KTOO News Update
The day’s local and state news in about 10 minutes.
Newscast – Friday, Dec. 15, 2017
In this newscast: Kiana Rep. Dean Westlake announces his resignation amid mounting sexual harassment allegations, the Affordable Care Act deadline to sign up for health insurance on the federal marketplace hits, Juneau officials prepare another quarter million dollars for defending the city against a cruise industry lawsuit, state corrections officials seek more flexibility in prisoner furlough decisions, and a Fairbanks marijuana edibles manufacturer faces several allegations including selling moldy products.
Read More »Newscast – Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017
KTOO’s midday newscast for Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017. A federal report says a cruise ship's navigators are to blame for a 2016 crash into a Ketchikan dock, and Four Alaska wild firefighters are working on blazes in southern California, and The Alaska Division of Elections has denied the Alaska Republican Party's request to block three incumbent House Republicans from running in the party's primaries.
Read More »Newscast – Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017
Stories include: Case closed on Seward Street fire investigation, and Washington state man sentenced to 10 years for Alaska fraud scheme, and State releases this year’s revenue sources book.
Read More »Newscast – Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017
In this newscast: The Office of Special Prosecutions says it won't prosecute Wasilla Sen. David Wilson for slapping a reporter in May, a natural gas pipeline in Russia competing with the Alaska LNG project makes its first delivery, Anchorage hits an all-time high for its annual homicide count, and the National Weather Service predicts another 2.5 to 3.5 inches of heavier rain to come.
Read More »Newscast — Monday, Dec. 11, 2017
In this newscast: The National Weather Service reports record-breaking temperatures for December, the Alaska House Majority Coalition calls for representative to resign amid sexual harassment allegations and volunteers hope to make makeshift soup kitchen at Downtown Transit Center a weekly event.
Read More »Newscast — Friday, Dec. 8, 2017
In this newscast: King salmon forecast predicts historic lows Juneau’s new pre-trial facility will be above DMV Bethel students busted selling pot-laced gummy bears Alaska House Speaker Bryce Edgmon calls on Senate to investigate Sen. Wilson
Read More »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.
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