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 24, 2026Newscast – Thursday, July 23, 2026
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/20260723-News-Update.mp3
In this newscast:
The Alaska Division of Elections has moed thousands of registered voters to its “inactive” list due to suspicion that they are not citizens.
As the candidate filing deadline approaches, the race for Juneau’s two open school board seats appears to be uncontested so far.
One of Dutch Harbor’s major seafood processors plans to pay about $5,900 to federal regulators to settle violations of the Clean Water Act.
Geoff and Marcy Larson talk about running the Alaskan Brewing Company, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year.
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12min
July 23, 2026Newscast: Wednesday, July 22, 2026
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/20260722-News-Update-2.mp3
In this newscast:
Human remains were discovered inside a chest freezer at a Lemon Creek residence on Sunday.
Juneau residents in the glacial outburst flood zone are preparing for the annual flood expected soon. At a sandbag event in Mendenhall Valley on Saturday, some of that prep work is easier and faster than it was last year.
Alaska U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski announced last week that her bill allowing five Alaska Native communities in Southeast Alaska to receive land entitlements passed out of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
In less than a month, Alaskans will cast their votes for governor in the primary election. But with 17 candidates, how do you choose? At a speed dating-style event in Anchorage Monday, members of the public got to talk with the gubernatorial hopefuls.
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13min
July 22, 2026Newscast – Tuesday, July 21, 2026
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/20260721-News-Update.mp3
In this newscast:
Juneau now has a free vending machine to distribute community health and healing supplies,
As the threat of the next glacial outburst flood looms over Juneau, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it will pay for repairs to the flood wall in the aftermath,
A woman is safe after she lost strength while swimming in the water near Mill Street in downtown Ketchikan,
Rockskippers recently competed on a beach a stone’s throw from Ketchikan to see whose rock could bounce the most
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11min
July 21, 2026Newscast – Monday, July 20, 2026
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/20260720-News-Update.mp3
In this newscast:
A driver struck a Juneau man on a skateboard near the Juneau-Douglas Bridge late last night, causing life-threatening injuries.
Setting a trial date for a former Juneau school principal is delayed again.
The city of Wrangell is moving forward with plans to build a massive shipyard.
The lead Democrat in the race for Alaska’s U.S. House seat is suspending his campaign.
Making biochar adds another way to improve local Sitkans’ gardens.
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12min
July 18, 2026Newscast – Friday, July 17, 2026
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/20260717-News-Update.mp3
In this newscast:
The retrial against a former Juneau chiropractor accused of assaulting more than a dozen women still has no set trial date, nearly a year after the first trial.
The filing period to run for a seat on Juneau’s Assembly or school baord opened friday, and some residents were itching to enter the races.
A brown bear attacked at the Alaska Zoo in Anchorage by another bear last month has been transferred to a new facility, according to zoo staff and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
Preparations for the Southeast Alaska State Fair are in full swing before its big opening next week.
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13min
July 17, 2026Newscast – Thursday, July 16, 2026
In this newscast:
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/20260716-News-Update-1.mp3
A popular downtown Juneau restaurant is now up for sale — but it’s not closing any time soon.
About a dozen people gathered on the Alaska State Capitol building steps in Juneau this morning to oppose a proposed liquefied natural gas pipeline, while lawmakers inside debated a multibillion-dollar tax break for the project.
Juneau’s downtown City Hall building will be up for sale soon. One interested buyer is its neighbor, Sealaska Heritage Institute.
The latest campaign finance data in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race show Democrat Mary Peltola has vastly outraised incumbent Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has detained a state of Alaska lawyer who is originally from China, according to ICE officials.
An Anchorage man died in the custody of the state Department of Corrections on June 21st, according to the DOC.
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13min
July 16, 2026Newscast – Wednesday, July 15, 2026
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/20260715-News-Update.mp3
In this newscast:
A Juneau non-profit is looking for local childcare providers to offer after-school care at two elementary schools that lost the service in recent years.
The Juneau Police Department is seeking the public’s help in locating the person who submerged a truck in Gastineau Channel near Douglas Harbor early this morning.
Processors are paying more for commercial salmon this season than in recent years, and it has to do with international markets.
For Tongass Voices, Xeetli.éesh Lyle James talks about learning and teaching Lingít for more than two decades.
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13min
July 15, 2026Newscast – Tuesday, July 14, 2026
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/20260714-News-Update.mp3
In this newscast:
A Juneau artist’s design will be printed on bear garbage cans downtown. Crystal Jackson’s painting of bears frolicking on a rainbow background is the winning artwork in a contest to decorate 44 new bear cans.
A cruise ship dock and development project planned for downtown Juneau will be scaled down by more than half its original size but will cost an additional $100 million dollars.
Juneau’s off-road vehicle park, years in the making, could open its first trail as soon as this September.
An AI-generated story of a beluga whale escaping the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward received millions of views across social media last month. The center quickly issued a statement confirming the story was false. But the incident highlights how AI-generated content is becoming harder to identify. And for organizations like the SeaLife Center, how false information can harm their reputation and credibility.
What does it mean for Alaska to get the maximum benefit from its resources?
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13min
July 14, 2026Newscast – Monday, July 13, 2026
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/20260713-News-Update.mp3
In this newscast:
Juneau’s new off-road vehicle park could partially open as soon as this September
One of Juneau’s most dangerous intersections, near Fred Meyer, will get a traffic light thanks to a federal grant
Sorely needed renovations at two affordable housing complexes in Juneau come with challenges for tenants
A new study suggests having a dog could more than double the chance of a bear conflict
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12min
July 11, 2026Newscast – Friday, July 10, 2026
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/20260710-News-Update.mp3
In this newscast:
Defenders of ranked choice voting and the open primary filed complaints to the Alaska Public Offices Commissions against a campaign supporting a measure to repeal both things.
A Juneau resident shot and wounded a yearling black bear that was rummaging through trash downtown on Thursday morning.
Alaska’s three major cities continue to have higher living costs than most of the nation’s urban areas.
KTOO’s Mike Lane speaks with Southeast Alaska Food Bank executive director Dan Parks about the organization’s work to combat food insecurity.
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12min

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