KTOO News Update
756 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★ - 8 ratingsThe latest local, state, and regional news is compiled from reports from the KTOO newsroom in Juneau.
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Newscast – Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021
January 22, 2021 02:08 - 4.65 MBIn this newscast: Alaska now has the highest COVID-19 vaccination per capita of any state in the country; Governor Mike Dunleavy said he's open to working with President Joe Biden; A new airline service is coming to Petersburg; The Alaska Senate has announced who will serve on its committees for the next two years.
Newscast – Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021
January 21, 2021 02:09 - 4.63 MBIn this newscast: About a dozen City and Borough of Juneau employees are working from home this week after two of their coworkers tested positive for COVID-19; Southeast Alaska's largest Native cultural gathering won't be held this year; Alaska legislators opened their session Tuesday amid a deadly pandemic and a huge budget shortfall; Yesterday, the Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation opened eligibility for the COVID-19 vaccine to the general population in the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta.
Newscast – Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021
January 20, 2021 02:16 - 4.62 MBIn this newscast: The improvement plan for Juneau's Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area is still in the works, but it's well understood that when cruise tourism bounces back, changes are needed to accommodate the growing number of visitors; The Alaska Senate pulled together a 13-member Republican majority on the first day of the new session; It was an unusual first day of the 32nd Alaska Legislature; Norweigan Cruise Line will not have any trips to Alaska until the end of April at the earliest...
Newscast – Monday, Jan. 18, 2021
January 19, 2021 02:37 - 9.3 MBIn this newscast: Juneau's mass vaccination event, call for Eastman to be removed, Alaska National Guard helping with inauguration security
Newscast – Friday, Jan. 15, 2021
January 16, 2021 02:09 - 4.61 MBIn this newscast: It’s back to school at Sayéik: Gastineau Community School in Douglas for a group of 18 students whose families chose to have their kids return to in-person classes; Yakutat’s police force has updated guidelines for how and when its officers use force; The MLK Free Legal Help Day event on Monday is organized for low or moderate-income Alaskans who can't afford to hire lawyers; The University of Alaska Board of Regents has extended the contract for its interim president.
Newscast – Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021
January 15, 2021 02:22 - 4.71 MBIn this newscast: Sen. Lisa Murkowski says President Trump acted unlawfully and the House was right to impeach him; Alaska lost a bit of its maritime history this week; COVID-19 has claimed the life an Angoon elder; Sealaska Corporation is getting out of the logging business after more than 40 years; Democratic lawmakers in Congress are trying to reinstate the Roadless Rule for Alaska's Tongass National Forest.
Newscast – Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021
January 14, 2021 02:09 - 4.65 MBIn this newscast: State lawmakers in Juneau and local law enforcement are preparing for the possibility of violence after the FBI warned of potential armed protests in each state capitol this coming Sunday; Alaska's largest Alaska Native organization is calling for President Donald Trump to resign; Just before Christmas, the Juneau Assembly discussed putting more money into two grant programs intended to pay people who are financially hurting because of the pandemic; The Juneau School Board i...
Newscast – Monday, Jan. 11, 2021
January 12, 2021 02:11 - 4.65 MBIn this newscast: Why more experienced skiers have been getting themselves caught in avalanches during the pandemic; Sealaska Heritage Institute published four new books to bolster its efforts of teaching indigenous language and culture to kids; Cable TV customers across Alaska have lost network channels in a dispute over broadcast fees between cable company GCI and channel providers.
Newscast – Friday, Jan. 8, 2021
January 09, 2021 02:09 - 4.67 MBIn this newscast: Juneau's COVID-19 response team hopes to bypass some of the problems people have had signing up for a vaccine by hosting its own local vaccine clinic next week; Washington state's attorney general and a legal coalition of 40 Tribes, states and community organizations filed a motion to block the sale of the National Archives building in Seattle; State Republican Rep. Lance Pruitt lost his legal challenge today in Alaska's Supreme Court; Federal and state entities signed a 50-...
Newscast – Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021
January 08, 2021 02:13 - 4.68 MBIn this newscast: The appointment process to get vaccinated against COVID-19 opened up on Wednesday for Alaska's roughly 90,000 seniors, but it didn't go smoothly; A handful of protesters showed up at the state capitol building in Juneau on Wednesday morning, but they didn't stay for long; The Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska issued a statement condemning the extremist violence in Washington, DC.
Newscast – Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2021
January 06, 2021 02:07 - 4.66 MBIn this newscast: An avalanche on Mt. Juneau Monday morning turned out to be harmless, but it could be a sign of more to come; Gov. Mike Dunleavy's emergency disaster declaration has been expanded to include relief for residents whose homes were damaged or destroyed; Getting the new COVID-19 vaccines to rural Alaska is no small logistical feat; More than two dozen Native American and Alaska Native tribes, along with Washington and Oregon, are suing the federal government to stop the sale of t...
Newscast – Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021
January 06, 2021 02:07 - 4.66 MBIn this newscast: An avalanche on Mt. Juneau Monday morning turned out to be harmless, but it could be a sign of more to come; Gov. Mike Dunleavy's emergency disaster declaration has been expanded to include relief for residents whose homes were damaged or destroyed; Getting the new COVID-19 vaccines to rural Alaska is no small logistical feat; More than two dozen Native American and Alaska Native tribes, along with Washington and Oregon, are suing the federal government to stop the sale of t...
Newscast – Monday, Jan. 4, 2021
January 05, 2021 02:10 - 4.65 MBIn this newscast: KTOO's Jeremy Hsieh has a look back at Juneau's biggest stories of 2020; Congress signed the most significant law to fight climate change in years, maybe ever; A judge in Anchorage says she could rule as soon as tomorrow on a request by environmental groups to block the Trump administration's lease sale in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Newscast – Monday, Jan. 1, 2021
January 05, 2021 02:10 - 4.65 MBIn this newscast: KTOO's Jeremy Hsieh has a look back at Juneau's biggest stories of 2020; Congress signed the most significant law to fight climate change in years, maybe ever; A judge in Anchorage says she could rule as soon as tomorrow on a request by environmental groups to block the Trump administration's lease sale in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Newscast – Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020
January 01, 2021 02:06 - 4.66 MBIn this newscast: Juneau is accepting applications for its Systemic Racism Review Committee to address longstanding issues related to race in the community; Around Christmas, there were reports of an earthquake and major mountain rockslide in the wilderness near Juneau; Anyone in the U.S. or Canada who pulled up a Google search on Wednesday would have a seen the homepage logo replaced with an illustration of Alaska civil rights leader Elizabeth Peratrovich.
Newscast – Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020
December 31, 2020 02:37 - 5.12 MBIn this newscast: U.S. Senate begins the process to override President Trump's veto of the annual defense bill, Sen. Murkowski is the first member of Alaska's congressional delegation to get a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, State health officials are still working on who will get vaccinated when, The limited supply of reagents for COVID-19 testing may bottleneck Juneau's new system for testing in town, The state Department of Corrections says almost every inmate at Goose Creek Correction...
Newscast-Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020
December 30, 2020 02:59 - 9.39 MBJuneau's landfill has been extra stinky lately, here's what's causing it, Alaska lawmakers will be required to wear facemasks during floor sessions, that and other rules were adopted by a joint House-Senate Legislative Council on Monday, it's not clear how long those rules will be in effect. The collision of a warm, wet weather front with a mass of cold air from Siberia could set a new record: the lowest barometric pressure recorded in the North Pacific, While the COVID-19 pandemic forced...
Newscast – Monday, Dec. 28, 2020
December 29, 2020 02:39 - 6.15 MBIn this newscast: Juneau emergency officials announce another round of free, asymptomatic COVID-19 tests, Statewide COVID-19 hospitalizations have dropped to its lowest levels since mid-October, A state environmental regulator and Juneau landfill operator explain why the Lemon Creek area's been extra stinky, The Juneau Raptor Center saves a bald eagle that survived being shot, 2020 Highs and lows of the Alaska Marine Highway System, Alaska Airlines is purchasing 68 new Boeing 737 MAX pl...
Newcast – Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020
December 24, 2020 02:10 - 9.3 MBIn this newscast: Before their deadlines passed, applications surged for two of Juneau's pandemic relief programs designed to put thousands of dollars into locals' hands; One program at Juneau’s Yaakoosgé Daakahidi High School is actually seeing students flourish with distance learning; Eaglecrest Ski Area's season-opening was delayed because of record-setting rain and warm weather, and when it finally happened last Saturday, turnout was light; Bartlett Regional Hospital's Board of Directors ...
Newcast – Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020
December 23, 2020 02:08 - 9.42 MBIn this newscast: The Juneau Assembly is holding a special meeting Tuesday to consider changes to its pandemic relief programs; Changes are still coming to the Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area and residents can still weigh in on a plan that will make a long-term impact; An online Alaska news outlet is suing Gov. Mike Dunleavy's administration; Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced Tuesday that he's splitting the state's health department in two.
Newcast – Monday, Dec. 21, 2020
December 22, 2020 02:07 - 10 MBIn this newscast: State health officials say 26,800 doses of a second, new COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Alaska today; Scientists are on the lookout for an invasive crab species expected to move north into Alaskan waters; An Alaska-based theater company is putting a Tlingit twist on a holiday classic.
Newcast – Friday, Dec. 18, 2020
December 19, 2020 03:08 - 5.3 MBIn this newscast: Firefighters and ambulance crews move ahead with COVID-19 vaccinations, the Juneau Assembly limits eligibility for CARES-act funded individual grants, governing majorities still have not coalesced among incoming state lawmakers, the Alaska Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case about the election Rep. Lance Pruitt's lost, Eielson Air Force Base gets five more of the advanced F-35 warplanes, Northern Dynasty Minerals says it will appeal the Trump administration's rejecti...
Newscast – Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020
December 18, 2020 02:37 - 14 MBIn this newscast: Four more Juneau residents and a non-resident tested positive for COVID-19, the Environmental Protection Agency fines Crowley Fuels $1.3 million for gasoline storage violations, a report from federal aviation investigators suggest equipment failure contributed to a plane crash in Unalaska and the quiet cruise ship season was good for humpback whales.
Newscast – Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020
December 17, 2020 02:12 - 9.31 MBIn this newscast: A Juneau health care worker yesterday had the nation's first reported case of a serious allergic reaction to the new COVID-19 vaccine from drug company Pfizer; Wednesday's snowfall in Juneau is only the beginning. The National Weather Service says a second storm is headed for Southeast Alaska that could dump a lot more snow; Coastal Alaska lawmakers say they're unhappy with Gov. Mike Dunleavy's proposal to cut more than $2 million from the state ferry system's operating budg...
Newscast – Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020
December 16, 2020 02:14 - 9.29 MBIn this newscast: A few members of Bartlett Regional Hospital's vaccine distribution team greeted the plane this afternoon carrying Juneau's first 975 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine; A city-owned Mendenhall Valley property sold to a local developer in 2018 will return to the City and Borough of Juneau ownership; Juneau resident Majid Sateri was allegedly killed by a neighbor in his apartment building in November; The City and Borough of Juneau stopped accepting applications for its COVID-19 In...
Newscast – Monday, Dec. 14, 2020
December 15, 2020 02:07 - 9.3 MBIn this newscast: Juneau is expected to get its first shipment of the COVID-19 vaccine tomorrow, weather permitting; Alaska set a record for the number of COVID-19-related deaths reported in a single day when health officials announced that 18 Alaskans had died from the disease; This month's storm and landslides revealed that much of Haines, where there are no building codes, wasn't constructed with landslide risk in mind; Alaska's three Electoral College members cast their votes for Presiden...
Newscast – Friday, Dec. 11, 2020
December 12, 2020 02:09 - 9.39 MBIn this newscast: City workers have been collecting samples of Juneau's sewage to test for the coronavirus; After a summer without cruise ships, many people in Southeast Alaska are desperate to see tourists return. But not everyone; Gov. Mike Dunleavy debuted a budget proposal for next year that will lean heavily on earnings from the Permanent Fund to help Alaska recover from the pandemic; The U.S. Coast Guard's second-highest ranking officer has assumed some of the blame for Russian military...
Newscast – Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020
December 11, 2020 02:10 - 9.3 MBIn this newscast: The wrongful death lawsuit against the Juneau police officer who fatally shot 34-year-old Kelly Stephens last year is over; The updated concept for a new arts facility in Juneau would expend Centennial Hall and could help boost the city's economic recovery; Canadian developers behind a proposed massive metals mine 20 miles from the border seek another permit extension from B.C. regulators; More Alaska Natives have died of COVID-19 in the state than whites even though they ma...
Newscast – Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020
December 10, 2020 02:14 - 9.23 MBIn this newscast: The Juneau Assembly on Monday will consider declaring a local disaster due to damage from last week's record rainstorm; For more than a year, Juneau teens in need of temporary shelter had nowhere to go; There were rumors going around Juneau yesterday that Donald Trump Jr. was in town for a hunting trip; Juneau officials expect to get almost 1,000 doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine as early as next week.
Newscast – Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020
December 09, 2020 02:07 - 9.31 MBIn this newscast: The Juneau School District is getting ready for students to return to in-person classes in January; Public health data shows COVID-19 case counts appear to be trending down in Juneau once again; The first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine could be here as soon as next week; Heavy equipment operators have been clearing mudslides off roads in Haines over the past week.
Newscast – Monday, Dec. 7, 2020
December 08, 2020 02:15 - 14 MBIn this newscast: Alaska State Troopers are suspending the search for two Haines residents who went missing after a massive landslide destroyed their home; More wet weather is in the cards across Southeast Alaska this week as the region struggles with record rainfall that brought destructive landslides and some flooding; Beginning Tuesday, qualified Juneau residents who have been financially hurt by the pandemic can apply for $1,000 or more in new grants; Thanks to an outpouring of community ...
Newscast – Friday, Dec. 4, 2020
December 05, 2020 02:11 - 14.7 MBIn this newscast: The recovery effort in Haines continues after heavy flooding and mudslides this week; Heavy precipitation, mudslides and flooding have damaged infrastructure across the Haines Borough over the past week; Most property in Southeast Alaska probably isn’t insured against flood and slide damage from this week’s storm; The very first COVID-19 vaccine doses may arrive in Alaska before the month is out. But there will be very little of it, and logistics to distribute it are not easy.
Newscast – Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020
December 04, 2020 02:07 - 13.9 MBIn this newscast: Two Haines residents in their 20s and 30s are still missing following Wednesday's massive slide brought by heavy storms; Community organizations in Juneau are asking for help with the emergency response in Haines; The Sitka School Board will consider acknowledging Tlingit lands when it formally opens its meetings; There will be a recount in the Anchorage House race in which Democrat Liz Snyder defeated Republican Rep. Lance Pruit by 13 votes.
Newscast – Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020
December 03, 2020 02:46 - 13.9 MBIn this newscast: High winds, flooding and landslides caused at least one injury and damaged several homes in communities across Southeast Alaska today, as an atmospheric river stalled over the region and brought record-breaking rain; There are six people missing and houses in the water after a large landslide crashed into a residential area in Haines Wednesday afternoon; A group of Alaskans has filed a lawsuit seeking to block the recently passed Ballot Measure 2, the elections overhaul init...
Newscast – Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020
December 02, 2020 02:20 - 9.29 MBIn this newscast: The National Weather Service says there will still be strong winds gusting late Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning; The City and Borough of Juneau announced this afternoon that it's offering free COVID-19 tests to people who may have been exposed but don't have symptoms; After a season of cancelled cruise ships and low visitation, retailers in Sitka are turning to holiday sales from local customers to help them make it through the winter; A final federal rule designat...
Newscast – Monday, Nov. 30, 2020
December 01, 2020 02:11 - 9.31 MBIn this newscast: After a nonexistent tourism season, most downtown hotels are especially looking forward to the arrival of lawmakers and the opportunity to make up some lost revenue; The chief justice of the Alaska Supreme Court plans to retire in June, the court system announced today; A Social Security phone scam seems to have gotten a second wind as Alaskans head into the holiday season; The Hawaii-based shipping company Matson announced last week it will donate free ocean shipping of foo...
Newscast – Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020
November 25, 2020 02:55 - 9.28 MBIn this newscast: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention increased the severity of its warning against cruise ship travel; Sixteen U.S. Coast Guard cadets were sent in to replace 18 regular crewmembers who got stuck in quarantine. The quick addition of the cadets meant that the cutter Munro could go ahead with its Bering Sea patrol as scheduled this summer; Alaska voters elected 13 new members to the state Legislature. The first-time lawmakers are a heavily Republican group, and the o...
Newscast – Monday, Nov. 23, 2020
November 24, 2020 02:43 - 9.29 MBIn this newscast: Alaska state flags were lowered to half-mast on Friday in honor of Jay Kerttula, the only state legislator to serve as both senate president and speaker of the house; Hundreds of people have complained to the state’s environmental watchdog about air pollution from cruise ships; The Alaska Department of Corrections says an inmate with underlying health issues has died from complications related to COVID-19; The coronavirus pandemic has hurt the U.S. seafood industry due to a ...
Newscast – Friday, Nov. 20, 2020
November 21, 2020 03:05 - 9.29 MBIn this newscast: Last year, Norwegian Cruise Lines outbid competitors when it agreed to pay the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority $20 million for a 3-acres of waterfront land in downtown Juneau; The majority of candidates elected by Alaska voters to both the state Senate and House are Republicans. But it’s not yet clear if the majority caucuses that govern both chambers will actually be Republican; Federal investigators say they’re baffled over what caused an air ambulance over Southeast ...
Newscast – Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020
November 20, 2020 02:10 - 9.25 MBIn this newscast: New travel requirements from the State of Alaska take effect this Saturday; Yesterday, 30-year-old Joshua Allen Shaff was arrested and charged with the murder of 69-nyear-old Majid Sateri; Next year's budget hasn't been approved yet, but ConocoPhillips Alaska says it's planning to restart some of its drilling projects on the North Slope; In this new study, scientists have linked warming Arctic temperatures, changing wind patterns and shifting currents to the movement of poll...
Newscast – Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020
November 19, 2020 02:12 - 9.31 MBIn this newscast: A pickup truck exploded in downtown Juneau Monday night, but police do not believe the fire was suspicious or a crime; Voters re-elected Ketchikan's Rep. Dan Ortiz by a wide margin, returning the independent for another two years representing House District 36; The Petersburg pool, which closed down after a fire, could reopen with some temporary fixes.
Newscast – Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020
November 18, 2020 02:08 - 9.28 MBIn this newscast: SEARHC is no longer offering free COVID-19 testing for people who don't have symptoms of the virus in Juneau; Hoonah has its first confirmed cases of COVID-19; Juneau's electric utility has had an unusual run of outages and blips this month, affecting a lot of its customers; Exploration is resuming for copper, gold and other metals on lower Prince of Wales Island.
Newscast – Monday, Nov. 16, 2020
November 17, 2020 02:13 - 9.56 MBIn this newscast: Six students at The University of Alaska Southeast are in isolation on campus after testing positive for COVID-19; There will be no jury trials in Alaska's courthouses until at least Jan. 4; Former Sitka School Board president Lon Garrison has been named executive director of the Association of Alaska School Boards; As coronavirus cases continue to skyrocket in the state, cracks are appearing in Alaska's fragile healthcare system.
Newscast – Friday, Nov. 13, 2020
November 14, 2020 02:10 - 9.97 MBIn this newscast: The Juneau School District has shifted gears on its decision to expand in-person classes; Juneau households that receive the city's pandemic relief housing and utility grants this year may get $1,000 more than was initially offered; Two local government bodies will now recognize Ketchikan's original inhabitants before each public meeting; A new video game set in Southeast Alaska seeks to turn back the tide on the history of inaccurate representations of indigenous communities.
Newscast – Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020
November 13, 2020 02:39 - 11.8 MBIn this newscast: Dunleavy issues emergency alert to Alaskans' cellphones; school district divided about start of in-person classes; Rep. Andi Story wins second term; UAS interim chancellor is now permanent
Newscast – Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020
November 12, 2020 02:24 - 11.1 MBIn this newscast: election updates; another day of multiple COVID-19 deaths; Juneau's hospital sees a surge in children experiencing mental health crises; Pebble opponents underwhelmed by Murkowski's latest bill; the bears are still up
Newscast – Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020
November 11, 2020 02:24 - 9.3 MBIn this newscast: Alaska's COVID-19 case counts could be 25 - 50% higher than what the state is reporting; Eaglecrest's ambition reopening plan; warming rivers and melting sea ice and warming; ballot counting resumes tonight in Alaska
Newscast – Monday, Nov. 9, 2020
November 10, 2020 02:21 - 9.1 MBIn this newscast: Gov. Dunleavy is standing by Trump; Alaska LNG is back; an Inupiaq dancer featured in Biden campaign victory video
Newscast – Friday, Nov. 6, 2020
November 07, 2020 02:32 - 9.18 MBIn this newscast: Native communities respond to CNN labeling Indigenous voters as "Something Else"; Juneau gets its own COVID-19 testing machine; Metlakatla is on lockdown with its first confirmed cases of COVID-19; the Juneau Assembly has three more programs teed up to spend the last of its CARES Act money
Newscast – Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020
November 05, 2020 05:20 - 9.3 MBIn this newscast: Alaska Republican candidates and conservative causes did well in early results reported on election night; In Alaska House District 34, incumbent Democratic Rep. Andi Story holds a 14-point lead over independent challenger Ed King; The Petersburg School Board adopted a new policy requiring COVID-19 testing for staff and students returning from in-state travel; The state’s top medical team says that communities that still have a relatively low case count should act conservati...