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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July 23, 2019Newscast – Monday, July 22, 2019
https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2019/07/ktoo-update-2019-07-22.mp3
In this newscast:
ProPublica and the Anchorage Daily News report at least 14 villages have employed police officers whose criminal records should have prevented them from being hired under state law,
the Alaska House of Representatives comes up one vote short of funding the state’s capital budget,
a House committee introduces a new proposal to fund permanent fund dividends at about $1,600 and reverse some of Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s budget vetoes,
the University of Alaska Board of Regents declares a financial exigency,
the federal government drops its appeal in the King Cove road case,
one of youngest members of the family that’s run the Sitka Sentinel newspaper for 75 years gets into the family business, and
an Alabama woman checks off the 50th state on her list in Juneau to sing the national anthem in.
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July 20, 2019Newscast – Friday, July 19, 2019
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In this newscast:
Alaska could forfeit billions in federal transportation dollars if the state capital budget doesn’t get funded,
U.S. Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie says Alaska’s VA will get new services and facilities and pilot new reforms,
state regulators OK a waste management permit for an exploratory mine project near Klukwan and Haines,
the House Finance Committee wraps its series of public hearings on its new funding bill with a road show in Fairbanks, and
a correction to a story about University of Alaska climate change researchers.
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July 19, 2019Newscast – Thursday, July 18, 2019
https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2019/07/ktoo-update-20190718.mp3
In this newscast:
Juneau city officials estimate $5.2 million in immediate municipal impacts from Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s budget vetoes,
a state health care industry organization sues the state over an emergency rule change cutting Medicaid rates,
a University of Alaska researcher says he’s considering leaving the state and notes his climate change research grants would go with him,
a Texas-based tug and barge company pays $2.9 million Canadian for a 2016 grounding and fuel spill in British Columbia waters,
the University of Alaska Southeast announces its accreditation renewal,
the Totem Heritage Center in Ketchikan acquires a Chilkat robe 16 years in the making, and
a rare albino porcupine is spotted in Maine.
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July 18, 2019Newscast – Wednesday, July 17, 2019
https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2019/07/ktoo-update-20190717.mp3
In this newscast:
Gov. Dunleavy changes the location of his special session call from Wasilla to Juneau,
the ACLU sues the governor over his politically motivated veto of court system money,
the House Finance Committee takes testimony in Wasilla on the PFD and state operations funding bill,
the Glory Hall cuts its breakfast and lunch hours to cope with state funding losses,
the University of Alaska’s credit rating tumbles amid unprecedented funding cuts,
the village of Igiugig gets ready to switch off diesel to a new, in-river power generation system.
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July 17, 2019Newscast – Tuesday, July 16, 2019
https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2019/07/ktoo-update-2019-07-16.mp3
In this newscast:
A group of Alaskans begins organizing a recall campaign targeting Gov. Mike Dunleavy,
Hours of split testimony in the House Finance Committee leans in support of a bill to moderate Dunleavy’s budget cuts,
University of Alaska President Jim Johnsen takes questions on Talk of Alaska,
the Alaska Legislature sues Gov. Dunleavy over school funding,
the the Alaska State Council on the Arts shutters, and
the National Weather Service reports Suicide Basin is draining into Mendenhall Lake and to that flooding is possible.
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July 16, 2019Newscast – Monday, July 15, 2019
https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2019/07/ktoo-update-2019-07-15.mp3
In this newscast:
The University of Alaska Board of Regents delays its vote to declare a financial exigency,
the Juneau School District looks at the state budget’s effects on its finances,
Unalakleet braces for bigger energy bills after a state fund goes dry, and
the creatives behind “Molly for Denali” explain some of the work that went into keeping the Alaska Native cultural representations authentic.
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July 13, 2019Newscast – Friday, July 12, 2019
https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2019/07/ktoo-update-2019-07-12.mp3
In this newscast:
City officials lift its air emergency,
NOAA Fisheries wraps its investigation into a cruise ship’s near miss of a pod of whales caught on video,
scientists monitor glacial dam release data affecting the Mendenhall Valley,
Alaska’s heat wave is literally killing salmon in the lower Kuskokwim,
the deadline passes for state lawmakers to override Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s budget vetoes, and
law enforcement in Vermont discover cannabis plants in the state Capitol’s flowerbeds.
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July 12, 2019Newscast – Thursday, July 11, 2019
https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2019/07/ktoo-update-2019-07-11.mp3
In this newscast:
State lawmakers in Juneau ramp up their rhetoric against the governor and dissident lawmakers meeting in Wasilla,
UAS Chancellor Rick Caulfield walks through the budget veto impacts on his branch of the university,
UAA students and faculty brace for 700 layoffs and the elimination of a third of the school’s academic programs, and
the city and rainbow enthusiasts in Juneau work out a way to legally paint a colorful crosswalk.
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July 11, 2019Newscast – Wednesday, July 10, 2019
https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2019/07/448newscast1.mp3
In this newscast:
The Alaska Legislature fails to override Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s budget vetoes,
Juneau artists protest funding cuts to the Alaska State Council on the Arts,
another line item veto eliminates funding for Local Emergency Planners across the state,
two state agencies issued burn bans across large portions of the state Tuesday.
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July 10, 2019Newscast – Tuesday, July 9, 2019
https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2019/07/ktoo-update-2019-07-09.mp3
In this newscast:
Constituents confront state lawmakers aligned with Gov. Dunleavy in Wasilla,
the legislative stalemate continues in Juneau,
a tribal rights attorney and a former public safety commissioner discuss what U.S. Attorney General William Barr’s law enforcement emergency means for Alaska, and
the summer’s first commercial salmon trolling fishery in Southeast Alaska wraps up.
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