KTOO News Update
The day’s local and state news in about 10 minutes.
Newscast – Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022
In this newscast: Juneau officials say the roofs of at least two building in Juneau have failed; no one has been injured; One Juneau artist fought through the isolation of COVID-19 to create something beautiful; Riverbend Elementary school is extensively flooded after a pipe burst; It has been a frustrating winter for ferry service in Southeast Alaska; A Ft. Wainwright-based soldier was recently found dead at his home
Read More »Newscast – Monday, Jan. 10, 2022
In this newscast: Icy, hazardous conditions disrupt life all over Juneau; Another top-level Bartlett Reginal Hospital employee resigns; Juneau's omicron wave of COVID-19 continues; The new COVID-19 variant is changing how the state gauges risk; Pre-filed bills aim to limit political campaign donations, limit legislators' pay and change who runs the Alaska Permanent Fund Corp.; Alaska's longest serving magistrate loses his job over writing partisan letters to the editor; Marine mammal biologists share lessons from their experience trying to nurse sick beluga whales back to health
Read More »Newscast – Friday, Jan. 7, 2022
In this newscast: State health officials reported another 202 residents and visitors to Juneau tested positive for COVID-19 between Wednesday and Thursday; The vast majority of new cases of COVID-19 this week are from the rapidly spreading Omicron strain; What does it take to keep the Juneau School District open during a surge of new COVID-19 cases?
Read More »Newscast – Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022
In this newscast: More than 700 ballots were rejected in Juneau's October municipal election; Napakiak is at the top of the state's list to get a new school building; People are reporting long wait times for COVID-19 tests in Anchorage, assembly members want answers
Read More »Newscast – Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022
In this newscast: Unusually high snow accumulation is testing Southeast; Four University of Alaska students are suing the state government in attempt to maintain a fund that pays for scholarship; Many travelers who had been stuck in Bethel for weeks over the holidays have made it home to their villages, now a new batch is stranded; Alaska State Troopers say they've found the mother of a baby found abandoned in frigid temperatures in Fairbanks, she is a minor.
Read More »Newscast – Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022
In this newscast: Alaska lawmakers are concerned about a plan that would see them get higher salaries but lower overall compensation under a new plan; Soldotna's Indy Walton has stepped down from the state's Board of Fisheries; Air travel delays continue for many Alaskans who went out of the state for the holidays and intended to be back by now; Alaska's Interior spent the weekend digging out from three distinct storms
Read More »Newscast – Monday, Jan. 3, 2022
In this newscast: High winds brought down trees in Thane, causing an overnight power outage Sunday night; Gov. Mike Dunleavy declared a disaster emergency on Monday for some areas in Alaska affected by severe winter storms; The Centers for Disease control and Prevention is once again asking Americans to avoid cruise ship travel; A newborn baby was found a cardboard box Friday afternoon on the west side of Fairbanks; The state of Alaska is preparing to sue the federal government over hundreds of contaminated sites that the feds conveyed to Alaska Native corporations; The final research cruise of 2021 in the Bering and Chukchi Seas sailed through the region in November; People in Juneau must mask up in indoor public spaces again as COVID-19 cases spike locally, likely due to the omicron variant
Read More »Newscast – Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021
In this newscast: Staff shortages due to coronavirus and bad weather have combined to snarl air travel this week and its left a lot of Alaskans stranded; A mining company is working with NANA, to explore a big copper deposit in Alaska -- but it would profoundly change one of the most remote regions in the state; Juneau could see its most significant snowfall so far this season between New Years Eve and New Years Day
Read More »Newscast – Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021
In this newscast: As the omicron variant of COVID-19 continues to spread, state health officials say their systems for tracking the pandemic are in transition; Lt. Gov. Kevin Meyer says he's not be running again; Unalaska has broken the record for the warmest Christmas Day in the State of Alaska
Read More »Newscast – Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2021
In this newscast: Wintry weather and omicron-related staff shortages lead Alaska Airlines to cancel hundreds of flights in and out of Seattle; Sealaska Heritage Institute gets a $2.9 million grant to help fund a totem pole trail along Juneau's waterfront; KTOO's Jennifer Pemberton recounts Juneau's most impactful stories of 2021; Coast Alaska's Jacob Resneck looks back at the fight over the Tongass National Forest's Roadless Rule; Kodiak Island sets a record for the warmest December temperature in the state; A space technology company says Unalaska is a finalist for its satellite launch facility
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