The Juneau-Douglas High School Dance Team is performing a showcase of routines this weekend. JDHS reporters Steven Gross and Dominic Holloway have this profile of the award-winning group.
KTOO News Department
Ferry system gets financial boost, stronger board
The state ferry system got an extra $100 million from the legislature during this year’s session. The money will go toward a new ship and a more predictable schedule. The system’s advisory board also got a new lease on life.Related Link: Read the ferry-board bill and see its makeup. Click here, then on “more.”
Juneau Afternoon – Wed
Foundation for End of Life Care – Storytelling Night at the Museum – DZ School & the Lego League Team – Community Garage Sale
Kookesh, Thomas trade endorsements
Two Southeast lawmakers are campaigning across party lines. Angoon Democrat Albert Kookesh and Haines Republican Bill Thomas say they’ll work on each others’ re-election bids this year.Related Link: Watch a video of Kookesh and Thomas at the Native Issues Forum.
Tuesday Newscast
The latest local, state, and regional news is compiled from reports from the KTOO newsroom, CoastAlaska stations, wire services, the Alaska Public Radio Network, and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and can be heard as often as six times each morning during Morning Edition and Day to Day.
Gravina Bridge left out of spending bills
Lawmakers approved billions of dollars in spending this year, but none of it will go to the Gravina Bridge. That’s despite end-of-session attempts to insert money in a statewide transportation bonds package. But Southeast lawmakers did get about $50 million in regional projects in that package, which will go before voters later this yearRelated Link:…
Juneau Afternoon – Tue
Beauty, Queen of Leenane – Take Back the Light Run – Jason Dorsey – Bob Ebel – Bill Owens
Juneau Afternoon – Mon
Anyone & Everyone – Risk Communication Seminar – TBMP – UAS Outdoor Studies Program Fundraisers
Anyone & Everyone
A panel discussion revolving around the Anyone & Everyone special on Alaska One.
Monday Newscast
The latest local, state, and regional news is compiled from reports from the KTOO newsroom, CoastAlaska stations, wire services, the Alaska Public Radio Network, and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and can be heard as often as six times each morning during Morning Edition and Day to Day.