Home Depot employees reported the attempted shoplifting on Tuesday afternoon at their Lemon Creek store. Juneau police arrested one suspect and are looking for another.
Adelyn Baxter
Audience Engagement Editor, KTOO
Southeast partner organizations win $21 million grant to help kids succeed
The grant put partners from two dozen organizations and seven different communities in the same room to work on ways to weave classrooms and community organizations together.
Newscast–Monday, May 14, 2018
In this newscast: The Alaska Legislature ended its session in the early hours Sunday morning, a Juneau woman won a coveted Rasmuson fellowship, along with 5 other local artists and the Flume Trail is back open.
Juneau’s child care providers concerned by proposed licensing changes
Proposed regulations may make it harder for child care facilities statewide to do business. In Juneau, some daycare directors say the new rules would reduce capacity and worsen the shortage of affordable child care.
Motorcyclist hospitalized after bus collision near Hospital Drive
Emergency responders closed down part of Glacier Highway for several hours after the accident.
New PBS show ‘Molly of Denali’ to feature Alaska Native in title role
The animated children’s series will debut next summer. It’s the first nationally distributed children’s series to feature an Alaska Native character in a leading role.
UAS names Oxford scholar as new dean of Arts and Sciences
Thornton is a renowned researcher and anthropologist who currently teaches at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. He previously lived in Juneau and taught at UAS.
Newscast — Wednesday, May 9, 2018
In this newscast: State legislators adopt a plan to draw money from the Alaska Permanent Fund for the first time and an investigation into the state’s Division of Public Assistance finds several major issues.
Newscast — Monday, May 7, 2018
In this newscast: The defense team for a Utah man accused of killing his wife aboard a cruise ship in Southeast Alaska seeks clarification, the University of Alaska Southeast graduated more than 400 students on Sunday and Juneau authorities say a man died after suffering a medical condition at the Dimond Aquatic Center on Friday.
UAS Class of 2018 includes 400+ part-timers, full-timers and in-betweeners
UAS caters to nontraditional students who may be working, raising families or attending class online. At Sunday’s commencement, more than 400 received academic certificates or degrees.