KTOO News Update
The day’s local and state news in about 10 minutes.
Newscast – Thursday, Dec., 7, 2017
KTOO’s midday newscast for Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017 Wasilla Republican State Sen. David Wilson says the video of a June incident shows that he did not sexually harass a female legislative staffer; Two men are still missing in Gastineau Channel; and U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski has been appointed to the conference committee that will reconcile the House and Senate versions of the tax bill.
Read More »Newscast – Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017
Stories includes the latest on the search for two men missing in Gastineau Channel.
Read More »Newscast – Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017
In this newscast: U.S. Rep. Don Young gets a seat on the conference committee rewriting federal tax policy, the clinic at Juneau's Housing First complex opens and admits its first patient, and a 5-year-old boy in Anchorage dies after shooting himself with a gun he found in a bedroom nightstand.
Read More »Newscast – Monday, Dec. 4, 2017
In this newscast: Sixty-nine mushers signed up for the 2018 Iditarod sled dog race by the Friday registration deadline and Juneau's new emergency warming shelter opened Friday.
Read More »Newscast – Friday, Dec. 1, 2017
In this newscast: U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan toes the GOP's line with tax bill rhetoric that conflicts with deficit projections, a metric system miscommunication leads to a massive under-reporting of fuel on an Alaska-bound barge that had a close call, and a Portland company backs out of its plans to buy Alaska's ferry Taku to turn it into a floating hotel.
Read More »Newscast – Thursday, November 30, 2017
In this newscast: The U.S. Senate votes to begin debate on tax bill, including language to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil development, the number of jobs in the Prudhoe Bay region has dropped to the lowest levels since 2007, and the Sealaska Heritage Institute, University of Alaska Southeast and several Southeast school districts are partnering to encourage Northwest Coast art in schools.
Read More »Newscast – Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017
In this newscast: Halibut numbers could drop, A fuel barge on its way to Alaska is now anchored and encircled with protective boom, The federal government has given an Italian company approval to explore in Arctic waters, and six lawmakers have been named to a subcommittee on sexual and workplace harassment.
Read More »Newscast – Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017
In this newscast: Gov. Bill Walker signs a crime bill passed during the special legislative session, the state-owned Alaska Aerospace Corp. works toward operating in the private sector, a weather camera program is credited with significantly reducing weather-related aviation accidents, Capital Transit gets grant money approved to replace aging diesel buses, and Eaglecrest Ski Area is set to open Saturday.
Read More »Newscast — Monday, Nov. 27, 2017
In this newscast: a report finds that Juneau has one of the worst untested rape kit backlogs in the country, a fuel barge on its way to Alaska has been rescued after getting stranded off the coast of British Columbia and the National Weather Service says November is on track to be colder and snowier than average.
Read More »Newscast — Friday, Nov. 24, 2017
In this newscast: Juneau’s city-owned electric vehicle charging stations may require permits University of Alaska Fairbanks study: Arctic warming hasn’t slowed Blackfish die-off being investigated in Bethel
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