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• Newscast – Friday, Jan. 16, 2025

  17-01-2026 03:00 via ktoo.org
  
  
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  In this newscast:The Juneau School Board held off returning about $1 million in funding earmarked for childcare to the City and Borough of Juneau amid questions about the current privately-run program,
  Alaska’s capital city will soon have a new fire chief,
  A local master Chilkat and Ravenstail weaver has been awarded a national fellowship that bolsters culture and tradition across the United States,
  Martin Luther Ki
  
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• ‘Gestures of Our Rebel Bodies’ exhibition curators explore ‘tradition in motion’ with Indigenous artists from across the Northwest Coast

  17-01-2026 02:44 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Juneau Afternoon – Recorded live on Friday, January 16, 2026“Gestures of Our Rebel Bodies” exhibition opening at Aan Hít, legislative preview with Alaska Public Media’s Eric Stone, and Njuzu Marimbas is sponsoring a workshop and special performance.
  “Gestures of Our Rebel Bodies” exhibition opening at Aan Hít on Saturday, February 24. A panel presentation is set for Thursday, February 22. Co-curators Ursala Hudson and Kimberly Fulton Orozco prev
  
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• City and Borough of Juneau announces new fire chief

  17-01-2026 02:29 via ktoo.org
  Capital City Fire/Rescue’s new fire chief, Thomas Hatley, during a public presentation in Juneau on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  Alaska’s capital city will soon have a new fire chief. 
  The City and Borough of Juneau named Thomas Hatley as Capital City Fire/Rescue’s new fire chief on Friday afternoon. His first day will be Feb. 9. 
  He was one of the two finalists for the position to replace longtime fire chief Rich Etheridge, who retired at th
  
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• Juneau School Board delays returning $1 million to the city due to questions about after-school child care

  17-01-2026 02:01 via ktoo.org
  The Harborview Elementary School playground on July 9, 2025. (Photo by Jamie Diep/KTOO)
  The Juneau School Board held off on returning $1.05 million in funding earmarked for child care to the City and Borough of Juneau this week amid questions about the current privately-run program and the possibility of an additional operator in the future.
  Board Vice President Elizabeth Siddon said at a meeting Tuesday she still has questions around how things are going with Auke Lake Preschool, like the statu
  
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• Alaska kicks off billion-dollar effort to ‘transform’ rural health care

  17-01-2026 00:19 via ktoo.org
  Attendees watch during a breakout session at the kickoff of Alaska’s Rural Health Transformation Program in Anchorage on Jan. 15, 2025. (Alaska Department of Health)
  Hundreds of health care workers and government officials descended on Anchorage this week for the kickoff of a five-year, $1.3 billion program aimed at reimagining medical care across Alaska.
  The money comes from the Rural Health Transformation Program created by President Trump’s signature tax- and spending-cut legislat
  
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• MLK Day events in Juneau celebrate King’s legacy of activism

  17-01-2026 00:01 via ktoo.org
  Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on the day he delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech during the Aug. 28, 1963, March on Washington. (Photo Courtesy of National Park Service, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons)
  Martin Luther King Jr. Day is coming up on Monday.It’s a day to remember the legacy of the famous civil rights leader and a national day of service, and local organizations and volunteers will
  
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