KTOO News Update
The day’s local and state news in about 10 minutes.
Newscast – Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017
KTOO’s midday newscast for Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017. In this newscast: Nearly every Alaskan woke up $1,100 richer today, thanks to this year's permanent fund dividends; the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released Armstrong Energy's plans for its billion-plus-barrel Nanushuk oil project; and the Pentagon is injecting $440 million more into missile defense to counter North Korea's accelerating push for a nuclear armed-missile capable of hitting the U.S.
Read More »Newscast – Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017
In this newscast: Fire investigators look into an explosion reported in a hospital bathroom, results from Tuesday's municipal elections, and the Coast Guard spots a stray kayak in Gastineau Channel and wants help finding its owner.
Read More »Newscast – Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017
In this newscast: It's election day in Juneau, Alaskans are identified among the victims of the mass shooting in Las Vegas, and a small fire at Thunder Mountain High School disrupts morning classes.
Read More »Newscast – Monday, Oct. 2, 2017
In this newscast: A former Juneau resident who now lives in Las Vegas gives his take on the mass shooting, jury selection is underway in the Christopher Strawn murder retrial, Anchorage Rep. Chris Birch requests this month special session be held in Anchorage instead of Juneau, and new public art is installed on Juneau's downtown waterfront.
Read More »Newscast — Friday, Sept. 29, 2017
In this newscast: Walker administration rejects teens’ climate change petition Police: 31-year-old Juneau woman caught trying to smuggle contraband into prison Invasive species hitchhiked to Alaska on 2011 tsunami Alaska Municipal League urges Legislature to get ‘er done
Read More »Newscast – Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017
In this newscast: A Ketchikan company wins a first-of-its-kind second growth logging contract on Kosciusko Island in the Tongass National Forest, environmentalists sound the alarm on a congressional budget maneuver that could open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling, and the journal Science reports nearly 300 species of sea creatures from Japan hitchhiked to the Unites States' Pacific Coast on tsunami debris.
Read More »Newscast – Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017
Stories include: Walrus advocates, Alaska officials await U.S. listing decision, and Preview of first red king crab opening in Southeast Alaska in six years, and Federal fire investigators volunteer to help with local investigation into fatal fire at 526 Seward Street on September 17.
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Newscast – Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017
In this newscast: Anchorage is hit by an outbreak of mumps, state wildlife troopers investigate a black bear shot dead outside the Mendenhall Mall, 60 members of Alaska's Air National Guard deploy overseas to combat the Islamic State, king salmon sport fishing reopens in much of Southeast Alaska, and the National Weather Service issues a special weather statement forecasting 3 to 5 inches of heavy rain into Wednesday night.
Read More »Newscast – Monday, Sept. 25, 2017
In this newscast: Proponents of the latest attempt to repeal Obamacare have a new draft and hope to win Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s vote, a presidential commission is investigating alleged voter fraud in Alaska, and this year’s wolf hunting quota for Prince Wales Island.
Read More »Newscast – Friday, Sept. 22, 2017
In this newscast: A federal court upheld the “roadless rule” limiting construction and logging on national forestland, Gov. Walker gave more reasons why he opposes the latest ACA replacement bill, Layoffs at Alaska’s largest daily newspaper following its sale to a new owner, Haines High School students got a delicious surprise during Spirit Week.
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