KTOO News Update

By KTOO Public Media

The latest local, state, and regional news is compiled from reports from the KTOO newsroom in Juneau.... more

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December 31, 2019Newscast – Monday, Dec. 30, 2019
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In this newscast:
A Juneau police officer fatally shoots a Juneau man after responding to a disturbance,
authorities on the Kenai Peninsula identify the body of a woman from Kake who vanished a year ago,
Gov. Mike Dunleavy creates an oversight committee to monitor BP’s sale of its Alaska business to Hilcorp,
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service outlines how polar bears and oil exploration could co-exist in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge,
officials extend the emergency declaration in Willow,
state transportation officials launch a road and traffic monitoring system for the public,
an indigenous Canadian pop artist known for Inuktitut language songs dies at age 26,
Sarah Palin buys and sells property in Arizona through a Delaware-based company, and
the National Weather Service says to expect temperatures to dip and the snow to start sticking across Southeast in the new year.
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December 28, 2019Newscast – Friday, Dec. 27, 2019
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In this newscast:
a fish farm operator says predators likely ate most of their escaped Atlantic salmon,
the leader of Young Conservatives for Carbon Dividends pitches her carbon emissions plan,
the legal age to buy tobacco is going up to 21 in late 2020,
a 25-mile stretch of the Richardson Highway near Paxson remains closed,
weather is hampering the response to Willow Creek flooding in the Mat-Su Borough,
a Coast Guard seaman is facing a court martial for an alleged murder during a night of drinking in Alaska,
economic experts size up the potential effects of hundreds of oil industry workers leaving the state in the BP-Hilcorp transition, and
Volkswagen announces it will produce 1 million electric cars a year by the end of 2023.
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December 27, 2019Newscast – Thursday, Dec. 26, 2019
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In this newscast:
Politicos parse U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s impeachment press,
populations of more than a half-dozen groundfish species have rebounded to healthy levels in the Pacific,
the Census advertising campaign begins in Alaska,
scientists and policymakers promote a permanent seismic monitoring system in Alaska,
state lawyers seek the dismissal of a class-action lawsuit brought by Pioneer Home residents,
the owners of the Mustang oil project on the North Slope miss a $3.1 million payment to a state corporation,
two Alaskan high school students earn college scholarships and an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington D.C.,
temperatures dip as low as -50 degrees in a northwest Alaska cold snap, and
an Anchorage woman donates a bullet and stab protective vest to a K9 officer in Wyoming.
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December 25, 2019Newscast – Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2019
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In this newscast:
Thousands of Atlantic salmon escape a fish farm north of Vancouver Island,
state health officials share a new medication assisted treatment guide with health care providers,
why some locals
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December 24, 2019Newscast – Monday, Dec. 23, 2019
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In this newscast:
The family of a former Juneau man killed by police in Fairbanks discuss their lawsuit against the authorities,
a former Alaska juvenile justice official gets sentenced on federal charges for having child pornography,
the state completes an update of its missing persons database,
homes are evacuated in Willow after an ice jam causes flooding,
RavnAir says a malicious cyber attack forces flight cancellations,
Sand Point reels from the shutdown of the Trident Seafoods fish processing plant,
Toksook Bay city officials brings the DMV to the village to help residents get their REAL ID licenses, and
Sitka municipal planners look into adopting codes to accommodate tiny homes.
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December 21, 2019Newscast – Friday, Dec. 20, 2019
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In this newscast:
Pebble Mine opponents react with outrage to a CNN report that Gov. Mike Dunleavy signed letters essentially written by the Pebble Limited Partnership,
Gov. Dunleavy says his national news interviews were intended to put Alaska on the map and draw investor interest,
Alaska Marine Highway System employees cope with reduced sailings,
Alaska’s congressional delegation secures millions in funding for rural communities near national forests in Alaska,
state lawmakers approve a $30 per day stipend to legislative staffers who move to Juneau for the session,
Goldman Sachs announces it won’t finance ventures to explore or develop oil prospects in ANWR,
an Anchorage contractor pleads guilty to a federal charge for defrauding military veterans with service-connected disabilities,
the National Park Service will limit the opening of the Denali National Park road due to a collapsed hillside along the route, and
a report on hydroelectric dams along the Snake River in Washington finds no consensus over whether to keep or remove them.
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December 20, 2019Newscast – Dec. 19, 2019
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In this newscast:
Attorneys for the state argue in court filings that the effort to recall Gov. Mike Dunleavy appears to be a “political gambit,”
the American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska demands the governor rehire a State Council on the Arts worker,
the governor’s budget proposal leaves many communities without ferry service for up to six months,
underwater blasting begins in Ketchikan to improve navigability for cruise ships,
BP announces that about half of its 1,500 employees in Alaska have accepted a job with Hilcorp,
U.S. Rep. Don Young votes against impeachment of President Donald Trump,
a federal grand jury indicts a former Bethel elementary school principal on four charges including attempt to entice a minor, and
authorities report an Anchorage bank robber donated some of the cash he stole before being arrested.
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December 19, 2019Newscast – Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019
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In this newscast:
President Donald Trump endorses U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan’s re-election,
a group called Alaska Natives Without Land is seeking land and new Native corporations,
history offers clues and context about why the North Slope regional Native corporation is leaving the Alaska Federation of Natives,
the Legislative Council votes to approve funding for new cameras for Gavel Alaska and the Legislature’s website,
Alaska Journal of Commerce reporter Elwood Brehmer fills us in on who scooped up a bankrupt Cook Inlet natural gas company, and
Washington state transportation officials move forward with a plan to replace the state’s gas tax with one based on mileage.
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December 18, 2019Newscast – Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019
https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2019/12/20191217.mp3
In this newscast:
It’s the deadline for comments on the Roadless Rule,
At Alaska Native Heritage Center people representing the Gwich’in, Inupiat, Yu’pik, and Koyukon cultures gather to translate census materials,
Bethel elementary school principal accused of online enticement of a minor and transferring obscene material to a minor appeared in court,
Alaska Airlines’ embargo on new freight shipments from certain Bush communities has been lifted.
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December 17, 2019Newscast – Monday, Dec. 16, 2019
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In this newscast:
The Office of Special Prosecutions determines a Juneau police shooting was legally justified,
highlights from Gov. Mike Dunleavy proposed operating budget,
the city of Wrangell fights the proposed closure of its Fish and Game office,
the Arctic Slope Regional Corp. announces its leaving the the Alaska Federation of Natives,
the Alaska Department of Natural Resources rolls out its plan to curb harmful air pollution in the Fairbanks-North Pole area,
state regulators ask for more corporate documentation in BP’s proposed sale of its Alaska oil assets to Hilcorp,
investigators in Bethel charge 11 people with illegally obtaining painkillers through the mail, and
Chugiak High School students butcher a moose as part of a class that teaches anatomy, life skills and cultural traditions.
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