KTOO News Department

In this newscast: Juneau broke its local record for snowiest March on Sunday with almost 64 inches, and now the capital city is just over an inch away from beating its winter snowfall record; The Juneau School District has reached a tentative agreement on a contract with its teachers union, after more than a year of negotiations that escalated to a successful vote authorizing the union to strike last week; The U.S. Forest Service is planning to hold a virtual meeting this week for residents across Southeast Alaska to share feedback on a revised Tongass National Forest management plan; Ten Juneau high school students gained real-world home-building experience earlier this month during a school district trip to Maui, Hawaii; Last month, Southeast Alaska Cities Against Drugs task force arrested a Juneau man and found about $160,000 worth of controlled substances at his residence, most of which was fentanyl; The U.S. Interior Department held its second round of tribal consultations on subsistence hunting and fishing on federal land this week

In this newscast: The Juneau Police Department is seeking assistance in locating a 17-year-old boy who has been reportedly missing for two days; Juneau’s legendary Gold Medal Basketball Tournament kicks off this weekend for the 77th time; Juneau Police commander Matt DuBois speaks with KTOO’s Mike Lane about a regional task force that investigates illegal drugs being distributed in Southeast Alaska; The Kodiak Island Borough School District is not recruiting international teachers for next fall due to an increase in the fee for H1-B visas.
Nine seismic stations in Alaska are fully funded again after a new agreement with federal and state agencies.

In this newscast: The state of Alaska is delaying construction on the first phase of a controversial ferry terminal proposed to connect Juneau and Haines, due to a permitting issue; Alaska youth and advocates are calling on lawmakers to create a statewide fund for suicide prevention by charging a small fee on Alaskans’ monthly phone bills; The Juneau School District’s teachers union voted to authorize a strike earlier this week amid ongoing contract negotiations; The Juneau Arts and Humanities Council has had new leadership for a few months now, and that has come with some changes; The state ferry Lituya will soon begin daily ferry service between Ketchikan and Annette Bay.

In this newscast: The Alaska Board of Fisheries is meeting today through Saturday in Anchorage to consider changes to statewide finfish fisheries; Juneau’s city-owned cold weather emergency shelter may soon start accepting patrons year-round instead of closing its doors in mid-April; The Juneau School District’s student services director is resigning at the end of June; For Tongass Voices, Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé senior Cassie Lumba talks about winning Alaska’s Poetry Out Loud competition and the power of words.

In this newscast: Juneau residents will have multiple opportunities this week to provide feedback about how and where they’d like to see changes to better the capital city’s roadways for all users; After months of on-an-off closures and limited services, the city’s recycling center will be back to operating at full capacity and regular hours starting tomorrow; A bill meant to protect Alaskans from drinking water contaminated with PFAS had its first committee hearing last week; The fate of a closely watched budget bill in the Alaska Legislature is back up in the air, after House Republicans declined to back a supermajority vote that would have funded the bill from savings

In this newscast: This upcoming cruise ship tourism season will be the first time Juneau has a daily passenger cap — numbers that came through negotiations between the city and the cruise lines; It has now been more than a month since a Juneau man who had been staying at a local shelter for unhoused people was last seen by staff; Negotiations between the City and Borough of Juneau and the local chapter of the International Association of Fire Fighters have stalled out after more than a year; In Juneau this week, youth from across the state presented films they made highlighting the impacts of climate change and other environmental issues where they live; After weeks of voting, Sitkans have finally chosen a name for the Sitka Sound Science Center’s newest Giant Pacific Octopus.