A Peer Recovery Coach Walks The Front Lines Of America’s Opioid Epidemic
Charlie Oen was addicted to heroin as a teenager. At 25, he’s now clean and a peer counselor in Lima, Ohio, where he tries to help people who started using drugs before he was born.
Federal act funds water infrastructure in western AK
A federal act signed by the president this month will bring millions of dollars for water and sewer systems in Alaska over a five-year period.
Top 10 things that we talked about at the water cooler in 2016
It’s the end of the year (as we know it), and that means we’re looking back at your most popular stories produced at KTOO. For 2016 we’re narrowing down the list to stories produced from of the KTOO building or that have a specific tie to Juneau. Some serial stories are incorporated into one entry.
Watch and listen to KTOO’s 2016 concerts
Check out this compilation of music produced by public media in Juneau in 2016.
Juneau’s biggest stories of 2016
As 2016 winds down, here’s a look at Juneau’s biggest stories of the year.
Monitoring Bogoslof: How life responds to volcanic destruction
Bogoslof Island is now a natural laboratory where researchers can see how the island and its ecosystem respond to volcanic activity.
Juneau homicide case coming to a close after two years
Nora Edith Thomas, 28, may spend 16 years in prison for the stabbing death of Christopher Kenney.
34 homicides and no clear solution in Anchorage
It’s been a deadly year in Alaska’s largest city, with 34 homicide victims so far — more than in any previous year on record. It comes on the heels of 2015, which also saw an exceptionally high number of violent deaths.
Clamming halted on East Cook Inlet beaches due to low razor clam numbers
A decline in the number of mature razor clams the past several years has prompted the state Fish and Game department to curtail clamming on East Cook Inlet beaches for the foreseeable future.
State arts council urges protections for Native use of ivory
The Alaska State Council on the Arts is urging Alaska’s congressional delegation to protect Native use of ivory after recent domestic ivory bans.
State monitoring spill at Tesoro pipeline facility near Cook Inlet
Workers at a Tesoro facility are cleaning up after more than 120 gallons of oily water spilled out of a pipeline near Cook Inlet. State officials don’t yet know how the spill happened.
No missing people or property damage reported after avalanche scare over downtown Juneau
“Yeah we saw an impressive powder cloud, but no, that was not a catastrophic sized avalanche,” said Juneau Emergency Programs Director Tom Mattice.
Forest plan has some changes for central Southeast Alaska
Streams and watersheds in the Petersburg area are among those placed off-limits to old growth logging in an amendment to the Tongass Land and Resource Management Plan released in December.
Alaska’s Don Young strikes Trump-like note reflecting on 2016
U.S. Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, showed no enthusiasm for Donald Trump during the presidential campaign. But with President-elect Trump three weeks from his swearing-in, and a new Democratic minority leader in the Senate, Young is looking at the big picture and seeing the bright side.
Bethel City Council hires city manager, offers Fairbanks man finance director job
Pete Williams accepted the city manager position at a special city council meeting Tuesday and will begin working under the new title Jan. 2. Williams has been serving as acting city manager since September when former City Manager Ann Capela terminated her contract more than a year early.
Southeast’s top 2016 stories: Ferries, elections, forests, rivers
Southeast Alaska gained legislative power but lost ferry sailings in 2016. No new transboundary mines opened but Alaska-British Columbia safety talks advanced.
Cuts to state jobs prompt union outcry
In a class action grievance filed Tuesday, the Alaska State Employees Association says the governor overlooked a crucial detail in its contract agreement.
Homeless Dillingham man lives tough life — on his own terms
Matfie McCarr has been homeless since 2002, one of just a few in town who call the streets home. It’s been his choice to live this way, he says, though he’s not always proud of how he got here.
Alaska’s Energy Desk celebrates ‘Coming into the Country’
In January 2017, Alaska’s Energy Desk celebrates the 40th anniversary of Coming into the Country, John McPhee’s book that shared Alaska with the world.
For many, fewer Obamacare choices doesn’t mean higher prices
One in five people getting health care through the Affordable Care Act no longer have a choice of insurers. But those markets don’t have significantly higher prices than areas with competition.