Newscasts

In this newscast: A grand jury indicted a Juneau man on two counts of felony assault for allegedly injuring two Juneau Police officers earlier this month Floodwaters have receded in Kotzebue and other western Alaska communities after a storm, but another is coming The Department of Education and Early Development backtracked on its initial recommendation…

In this newscast: Out-of-state undergraduate students at the University of Alaska Southeast will see lower tuition rates beginning next fall, Nearly 100 large whales were reported entangled around the U.S. in 2024, almost a 50% increase from 2023, Funding for a program subsidizing rural air travel is set to continue through early November despite the…

In this newscast: Preliminary results are in for Juneau’s 2025 municipal election; No developers have bitten on 200 acres of city land upzoned for denser housing on Douglas Island and in Auke Bay; The interim superintendent for Ketchikan’s school district submitted her letter of resignation months into the job; Some Alaskans feel they don’t have a meaningful say in the process as a proposed gold mine in Canada goes through its environmental assessment.

In this newscast: Today is municipal Election Day and the KTOO newsroom was around town to chat with voters about their thoughts on the election; The state of Alaska is in the throes of studying what it would take to build a road that would better connect Juneau, Haines and Skagway, and the Dept. of Transportation held open house-style meetings last week to inform the public, and get community feedback; Top state lawmakers say they are investigating why $50 million from the state’s primary savings account was invested in an outside private equity fund; A Fairbanks man has a unique antidote to his winter blues: balloon art

In this newscast: Juneau’s municipal Election Day is almost here. Voters have until tomorrow night at 8 p.m. sharp to cast their ballots; And Juneau’s high school students also cast votes in mock elections to learn more about how they work; The Petersburg Borough assembly passed a resolution last month calling on state and federal authorities for help dealing with rising sea otter populations; President Trump approved the 211-mile Ambler Road in Northwest Alaska today

In this newscast: Among the most vulnerable Alaskans to the ongoing federal shutdown could be thousands of parents who depend on WIC to help them buy food; Former Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson is joining the race for governor; Juneau voters will decide in this fall’s municipal election whether to exempt essential food and residential utilities from local sales tax; Earlier this month, the judge in a case against a former Juneau chiropractor dismissed a charge, which revealed a gap in state sexual assault laws; A Pennsylvania man allegedly used the stolen identities of seven Alaskans in an attempt to steal their Permanent Fund Dividends in 2022