KTOO News Update

In this newscast: Students from Juneau and across Alaska walked out of school today to protest Gov. Mike Dunleavy's education funding veto last month; Curious Juneau: the state of fast food in Juneau; State lawmakers got some new details Tuesday about the federal government's partial approval of a document outlining federally funded transportation projects

In this newscast: This cruise season, money collected from cruise passengers could be set aside to help Juneau's tourism businesses cut down on fossil-fuels; A group of students in Sitka is taking a class on navigating the Federal Subsistence Board process; Democrats in the U.S. House almost always vote in line with party leaders, but Congresswoman Mary Peltola has a different voting record

In this newscast: The City and Borough of Juneau has negotiated a conceptual agreement with cruise lines that could limit the number of daily passengers that come off their ships and into Juneau; It's also moving forward with a plan to relocate its seasonal campground to a different site further from downtown; The House Finance Committee is working through its latest draft of the state budget, after lawmakers rejected a roughly $3,500 PFD Thursday; The Southeast Regional Health Consortium is suing the United States for over $8 million it claims it is owed for indirect costs in 2016

In this newscast: Tongass Voices: Shiggoap Alfie Price is a language learner and teacher who believes in using the power of community to strengthen the language revitalization movement; The Alaska Legislature has relaunched a caucus focused on providing support to children from birth to adulthood

In this newscast: A new letter from the federal government says Alaska's education department owes almost $30 million to four school districts; Three airlines are adding nonstop flights from Anchorage to new destinations this summer

In this newscast: This week is Alaska's tsunami preparedness week and one kind of tsunami might become more common because of human-caused climate change, and experts say we are not prepared for it; Sleetmute's school is at risk of collapse and the community is worried that could mean the end of the Upper Kuskokwim River village as well

In this newscast: Kensington Gold Mine near Juneau has reported a spill of more than 100,000 gallons of mine waste that happened back in January; This month, the Biden administration approved a disaster declaration to Wrangell's tribal government. This is the first such declaration for an Alaska tribe; Researchers at NOAA are refining a method to collect data about what fish were present in an area up to two days after those fish have moved on

In this newscast: Monday, Juneau celebrated the Hindu holiday Holi in the streets with Bollywood dancing and throwing colors in the air; A Ketchikan-raised master weaver is helping to create a pipeline of weaving teachers through a first-of-its-kind apprenticeship program in Sitka; The Alaska House of Representatives took a step towards raising the state's age of consent from 16 to 18 years old

In this newscast: Alaska author Lily Tuzroyluke was recognized as one of USA Today's women of the year earlier this month; Tongass Voices: Producer for dozens of artists around Southeast Alaska, Joshua Laboca, and his 9-year-old daughter Harmony also produce their own music together

In this newscast: How much money Alaska’s public schools will get from the state is up in the air.  That’s after lawmakers fell one vote short of overriding Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of a funding boost and reform package; A regional working group in Southeast Alaska wants to create a landslide warning system - a tool that will monitor the region’s hazardous weather and warn residents of potential risks of slides. Sitka already has a system, but the new working group is brainstorming ways to serve even Southeast’s smaller communities