KTOO News Update
The day’s local and state news in about 10 minutes.
Newscast – Tuesday, June 13, 2023
In this newscast: The Knik Tribe Chief Scientist has found very high levels of biotoxins in samples from muscles and clams in Southern Alaska,; The Port of Seattle shut down its cargo operations Saturday due to labor conflicts and the Port of Alaska says it could affect the state; A Sterling man survived a brown bear attack north of the Skilak Lake Road area this weekend
Read More »Newscast – Monday, June 12, 2023
In this newscast: A thousand people gathered at Auke Bay in Juneau on Saturday to welcome the Hokule'a and her crew to Juneau. Now the crew is preparing to embark on a four-year journey around the world; Overdose deaths have been consistently rising in Alaska for the past several years, mostly due to illegal fentanyl; The Federal Subsistence Board unanimously opposed two special action requests that would dramatically limit the harvest for the Western Arctic Caribou Herd for communities in the herd's range
Read More »Newscast – Friday, June 9, 2023
In this newscast: Rear Admiral Megan Dean now commands the US Coast Guard in Alaska, and she may be the first woman to do so; The National Marine Fisheries Service hasn't ruled out the possibility of opening the summer troll season for king salmon in Southeast Alaska; Tribal members and Ketchikan residents gathered to awaken and launch a canoe designed by a late master carver and artist
Read More »Newscast – Thursday, June 8, 2023
In this newscast: Juneau voters will likely see just one bond proposal on the October ballot After a year of tracking birds across the state, biologists announce this year’s first casualty of a wild bird to avian influenza Frustration in communities affected by this month’s closure of the Yukon River to salmon fishing
Read More »Newcast – Wednesday, June 7, 2023
In this newscast: MIT teamed up with Coastal Helicopter and Juneau Ice Research Program to pull off a high-stakes drop for future seismometer research; Those who own short-term rentals may soon have to register them with the city; Weaver Anna Ehlers, a Juneau elder, received Doctorate of Fine Arts from UAS
Read More »Newscast – Tuesday, June 6, 2023
In this newscast: Almost 50 red dresses that were symbols of missing and murdered Indigenous women have disappeared in Ketchikan; The federal government announced Thursday that it plans to help identify areas of Alaska state waters best suited for mariculture; Two people remain missing after a charter vessel capsized near Sitka over Memorial Day weekend; A plan to map the seafloor of the entire planet will see researchers operating out of Nome this summer and fall
Read More »Newscast – Monday, June 5, 2023
In this newscast: Nearly 70 passengers were evacuated from a small cruise ship in Glacier Bay National Park this morning; The Alaska State Commission for Human Rights has scheduled a public hearing for a human rights complaint regarding the use of tribal IDs at Fred Meyer in Juneau; A four-year voyage across the world starts in Juneau this month, and KTOO spoke with Nainoa Thompson, president of the Polynesian Voyaging Society about its connection to Alaska
Read More »Newscast – Friday, June 2, 2023
In this newscast: Alaska State Troopers recover the bodies of two of the five victims of a charter boat sinking in Sitka New details about the 2017 killing of Ketchikan surgeon Eric Garcia Vera Starbard supports the nationwide writers’ strike by hanging banners from her Douglas home
Read More »Newscast – Thursday, June 1, 2023
In this newscast: For retiring teachers, principles, and other school staff in Juneau, the end of this school year is especially bittersweet; A team of researchers have introduced a new environmental sensor that translates weather data from across Southeast Alaska into music, and it will be used to help students and community members in Sitka and Hoonah hear their changing environment; The 750-mile Race to Alaska starts Monday. It goes from Port Townsend, Washington to Ketchikan
Read More »Newscast – Wednesday, May 31, 2023
In this newscast: The rate of deaths due to drinking alcohol nearly doubled from 2019 to 2021 in Alaska; Governor Mike Dunleavy's new pro-family policy adviser resigned yesterday as reporters prepared to publish an investigation exposing his extreme and disturbing views
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