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Juneau · JuneauSimply Three to close Spring Jazz and Classics Festival, May 18, 2024 (Photo: Simply Three) On today’s program:
Simply Three returns to Juneau for an encore performance at the Juneau Jazz and Classics Spring Festival No Script, All Wit – A return of the live improv group at The Crystal Saloon Monthly update from the Juneau Public Libraries Garden Talk with host Chloe Pleznac Bostin Christopher hosts the conversation. Juneau Afternoon airs…See the Story
Juneau Afternoon: Weekend performance preview with Simply Three and No Script, All Wit
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Juneau · JuneauU.S. Congresswoman Mary Peltola. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media) Alaska Congresswoman Mary Peltola continues to be one of the Democrats most likely to vote against her party. She voted this week for five bills and a non-binding resolution that most of her Democratic colleagues voted against. Several of the bills call for tougher enforcement of the southern border. As she has before, Pelotola voted to condemn President Biden’s handling of the …See the Story
Peltola defies party with votes on border enforcement and arms for Israel
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Juneau · JuneauTourists being ferried from the Seabourn Odyssey to the Port of Klawock during its May 6, 2024 grand opening. (Jack Darrell/KRBD) Alaska’s newest port, until a few months ago, was full of piles of milled timber in knee-deep mud. On its opening day earlier this month, local kids and adults in traditional hats and robes danced on the concrete dock below a banner that read “Welcome to Port Klawock.” After the first dance on May 6, a local teacher …See the Story
Klawock hopes for an economic boost as it welcomes cruise ships for the first time
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Juneau · JuneauThe view from Jensen-Olson Arboretum in Juneau. (Photo courtesy of the Jensen-Olson Arboretum).
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/GT-for-May-17.mp3 Spring is in bloom at Juneau’s Jensen-Olson Arboretum. Ginger Hudson manages the arboretum, a city-owned garden located out the road just pass the Shrine of St. Therese. She spoke with KTOO’s Garden Talk about spring planting and upcoming events at the arboretum for Alaska Native Pla…See the Story
Garden Talk: Jensen-Olson Arboretum previews upcoming events for Alaska Native Plant Month
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Soccer · JuneauRep. Genevieve Mina, D-Anchorage, stares at a pile stack of budget amendments on Tuesday, April 9, 2024. (Photo by James Brooks/Alaska Beacon) More Alaskans will be able to access food stamps following lawmakers’ vote to expand eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Wednesday night. The change comes after more than a year of extreme delays in food stamp distribution across the state that left thousands of vulnerable Ala…See the Story
Alaska lawmakers expand food stamp program with goal of preventing hunger, application backlogs
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Juneau · JuneauKetchikan buses sit parked outside the Ketchikan Gateway Borough maintenance facility. (Eric Stone/KRBD) A 91-year-old cruise-ship tourist is suing the Ketchikan Gateway Borough for negligence after his mobility scooter tipped over on a public bus. The complaint was filed in federal court in Alaska on May 8. It says that Donald Gillingham of Montana and his wife were on a cruise that docked in Ketchikan in September. Gillingham has limited mobil…See the Story
Ketchikan tourist sues borough after scooter tips over on public bus
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Juneau · JuneauA raven sits on the roof of the Foodland grocery store on Thursday, May 16 2024. (Photo by Anna Canny/KTOO)
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/16CJravens-new.wav Marc Wheeler lives in downtown Juneau, close to the Foodland grocery store. He often stops there for lunch. That’s when he sees the parking lot’s resident ravens. “I’ll be like walking while I eat it, and they’ll literally follow you like a gang of thugs,” Wheeler said. …See the Story
Where do the Foodland ravens roost?
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Juneau · JuneauJuneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé in Feb. 2024. (Clarise Larson/KTOO) The Juneau School District’s consolidation plan for next fall means some students and parents will have to spend extra time traveling each day to get to school. To accommodate that, the Juneau School Board voted on Tuesday to slightly change the start times for some grade levels. While all elementary school start times will remain the same next year, middle school and…See the Story
Some Juneau schools will have later start times next year
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