KTOO News Update
The day’s local and state news in about 10 minutes.
Newscast – Friday, August 25, 2023
In this newscast: A 2017 tugboat sinking in Sitka produced a $1 million settlement, because it came at a critical time in the herring lifecycle; Two hikers who survived more than a week in the woods near Chena Hot Springs are back home; The Alaska Department of Public Safety and the Anchorage Police Department announced that they are publishing new quarterly reports about missing Indigenous people
Read More »Newscast – Thursday, August 24, 2023
In this newscast: A standard homeowners insurance policy excludes many of Alaska's most common disasters; There's a new marker along Anchorage's Coastal Trail that's part of the Indigenous Place Names Project; A crew member on an American Seafoods factory trawler died at sea last week, likely from an ammonia leak
Read More »Newscast – Wednesday, August 23, 2023
In this newscast: A fire broke out early Wednesday morning aboard an Alaska Marine Highway System ferry traveling through the Wrangell Narrows; Alaska's foster care system has been struggling for years and a lack of child care in the state is making matters worse
Read More »Newscast – Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023
In this newscast: Visitors to Alaska’s national parks and preserves spent more than a billion dollars in the state last year U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health Admiral Rachel Levine traveled throughout Alaska this month to learn about public health challenges Southeast Alaska nonprofit Spruce Root is accepting applications for its small business competition
Read More »Newscast – Monday, August 21, 2023
In this newscast: The Harvest Fest in Juneau celebrated another growing season Saturday; Both recreational berry pickers and subsistence harvesters across Southeast Alaska are worried that wild berries are dwindling; Researchers have identified a new, lesser-known predator that may help keep Alaska's kelp forests healthy
Read More »Newscast – Friday, August 18, 2023
In this newscast: At least two children needed medical attention this week after someone sprayed bear spray on a slide in Twin Lakes Park; Leaders in one interior Alaska village are using grant funding and other creative solutions to address housing issues; Sen. Bert Stedman says the earnings reserve of the Alaska Permanent Fund is at risk
Read More »Newscast – Thursday, August 17, 2023
In this newscast:: U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg focused on the ferry system during a stop at the Juneau Airport; Two California men have come forward to say that a youth group leader abused them on trips to Juneau's Echo Ranch Bible Camp when they were children; A tour bus in Ketchikan ended up in Ketchikan Creek after losing power and going over a guardrail
Read More »Newscast – Wednesday, August 16, 2023
In this newscast: A few days after the glacial dam release flooded the Mendenhall River, a small group of scientists took a helicopter to the source, to find out why this year's flood was so devastating, and what that might mean for future floods in Juneau; The U. S. Department of Transportation is sending Alaska more than $44 million to install fish-friendly culverts and other means to get migrating salmon to the other side of roads; A team of scientists wanted to answer some questions about a trove of footprints left along the middle section of the Yukon River earlier this month, and they came back with those answers
Read More »Newscast – Tuesday, August 15, 2023
In this newscast: Middle and high schools in Anchorage now have access to new opioid curriculum; One Alaskan with roots in Hawaii jumped into action to help relief efforts for the devastating fires on Maui
Read More »Newscast – Monday, August 14, 2023
In this newscast: The state education department recently told the Juneau School District that it could no longer accept city funding outside the "cap" -- a limit on city funding set by the state, and this may be because of a law that saves the state millions in education spending; Hibernation scientists at University of Alaska Fairbanks are hosting a workshop in Fairbanks; A recent study found that warming water and the loss of Arctic seas ice are allowing humpback whales to migrate into the Chukchi Sea
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