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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June 07, 2019Newscast – Thursday, June 6, 2019
https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2019/06/ktoo-updat-20190606.mp3
In this newscast:
The state awards a contract to study a Medicaid block grant system,
a new count of people in Juneau without homes suggests things are improving,
Guardian Flight plans a tribute for the crew it lost in a crash near Kake,
Wrangell is ground zero for one of the worst droughts in the nation,
Oregon lawmakers pass a bill to potentially make daylight saving time permanent, and
Gustavus guitarist Justin Smith performs in the latest Red Carpet Concert.
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June 06, 2019Newscast – Wednesday, June 5, 2019
https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2019/06/ktoo-update-2019-06-05.mp3
In this newscast:
Critics raise questions over whether state regulators relaxed water quality regulations based on science or politics,
Alaska’s congressional delegation members have yet to read the Mueller report seven weeks after its release,
the Clear Air Force Station community celebrates a milestone in the construction of a massive radar facility,
nine state legislators write Anchorage municipal leaders urging them to clear homeless camps,
the Anchorage Assembly recognizes musician Quinn Christopherson and Nick Carpenter for their Tiny Desk Concert win, and
Amazon says it is within months of starting deliveries by drone, though it didn’t specify where.
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June 05, 2019Newscast – Tuesday, June 4, 2019
https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2019/06/ktoo-update-2019-06-04.mp3
In this newscast:
The Alaska Senate narrowly votes down a budget to pay out $3,000 permanent fund dividends,
the University of Alaska Board of Regents puts together a task force looking at restructuring the system,
the Juneau Assembly approves its latest $379 million operating budget,
Constantine Metal Resources releases results of a preliminary economic assessment of its mineral exploration project near Haines,
the state cuts two Alaska music groups’ tracks from its hold music line up, and
Homer bluegrass band Burnt Down House performs in the latest Red Carpet Concert.
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June 04, 2019Newscast – Monday, June 3, 2019
https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2019/06/ktoo-update-2019-06-03.mp3
In this newscast:
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy says he’d veto the Senate’s latest $1,600 permanent fund dividend bill,
Alaskans weigh in on Carnival’s criminal pollution failures as the cruise ship case is settled in Miami,
the Tlikakila and Koyukuk rivers are featured in new forever stamps,
federal scientists investigate the unusual deaths of Pacific gray whales, and
a clarification on Friday’s story about the NTSB’s preliminary report on the fatal Metlakatla floatplane crash.
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June 01, 2019Newscast – Friday, May 31, 2019
https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2019/05/ktoo-update-2019-05-31.mp3
In this newscast:
A climber from Juneau is killed in a rockfall on Mount Rainier,
the NTSB releases its preliminary report on the fatal Metlakatla float plane crash,
state road work on Egan Drive starts Monday,
fisherman wonder who Gov. Dunleavy’s new fisheries board appointee is, and
the city scores a big grant for work on the Brotherhood Bridge Trail.
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May 31, 2019Newscast – Thursday, May 30, 2019
https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2019/05/ktoo-update-2019-05-30.mp3
In this newscast:
BP and ExxonMobil commit up to $20 million to the Alaska LNG project,
more from U.S. Attorney General William Barr’s Alaska visit,
Juneau’s impound lot is over capacity with junk cars,
a raven in downtown Juneau with a blow dart in its head is euthanized,
a second man is sentenced in the case of a stolen wooly mammoth tusk, and
Arkansas songwriter Willi Carlisle’s Red Carpet Concert.
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May 30, 2019Newscast – Wednesday, May 29, 2019
https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2019/05/ktoo-update-2019-05-29-.mp3
In this newscast:
U.S. Attorney General William Barr learns about rural Alaska Natives public safety issues,
the governor and legislature continue debating the permanent fund dividend in the special session,
recreational gold dredging picks up near Sheep Creek,
reindeer used for research and unofficial tourist attraction at UAF will be relocated,
U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan seeks tariff relief for Alaska seafood products, and
a snippet of the choral ensemble Queens’ Red Carpet Concert.
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May 29, 2019Newscast – Tuesday, May 28, 2019
https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2019/05/ktoo-news-update-2019-05-28.mp3
In this newscast:
State lawmakers prep for a possible lawsuit against the the Dunleavy administration over education funding,
a rewrite toughening crime sentences heads to the governor’s desk,
U.S. Attorney General William Barr is headed to Alaska with an eye on law enforcement in rural Alaska,
the Trump administration appeals a federal district court judge’s decision that blocked oil drilling in Arctic waters,
National Weather Service meteorologist explains why pollen and particulate appear to be lingering in the air across much of Southeast Alaska, and
a doctor who specializes in allergies gives advice on how to manage pollen allergies.
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May 25, 2019Newscast – Friday, May 24, 2019
https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2019/05/448newscast1.mp3
In this newscast:
State lawmakers pass a resolution granting a Tlingit tribe’s request to rename Saginaw Bay,
a researcher with the University of Alaska Anchorage speaks with survivors of sexual assault as part of project to improve law enforcement response,
and researchers are trying to learn more about why gray whales have been washing up dead on the West Coast from Mexico to Alaska.
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May 24, 2019Newscast – Thursday, May 23, 2019
https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2019/05/448newscast.mp3
In this newscast:
Juneau middle schoolers learn how to smoke salmon,
Southeast Alaska’s largest tribe develops its own climate action plan,
and a new bill in the Legislature would provide a full permanent fund dividend while reducing future PFD payouts.
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