KTOO News Update
The day’s local and state news in about 10 minutes.
Newscast – Friday, Feb. 22, 2019
In this newscast: An exchange program brings students from majority Muslim countries to Juneau and Sitka, Juneau’s tourism industry gets advice on handling growth from Iceland, and a judge denies a challenge from a man convicted of murdering a woman in Tenakee more than a decade ago.
Read More »Newscast – Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019
In this newscast: The Alaska Marine Highway System has stopped selling tickets beyond the end of September in response to Gov. Dunleavy’s proposed budget, the governor’s administration has also directed the Department of Transportation to look into closing or selling state-owned airports, U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan says President Donald Trump’s emergency declaration to direct money…
Read More »Newscast – Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019
In this newscast: The state official overseeing Alaska’s cruise ship monitoring program is concerned about losing independent environmental inspectors on cruise ships, the Sitka Tribe of Alaska asks a judge to delay the opening of Sitka’s commercial herring fishery this spring, and a spokesman for Gov. Mike Dunleavy says the governor has no desire to…
Read More »Newscast – Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019
In this newscast: Gov. Michael Dunleavy’s budget proposes cutting a program tasked with monitoring emissions on cruise ships, and a teacher at Mt. Edgecumbe High School teaches students about the causes of climate change.
Read More »Newscast – Monday, Feb. 18, 2019
In this newscast: A former inmate struggles to overcome alcohol addiction, and Juneau fans of Grammy-winner Norah Jones were disappointed when tickets to her July concert sold out in minutes.
Read More »Newscast – Friday, Feb. 15, 2019
In this newscast: A lawsuit has been filed in Alaska against LuLaRoe clothing. The governor’s budget proposal includes a plan to stop sharing fish taxes with coastal communities. The City and Bureau of Juneau and the cruise ship industry tell SE Alaskans that they will continue to work together to resolve their differences.
Read More »Newscast – Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019
In this newscast: The Alaska House of Representatives has a new speaker and can officially begin its work; Governor Michael Dunleavy's power to reduce Alaska's budget only goes so far; proposed budget cuts to the state's Department of Corrections includes a plan to send 500 inmates to prisons outside of Alaska; and the governor's proposed cut of $134 million would require drastic actions, says University of Alaska President Jim Johnsen.
Read More »Newscast – Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019
In this newscast: Gov. Michael Dunleavy unveils his dramatically reduced state budget proposal, the military works on Arctic survival skills in Utqiagvik, more details on cuts to the Alaska Marine Highway system, and Alaska Constitutional Convention delegate Jack Coghill dies.
Read More »Newscast – Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019
In this newscast, Juneau’s legislative delegation looks to get ahead of potential cuts to state jobs, signal detected from missing Guardian Flight plane, Knopp votes against Republican Talerico for speaker as House stalemate continues and Donlin Gold says its dam design is much safer than the one that collapsed last month in Brazil.
Read More »Newscast – Monday, Feb. 11, 2019
In this newscast: In Juneau incoming freshmen choose between the town's two main high schools, the Governor's Arts and Humanities Awards took place last week as the governor prepares to lay out his budget plan for the coming year and some Alaska lawmakers think the state's new ethics rules are too limiting.
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