KTOO News Update
The day’s local and state news in about 10 minutes.
Newscast – Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2018
Stories include selection of new chairman for a marijuana control board, new distillery rules from an alcoholic control board, deliberations over potential king salmon restrictions in Southeast Alaska, and a 23 car pile up in Fairbanks on Tuesday.
Read More »Newscast – Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018
In this newscast: Why the early morning earthquake triggered such small tsunamis, the Juneau Assembly advances annexation plans over protest and with no one making the case for why, and state auditors recommend dissolving a state tourism marketing board for another model.
Read More »Newscast – Monday, Jan. 22, 2018
In this newscast: Angoon residents protest the planned annexation of areas of Admiralty Island by the city and borough and sailings on the state ferry Columbia are canceled this week after the vessel's bow thruster broke.
Read More »Newscast – Friday, Jan. 19, 2018
In this newscast: Gov. Bill Walker uses tough language in his State of the State address calling for a timely budget, Fishermen advocate for some surgical action to protect low king salmon, and two people went to the hospital after an SUV they were in flipped onto its roof on Seward Street.
Read More »Newscast – Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018
In this newscast: No injuries or major damage after a house fire in the Behrends neighborhood, Gov. Walker proposes legislation to toughen up on drug distribution, North Pole Rep. Tammie Wilson defies a leadership directive to attend harassment training, and organizers behind a ballot initiative to protect salmon habitat submit 50,000 signatures to elections officials.
Read More »Newscast – Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018
Stories include a stabbing death reported in Ketchikan, two Juneau judges are retiring in June, and three finalists were selected to possibly replace former state Sen. Mike Dunleavy.
Read More »Newscast – Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018
In this newscast: Juneau's airport manager explains how a small plane was forced to land on its belly, a 50-year-old man is found dead in campus housing at the University of Alaska Southeast, and Alaska's attorney general joins 18 others in a memo seeking banking accommodations for states with legalized marijuana.
Read More »Newscast — Friday, Jan. 12, 2018
Juneau under ‘winter storm warning’ Congressman Don Young faces new challenger Juneau ranked 6th for ‘creative vitality’
Read More »Newscast – Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018
KTOO’s midday newscast for Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018. In this newscast: Alaska Democrats have announced the three finalists for the state House seat vacated by Dean Westlake; Alaska Republicans are moving quickly to find a replacement for Wasilla state Sen. Mike Dunleavy; the U.S. House of Representatives honored new dean of the House Rep. Don Young; and Gastineau Humane Society removed 25 cats from a Mendenhall Valley home.
Read More »Newscast – Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018
Stories include Alaska lawmakers seeking to separate federal and state pot rules, state budget cuts have hampered state prosecutors response to violent crime in Alaska, and Alaska Judicial Council nominees to succeed retiring Sitka Superior Court Judge David George.
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