KTOO News Update

Dozens of child-sized Ravenstail robes were danced for the first time at an event in Juneau on Tuesday. It’s the largest collection of new Ravenstail weaving in decades; KTOO's Katie Anastas investigated Juneau's varying gas prices for this week's Curious Juneau Episode.

Thunder Mountain High School parents want to remove the Juneau school board's president and vice president; The Iditarod's Burled Arch that marks the finish line of the race fell on Saturday; The University of Alaska and a union representing graduate student workers have reached a tentative contract agreement.

In this newscast: Alaska gets an infusion of $125 million to build and expand solar energy. The Juneau Assembly rejected a symbolic resolution for bilateral peace between Israel and Palestine. Malin Babcock, treasurer of the Gastineau Historical Society and a descendent of victims of Juneau’s 1936 landslide, shares her story for Tongass Voices.

In this newscast: Weaver Lily Hope and her collaborators will debut a collection of child-sized Ravenstail robes. Adelyn Baxter visits Juneau’s recycling center for the latest installment of Curious Juneau. The Anchorage School District looks to close schools in response to declining student populations.

In this newscast: A ban on social media accounts for children under 14 passed the Alaska House; The Alaska House passed a bill that would put more guardrails on the property assessment process in the state; More Alaskans died of opioid overdose last year than ever before; An Oregon man convicted of murdering an Anchorage teenager more than four decades ago has been sentenced to 50 years in prison.

In this newscast: Trident Seafood’s Ketchikan processing plant was officially transferred to Silver Bay Seafoods. A new Alaska Senate bill tightens residency requirements on hunting and fishing licenses. A rare bowhead whale was spotted in Sitka.

In this newscast: A new campus slated for Juneau will be dedicated to immersing children in Alaska Native culture and languages; An Indigenous-led group, the Herring Protectors, received an unexpected contribution -- two parcels of land on an island outside of Sitka; House lawmakers removed an amendment from a bill that would have raised the age of consent from 16 to 18 in some situations

In this newscast: Alaska's Division of Forestry released its plan for selling timber in Southeast Alaska for the next five years and an environmental group in the region is frustrated with the public process; A recent paper in Nature attempts to set a new timeframe of when humans first appeared in Southeast Alaska, but for Southeast Alaska Natives, it's just one piece of a much bigger puzzle

In this newscast: The City and Borough of Juneau is creating a task force to tackle if -- and how -- they should be regulated; Juneau's emergency warming shelter closed last week and the city doesn't have a campground for people to move to this year; Tongass Voices: Holly Huber on what it takes to be Miss Alaska Volunteer

In this newscast – The Tongass National Forest has grown, with the addition of 5 acres of important fish and wildlife habitat Earlier this month, the Denver Post reported that Lingit tribal members have been requesting cultural items back from the Denver Art Museum in Colorado for years – to no avail