KTOO News Update
The day’s local and state news in about 10 minutes.
Newscast – Thursday, May 5, 2022
In this newscast: A morning rally for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day was held at the Mendenhall Wetlands; Advocates are hosting a drive next week to connect an Anchorage 6-year old with a matching bone marrow donor; The used gondola system Juneau is buying is costing more to move than estimated; Haines high schoolers enjoyed their prom Saturday night
Read More »Newscast – Wednesday, May 4, 2022
In this newscast: As tourist season ramps up in Southeast Alaska, so may human-whale encounters; A bill recognizing Alaska's 229 Tribes faces one last committee before being voted on the Senate floor; Senator Lisa Murkowski says her confidence in the Supreme Court will be shaken if Roe v. Wade is overturned
Read More »Newscast – Tuesday, May 3, 2022
In this newscast: Overdose deaths increased 70% in Alaska last year, due to more fentanyl in the state; An exemption of food from sales tax and an increase in summer sales may be up for a vote in the fall; What happened to Juneau's Taco Bell? Curious Juneau answers this question; Juneau's Engineering and Public Works department is proposing to buy a biosolids crusher
Read More »Newscast — Monday, May 2, 2022
In this newscast: Resurrection Lutheran Church renews permit to house Juneau's cold weather shelter; Kodiak has had the most paralytic shellfish poisoning in the state in recent decades; An attack ad against Santa Claus; A military training exercise wants to expand
Read More »Newscast — Friday, April 29, 2022
In this newscast: A Juneau mental health organization is helping people formerly involved in the justice system get housing; Juneau’s COVID-19 Emergency Operations Center is closing down at the end of April—here’s how you can access services; Alaska authorities have seized thousands of fentalnyl-laced pills and other drugs this week in a series of busts…
Read More »Newscast – Thursday, April 28, 2022
In this newscast: The Juneau Assembly considers exempting food from the city's sales tax; Alaska public health experts discuss the latest COVID trends; Some Juneau Assembly members are questioning the police department's plan to buy an armored vehicle; Bartlett Regional Hospital has named a permanent chief behavioral health officer; Gov. Dunleavy reiterates his push for Alaska Permanent Fund dividends of at least $3,700; A state judge sets a May 3 deadline for challenges to a revised redistricting plan; A heli-skiing guide dies in an avalanche near Valdez; Tonight's weather and aurora forecasts line up for a good show
Read More »Newscast – Wednesday, April 27, 2022
In this newscast: Masks are optional again in Juneau schools; Local vendors who cater to Filipino cruise ship workers gear up for the season; Gov. Mike Dunleavy announces court fights to assert state ownership of certain lands against the federal government; The Alaskan Republican Party shares its strategy for ranked choice voting; Defense Department inspectors flag five U.S. military bases in Alaska for failing to prepare for climate change
Read More »Newscast – Tuesday, April 26, 2022
In this newscast: Juneau welcomes the first big cruise ship of the year; The Bureau of Land Management announces it is closing millions of acres of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska to oil drilling; Alaska lawmakers are considering a request by Gov. Mike Dunleavy to fund a takeover of a federal environmental permitting program; Golden Valley Electric Association is reviewing a proposal to generate up to 36 megawatts of wind and solar electricity; Alaska's first investigator focused on missing and murdered indigenous people shares her experience three weeks into her job; Anchorage officials and various private organizations are partnering on four new projects to reduce homelessness; Alaska Airlines suspends nonstop flights between Anchorage and Honolulu
Read More »Newscast – Friday, April 22, 2022
In this newscast: The Alaska Department of Transportation is beginning to host open houses on a possible new bridge to connect Juneau and Douglas; The annual Tribal Assembly meeting of the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida discussed the five Southeast communities left out of ANCSA; The first large cruise ship of the season arrives in Juneau on Monday, and early season cruise ships are predicted to have lower occupancy; The Interior Department will open 27 million acres of federal land for Alaska Native Vietnam veterans; Governor Mike Dunleavy's proposal to overhaul environmental regulation of cruise ships has passed the Senate Resources Committee
Read More »Newscast – Thursday, April 21, 2022
In this newscast: A marine geology expert says signs suggest upward movement of magma below Mt. Edgecumbe; Alaskans for Better Elections taught Juneau residents about voting changes with M&Ms; State health data shows Alaska has a high seven-day case rate
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