KTOO News Update
The day’s local and state news in about 10 minutes.
Newscast – Monday, May 21, 2018
Stories include preview of upcoming Juneau meet about recycling and waste management, a bill amendment that may allow distilleries to serve drinks in their tasting rooms, high price of lumber in Fairbanks, poaching of a bear in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, and cancellation of all Perseverance Theatre’s Alaska performances of “Snow Child”.
Read More »Newscast – Friday May 16, 2018
Snow Child cancellation Gov. Walker schools emergency plan Ketchikan ferry Alaska rape kit backlog
Read More »Newscast – Thursday, May 17, 2018
In this newscast: Juneau Assemblyman and longtime legislative aide Jesse Kiehl announces he's running for state Senate, a backlog of applications for state marijuana business licenses is piling up, and the Outer Coast College in Sitka secures its inaugural summer seminar class.
Read More »Newscast – Wednesday, May 16, 2018
Stories include Rep. Sam Kito III’s ouster from Legislative Council, a new executive director for the Alaska Marine Highway System, and a planned decommissioning of Alaska’s only nuclear reactor near Delta Junction.
Read More »Newscast – Tuesday, May 15, 2018
In this newscast: Juneau schools get funded for the 2018-2019 school year, Rep. Sam Kito III says he's been booted off the Legislative Council, and a Juneau woman is killed in a vehicle-pedestrian collision by Brotherhood Bridge.
Read More »Newscast–Monday, May 14, 2018
In this newscast: The Alaska Legislature ended its session in the early hours Sunday morning, a Juneau woman won a coveted Rasmuson fellowship, along with 5 other local artists and the Flume Trail is back open.
Read More »Newscast – Friday May 11, 2018
Emergency Alert System test Mark DeSimone trail verdict in the death of Duilio “Tony” Rosales Bill to overhaul the state’s alcohol laws killed for this year
Read More »Newscast – Thursday, May 10, 2018
In this newscast: Closing arguments wrap and jury deliberations begin in Mark DeSimone's homicide trial, the state Senate passes a capital budget bill that revives the Juneau Access Project and Knik Arm bridge, a new exhibit in Skagway commemorates the 100-year anniversary of the sinkning of the Princess Sophia, Alaskan Tara MacLean Sweeney faces confirmation in the U.S. Senate, and PBS announces a new kids' show to with an Alaska Native lead character.
Read More »Newscast — Wednesday, May 9, 2018
In this newscast: State legislators adopt a plan to draw money from the Alaska Permanent Fund for the first time and an investigation into the state's Division of Public Assistance finds several major issues.
Read More »Newscast – Tuesday, May 8, 2018
In this newscast: State lawmakers reach a tentative compromise on how to draw permanent fund earnings for state government, an ombudsman report identifies major problems and a backlog of public assistance applications insurmountable without more staff, local fire investigators identify the cause of a boat condo explosion and fire, and SECON plans quarry blasting in the Lemon Creek area on Thursday.
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