KTOO News Update

In this newscast: The Juneau School District is looking for input from the community as it heads into the new year; Talon Lobaugh saved a paraglider who got stuck between two trees 60 feet above the ground on Sunday; More people are injured by moose than bears in Alaska each year; The Alaska House of Representatives voted Monday to allow the budget bill to go into effect on July 1.

In this newscast: During his twelve years as a U.S. Senator for Alaska, Mike Gravel stirred up a lot of controversy. But on Saturday, he died quietly at the age of 91, surrounded by his family in Seaside, California; It’s gotten a little harder for Alaska patients to get telehealth appointments with their doctors who are outside of the state; Sealaska shareholders have elected two new directors to the Alaska Native corporation’s board of directors; The Alaska House has reached an agreement intended to avoid a partial government shutdown just days ahead of the new fiscal year.

In this newscast: Alaska House Speaker Louise Stutes expressed confidence Friday that the House will vote on Monday to avert much of state government shutting down; The pandemic may be waning in the state, but its ripple effects have made for a weird summer for visitor industry businesses and for seasonal workers trying to decide if it’s even worth coming back for a short summer; A discovery of baby dinosaur bones on Alaska’s North Slope has paleontologists rethinking the animal's lives and physiology.

In this newscast: Nearly 250 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been distributed at Juneau’s airport since the shots were made available there in mid-May, but public health officials continue to see a decrease in demand for the shots; In the latest installment of KTOO's avalanche series, Claire Stremple explores the mix of personal choices and policy decisions that keep people in at-risk areas; Construction is underway as workers fix the bumpy road work on Glacier Highway to improve access for pedestrians and vehicles.

In this newscast: The third part of KTOO’s series about Juneau’s unique urban avalanche danger talks about what researchers can learn from tree rings; Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has announced a new initiative to examine the loss of life and traumatic legacy of boarding schools run by the Bureau of Indian Affairs; The Alaska Marine Highway’s two former fast ferries are tentatively scheduled to be loaded Friday onto a heavy-lift ship headed for Spain.

In this newscast: The second part of KTOO's series about Juneau’s unique urban avalanche danger explores the history of the Behrends neighborhood; Many fishermen are unsure whether or not they still need to register their vessels with the Department of Motor Vehicles, which has been a requirement for a few years, a new state house bill has put that on pause.

In this newscast: KTOO kicks off a week-long series about Juneau’s unique urban avalanche danger; After a late snowmelt, Chilkat Valley brown bears are out of hibernation and looking for food; Chitina dip netters can no longer keep King salmon they catch in the Copper River personal use fishery.

In this newscast: A pandemic rule change could make it easier to get treatment for opioid addiction in Alaska; The Alaska Native community and allies honor the children who died at a residential boarding school in Canada; The state of Alaska has a new head forester

In this newscast: Layoff notices went out to state workers today; The Juneau Assembly changes its land acknowledgement language; Juneau lowers property taxes in light of higher home values; AIDEA still wants to look for oil in ANWR

In this newscast: The Alaska Senate passed the state budget; Sen. Lisa Murkowski got tough with Interior Secretary Deb Haaland; Juneau Pride is back; and a COVID-19 outbreak in Yukon Territory is impacting residents in Skagway