In this newscast: Two members of the Anchorage mayor’s administration have tested positive for COVID-19; SHI is recruiting coaches for the Native Youth Olympics; Alaska pediatricians worried about this respiratory virus season; Two state psychiatrists have won their case against Gov. Mike Dunleavy
Jennifer Pemberton
Managing Editor, KTOO
I bring stories from the community into the KTOO newsroom so that all of our reporting matters. I want to hear my community’s struggles and its wins reflected in our coverage. Does our reporting reflect your experience in Juneau?
Is there an Indigenous name for this cloud formation in Juneau?
A Curious Juneau listener wrote in saying they’d witnessed a snake-like cloud forming along the Gastineau Channel and wondered if there are any Lingít stories or a Lingít name for this cloud feature.
Newscast – Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021
In this newscast: Juneau’s students will have to wear masks at school; Alaska will collect DNA samples from decades worth of crimes; the latest on the plane crash that killed 6 near Ketchikan
Juneau resident with COVID-19 dies at Bartlett Regional Hospital
Juneau city officials reported on Wednesday that a man in his 60s died at the hospital last Friday, Aug. 6.
Newscast – Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021
In this newscast: The Juneau Assembly is looking into turning a warehouse into a ballot counting facility; the bait herring shortage; Palmer Correctional Center reopening
Newscast – Monday, Aug. 9, 2021
In this newscast: Another float plane crash in Misty Fjords; Juneau’s new hazard maps; Senate infrastructure bill; ferries; deadly logging accident
It’s not a typo: Why we are using ‘Lingít’ instead of ‘Tlingit’
KTOO supports the normalization and familiarization of the Lingít language.
Native-designed Raven Story postage stamp enters circulation with ceremony in Juneau
A ceremony in Juneau celebrated the first stamp ever designed by a Lingít artist and the importance of the design and its story to the people who live in Lingít Aaní today.
Cruise Town, Season 3, Ep. 1: ‘Cruise ships are back, baby!’
We’re back with a new season of Cruise Town because — spoiler alert — large cruise ships are coming back to Alaska in July.
Juneau’s avalanche history is locked up in the region’s trees
By looking for clues in the tree rings, these researchers are trying to reconstruct the frequency of avalanches all around the region.