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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October 31, 2019Newscast – Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019
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In this newscast:
President Donald Trump takes to Twitter in support of Gov. Mike Dunleavy,
the Alaska Federation of Natives contrasts with the Dunleavy administration on the urgency of climate change,
Premera Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alaska announces a plan to provide $5.7 million to bolster rural health care,
law enforcement says it busted a man trying to fly to Nome with $10,000 of heroin,
a state judge prepares a ruling in a long-fought case over sulfolane contamination in North Pole,
Unalaska declares an emergency over its lack of commercial air service, and
Yakima County in Washington state moves forward with a plan to convert a jail to a supportive homeless shelter.
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October 30, 2019Newscast – Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019
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In this newscast:
Lisa Murkowski is one of only three Republican senators who did not co-sponsor a resolution condeming the U.S. House’s impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump,
a military behavioral team identifies risk factors for soldier suicides at Fort Wainwright,
state lawmakers learn about what role they’ll play in budgeting for the University of Alaska,
nonprofit Renewable Juneau closes in on awarding its first round of zero-emissions home heating systems through its carbon offset fund,
rainfall in Ketchikan gets the electric utility back on hydropower,
state environmental regulators agree to submit a cleanup plan to the feds for Fairbanks’ polluted winter air,
Unalaska considers declaring an emergency amid ongoing flight service disruptions, and
the creators of “Molly of Denali” take proactive steps to helps fans dress as Molly without appropriating her culture for Halloween.
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October 29, 2019Newscast – Monday, Oct. 28, 2019
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In this newscast:
A state judge rules that a ballot measure that would change how Alaskans choose state elected officials can move forward,
the University of Alaska Board of Regents approve a plan to ditch an effort to consolidate three university accreditations into one,
the head of the U.S. Census Bureau visits Delta Junction,
ANWR drilling opponents gear up for a court challenge against the Interior Department’s possible petroleum lease sale,
the Pogo Mine’s owners say they’ll invest $30 million this fiscal year to expand,
the state’s economic development corporation invests $700,000 into the Ambler Road to open up mineral exploration in Northwest Alaska,
about 100 people turn out for a community meeting in Butte to complain about two properties with junk cars and squatters, and
an Anchorage brewer buys a full-service alcohol license to overcome the legal limits of his brewer’s license.
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October 26, 2019Newscast – Friday, Oct. 25, 2019
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In this newscast:
The provincial government of British Columbia adopts the United Nations’ Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which could affect First Nation tribes’ say over mining and other resource industries,
U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan cosponsors a resolution condemning the House’s impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump,
state officials say Alaska airports will continue stocking a firefighting foam linked to groundwater contamination,
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers extends its deadline to review comments submitted for its environmental review of the proposed Pebble Mine,
the U.S. Census Bureau says its workers will still approach homes in Alaska with no trespassing signs,
a Washington insurance commissioner fines a company for selling insurance policies that promised gun owners insurance for criminal activity,
the Iditarod joins a new global circuit of long-distance sled dog races.
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October 25, 2019Newscast – Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019
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In this newscast:
Gov. Mike Dunleavy does national media appearances to pushing his policies and raising money to fight the recall effort,
a new company announces plans to ship liquefied natural gas from the North Slope to Asian markets,
tariffs from the Trump administration’s trade war with China hits the Tongass Forest timber industry,
a passenger dies after the SUV he was riding in flips and gets partially submerged in Juneau,
the state announces it’s taking the ferry Malaspina out of service in December indefinitely,
mountain goats and climate change may be to blame for Ketchikan’s declining drinking water woes, and
wildlife biologists in Anchorage report a steep decline in nuisance bear killings.
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October 24, 2019Newscast – Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019
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In this newscast:
A Superior Court judge orders Alaska to stop housing most psychiatric patients in jails,
the City of Hoonah petitions to form a borough that overlaps with a City and Borough of Juneau annexation request,
the Alaska Municipal League unveils a statewide plan to simplify sales tax collection for municipalities from online retailers,
a BP flow station pipe ruptures and releases an unknown amount of waste water at a Prudhoe Bay oil field,
a Vietnam era veteran advocates for the restoration of Native land allotments terminated while they were serving,
gale warnings and small craft advisories blanket Southeast Alaska, and
federal forecasters release a winter outlook for Alaska predicting warmer and wetter winter than normal.
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October 23, 2019Newscast – Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019
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In this newscast:
A Fairbanks lawyer who was fired from the state’s Office of Public Advocacy files a lawsuit against the governor,
young men at the Elders and Youth Conference discuss ways to prevent violence against women,
an environmental group warns federal regulators about possible insider trading involving the Pebble mine developers,
Washington D.C. lobbyists gear up for Pebble mine hearings in Congress,
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it doesn’t plan to hold a public hearing over a proposed mega cruise ship dock near Ketchikan,
a private Catholic school in Anchorage bans institutes a no-cell phone policy during the school day, and
an opioid support group in Fairbanks adopts the internet-famous goat Curry as their mascot.
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October 22, 2019Newscast – Monday, Oct. 21, 2019
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In this newscast:
The U.S. Forest Service publishes an explanation of its decision to seek opening up the Tongass National Forest,
the Alaska Federation of Natives passes a measure declaring a climate emergency,
various state interests ready for another big fight over oil tax policy,
U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan softens his rhetoric after making some unusually critical remarks about President Trump,
the Anchorage man accused of killing two Alaska Native women pleads not guilty to the second killing,
one person dies after a commuter plane goes off the runway in Unalaska, and
students at a Washington state high school use aerial drones in a new class to learn math.
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October 19, 2019Newscast – Friday, Oct. 18, 2019
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In this newscast:
A hobby shop at Juneau’s prison gets converted to additional bed space as state prisons fill up,
tourism interests push back against a federal effort to open the Tongass National Forest to more road building and logging,
Sitkans try to push conversations about Alaska Day to include the idea of decolonization,
President Trump taps a former oil industry attorney to be the new U.S. District Court judge for Alaska, and
Washington state’s King County sues e-cigarette maker JUUL, alleging fraud, racketeering and targeting children.
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October 18, 2019Newscast – Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019
https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2019/10/ktoo-update-2019-10-17.mp3
In this newscast:
Protesters interrupt Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s speech to the Alaska Federation of Natives,
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski criticizes President Trump on ethical grounds,
the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska hopes to raise a new generation of Lingít speakers with an immersion class,
the state ferry system lines up one October and one November stop in Prince Rupert,
state transportation officials say they won’t plow a significant stretch of the Seward Highway,
Nome officials hire an insurance company to handle a former 911 dispatcher’s claim that her rape wasn’t investigated,
an Anchorage man that police say they have video evidence of one killing is charged with a second, and
an elusive goat made famous on social media in Fairbanks gets caught.
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