KTOO News Update

In this newscast: A Juneau woman uses TikTok to draw attention to her mother Tracy Day's missing persons case; Former state legislator Martin B. Moore Sr. died from COVID-19 last week; The state reports another 72 new COVID cases since Wednesday; A surge in gun and ammunition sales will fund conservation programs

In this newscast: Fairbanks cold case murder trial wraps up with guilty verdicts; Ketchikan's school district is investigating racism allegations after an incident at a basketball game against Metlakatla school; An ombudsman report shows failures in Alaska's only psychiatric hospital in 2020; Exit Glacier continues to shrink at a rapid rate

In this newscast: Alaska Supreme Court Chief Justice Winfree gave the annual State of the Judiciary; Alaska Congressman Don Young speaks in support of Postal Service bill, which just passed the U.S. House; Two Alaska Native Corporations have partnered and are getting into the tourism industry; Alaskan skiers compete in Olympics women's events; An Anchorage judge will determine future of Alaskan scholarship funds

In this newscast: With little guidance, families of missing people in Juneau search on their own; Second graders meet Beth Weldon at City Hall; Monday's Juneau Assembly meeting reached some decisions

In this newscast: Alaska's congressional delegation addressed state lawmakers to say that the federal infrastructure law benefited Alaska; Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Alaska Congressman Don Young asserted that the attack on the Capitol was wrong; Online fantasy league allows for Fantasy Mushing; NOAA is sending four vessels into the Gulf of Alaska to study the impacts of climate change on salmon

In this newscast: Electric utilities want to change how they charge for electric vehicle charging; Statewide effort to raise funds for Tonga is underway

In this newscast: The state is expecting a better year for king salmon in Southeast Alaska; Barge rates have gone up across Southeast Alaska; Juneau's City Manager released recommendations on how to use marine passenger fees

In this newscast: The State of Alaska is on the hook for nearly half a million dollars to settle with two doctors Gov. Mike Dunleavy fired, Rep. Ron Gillham, R-Soldotna, is back in Juneau after he was hospitalized for a heart attack last week, A man tracks down the history of a Tlingit totem pole…

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For the first time since it formed last year, Juneau's Systemic Racism Review Committee has flagged a piece of legislation as problematic;

A judge says Gov. Mike Dunleavy violated the First Amendment rights of a Juneau attorney when he fired her in 2018

In this newscast: State lawmakers raise concerns about the sustainability of Gov. Dunleavy's budget plan; A group of young Alaskans lose their climate change lawsuit  against the state; The EPA is revisiting a decision that could permanently block development of the Pebble mine; House lawmakers table an action to remove a state representative who is a member of the Oath Keepers from his committee assignments; The Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska will hold its annual Tribal Assembly virtually for a third year; Local COVID-19 cases are slowly trending down; The National Weather Service issues a winter storm warning