Newscasts

In this newscast: Outgoing Mayor Koelsch looks back on an unusual tenure, Lily Hope reads “One Square Inch in Chilkat Weaving” from KTOO’s Red Carpet Celebration Session, investigators close case in fatal Admiralty Island plane crash mystery and as sea ice melts, some say walruses need better protection

In this newscast, Petersburg High School is one of the latest in the state to look at starting a video gaming team as a new sport, government officials are getting ready to count rural Alaskans in 2020 Census, and someone turned in a 99-year-old U.S. flag to the Ketchikan American Legion for disposal

In this newscast: KTOO’s Jeremy Hseih has a preview of Juneau’s legislative races, President Trump signed into law the “Save our Seas” bill from Alaska U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan, and
the Haines Borough has decided to do away with an excise tax on local marijuana cultivators.

In this newscast, Alaska law says lobbyists can’t raise cash for candidates, but lobbyists are still sending invites to fundraisers + legislative candidates tackle state budget and voter turnout at forum

In this newscast, the Juneau municipal election has been certified; poll shows challenger closing in on Rep. Young; Juneau school board swears in new members tonight; and the Republican Governor’s Association has paid more than $2.5 million for Dunleavy campaign.

In this newscast, a Juneau man was found dead in Gastineau Channel over the weekend, absentee ballots have been counted and local election results are in, in Ketchikan, an Indigenous Peoples Day celebration, and new ferry routes proposed for Prince William Sound and Upper Lynn Canal.

In this newscast: Juneau-area legislative candidates debate permanent fund dividends and the budget, new economic data suggest Alaska’s recession may be winding down, and sea ice in the Arctic shrinks to the sixth lowest levels in history. 

In this newscast: The cruise ship season wraps up in Juneau, a national wireless emergency alert system test reveals some hiccups in Alaska, $5 million in federal money is bound for Alaska to combat drug trafficking, and recaps on the Tuesday’s municipal election. 

In this newscast: The Office of Special Prosecutions formally declines to prosecute the law enforcement officers who shot and killed Cody Eyre last Christmas Eve, Gov. Bill Walker and challenger Mark Begich addressed their apparent vote-splitting at a forum while Republican front runner Mike Dunleavy was a no-show, and kids learn about fungi and science during Petersburg’s Rainforest Festival.