KTOO News Update

KTOO News Update

The day’s local and state news in about 10 minutes.


Newscast – Tuesday, March 12, 2019

In this newscast: President Donald Trump signs Sen. Lisa Murkowski's far-reaching lands bill into law, Juneau residents are likely to continue paying higher electricity rates because of low water levels, Gov. Michael Dunleavy's administration proposes selling off the Sheldon Jackson Museum in Sitka, Homer city officials write the governor to explore tax changes to balance the state's budget, a helicopter rescues three men off an ice floe near Nome, Bethel musher Pete Kaiser takes the lead in the Iditarod with 77 miles to go, and a record number of Alaskans turn out to testify about ferry service. 

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Newscast – Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019

In this newscast: A jury finds Laron Graham not guilty of a 2015 double murder in Juneau, the Juneau School Board considers changing elementary school boundaries for the Pederson Hill neighborhood, local election officials certify Juneau's municipal election results, U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan offers his most extensive public comments yet on President Trump's controversial call with the president of Ukraine, a coalition of Pebble Mine opponents sues the EPA over its decision to lift Obama-era mining restrictions, Ketchikan's city council hires the McDowell Group to study potential impacts of a two-berth dock for mega cruise ships, and Haines greets its high school cross country teams with a parade after they sweep the 1A and 2A state championships. 

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Newscast – Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019

President Trump addressed troops at Alaska's Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on his way back from a summit with Kim Jong Un. Alaska's oil production could see a bump as new fields come on line on the North Slope. The City and Borough of Juneau wants to explore expanding port infrastructure to allow more cruise ships to connect to the city's electric grid. Sitka Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins says that residents fearful over the governor's proposed budget should focus their advocacy efforts on Republican senators, who will have the power to override the governor's vetoes come May. Juneau's Ernestine Saankalaxt' Hayes will remain Alaska's writer laureate a little longer than expected while the State Council on the Arts chooses the next writer to hold the title.

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