KTOO News Update
The day’s local and state news in about 10 minutes.
Newscast – Thursday, June 15, 2017
In this newscast, Coast Guard cutter commissioned, burglary in Mendenhall Valley, suspect caught quickly and bear attack near Anchorage.
Read More »Newscast – Wednesday June 14, 2017
In this newscast: Searchers find bodies of missing Unalakleet fisherman, a man who is at large robs the Liquor Barrel with pepper spray, alleged airport shooter due in court on earlier Anchorage case, and the Coast Guard offers public tours of its new cutter.
Read More »Newscast – Tuesday, June 13, 2017
In this newscast: The Juneau Assembly bucks the city manager's advice and preps a subcommittee to review -- and possibly relax -- the city's mining ordinance, a man who is at large robs the Liquor Barrel with pepper spray, commercial salmon trolling in Southeast is set to reopen June 15, the ferry Taku still won't sell, and the Coast Guard offers public tours of its new cutter.
Read More »Newscast – Monday, May 12, 2017
Small animals are blamed for a power outage in Juneau; a small boat runs aground on Vitskari Rocks west of Sitka; a state legislator claims progress is being made negotiating a spending bill; the Coast Guard will name a new cutter after a turn of the century hero.
Read More »Newscast – Friday, June 9, 2017
In this newscast: Gov. Bill Walker sets up “incident command center” in case of state government shutdown State ferry system could be disrupted cutting off villages like Angoon and… Gustavus’s Tania Lewis and Christopher Behnke release first album “Live at the Outpost”
Read More »Newscast – Thursday, June 8, 2017
In this newscast: Testing of the human leg found in Gastineau Channel may take up to a year, the state of Alaska anticipates getting another reprieve on federal REAL ID compliance, missile defense officials say Kodiak will host anti-missile test launches this summer, and possible thunder storms are in the weather forecast.
Read More »Newscast – Wednesday, June 7, 2017
Stories include: NTSB’s preliminary report on the May 27 plane crash near Haines, Governor calling for compromise in legislative budget negotiations, and Tesoro changing its name to Andeavor after acquiring Western Refining.
Read More »Newscast – Wednesday, May 10, 2017
Stories include: Reaction to the firing of FBI director James Comey, Update on the arrest of Reuben Yerkes in Sitka, and Results of a state report regarding the leak of natural gas condensate from a Hilcorp pipeline in Cook Inlet.
Read More »Newscast – Tuesday, June 6, 2017
In this newscast: The Juneau Assembly receives a large donation for whale statue infrastructure, OKs beer sales at Eaglecrest and adopts a budget, Gov. Bill Walker proposes a head tax as part of a compromise state budget package, and Goldbelt shareholders oust two longtime board members at their annual meeting.
Read More »Newscast – Monday, June 5, 2017
In this newscast: The founder of a Juneau mental health nonprofit announces he's running for Don Young's seat in Congress, a campaign in Anchorage is counting panhandlers and hopes to reduce it by 75 percent over three years, Fairbanks officials hope to create a $20,000 police recruit bonus to get law enforcement up to full staff, and Emma Hill and Kat Moore perform "2 Seconds Flat" in the fifth part of our eight-part Red Carpet Concert series filmed during the Alaska Folk Festival.
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