KTOO News Update

In this newscast: The Juneau Assembly voted Monday to give the school district $2.3 million; On Monday, the first cruise ship of the year docked in Juneau, and starting next year, there will be a 5-ship daily limit in Juneau; A Curious Juneau look at a couple of collapsing buildings and Juneau's dairy history; Master Carver Wayne Price's students will show their work at UAS on Friday

In this newscast: Juneau teachers union comes to tentative agreement; Assembly votes down e-bike operation on Pioneer Road; Alaska House passes a budget; 3 unruly Alaska plane passengers in 10 days

In this newscast: Rorie Watt is resigning as Juneau's city manager at the end of September; Sealaska Heritage Institute's winter STEAM internship is bringing one Juneau student who loves to ski out into avalanche terrain; An advisory board endorsed librarians placement of a book on relationships and sexuality within the Ketchikan Public Library's teen section

In this newscast: Juneau's housing crunch usually worsens in the spring, but this year, St. Vincent De Paul's Dave Ringle says the situation is just plain scary; Alaska Folk Festival organizers scrambled to rearrange the mainstage lineup today as it became clear that headliners Lone Pinon and other performers would not make their scheduled sets; An ash cloud from a volcanic eruption in Russia is impacting airline operations across Alaska; City officials in the Prince of Wales Island community of Craig are responding to scattered reports from residents complaining about issues with their tap water

In this newscast: The City and Borough of Juneau has a new finance director; Young athletes from across the state flocked to Juneau earlier this month to compete in the 2023 Traditional Games; Shellfish growers in Willapa Bay in southwest Washington are alarmed by an invasion of non-native European green crabs

In this newscast: Juneau's cruise season will kick of next Monday with a vengeance; The US Forest Service is asking the public to get involved in creating a 10-year forest management plan for the Tongass National Forest; Two regional tribal organizations have sued the federal government over failed Western Alaska salmon runs

In this newscast: Despite outcry from residents in Whale Pass, a nearly 300-acre timber sale in and around the city is poised to go forward, and residents are worried; A Ketchikan resident's request to have a book removed from the local library's shelves will face a public hearing on Wednesday; Last week, three Alaska Native tribes filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Final Environmental Impact Statement for Donlin Gold Mine; More people moved out of Alaska than into the state last year but other population factors nearly offset the loss

In this newscast: The island mountains and valleys of Alaska’s panhandle may look unchanging, but the area is moving rapidly in a geologic sense̱ Drag queen storytime is set to return to the Ketchikan Public Library this June as part of the library’s Pride Month festivities, but Ketchikan's city manager, who oversees the library director, says no final decision has been made

In this newscast: Juneau's black bears are starting to wake up for the spring, and biologists advise that residents pay attention to trash rules; City leaders outlined a proposed budget to the Juneau Assembly's finance committee and now members will decide how much property tax to collect through the mill rate; Apayauq Reitan screened her documentary about the experience as the first openly-trans musher in Juneau last week; Pacific Northwest ports and major cruise lines are teaming up to examine how to reduce the carbon footprint of the Alaska cruise circuit; Governor Mike Dunleavy announced a new task force to look at the availability and affordability of child care in Alaska

In this newscast: Tuesday was the first day back for 3 to 5 year olds at Juneau's Gold Creek Child Development Center; KCAW accompanied subsistence harvesters in search of one of Sitka Sound's most valued food source - herring eggs on hemlock branches