KTOO News Update
The day’s local and state news in about 10 minutes.
Newscast – Wednesday, May 16, 2018
Stories include Rep. Sam Kito III’s ouster from Legislative Council, a new executive director for the Alaska Marine Highway System, and a planned decommissioning of Alaska’s only nuclear reactor near Delta Junction.
Read More »Newscast – Tuesday, May 15, 2018
In this newscast: Juneau schools get funded for the 2018-2019 school year, Rep. Sam Kito III says he's been booted off the Legislative Council, and a Juneau woman is killed in a vehicle-pedestrian collision by Brotherhood Bridge.
Read More »Newscast–Monday, May 14, 2018
In this newscast: The Alaska Legislature ended its session in the early hours Sunday morning, a Juneau woman won a coveted Rasmuson fellowship, along with 5 other local artists and the Flume Trail is back open.
Read More »Newscast – Friday May 11, 2018
Emergency Alert System test Mark DeSimone trail verdict in the death of Duilio “Tony” Rosales Bill to overhaul the state’s alcohol laws killed for this year
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Newscast – Thursday, May 10, 2018
In this newscast: Closing arguments wrap and jury deliberations begin in Mark DeSimone's homicide trial, the state Senate passes a capital budget bill that revives the Juneau Access Project and Knik Arm bridge, a new exhibit in Skagway commemorates the 100-year anniversary of the sinkning of the Princess Sophia, Alaskan Tara MacLean Sweeney faces confirmation in the U.S. Senate, and PBS announces a new kids' show to with an Alaska Native lead character.
Read More »Newscast — Wednesday, May 9, 2018
In this newscast: State legislators adopt a plan to draw money from the Alaska Permanent Fund for the first time and an investigation into the state's Division of Public Assistance finds several major issues.
Read More »Newscast – Tuesday, May 8, 2018
In this newscast: State lawmakers reach a tentative compromise on how to draw permanent fund earnings for state government, an ombudsman report identifies major problems and a backlog of public assistance applications insurmountable without more staff, local fire investigators identify the cause of a boat condo explosion and fire, and SECON plans quarry blasting in the Lemon Creek area on Thursday.
Read More »Newscast — Monday, May 7, 2018
In this newscast: The defense team for a Utah man accused of killing his wife aboard a cruise ship in Southeast Alaska seeks clarification, the University of Alaska Southeast graduated more than 400 students on Sunday and Juneau authorities say a man died after suffering a medical condition at the Dimond Aquatic Center on Friday.
Read More »Newscast — Friday, May 4, 2018
In this newscast: Sealaska reports strong 2017 earnings Rift opens up over proposed hike in Juneau’s utility rates GOP gubernatorial candidate Scott Hawkins says he has cancer Grand Jury indicts seven over alleged meth trafficking to Sitka
Read More »Newscast – Thursday, May 3, 2018
In this newscast: The Alaska Legislature puts out a compromise bill to use permanent fund earnings for state operations, Alaska-based soldiers advising their counterparts in Afghanistan are rotating back from deployment, the state wants the public to weigh in on how to spend Volkswagen settlement money, and smoke drifts into downtown Juneau from a controlled burn off Thane Road.
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