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• Newscast – Thursday, April 24, 2025

  25-04-2025 03:01 via ktoo.org
  
  
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  In this newscast:A cruise line representative dodged questions form the Juneau Assembly this afternoon about the company’s plans to develop a new cruise ship port on the backside of Douglas Island,
  The Alaska Senate is planning to vote soon on a new education funding bill, even as Gov. Mike Dunleavy says he opposes it,
  A $38 million federal grant meant to help Alaskans lower their energy bills and planet-warming em
  
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• Royal Caribbean dodges Assembly questions about new dock project on Douglas Island

  25-04-2025 01:58 via ktoo.org
  
  Russell Benford, Royal Caribbean Group’s vice president of Government Relations for the Americas, speaks to the Juneau Assembly on Thursday, April 24, 2025. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  A cruise line representative dodged questions from the Juneau Assembly Thursday afternoon about the company’s plans to develop a new cruise ship port on the backside of Douglas Island. 
  The interaction took place during a public meeting between the Juneau Assembly and cruise line representative
  
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• Trump wants to cut funds to public media. Here’s what that could mean for 27 radio and 4 TV stations in Alaska.

  25-04-2025 00:10 via ktoo.org
  In 2012, radio reporter Sophie Evan works on her Yupik News broadcast in the newsroom of KYUK Radio in Bethel. (Bob Hallinen / ADN archive 2012)
  Editor’s note: This story was reported and published by the Anchorage Daily News. It is republished here with permission. 
  As the Trump administration works to end nearly all federal support for public broadcasting in the United States, the loss of that money for the state’s 27 public radio stations and four public TV stations could jeo
  
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• Upcoming events preview with Juneau Ghost Light Theatre, Early Learning Fair, American Primrose Society, and SAIL

  24-04-2025 23:23 via ktoo.org
  
  
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  Video streamOn today’s program:Juneau Ghost Light Theatre previews its upcoming production of “Five Women Wearing the Same Dress”
  AEYC-SEA previews the Early Learning Fair happening on Friday, April 25
  American Primrose Society is holding its national show and conference in Juneau this May
  Southeast Alaska Independent Living previews summer programs for youth
  Bostin Christopher hosts the conversation. Juneau Afternoon airs at 3:00 p.m. on KTOO and KAUK with a rebr
  
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• Why a surge in gold prices won’t solve Alaska’s budget woes

  24-04-2025 22:57 via ktoo.org
  
  Lawmakers at the Alaska State Capitol would have to approve any changes to mining taxes. (Photo by Nathaniel Herz/Northern Journal)
  When oil prices rise, the state of Alaska gets a windfall in taxes and royalties.
  When gold prices rise — as they have, in dramatic fashion, this spring — state revenue barely ticks up.
  Industry critics often draw this comparison, arguing that the huge mining corporations that operate in Alaska aren’t compensating the state enough for the minerals
  
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• ‘Incredibly damaging’: Yukon premier urges Alaskans to speak out against Trump’s trade war

  24-04-2025 20:47 via ktoo.org
  
  Haines residents carry signs showing support for Canada during a rally and march through downtown in April. (Avery Ellfeldt/KHNS)
  Just over the Canadian border from Haines and Skagway, Ranj Pillai runs the show. He’s the premier of the Yukon territory’s government – and the territory’s minister of economic development.
  So he has strong feelings about President Donald Trump’s trade war, which the White House says is meant to boost U.S. manufacturing and supply chains
  
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• University of Alaska grad sues Trump administration over revocation of foreign student status

  24-04-2025 20:37 via ktoo.org
  Jean Kashikov, a recent University of Alaska graduate, poses for a photo on April 13, 2025. Kashikov is one of four UAA international students whose visa has been revoked by the Trump administration. (Wesley Early/Alaska Public Media)
  A recent University of Alaska graduate is suing the federal government after his foreign student status was revoked by the Trump administration.
  Jean Kashikov is one of four UA students, and hundreds nationwide, who recently had their status terminated in the feder
  
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• As Trump eyes Greenland and Arctic resources, America’s ambassadorship for the region goes unfilled

  24-04-2025 03:21 via ktoo.org
  
  Offshore oilfield service vessels sit docked in the city of Bergen in Norway, an Arctic nation that collaborates with the U.S. on military and other matters. (Photo by Nathaniel Herz/Northern Journal)
  Five weeks before Election Day, at an evening ceremony at the office of the U.S. Department of State, America’s first-ever Arctic ambassador was sworn into his new job.
  Barely 100 days later, on Jan. 20, Mike Sfraga resigned — departing his post, like other ambassadors, as Donald Trump
  
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• UAS Chancellor says she’s trying to balance university’s values with protecting federal funding

  24-04-2025 03:11 via ktoo.org
  
  University of Alaska Southeast Chancellor Aparna Palmer poses for a portrait at the UAS Juneau campus on April 23, 2025. (Photo by Jamie Diep/KTOO)
  A lot has changed at the University of Alaska since President Trump’s inauguration. After executive orders, the University of Alaska Board of Regents directed its university leadership to remove mentions of diversity, equity and inclusion to protect its federal funding. But the Trump administration still froze or canceled millions of dollars in
  
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• Newscast – Wednesday, April 23, 2025

  24-04-2025 03:06 via ktoo.org
  
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  In this newscast:The Juneau Assembly and cruise line agencies will hold a joint meeting Thursday afternoon to discuss the cruise ship tourism season ahead.
  Alaska lawmakers failed to override Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of a bill that would have provided a $1,000 boost to basic per-student funding for public schools.
  A lot has changed at the University of Alaska since President Trump’s inauguration. After execu
  
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• Juneau Assembly, cruise industry leaders to hold joint meeting to discuss tourism season

  24-04-2025 02:03 via ktoo.org
  
  The first cruise ship of the 2025 tourism season in Juneau, the Norwegian Bliss, arrives downtown on Monday, April 14, 2025. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  The Juneau Assembly and cruise line agencies will hold a joint meeting Thursday afternoon to discuss the cruise ship tourism season ahead. 
  The hour-long meeting will begin at noon on Thursday at City Hall in the Assembly Chambers. It will include leaders from Cruise Lines International Association Alaska and other industry representativ
  
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• 6 beers, 1 plane: Alaska Supreme Court says aircraft forfeiture is not an excessive fine in bootlegging case

  24-04-2025 01:42 via ktoo.org
  
  A gavel is shown. (Wesley Tingey/Unsplash)
  Forced forfeiture of a plane used to transport a six-pack of beer to a dry village does not violate the excessive fines clause in the U.S. Constitution. That’s according to an Alaska Supreme Court opinion published Friday.
  Pending further appeals, Friday’s decision means Fairbanks pilot Kenneth Jouppi must give up his Cessna 206 as punishment for ignoring beer loaded onto a flight routed to the dry village of Beaver in 2012.
  “Obviously
  
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• Bartlett Regional Hospital to take over Family Practice Physicians in the Mendenhall Valley

  23-04-2025 23:20 via ktoo.org
  
  Family Practice Physicians in the Mendenhall Valley on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)Bartlett Regional Hospital is taking over an independently owned primary care clinic in the Mendenhall Valley.
  Family Practice Physicians has been a primary care clinic in Juneau for more than four decades. On Tuesday night, the city-owned hospital’s board of directors voted unanimously to purchase the assets of the practice and bring the clinic under Bartlett’s umbrella of c
  
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• Jury finds ‘The New York Times’ did not libel former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin

  23-04-2025 19:23 via ktoo.org
  
  Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin leaves Manhattan federal court on Tuesday in New York. A jury has concluded The New York Times did not libel Palin in a 2017 editorial that contained an error that she says damaged her reputation. (Larry Neumeister/AP)
  NEW YORK — The New York Times did not libel former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin in a 2017 editorial that contained an error she claimed had damaged her reputation, a jury concluded Tuesday.
  The jury deliberated a little over two hours before reachin
  
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• Lawmakers fail to override Gov. Dunleavy’s veto of school funding bill

  23-04-2025 04:14 via ktoo.org
  
  Sen. Lyman Hoffman, D-Bethel, speaks on April 22, 2025 against the override of Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of House Bill 69. (Eric Stone/Alaska Public Media)
   
  Alaska lawmakers on Tuesday failed to override Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of a bill that would have provided a $1,000 boost to basic per-student funding for public schools.
  The combined House and Senate vote was 33-27, well short of the 40 votes needed to override Dunleavy’s veto. All but two members of the House and
  
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• Newscast – Tuesday, April 22, 2025

  23-04-2025 03:00 via ktoo.org
  
  
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  In this newscast:Juneau’s public transportation system is ramping up its services for the summer tourism season this week,
  Juneau School District Board of Education member Will Muldoon stepped down from his position on Monday,
  The City and Borough of Juneau is starting the three-year-long process of updating its comprehensive plan,
  Alaska has the longest coastline and the highest rates of drowning in the country. O
  
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• City seeks public input on updating comprehensive plan for Juneau’s future

  23-04-2025 02:33 via ktoo.org
  
  Juneau resident Chrissy McNally puts stickers on topics of interest at a comprehensive plan community listening session on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  The City and Borough of Juneau is starting the three-year-long process of updating its comprehensive plan. It took the first step Tuesday, with two community listening sessions at Centennial Hall and Thunder Mountain Middle School. 
  A comprehensive plan is a document designed to help the city determine how the comm
  
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• Will Muldoon resigns from Juneau school board

  23-04-2025 01:57 via ktoo.org
  
  Will Muldoon speaks during a Juneau Board of Education budget meeting on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  Juneau School District Board of Education member Will Muldoon stepped down from his position on Monday.
  According to a press release from the district, Muldoon submitted his resignation effective immediately and gave no reason for his departure. 
  “The district and board appreciate Mr. Muldoon’s service to the community of Juneau, and the time and effor
  
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• Alaska’s fishing industry sounds alarm over proposed NOAA cuts

  23-04-2025 01:01 via ktoo.org
  
  A crewmember on the fishing vessel Progress wraps up the 2025 pollock season in Unalaska. (Theo Greenly/KUCB)
  The commercial fishing industry relies on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for everything from marine weather forecasts to fisheries data. But NOAA — which lost hundreds of employees in February when the Trump administration fired probationary staff — is in the administration’s crosshairs again, according to a preliminary budget proposal from the Whi
  
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• Tongass Voices: Author Tessa Hulls on feeding her family’s ghosts

  22-04-2025 23:55 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Artist and author Tessa Hulls published the graphic memoir Feeding Ghosts last year. It chronicles her family’s history with political oppression and mental illness. (Photo courtesy of Tessa Hulls)
  This is Tongass Voices, a series from KTOO sharing weekly perspectives from the homelands of the Áak’w Kwáan and beyond.
  Tessa Hulls has worked a lot of jobs, biked a lot of miles, and lived a few different lives in and outside of Alaska. A part of her was running from someth
  
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• Global backcountry ski and snowboard event set to return to Haines next year

  22-04-2025 19:39 via ktoo.org
  
  Haines is considered “the dream stop” among skiers and snowboarders around the world. (Avery Ellfeldt/KHNS)
  The backcountry ski and snowboard community has long dubbed Haines “the Dream Stop” for the rugged terrain and pristine conditions it offers athletes.
  Less than a year from now, the area will have the chance to live up to that moniker again during the Freeride World Tour, a competition of the world’s top riders.
  The event will mark the first time the tour has
  
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• Alaska House encourages school districts to limit students’ cellphones, with some exceptions

  22-04-2025 17:42 via ktoo.org
  
  Rep. Zack Fields, D-Anchorage, speaks Friday, April 26, 2024, on the floor of the Alaska House of Representatives. (Photo by James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)
  Legislation passed Wednesday by the Alaska House of Representatives would require the state’s school districts to adopt policies that restrict the use of cellphones by students during school hours.
  House Bill 57, which will advance to the Senate after a 34-6 vote, does not require districts to ban students’ cellphones altogether but
  
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• Juneau swim class teaches parents and babies water safety skills

  22-04-2025 17:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Swim instructor Katie McKeown blows bubble with students at the Dimond Park Aquatic Center pool in Juneau on April 19, 2025. (Photo by Jamie Diep/KTOO)
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  Learning to swim is an important skill, especially in Alaska. The state has the longest coastline and the highest rates of drowning in the country. One way to reduce that risk is through swim lessons. And in Juneau, babies can start learning as young as six months. 
  
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• Some Juneau federal workers fired again after courts moved to restrain Trump administration’s cuts

  22-04-2025 05:19 via ktoo.org
  
  The National Weather Service office in Juneau on Friday, Feb. 24, 2025. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  Some federal workers in Juneau were fired again this month after the Supreme Court declined to reverse the Trump administration’s efforts to shrink the federal workforce. This comes after the employees were fired earlier this year, then reinstated last month.
  The federal workforce is a mainstay for Southeast Alaska’s economy. According to numbers from Southeast Conference, a regiona
  
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• Newscast – Monday, April 21, 2025

  22-04-2025 03:00 via ktoo.org
  
  
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  In this newscast:The City and Borough of Juneau clerk’s office has certified a ballot petition that would put harder limits on cruise ship tourism in Juneau,
  A change o Alaska’s corporate income tax structure is expected to add as much as $65 million per year by diverting money from other states, the Alaska Beacon reports,
  The trial for a former Juneau chiropractor accused of assaulting more than a dozen pati
  
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• Capital transit boosts bus services as tourism season ramps up in Juneau

  22-04-2025 02:55 via ktoo.org
  
  A Capital Transit bus await passengers at the downtown transit center on Monday, April 15, 2024. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  Juneau’s public transportation system is increasing its services for the summer tourism season starting Monday. 
  Capital Transit Superintendent Rich Ross said the schedule changes are aimed at easing the annual overcrowding on buses from cruise ship visitors. 
  “This is definitely a ramp-up compared to previous seasons,” he said. “So thi
  
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• Trial again delayed in sexual assault case against former Juneau chiropractor

  22-04-2025 02:47 via ktoo.org
  
  Courtroom A at the Dimond Courthouse in Juneau on Dec. 11, 2024. (Photo by Yvonne Krumrey/KTOO).
  The trial for a former Juneau chiropractor accused of assaulting more than a dozen patients has once again been delayed. It was scheduled to start this week, but was pushed back at a pre-trial conference because a member of the defense team is having severe health issues. The court plans to hear the case later this year. 
  Police arrested Jeffrey Fultz four years ago on three charges of sexual as
  
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• Signature gathering begins for latest Juneau cruise limit ballot petition

  22-04-2025 00:32 via ktoo.org
  
  The first cruise ship of the 2025 tourism season in Juneau, the Norwegian Bliss, arrives downtown on Monday, April 14, 2025. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  The City and Borough of Juneau clerk’s office has certified a ballot petition that would put harder limits on cruise ship tourism in Juneau. 
  The local advocates who filed the petition earlier this month can now begin collecting signatures in hopes of landing a spot on the local election ballot this October. The group must collect
  
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• Ketchikan woman officially sets Guinness World Record for largest mouth

  21-04-2025 23:29 via ktoo.org
  
  Ketchikan resident Marie Pearl Zellmer Robinson measures her mouth with a pair of digital calipers. (Marie Pearl Zellmer Robinson)
  It’s official: A Ketchikan woman now holds the Guinness World Record for “largest female mouth gape.” That’s how wide you can open your mouth vertically.
  Guinness World Records announced Marie Pearl Zellmer Robinson as the new record holder on April 9. In an accompanying video, Robinson narrates as she fits a cheeseburger stacked 10 patties h
  
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• Lingít Word of the Week: Laax̱ — Red Cedar

  21-04-2025 20:34 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Haida artist and carver Nang K’adangáas Eric Hamar poses with a red cedar canoe hand-carved in the Native Village of Kasaan’s carving shed on Prince of Wales Island on May 9, 2024. (Jack Darrell/KRBD)
  This is Lingít Word of the Week. Each week, we feature a Lingít word voiced by master speakers. Lingít has been spoken throughout present-day Southeast Alaska and parts of Canada for over 10,000 years.
  Gunalchéesh to X̱’unei Lance Twitchell, Gol
  
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• Trump administration plans offshore oil leasing in Alaska’s ‘High Arctic’

  21-04-2025 20:25 via ktoo.org
  
  A polar bear is spotted on a multiyear ice floe in the Beaufort Sea on Aug. 13, 2023. The Trump administration is planning to designate a new “High Arctic” region off Alaska for offshore oil and gas leasing. (Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Scott Bice/U.S. Coast Guard)
  The Trump administration plans to create a new designated region for offshore oil leasing in Arctic waters off Alaska, an area where past exploration attempts have failed amid extremely high costs, logistical challeng
  
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• Alaska’s governor flew to Taiwan to sell LNG. China’s not happy.

  21-04-2025 20:01 via ktoo.org
  
  Gov. Mike Dunleavy and other state of Alaska officials pose for a photo with Taiwan President Lai Ching-te, center, and other government officials during Dunleavy’s trip to Taiwan last month.(Taiwan Office of the President photo)
  JUNEAU — Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy flew to Taiwan last month to pitch business and government leaders on Alaska’s state-sponsored liquefied natural gas export project.
  The same day Dunleavy and other Alaska officials arrived in Taipei on the unanno
  
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• ICE arrests Philippine national in Kodiak

  21-04-2025 19:56 via ktoo.org
  
  An aerial view of the City of Kodiak, April 9, 2025.(Brian Venua/KMXT)
  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, commonly known as ICE, arrested a Philippine national in Kodiak this week, according to a post on X on April 16. When contacted, the family declined to comment and asked for privacy so KMXT is not publishing his name. KMXT could not confirm his immigration status or if this was the only arrest made during the agency’s visit to the island.
  Both Alaska State Troopers and Kodiak Po
  
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• Education bill veto leaves Alaska school leaders disappointed, frustrated and confused

  21-04-2025 19:51 via ktoo.org
  More than 30 Unalaska students march from the Unalaska City High School toward City Hall in support of a boost to education funding on April 11, 2025. (Lucy Bagley/KUCB)
  Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed an increase to school funding on Thursday, saying the bill was too expensive and didn’t include policies that he said would bolster school choice and improve student performance.
  Instead, he proposed a smaller funding and policy package for schools.
  It’s the latest development in a year
  
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• Student-written plays engage Juneau community on addiction, climate change

  19-04-2025 03:08 via ktoo.org
  
  Alexandra Wagner, Christina Apathy and Flordelino Lagundino performing radio plays written by local high school students at Thunder Mountain Middle School on April 17, 2025. (Photo by Jamie Diep/KTOO)
  Students at Yaaḵoosgé Daakahídi High School and Juneau Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé wrote four plays earlier this year centered on deeply personal topics. They were performed live on the radio in February, and again this week. 
  Theater Alaska hosted the perform
  
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• Bartlett community course on pelvic care; Sayeik Gastineau Ocean Guardians Club; High school Ignite Farm club hosts petting zoo

  19-04-2025 03:05 via ktoo.org
  
  
  On today’s program:A conversation with Sarah Ginter from Bartlett Regional Hospital about a free community class on proactive pelvic floor care next Tuesday, April 22Sayeik: Gastineau Community School Ocean Guardians Club shares about ocean and watershed conservation effortsThe Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé Ignite Farm Club is hosting a petting zoo on Saturday, April 19, including a visit from the Easter bunny
  Bostin Christopher hosts the conversation. Juneau Afternoon
  
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• Newscast – Friday, April 18, 2025

  19-04-2025 03:00 via ktoo.org
  
  
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  In this newscast:Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed a closely-watched education bill yesterday that would have boosted basic per-student funding by $1,000,
  Southeast Alaska’s largest tribal government approved a rule change that greatly reduces the number of representatives from communities outside the region,
  High school students in Juneau wrote four plays earlier this year centered on deeply personal topics, and a perform
  
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• Tlingit and Haida tribal assembly votes to limit number of delegates from outside Southeast Alaska

  19-04-2025 02:53 via ktoo.org
  
  The Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska’s 90th tribal assembly meets in Juneau on April 18, 2025. (Photo by Yvonne Krumrey/KTOO)
  Southeast Alaska’s largest tribal government approved a rule change Friday that greatly reduces the number of representatives from communities outside the region.
  Delegates from places like Seattle and Anchorage say the amendment limits the voices from some of the largest communities of tribal members, but delegates from Southea
  
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• Joann closure a hit to Alaska’s crafting community

  18-04-2025 21:32 via ktoo.org
  Deborah Standefer, a member of Soldotna’s Thursday quilting group, shows off a mariner star she’s working on. (Hunter Morrison/KDLL)
  It’s a Thursday morning in the multipurpose room of Soldotna’s Christ Lutheran Church, where a handful of quilters gather weekly to work on projects. Deborah Standefer fires up her sewing machine and stitches a blue, circular quilt.
  But despite Standefer’s enthusiasm, there’s a palpable feeling of loss among the group. Just two t
  
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• Alaska’s congressional delegation addresses federal changes at ComFish 2025

  18-04-2025 21:24 via ktoo.org
  Sen. Lisa Murkowski smiles as she’s introduced to the room with a short biography at the ComFish convention in Kodiak on Tuesday, April 15, 2025. (Brian Venua/KMXT)
  It was standing room only during Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s address at ComFish in Kodiak on Tuesday. Murkowski broke some of the tension with a joke about giving a talk to high schoolers, who she met with ahead of her remarks to the conference.
  “My team that was with me said afterwards ‘Toughest interview ever,&rsq
  
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• Bill seeks to cover fewer workers with paid sick leave recently approved by Alaska voters

  18-04-2025 20:29 via ktoo.org
  
  Joelle Hall, president of the Alaska AFL-CIO, and other advocates carry boxes of signed petitions for a pro-labor initiative for delivery to the Alaska Division of Elections on Jan. 9, 2024. Voters passed the initative in November. To go into effect on July 1, it increases workers’ minimum pay, mandates paid sick leave and ensures that workers are not required to hear employers’ political, religious or anti-union messages. Hall said she and others who campaigned successfully for the
  
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• Dunleavy vetoes education bill, announces competing bill

  18-04-2025 03:11 via ktoo.org
  Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks to reporters during a news conference on April 17, 2025. (Eric Stone/Alaska Public Media)
  Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Thursday announced he had vetoed a bill that would have boosted the basic per-student funding amount for public schools, the base student allocation, by $1,000. Instead, Dunleavy said he would introduce a $560 BSA increase, along with $35 million in targeted education funding, attached to a set of policies in a bill that he said he would introduce Friday.
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• Newscast – Thursday, April 17, 2025

  18-04-2025 03:05 via ktoo.org
  
  
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  In this newscast:Tlingit and Haida president calls for unity amid federal uncertainty at tribal assembly in Juneau;
  Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy vetoes education funding boost for the second year in a row;
  Southeast Alaska landslide conference canceled amid federal uncertainty;
  The future of a federal program that supports rural Alaska schools remains grim; and
  An eruption at Mt. Spurr is looking less likely than previo
  
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• ‘Tangle of Rainbows’ concert; Litter Free Community Cleanup; UAS graduation details

  18-04-2025 03:02 via ktoo.org
  
  
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  On today’s program:Con Brio Chamber Series and Orpheus Project combine to present Tangle of Rainbows this Friday, April 17, at UAS Egan Library and Saturday, April 18, at the Alaska State Museum.Spring is here, and it’s time for the Juneau Community Cleanup this Saturday, April 19. Board members of Litter Free chat about how you can get involved in this annual event.The conversation about cleanup continues as we talk conservation and the importance of this c
  
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• Southeast landslide conference canceled amid federal uncertainty

  18-04-2025 00:44 via ktoo.org
  Amber Winkel (left) and Todd Winkel (right) make their way across the Beach Road landslide in order to check on their home in January 2021. (Henry Leasia/KHNS)
  Dozens of fire chiefs, city planners, tribal natural resource managers and other officials from across Southeast Alaska were set to gather last month for a second annual landslide conference.
  But that didn’t happen.
  The event’s organizers cancelled the gathering amid uncertainty over federal agencies’ ability to interact
  
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• From trauma to transformation with Next Era Foundation

  17-04-2025 23:39 via ktoo.org
  
  Monica, Kayla & Kayla’s Daughters (Photo courtesy of Next Era Foundation)In recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, Christina Michelle sits down with Monica and Kayla Brandner of Next Era Foundation for Girls. Kayla shares her personal experience with sexual assault, a catalyst for creating a foundation dedicated to empowering young girls. This episode explores the critical work of nurturing young women to find their strength and “inner tiger.” Th
  
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• National Poetry Month with Burn Thompson writing group; ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ with Theater at Latitude 58; Student radio plays receive community forum performance with Theater Alaska

  17-04-2025 23:25 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Audio PodcastVideo StreamOn today’s program:April is National Poetry Month. Mary Lou Spartz is here from the Burn Thompson writing group to share about their reading to honor the month.Theater Alaska is reviving the student radio plays that premiered this February. This time out at Thunder Mountain Middle School in “Community Forum: Student Voices on Stage.”
  Theater at Latitude 58 chats about their latest production opening this week: “Jesus Christ Superstar.”
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• Tlingit and Haida president calls for unity amid federal uncertainty at tribal assembly in Juneau

  17-04-2025 22:32 via ktoo.org
  
  Chalyee Éesh Richard Peterson, president of Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, speaks at the 90th annual Tribal Assembly in Juneau on Wednesday, April 18, 2025. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  The president of Southeast Alaska’s largest tribal organization called for unity as proposed federal funding cuts could drastically impact the future of the tribe. 
  On Wednesday, more than 120 delegates of the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tr
  
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• Alaska Gov. Dunleavy vetoes education funding boost for second year in a row

  17-04-2025 21:53 via ktoo.org
  
  Gov. Mike Dunleavy discusses his new proposed omnibus education legislation at a news conference on Jan. 31, 2025. (Photo by Corinne Smith/Alaska Beacon)
  For the second year running, Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed an education funding bill on Thursday, citing a lack of policy changes he supported.
  House Bill 69 would have increased the base student allocation — the core of the state’s per-student funding — by $1,000 in the funding formula. The BSA has not been substantia
  
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• Alaskans rally for due process rights and return of Maryland man imprisoned in El Salvador

  17-04-2025 19:44 via ktoo.org
  
  A group of Juneau residents rally for protection of due process and to bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia home, part of a pop-up protest on April 16, 2025. (Photo by Corinne Smith/Alaska Beacon)
  A crowd of over 100 residents gathered in front of the Alaska State Capitol in Juneau on Wednesday, for a “pop-up” protest calling for due process and justice for a Maryland man mistakenly deported and imprisoned in El Salvador.
  “Protect the Constitution!” the crowd chanted, and
  
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