KTOO News Update KTOO Public Media
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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 – Monday, April 29, 2024
In this newscast: Weaver Lily Hope and her collaborators will debut a collection of child-sized Ravenstail robes. Adelyn Baxter visits Juneau’s recycling center for the latest installment of Curious Juneau. The Anchorage School District looks to close schools in response to declining student populations.
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Newscast – Friday, April 26, 2024
In this newscast: A ban on social media accounts for children under 14 passed the Alaska House; The Alaska House passed a bill that would put more guardrails on the property assessment process in the state; More Alaskans died of opioid overdose last year than ever before; An Oregon man convicted of murdering an Anchorage teenager more than four decades ago has been sentenced to 50 years in prison.
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Newscast – Thursday, April, 25, 2024
In this newscast: Trident Seafood’s Ketchikan processing plant was officially transferred to Silver Bay Seafoods. A new Alaska Senate bill tightens residency requirements on hunting and fishing licenses. A rare bowhead whale was spotted in Sitka.
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Newscast – Wednesday, April 24, 2024
In this newscast: A new campus slated for Juneau will be dedicated to immersing children in Alaska Native culture and languages; An Indigenous-led group, the Herring Protectors, received an unexpected contribution -- two parcels of land on an island outside of Sitka; House lawmakers removed an amendment from a bill that would have raised the age of consent from 16 to 18 in some situations
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Newscast – Tuesday, April 23, 2024
In this newscast: Alaska's Division of Forestry released its plan for selling timber in Southeast Alaska for the next five years and an environmental group in the region is frustrated with the public process; A recent paper in Nature attempts to set a new timeframe of when humans first appeared in Southeast Alaska, but for Southeast Alaska Natives, it's just one piece of a much bigger puzzle
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Newscast – Monday, April 22, 2024
In this newscast: The City and Borough of Juneau is creating a task force to tackle if -- and how -- they should be regulated; Juneau's emergency warming shelter closed last week and the city doesn't have a campground for people to move to this year; Tongass Voices: Holly Huber on what it takes to be Miss Alaska Volunteer
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