Newscast – Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025

In this newscast:

  • The City and Borough of Juneau is warning residents about urban avalanches a bit differently this year,
  • After Juneau residents helped raise more than $1 million this fall, a local boy with a rare genetic disease will be able to receive a potentially life-changing gene therapy in the New Year,
  • Alaska will get $272 million from the federal government next year to upgrade its rural health system,
  • For Alaskans, the New Year means it’s time to apply for the Permanent Fund dividend,
  • In a special feature highlighting some of KTOO’s favorite stories from this year, the KTOO newsroom revisits a story about the city’s short term rental task force