KTOO News Update
The day’s local and state news in about 10 minutes.
Newscast – Wednesday, May 30, 2018
Stories include an indictment handed up for PFD against former Assembly candidate Loretto Lee Jones, update on Monday’s house fire on North Franklin Street, White Pass and Yukon Route Railroad suspending service because of a rock strike on a bridge, and Gov. Bill Walker possibly skipping the Democratic primary if Mark Begich jumps into the…
Read More »Newscast – Tuesday, May 29, 2018
Stories include the search is suspended for a man swept off ATV in Chatanika River, Alakanuk girl sniffing propane is injured when the tank catches fire, DEC advisory issued about enterococci bacteria in Ketchikan’s Knudson Cove, and a quiet weekend in Petersburg with the cancellation of king salmon derby.
Read More »Newcast–Monday, May 28, 2018
In this newscast: Memorial Day events around town, more than 300 high school seniors received their diplomas on Sunday and a woman achieved her goal to do a headstand in every state during a visit to Ketchikan last week.
Read More »Newscast – Friday, May 25, 2018
Stories include a judge’s order regarding meals for Muslim inmates at an Anchorage jail, a Canadian company backing out of the Pebble Mine project, an unusual gas theft in downtown Juneau, and a Project Playground update.
Read More »Newscast – Thursday, May 24, 2018
Stories include the latest appointment to the Marijuana Control Board, a Petersburg boy pleads guilty and is sentenced for hitting deer, a preview of an upcoming transboundary mining meeting in Juneau, and a shoplifting and assault incident at the Juneau Home Depot store.
Read More »Newscast – Wednesday, May 23, 2018
Stories include an Anchorage man, Esteban Santiago, who pleads guilty in Florida airport shooting, Muslim inmates suing Alaska corrections officials over meals provided during Ramadan, suspect in Fairbanks police shooting indicted on federal firearm counts, and the latest on the tugboat Lumberman stuck on a sandbar in Juneau’s Gastineau Channel.
Read More »Newscast – Tuesday, May 22, 2018
Stories include details of Esteban Santiago’s plea deal, a stray bullet wounds 2 year old Anchorage girl, reporters barred from Track Palin’s court hearing, and an update on funding for the Alaska Marine Highway System.
Read More »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.
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