: A power outage hit all of Juneau today just after 11 a.m.; The city clerk's office released another batch of results from Juneau's municipal election today that include ballots cast on Election Day; The former Juneau police officer who slammed a man to the ground during an arrest this summer will not face criminal charges; At least three people are still missing and 51 have been rescued following a record-breaking storm that slammed into the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Sunday; The

Newscast – Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025

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2025/10/10

In this newscast: Out-of-state undergraduate students at the University of Alaska Southeast will see lower tuition rates beginning next fall, Nearly 100 large whales were reported entangled around the U.S. in 2024, almost a 50% increase from 2023, Funding for a program subsidizing rural air travel is set to continue through early November despite the…

Newscast – Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2025

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2025/10/09

In this newscast: Preliminary results are in for Juneau's 2025 municipal election; No developers have bitten on 200 acres of city land upzoned for denser housing on Douglas Island and in Auke Bay; The interim superintendent for Ketchikan's school district submitted her letter of resignation months into the job; Some Alaskans feel they don't have a meaningful say in the process as a proposed gold mine in Canada goes through its environmental assessment.

Newscast – Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2025

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2025/10/08

In this newscast: Today is municipal Election Day and the KTOO newsroom was around town to chat with voters about their thoughts on the election; The state of Alaska is in the throes of studying what it would take to build a road that would better connect Juneau, Haines and Skagway, and the Dept. of Transportation held open house-style meetings last week to inform the public, and get community feedback; Top state lawmakers say they are investigating why $50 million from the state's primary savings

Newscast – Monday, Oct. 6, 2025

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2025/10/07

In this newscast: Juneau's municipal Election Day is almost here. Voters have until tomorrow night at 8 p.m. sharp to cast their ballots; And Juneau's high school students also cast votes in mock elections to learn more about how they work; The Petersburg Borough assembly passed a resolution last month calling on state and federal authorities for help dealing with rising sea otter populations; President Trump approved the 211-mile Ambler Road in Northwest Alaska today

Newscast – Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025

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2025/10/03

In this newscast: A former Juneau chiropractor accused of sexual assault now has a public defender; Juneau is mulling over how to prepare for next year's glacial outburst flood; It's been over three years since one of Juneau's elementary schools had a functioning library, but it was able to build and open one this year; Funding has lapsed for the federal government, so a shutdown began Wednesday

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