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• Mendenhall River levee plaintiffs say they want compensation after judge blocks stop work order

  03-05-2025 23:49 via ktoo.org
  
  Samuel Hatch, a new plaintiff in the case, stands on the porch of his home on Meander Way. (Photo by Alix Soliman/KTOO)
  A lawsuit originally aimed at stopping the construction of flood barriers along Mendenhall River has shifted its goals. The plaintiffs now say they want the city to pay them for building the levee on their land.  
  The shift comes after a judge denied a motion to halt construction of the levee meant to protect hundreds of homes in Mendenhall Valley from annual glacial
  
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• Newscast – Friday, May 2, 2025

  03-05-2025 02:59 via ktoo.org
  
  
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  In this newscast:A proposal that would create and fund tribally run public schools in Alaska inched closer to reality on Thursday,
  Hundreds in Juneau joined thousands nationwide yesterday as protests surged for International Workers Day, also known as May Day,
  Child advocacy centers in Alaska were funded with federal money for the past decade, but now the state has to foot the bill, and lawmakers are still deciding,
  The
  
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• Alaska State Museum opens ‘In a Time of Change: Boreal Forest Stories’

  03-05-2025 02:58 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Juneau Afternoon features the Alaska State Museum opening of “In a Time of Change: Boreal Forest Stories,” Juneau Jazz & Classics, SEAGLA May events, and Rotary District Conference keynote speakers who flew around the world in a Cessna 210 to help eradicate polio.Audio PodcastVideo LivestreamLivestream timestamps:
  00:50 Show begins/Intro
  03:13 Rotary members fly around the world to raise funds for polio eradication
  22:45 Alaska State Museum opens “In a Time of Change: Borea
  
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• Bill to create tribally-run public schools progresses through Alaska Legislature

  03-05-2025 01:57 via ktoo.org
  
  Rep. Andi Story, D-Juneau, speaks during a town hall event in the Mendenhall Valley on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  A proposal that would create and fund tribally-run public schools inched closer to reality on Thursday. The House Tribal Affairs Committee moved House Bill 59 over to the Education Committee. 
  If the Alaska Legislature passes it, five tribes would get close to $17.5 million for the first year to run pilot programs for tribally-compacted schools acro
  
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• Tlingit and Haida cancels food distribution due to federal funding cuts

  03-05-2025 01:33 via ktoo.org
  
  Hoonah Head Start students try herring eggs. (Courtesy of the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska)
  Springtime is herring egg season in Southeast Alaska. Usually that means that the region’s largest tribal government would be setting up to deliver tens of thousands of pounds of the traditional food to tribal citizens across the region and beyond. 
  But this year, those distributions won’t happen. 
  The Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida India
  
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• May Day protesters rally for workers’ rights outside the Alaska State Capitol

  03-05-2025 00:33 via ktoo.org
  
  Protesters gather outside the Alaska State Capitol on Thursday, May 1, 2025. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/02JUNmayday--1.mp3
  Hundreds of workers in Juneau joined thousands nationwide on Thursday night at protests to mark International Workers Day, also known as May Day. 
  Cardboard signs crumbled and paint dripped as roughly 400 protesters gathered in the rain to call for better working protections and other causes at the Alaska State Capito
  
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