KTOO News Update

In this newscast: A federal agency releases a draft environmental impact statement for a major oil development on the North Slope; Wildfire activity slows in the Interior as the weather shifts cooler and wetter; The window to run for local office in Juneau opens Friday; A UAF graduate student studies marine garbage from a remote Southeast island; Alaskans march to advocate for reproductive rights; The Episcopal Church establishes a commission to research its role in Native boarding schools

In this newscast: Researchers with the University of Alaska Southeast release a new climate change report about Juneau; An Alaska Marine Highway System oversight board recommends adding crew quarters to the Tazlina; The marine highway system reopens bars about the Matanuska and Kennicott; Lightning strikes and gusty winds leave red flag danger warnings in effect for large areas of the Interior; Former President Donald Trump packs the house during a political rally in Anchorage

In this newscast: A Juneau man is missing; abortion rallies planned across the state; Juneau bat tested positive for rabies; a caterpillar is feasting on the Tongass

In this newscast: A fire at the Pebble Mine site; 4 bears killed at an Anchorage campground where unhoused people are staying; yes, there are bats in Southeast Alaska

In this newscast: Man killed in a crash on Egan Drive in Juneau; Ketchikan city council wants to ban conversion therapy for youth; updated plan for lease sales in Cook Inlet; most recent COVID-19 numbers for Juneau

In this newscast: Alaska’s health department splits into two parts; Chinook and chum salmon runs are under average in the lower Kuskowim river, but reds are running above average; The commercial Dungeness crab fishery in Southeast Alaska will close early because the start of the season has been so slow; Alaskans are wrestling with the…

In this newscast: Juneau’s 4th of July fireworks will go off despite supply chain issues; Filipino dance groups are making a comeback in Juneau; Juneau School District’s Board of Education held a special meeting to discuss a third-party investigation into what’s being called the “floor-sealant incident.”

In this newscast: Fire management agencies raise Alaska's wildfire-fighting preparedness level to its highest tier; Anchorage authorities shut down the makeshift homeless shelter in the Sullivan Arena after two years; Opponents of mandatory real estate sales price disclosures in Juneau turn in more than 500 more signatures for their repeal effort; State authorities report 172 cases of COVID-19 in Juneau last week; The cruise ship that hit an iceberg in Alaska arrives in Seattle for repairs; Friends and colleagues remember Juneau's Dennis Egan; The National Weather Service issues a flood warning for the Taku River area; City officials ask Mendenhall Valley residents to conserve water because of sustained dry weather affecting water storage

In this newscast: Health authorities share what the science says about the risks and benefits of COVID-19 vaccines for young children; The State Division of Elections addresses why so many ballots were rejected in the recent special primary election; Former President Donald Trump plans to come to Alaska and hold a rally for Republican candidates on July 9; Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson will host a new Arctic security studies center run by the Department of Defense

In this newscast: Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoes out $780 million from the state budget bill and signs it; A 13-year-old girl is hospitalized after a being hit by a car in downtown Juneau; Former Juneau mayor and state senator Dennis Egan dies at age 75; Juneau residents rally against the U.S. Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade; The cruise ship that hit an iceberg in Alaska is skipping port calls and returning to Seattle; The state Supreme Court says Republican Tara Sweeney won't be on the August special election ballot for U.S. House; Ketchikan's local Republican Party chapter censures Congressional candidate Sarah Palin over her reversal as governor on the so-called "bridge to nowhere"; A float plane with seven people crashes in Lake Iliamna