KTOO News Update

In this newscast: Bartlett Regional Hospital names its next CEO; The state reports 123 new COVID cases in Juneau over the last week; Republican Tara Sweeney sets her eyes on the regular election cycle in her campaign for Congress;  An invasive species of crab is discovered in Alaska for the first time; Gas prices are falling much slower in Alaska than elsewhere in the country; The National Weather Service says a glacial dam release is underway on the Taku River

In this newscast: Only incumbents file to run in Juneau's local elections; The state Department of Law lays out the limits of using state funds for homeschool on private classes; Village public safety officers train on how to respond to opioid overdoses; Seafood processors in Petersburg are working 17-hour shifts because chum salmon is coming in volumes they've never seen before; Wrangell's annual Bearfest comes out of pandemic hibernation this week

In this newscast: Alaska public health officials are preparing as monkeypox spreads across the country; U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski tests positive for COVID-19; Experts in Skagway warn of significant risk of rockslides at the town's busiest cruise ship dock; The state's June labor report shows job numbers growing but not to pre-pandemic levels; A new veterans cemetery opens in Metlakatla; State health officials expand a program to combat opioid overdoses

In this newscast: Alaska land burned by wildfires this season crosses the 3 million acre mark; Alaskans are coping with one of the highest inflation jumps in the nation; The Alaska Court System prepares to open a new program to resolve eviction cases without going to court; Gov. Mike Dunleavy plans to sign a bill into law for the state to recognize Alaska's 229 federally recognized Native tribes; Juneau's animal shelter has too many cats; Local agencies are conducting an emergency exercise at Juneau International Airport on Saturday; The National Park Service names Denali National Park and Preserve's first female superintendent

In this newscast: Quarterly fundraising totals show which candidates for governor are standing out; An interview with independent candidate for governor Bill Walker; A woman who told detectives she wanted to become a serial killer faces two murder charges in Anchorage; A graduate student researches totem poles in Ketchikan as part of their thesis on museum decolonization

In this newscast: State health officials say there's a lot of COVID-19 circulating in Alaska; Cool and rainy weather settling in over much of Alaska has dampened what the wildfire season; A new study shows that birders are a boon for Southeast Alaska's tourism economy; Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson vetoes an ordinance that creates a process for the Assembly to remove mayors from office; Unalaska's gets its first cruise ship visit since before the pandemic; A new totem pole honoring missing and murdered indigenous women will be raised in Klawock

In this newscast: The CDC says its COVID-19 program for cruise ships is no longer in effect; Businesses in Southeast Alaska say workforce housing is their number one concern; Sarah Palin is leading in campaign fundraising among candidates for Alaska's congressional seat; Alaska Permanent Fund dividends will start hitting bank accounts on Sept. 20; A statute to honor the first climber to summit Denali will be unveiled in Fairbanks

In this newscast: The Juneau school board decides to hire a third party to investigate why some students were served floor sealant instead of milk; Eaglecrest Ski Area's aerial gondola system is on its way to Juneau from Austria; Capital Transit temporarily suspends more routes due to a driver shortage; The state Board of Education names an acting education commissioner; Authorities locate a small plane wreck that killed its pilot near Valdez; AT&T workers in Alaska vote to authorize a strike; A Petersburg teen gets surprised with a trip to meet an NBA champ instead of another cancer treatment; NOAA begins surveying and sharing real-time data from an annual bottom trawl survey in the Bering Sea

In this newscast: Ballots in Juneau's local election this fall won't have questions about a proposed sales tax break on groceries; A new academic paper says there is a consistent pattern of harm to salmon habitat from mines throughout the Northwest; State health officials report the latest COVID-19 numbers; Kodiak sees its first cruise ship since before the pandemic; Anchorage police investigate a claim that a woman got out of a traffic ticket by flashing a novelty "white privilege" card; Alaskans can dial 988 to reach a suicide prevention hotline starting Saturday

In this newscast: A Juneau man who was reported missing turned himself into police; The U.S. Forest Service is proposing restoring 23,000 acres of Admiralty Island that had been logged; Researchers say the Aleutian Islands are a logical refueling point for trans-Pacific shipping with zero-emission fuels; A geothermal energy company is a step closer to prospecting on Augustine Island in lower Cook Inlet; The Anchorage Assembly approves money to house homeless people at a downtown hotel; The World Eskimo Indian Olympics begin