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• Republican Sens. Murkowski and Tillis call for Noem to resign

  28-01-2026 23:27 via ktoo.org
  Sen. Lisa Murkowski was surrounded by reporters outside the U.S. Senate chamber last year. (Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public Media)
  WASHINGTON — Sen. Lisa Murkowski said Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem should be held accountable over a fierce immigration crackdown that has killed two citizens in Minneapolis and that she should resign.
  “She has — through her words, and I think in her actions — she’s taken a direction that has not been helpful to the situation, and
  
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• Union contract negotiations spark student outrage in support of Juneau teachers

  28-01-2026 03:28 via ktoo.org
  Zoe Lessard testifies in support of teachers during a Juneau School District Board of Education meeting on Oct. 28, 2025. (Photo by Jamie Diep/KTOO)
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  Juneau high school students are speaking out about how unresolved contract negotiations are affecting them in the classroom. 
  It’s been nearly a year since contract negotiations officially began between the Juneau School District and its teachers’ union
  
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• Newscast – Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026

  28-01-2026 03:07 via ktoo.org
  
  
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  In this newscast:The Juneau Assembly has stalled on deciding whether to disempower the Eaglecrest Ski Area’s board of directors until March.
  Students are speaking out about how unresolved union negotiations are affecting them in the classroom.
  Students in Skagway are calling on their school district to adopt a policy that would let them take part in subsistence activities without it potentially counting against them
  
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• Skagway students are asking for time off school to participate in subsistence activities

  28-01-2026 02:23 via ktoo.org
  A subsistence fisherman checking his net in the Chilkat River. (Alaska Department of Fish and Game)
  The federal government says 98% of rural Alaskans catch, hunt or gather at least some of their food. And much of that happens during the school year.
  Now, students in Skagway are calling on their school district to adopt a policy that would let them take part in those activities — without it potentially counting against them.
  The push originated with Ryder Calver, who is the treasurer of the
  
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• Juneau Assembly stalls on whether to disempower Eaglecrest Ski Area’s board

  28-01-2026 00:13 via ktoo.org
  Juneau Assembly member and Eaglecrest Ski Area board liaison Neil Steininger speaks during a meeting at City Hall on Monday, Jan. 26, 2025. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  The Juneau Assembly has stalled on deciding whether to disempower the Eaglecrest Ski Area’s board of directors until a joint meeting in March. 
  Earlier this month, Mayor Beth Weldon proposed an ordinance to reduce the status of the city-owned ski area’s board from an empowered board to an advisory board. She ci
  
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