KTOO News Update
756 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 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 — Monday, May 2, 2022
May 03, 2022 01:10 - 9.34 MBIn this newscast: Resurrection Lutheran Church renews permit to house Juneau's cold weather shelter; Kodiak has had the most paralytic shellfish poisoning in the state in recent decades; An attack ad against Santa Claus; A military training exercise wants to expand
Newscast — Friday, April 29, 2022
April 30, 2022 01:13 - 4.62 MBIn this newscast: A Juneau mental health organization is helping people formerly involved in the justice system get housing; Juneau’s COVID-19 Emergency Operations Center is closing down at the end of April—here’s how you can access services; Alaska authorities have seized thousands of fentalnyl-laced pills and other drugs this week in a series of busts…
Newscast – Thursday, April 28, 2022
April 29, 2022 01:52 - 4.26 MBIn this newscast: The Juneau Assembly considers exempting food from the city's sales tax; Alaska public health experts discuss the latest COVID trends; Some Juneau Assembly members are questioning the police department's plan to buy an armored vehicle; Bartlett Regional Hospital has named a permanent chief behavioral health officer; Gov. Dunleavy reiterates his push for Alaska Permanent Fund dividends of at least $3,700; A state judge sets a May 3 deadline for challenges to a revised redistri...
Newscast – Wednesday, April 27, 2022
April 28, 2022 01:47 - 5.49 MBIn this newscast: Masks are optional again in Juneau schools; Local vendors who cater to Filipino cruise ship workers gear up for the season; Gov. Mike Dunleavy announces court fights to assert state ownership of certain lands against the federal government; The Alaskan Republican Party shares its strategy for ranked choice voting; Defense Department inspectors flag five U.S. military bases in Alaska for failing to prepare for climate change
Newscast – Tuesday, April 26, 2022
April 27, 2022 01:34 - 5.17 MBIn this newscast: Juneau welcomes the first big cruise ship of the year; The Bureau of Land Management announces it is closing millions of acres of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska to oil drilling; Alaska lawmakers are considering a request by Gov. Mike Dunleavy to fund a takeover of a federal environmental permitting program; Golden Valley Electric Association is reviewing a proposal to generate up to 36 megawatts of wind and solar electricity; Alaska's first investigator focused on mis...
Newscast – Friday, April 22, 2022
April 23, 2022 01:31 - 4.66 MBIn this newscast: The Alaska Department of Transportation is beginning to host open houses on a possible new bridge to connect Juneau and Douglas; The annual Tribal Assembly meeting of the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida discussed the five Southeast communities left out of ANCSA; The first large cruise ship of the season arrives in Juneau on Monday, and early season cruise ships are predicted to have lower occupancy; The Interior Department will open 27 million acres of federal land for ...
Newscast – Thursday, April 21, 2022
April 22, 2022 01:38 - 4.65 MBIn this newscast: A marine geology expert says signs suggest upward movement of magma below Mt. Edgecumbe; Alaskans for Better Elections taught Juneau residents about voting changes with M&Ms; State health data shows Alaska has a high seven-day case rate
Newscast – Wednesday, April 20, 2022
April 21, 2022 01:45 - 4.66 MBIn this newscast: Masks are no longer required for Juneau buses; Youth Encouraging Alaskans' Health is hosing an anti-tobacco summit this week; Wrangell Island's two cemeteries are nearly at capacity; Denali National Park may have more climbers this season than since before the pandemic
Newscast – Tuesday, April 19, 2022
April 20, 2022 01:12 - 4.69 MBIn this newscast: Juneau pet owners are scrambling for care as one of the city's three veterinary offices closes; Researchers are studying Alaska salmon gillnetters to gain further understanding of sleep deprivation in fishermen
Newscast – Monday, April 18, 2022
April 19, 2022 01:14 - 4.66 MBIn this newscast: The Juneau spring housing crunch may be worsened by increased Airbnbs; The cruise industry predicts 1.5 ship passengers to visit Alaska this season, says Brian Salerno of Cruise Lines International; Alaska Airlines announced that it's ending its mask requirement after a federal judge struck down the May 3rd extension; The state's first large wildfire of the season near Kwethluk
Newscast – Friday, April 15, 2022
April 16, 2022 01:10 - 4.66 MBIn this newscast: Sealaska is voting on removing a blood quantum requirement; SEARHC has a new opioid treatment clinic in Juneau; Alaskans for Better Elections is campaigning to inform voters of how to vote with recent changes for the special by-mail primary to fill Representative Don Young's seat
Newscast – Thursday, April 14, 2022
April 15, 2022 01:28 - 4.66 MBIn this newscast: The University of Alaska Mariculture Conference meets this week in Juneau to talk about the future of the industry; A Juneau-based airline is adding a new daily circuit that will connect Wrangell, Sitka, and Petersburg; State officials are investigating human remains discovered by Haines work crews Monday; Senator Lisa Murkowski's re-election campaign reports that she has raised over $1.5 million this year
Newscast – Wednesday, April 13, 2022
April 14, 2022 01:11 - 4.66 MBIn this newscast: Les Gara discusses his campaign; Juneau's Riverbend Elementary will soon be called Kax̱digoowu Héen; A celebration was held to honor the artists of Alaska's first totem pole carved on all sides
Newscast – Tuesday, April 12, 2022
April 13, 2022 01:16 - 4.65 MBIn this newscast: A rock slide has closed the North Douglas Highway past the boat launch; The overseas voting period for the National Elections in the Philippines has begun, and many Alaskans may vote; Alaska lawmakers are considering a bill to regulate PFAS chemicals in groundwater; The Alaska Marine Highway Operations Board held its first meeting Friday
Newscast – Monday, April 11, 2022
April 12, 2022 01:05 - 4.65 MBIn this newscast: The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has started testing wildlife for COVID-19; Juneau Assembly has begun the city's budget planning for the upcoming fiscal year, with a surplus; Alaska businesses hurt by COVID-19 can apply for a second round of funding through the American Rescue Plan Act
Newscast – Friday, April 8, 2022
April 09, 2022 01:12 - 4.65 MBIn this newscast: A third grade class takes a "Forest Friday" field trip; Alaska Folk Festival is back in person for the first time in two years; A Haines Facebook group helps renters find places to live
Newscast – Thursday, April 7, 2022
April 08, 2022 01:31 - 51.1 MBIn this newscast: Native Youth Olympics was in person for the first time since the pandemic; Alaska Statewide Poetry Contest winners read their poems; Senator Lisa Murkowski is hosting an event about the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
Newscast – Wednesday, April 6, 2022
April 07, 2022 01:18 - 4.64 MBIn this newscast: Juneau Assembly considers suspending relationship with Russian sister city; A professional wilderness tracker will teach a course in Juneau; A Soldotna man has been charged in the murder of his roommate
Newscast – Tuesday, April 5, 2022
April 06, 2022 01:13 - 4.66 MBIn this newscast: Juneau's J & J Deli and Asian Mart may be shutting down if the owner's can't find someone to take over; Petersburg's grade school chess club is gaining popularity; Scientists have an explanation about a large orb of light seen over Alaska last week
Newscast – Monday, April 4, 2022
April 05, 2022 01:24 - 5.25 MBIn this newscast: Wearing masks is now optional in Juneau schools; State lawmakers may finally overhaul Alaska's alcohol laws this year; 51 candidates file to finish out Congressman Don Young's term; Some Alaska Native tribes are getting behind U.S. Supreme nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson; Interior Secretary Deb Haaland plans to visit Alaska this month
Newscast – Friday, April 1, 2022
April 02, 2022 00:43 - 4.65 MBIn this newscast: The U.S. Department of Agriculture is funding sustainability projects in Southeast Alaska; A dance group at the Cama'i Dance Festival honors loved ones lost in their dance performance An update on COVID-19 in Alaska, and the second boosters that are available; Alaska Airlines is canceling flights as pilots picket over contract negotiations
Newscast – Thursday, March 31, 2022
April 01, 2022 00:47 - 14 MBIn this newscast: Jane Hale, Juneau's trans columnist, talks about coming out on Transgender Day of Visibility; Chief Medical Officer Dr. Anne Zink discusses lowering pandemic restrictions; Alaska Housing Finance Corporation plans to distribute $50 million to homeowners
Newscast – Wednesday, March 30, 2022
March 31, 2022 00:57 - 4.64 MBIn this newscast: The Alaska House of Representatives will debate what name to call the money that will be sent to Alaskans later this year; A subsistence fishing method some sockeye harvesters use in Sitka is now banned
Newscast – Tuesday, March 29, 2022
March 30, 2022 01:14 - 4.66 MBIn this newscast: A recent diesel spill north of Sitka has lead authorities to advise against herring egg harvests in certain areas; Ethel Makinen, a prominent Lingít, culture bearer, died in February at age 90; Unalaska's Iliuliuk Family and Health Services clinic hired a new interim CEO
Newscast – Monday, March 23, 2022
March 29, 2022 01:09 - 4.66 MBIn this newscast: Juneau's missing persons Facebook group is run by those who've lost someone; Dillingham tribal members and elementary school students have worked to rename a creek and road; Last week's major Eagle River avalanche could take weeks to clean up
Newscast – Friday, March 25, 2022
March 26, 2022 02:23 - 5.22 MBIn this newscast: The Alaska Supreme Court says a new Senate district's boundaries are an "unconstitutional political gerrymander"; Juneau officials are making a Lemon Creek multi-use path a priority; Goldbelt Inc. wants to help Eaglecrest Ski Area pay for its gondola project and expand summer operations; Officials in Haines and Skagway are raising questions about how a proposed mine will get its ore out of the Chilkat Valley; Kodiak's Coast Guard base is getting a huge influx of federal infr...
Newscast – Thursday, March 24, 2022
March 25, 2022 01:15 - 5.33 MBIn this newscast: The Juneau Police Department creates a missing persons web page; Researchers present findings and recommendations on managing landslide risk in Haines; Federal investigators release documents in their investigation of fatal sightseeing plane crash near Ketchikan in 2021; Alaska's congressional delegation calls for a permanent ban on Russian seafood imports; The Anchorage Assembly will get a 12th member after redrawing district maps
Newscast – Wednesday, March 23, 2022
March 24, 2022 01:58 - 5.26 MBIn this newscast: The main system Juneau officials have used to manage the COVID-19 pandemic is set to end next month; State officials lay out the timeline for special elections to fill Congressman Don Young's vacant seat; The Ayaprun Elitnaurvik Yup'ik Immersion School in Bethel is expanding; Anchorage officials are negotiating a contract to build a large homeless shelter; Microgrants for tools to grow, hunt and store food are available for to address food insecurity
Newscast – Tuesday, March 22, 2022
March 23, 2022 01:17 - 4.79 MBIn this newscast: Nome settles a lawsuit with a woman says police officers mishandled her sexual assault report; The Alaska Supreme Court considers arguments in legislative redistricting cases; State biologists are monitoring an oil spill for affects on the sac roe herring fishery in Sitka; Climate change is getting top billing at Kodiak's annual commercial fishing trade show
Newscast – Monday, March 21, 2022
March 22, 2022 01:33 - 5.44 MBIn this newscast: The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services will be split into separate departments in July; Alaska Congressman Don Young will lie in state at the U.S. Capitol on March 29; Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson will propose naming the Port of Alaska after Don Young; The U.S. Forest Service releases an environmental impact statement for options to expand facilities at the Mendenhall Glacier; Brian Buchman discusses his newspaper "The Homeless Changed"; The Alaska Native Scienc...
Newscast – Friday, March 18, 2022
March 19, 2022 01:06 - 9.31 MBIn this newscast: AKPM's Liz Ruskin investigates the claim that the US cutting off Russian oil means that Alaska should produce more oil; A proposed bill seeks to address high school dropout rates by putting the education plans in the hands of Tribes
Newscast – Thursday, March 17, 2022
March 18, 2022 01:05 - 9.39 MBIn this newscast: Juneau Bartlett Region Hospital is the first state in to be cited for COVID-19 workplace safety violations; A new episode of Molly of Denali celebrates Filipino Athabascan identity; Tlingit and Haida President is in Washington D.C. for the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act
Newscast – Wednesday, March 16, 2022
March 17, 2022 01:57 - 51.2 MBIn this newscast: There multiple avalanches above the Flume trail this week; Congress's omnibus package will fund a water pipe on Wrangell Island; A bill to improve the Village Public Safety Officer program is in the Alaska House; The omnibus package will also reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act
Newscast – Tuesday, March 15, 2022
March 16, 2022 01:20 - 4.66 MBIn this newscast: The Juneau Assembly made a change to the city's Long Range Waterfront Plan, allowing for another cruise ship dock; Storytime at Mendenhall Valley Public Library is back; The Malaspina ferry ship could be turned into a museum; Alaska's state government expects to raise more than $3.5 billion more this and next year than projected in December; A Fairbanks jury has indicted the man who is accused of a fatal shooting at a Safeway
Newscast – Monday, March 14, 2022
March 15, 2022 01:11 - 4.66 MBIn this newscast: Cruise ship passenger taxes could help fund an integrated convention center and performing arts venue; There's still a vacancy on the Alaska Board of Fisheries, which complicates its currently meeting; The omnibus bill Congress passed last week renews the Violence Against Women Act; Officials are still trying to determine the source of a natural gas leak on the North Slope
Newscast – Friday, March 11, 2022
March 12, 2022 02:14 - 5.26 MBIn this newscast: Two members of Alaska's Congressional delegation vote for the latest federal spending bill; The number of mental health patients in Juneau continues to skyrocket; Alaska's visitor industry is bullish about the coming cruise season; A totem pole is rededicated in the State Office Building; Local COVID numbers remain low; KTOO's managing editor gives a send off for the newsroom's Rashah McChesney.
Newscast – Thursday, March 10, 2022
March 11, 2022 02:49 - 7.25 MBIn this newscast: Masks will become optional in Juneau schools beginning April 4; Retired public employees and the state settle two lawsuits over medical and dental plan changes; An Alaska lawmaker calls efforts to remove a war criminal's name from a major state highway a case of cancel culture; Faculty at Dzantik'i Heeni Middle School discover vandalism that includes a swastika; Juneau School Board members hope for higher school funding from state lawmakers; The International Longshore and W...
Newscast – Wednesday, March 9, 2022
March 10, 2022 02:51 - 6.18 MBIn this newscast: The value of Alaska's investments in Russia nosedive; State transportation officials hear from four interested buyers of an iconic state ferry; The latest COVID-19 numbers; Haines shuts down its emergency operations center; The USDA says it will help pay for relocating six Alaska communities threatened by erosion and flooding
Newscast – Tuesday, March 8, 2022
March 09, 2022 02:44 - 9.31 MBIn this newscast: A Juneau artist submitted a piece for this year's Wearable Arts show that was entirely in Lingít, but it was later disqualified from the judging process; President Biden announced a ban on Russian oil imports this morning, here's what that means for Alaska; Republican gubernatorial candidate Charlie Pierce has named Edie Grunwald as his running mate
Newscast – Monday, March 7, 2022
March 08, 2022 02:31 - 4.65 MBIn this newscast: The U.S. Forest Service is updating its management plan for fighting invasive plants in Southeast Alaska; The Alaska Marine Highway System is resuming ferry links to Prince Rupert, British Columbia; The decision to turn Skagway's medical clinic over to a SEARHC may go before voters; KTOO reports today's COVID numbers
Newscast – Friday, March 4, 2022
March 05, 2022 02:14 - 9.44 MBIn this newscast: Research on Southeast Alaska's pre-pandemic multi-year drought; A draft of the state budget is out from the House Finance Committee; Trying to eradicate rats in the Aleutian Islands; 27 racist and sexist place names in Alaska are slated to be replaced
Newscast – Thursday, March 3, 2022
March 04, 2022 02:15 - 4.66 MBIn this newscast: Juneau Assembly agreed to purchase a used gondola for Eaglecrest; The Juneau School District has chosen Shawn Arnold as the next principle of Thunder Mountain High School; A Hydaburg man died in custody in Craig in February
Newscast – Wednesday, March 2, 2022
March 03, 2022 02:16 - 4.66 MBIn this newscast: An Anchorage resident is trying to find the grave of her great-aunt, who died while attending Carlisle Indian Industrial School; Alaska's Child Care Assistance Program plans to distribute $100 million in federal funds; Washington state lawmakers jettisoned the proposed tax on gasoline that would affect other states, including Alaska; Alaska Airlines is temporarily suspending its partnership with a Russian airline
Newscast – Tuesday, Mar. 1, 2022
March 02, 2022 02:35 - 4.45 MBIn this newscast: Riverbend Elementary students move back into their flooded school; Will Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson still speak at the Alaska Bar Association convention if she's a Supreme Court Justice?; Ravn Alaska's loyalty program goes crypto; Alaska's U.S. senators renew calls to advance home-state priorities in response to Russia's aggression toward Ukraine
Newscast – Monday, Feb. 28, 2022
March 01, 2022 02:17 - 5.25 MBIn this newscast: Juneau rallies for Ukraine; Congressman Don Young works on a bill to seize Russian yachts and commercial vessels in U.S. waters; The U.S. Supreme Court announces it will hear several cases challenging the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act; Juneau lowers its pandemic alert level to minimal as case numbers trend down; A Canadian military vessel sails into Juneau
Newscast – Friday, Feb. 25, 2022
February 26, 2022 02:27 - 4.66 MBIn this newscast: The man who was shot at by a Juneau police officer shares his experience; Juneau Police Department has released the the name of the officer involved in that shooting; An Alaska House member proposed taxes in retaliation to a proposed Washington state tax on exported fuel; Alaska's congressional delegation condemned Russia's attack on Ukraine with mixed comments on President Biden's response
Newscast – Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022
February 25, 2022 02:15 - 4.68 MBIn this newscast: A Juneau Police officer shot at a man in Mendenhall Valley, missed, and hit nearby homes; Juneau is relaxing COVID rules while increasing access to public health tools for residents; COVID numbers continue to fall in Alaska
Newscast – Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022
February 24, 2022 02:32 - 4.66 MBIn this newscast: The Alaska Legislative Council voted to drop the State Capitol's mask mandate today; A two-sided totem pole is being carved in Juneau to represent the Lingit, Haida and Tsimshian tribes; Alaska may finally sell a ferry that hasn't sailed in two years; Ketchikan residents found a fanciful way to celebrate 2/22/22; The Biden administration is reeling back permission for Ambler Road, which would support mining in Northwest Alaska; Another Ketchikan resident has died of COVID-19...
Newscast – Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022
February 23, 2022 02:31 - 4.67 MBIn this newscast: The Juneau School District has narrowed its search for a new principal down to three candidates; The state Senate will soon vote on legislation that would change the PFD formulas; Juneau's Barnacle Foods is able to recover most of the products in its warehouse collapsed from snow; This year's Iditarod has a thorough COVID prevention plan
Newscast – Friday, Feb. 18, 2022
February 19, 2022 02:12 - 4.66 MBIn this newscast: Another 41 people in Juneau have tested positive for COVID-19; Alaska has a history of racial housing discrimination and segregation; Ketchikan's school board will review an investigation into allegations of racism at a basketball game; Governor Mike Dunleavy says it's proper for the stat to pay for his lawsuit; A task force found methamphetamine and cash in Wrangell