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• Newscast — Friday, July 1, 2022

  02-07-2022 03:14 via ktoo.org
  
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  In this newscast:Juneau’s 4th of July fireworks will go off despite supply chain issues;
  Filipino dance groups are making a comeback in Juneau;
  Juneau School District’s Board of Education held a special meeting to discuss a third-party investigation into what’s being called the “floor-sealant incident.”
  
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• Juneau school district moves toward hiring third party for floor sealant investigation

  02-07-2022 01:29 via ktoo.org
  
  Sít’ Eetí Shaanáx Glacier Valley School on June 14, 2022. (Photo by Paige Sparks/KTOO)
  The Juneau School District Board of Education held a special meeting Thursday night to discuss a third party investigation into what’s now being called the “floor sealant incident” — that’s when 12 students at Sitʼ Eeti Shaanáx̱ Glacier Valley Elementary School were given sealant instead of milk to drink at breakfast in mid-June.
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• Health officials see high demand for youth COVID vaccine in Juneau

  02-07-2022 00:49 via ktoo.org
  
  A 9-year-old gets a flu shot after getting her COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021, at Riverbend Elementary School in Juneau, Alaska. (Photo by Rashah McChesney/KTOO)
  Juneau Public Health began administering vaccines to young children under 5 years old last week. So far, 24 of Juneau’s youngest eligible population have gotten the shot.
  “We’ve been booked! They filled up really quickly,” said Public Health Nurse Alison Gottschlich. She says the clinic usually only
  
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• Despite supply chain issues, Juneau’s Fourth of July fireworks show is a go

  02-07-2022 00:08 via ktoo.org
  
  A customer watches a demonstration at Smoke Signals Fireworks on Douglas Island on Thursday. (Photo by Jeremy Hsieh/KTOO)
  Juneau’s Fourth of July festivities and fireworks are set for the holiday weekend. But because of supply chain issues, the volunteers who put together the annual fireworks show in Gastineau Channel weren’t even sure they’d get the fireworks in time.
  The show’s licensed pyrotechnician, Sigrid Dahlberg, wants to assure Juneau that the show will go on the
  
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