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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March 27, 2019Newscast – Tuesday, March 26, 2019
https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2019/03/ktoo-update-2019-03-26.mp3
In this newscast:
State archivists maintain 30,000 containers of documents from the 30-year-old Exxon Valdez oil spill,
Congressman Don Young argues with his colleagues about which of his Alaska Native constituents they should listen to on ANWR,
a spokesman for Gov. Mike Dunleavy says he’ll meet with the chief justice of Alaska Supreme Court over an appointment dispute,
University of Alaska President Jim Johnsen delivers a state of the university address, and
the forecast calls for clear skies tonight with an aurora forecast of 4, active.
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March 26, 2019Newscast – Monday, March 25, 2019
https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2019/03/ktooupdate-20190325.mp3
In this newscast:
A budget subcommittee weighs a proposed cut to an interstate program that produces Alaskan doctors,
the Juneau Assembly and cruise industry finalize a settlement over a passenger fees lawsuit, and
the House Finance Committee hears from Alaskans around the state testify against Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s proposed budget.
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March 23, 2019Newscast – March 22, 2019
https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2019/03/ktoo-update-2019-03-22.mp3
In this newscast:
Alaska House Speaker Bryce Edgmon says he doesn’t see a timely budget compromise with the Dunleavy administration,
Gov. Dunleavy’s refusal to pick a judge for a Superior Court seat sends the judicial appointment process into uncharted territory,
JDHS students combine Western science and Native knowledge of halibut hooks in a biology class,
the latest Mendenhall Glacier ice cave brings awe and peril,
Ketchikan declares a hydropower emergency amid drought, and
a fishery for herring spawn on kelp is underway near Craig and Klawock.
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March 22, 2019Newscast – Thursday, March 21, 2019
https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2019/03/ktoo-update-20190321.mp3
In this newscast:
Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Jason Brune addresses a friendly industry crowd,
a national security expert warns that the U.S. needs to keep an eye on Russia-China cooperation in the Arctic,
local volunteers get an OK to landscape the huge peace sign at the end of Commercial Boulevard in Juneau,
trail conditions deteriorate rapidly amid warm temperatures in Talkeetna, and
the Association of Village Council Presidents in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta condemns Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s proposed budget.
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March 21, 2019Newscast – Wednesday, March 20, 2019
https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2019/03/ktoo-update-2019-03-20.mp3
In this newscast:
Hundreds rally at the Capitol for the ferry system,
another Dunleavy administration appointee withdraws amid controversy,
a national advocate for limiting money’s influence in politics tours Alaska,
subsistence interests on the North Slope await the Interior Department’s Arctic offshore oil and gas lease sale plan, and
traditional food enthusiasts advocate for seal oil’s inclusion on the menu in public facilities.
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March 20, 2019Newscast – Tuesday, March 19, 2019
https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2019/03/ktoo-update-2019-03-19.mp3
In this newscast:
State health officials propose $225 million in state Medicaid cuts,
Guardian Flight recovers the cockpit voice recorder from its crashed plane,
Gov. Mike Dunleavy announces a fiscal policy tour — with many events hosted by a conservative political organization,
Republican members of a House education budget committee walk out in protest of what they said was a lack of transparency, and
the public trashes the governor’s appointee to head the Department of Environmental Conservation.
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March 19, 2019Newscast – Monday, March 18, 2019
https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2019/03/ktoo-update-2019-03-18.mp3
In this newscast:
The Alaska House of Representatives creates a new committee on tribal affairs,
conservation interests lose a lawsuit affecting Chilkat Valley mineral exploration,
Pebble mine opponents gear up in Washington state, and
a UAF researcher makes a discovery that could increase computer memory storage 10-fold.
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March 16, 2019Newscast – Friday, March 15, 2019
https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2019/03/ktoo-update-2019-03-15.mp3
In this newscast:
The Forest Service moves forward with a major Tongass timber sale,
an expensive scientific state study comparing hatchery salmon with wild salmon comes under scrutiny,
more than 100 people rally in Anchorage in a global climate strike,
commercial halibut and black cod fisheries open as king salmon trolling closes, and
the Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery goes on two-hour notice on Sunday.
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March 15, 2019Newscast – Thursday, March 14, 2019
https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2019/03/ktoo-update-2019-03-14.mp3
In this newscast:
The City and Borough of Juneau has worked out an agreement with the cruise industry over how it can spend passenger taxes,
Alaska’s senators in Washington split their vote over President Donald Trump’s border wall emergency,
Congressman Don Young asks the Army surgeon general to investigate suicides at Fort Wainwright,
rural communities weigh in on potential changes to road-building rules in the Tongass, and
House officials announce plans to hold public meetings across the state on the state budget.
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March 14, 2019Newscast – Wednesday, March 13, 2019
https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2019/03/ktoo-update-2019-03-13.mp3
In this newscast:
Local officials and residents weigh in on the proposed state budget’s local impact at two town halls,
Alaska’s Energy Desk breaks down impacts and fairness arguments over who’s entitled to North Slope property tax revenue, and
Bethel musher Pete Kaiser wins the Iditarod.
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