KTOO News Update

By KTOO Public Media

KTOO News Update episodes

October 18, 2025Newscast – Friday, Oct. 17, 2025
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In this newscast:
Dozens of attendees at the Alaska Federation of Natives convention stood in protest during U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan’s speech Friday morning.
Juneau residents got a glimpse of what life in town looked like in the mid-20th century – in Kodachrome.
Community leaders in Ketchikan and Saxman have teamed up with the state to build more affordable housing units.
Western Alaska residents from the storm-ravaged communities of Kipnuk and Kwigillingok continued to land Thursday night in Anchorage at Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson.
12 min
October 17, 2025Newscast – Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025
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In this newscast:
Juneau School District’s high school graduation rate went up after the first year of consolidating schools,
Half a dozen helicopter crews and other aircraft have worked since the weekend to move people and supplies where they’re needed in the storm-battered Kuskokwim Delta,
Volunteers in Juneau are offering free lunches for federal employees who were furloughed when the government shut down on Oct. 1st,
Sealaska Heritage Institute opened its new science education building Monday,
Escalating tensions between the U.S. and Canada fueled fears last winter that Canadians would respond by canceling cross-border visits to Alaska this summer, but a full-scale boycott never seemed to materialize
13 min
October 16, 2025Newscast – Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025
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In this newscast:
Juneau’s cold weather emergency shelter opens tonight,
Researchers presented new preliminary data on how the ice contributed this summer’s record-breaking flood in the Mendenhall Valley and shared their ideas about how that could change in the future,
Juneau School District Superintendent Frank Hauser is resigning,
Juneau saw at least five backcountry deaths this summer, many were cruise tourists or visitors,
Alaska has joined more than half of the country in creating artificial intelligence guidance for education as it becomes a larger part of the school day
13 min
October 15, 2025Newscast – Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025
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In this newscast:
A power outage hit all of Juneau today just after 11 a.m.,
The city clerk’s office released another batch of results from Juneau’s municipal election today that include ballots cast on Election Day,
The former Juneau police officer who slammed a man to the ground during an arrest this summer will not face criminal charges,
At least three people are still missing and 51 have been rescued following a record-breaking storm that slammed into the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Sunday,
The Norwegian Encore departs Juneau this evening. It’s the last cruise ship of the year, and it marks the end of a nearly 200-day tourism season,
In a ceremony held on Indigenous People’s Day Monday, clan leaders and carvers dedicated the latest pole in Sealaska Heritage Institute’s Kooteeyaa Deiyi, Juneau’s totem pole trail
12 min
October 11, 2025Newscast – Friday, Oct. 10, 2025
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In this newscast:
A grand jury indicted a Juneau man on two counts of felony assault for allegedly injuring two Juneau Police officers earlier this month
Floodwaters have receded in Kotzebue and other western Alaska communities after a storm, but another is coming
The Department of Education and Early Development backtracked on its initial recommendation that would have limited how much money local governments can give schools
Some Alaskan’s are pushing for cruise ships to burn cleaner fuels that don’t pollute the ocean
An Anchorage man detained by ICE has been released after a ruling in a class action lawsuit
13 min
October 10, 2025Newscast – Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025
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In this newscast:
Out-of-state undergraduate students at the University of Alaska Southeast will see lower tuition rates beginning next fall,
Nearly 100 large whales were reported entangled around the U.S. in 2024, almost a 50% increase from 2023,
Funding for a program subsidizing rural air travel is set to continue through early November despite the ongoing government shutdown,
Tongass Voices: Ldaan.aat Laurie Cropley and Yuxgitsiy George Holly on making space for tribal values
12 min
October 09, 2025Newscast – Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2025
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In this newscast:
Preliminary results are in for Juneau’s 2025 municipal election.
No developers have bitten on 200 acres of city land upzoned for denser housing on Douglas Island and in Auke Bay.
The interim superintendent for Ketchikan’s school district submitted her letter of resignation months into the job.
Some Alaskans feel they don’t have a meaningful say in the process as a proposed gold mine in Canada goes through its environmental assessment.
13 min
October 08, 2025Newscast – Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2025
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In this newscast:
Today is municipal Election Day and the KTOO newsroom was around town to chat with voters about their thoughts on the election,
The state of Alaska is in the throes of studying what it would take to build a road that would better connect Juneau, Haines and Skagway, and the Dept. of Transportation held open house-style meetings last week to inform the public, and get community feedback,
Top state lawmakers say they are investigating why $50 million from the state’s primary savings account was invested in an outside private equity fund,
A Fairbanks man has a unique antidote to his winter blues: balloon art
13 min
October 07, 2025Newscast – Monday, Oct. 6, 2025
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In this newscast:
Juneau’s municipal Election Day is almost here. Voters have until tomorrow night at 8 p.m. sharp to cast their ballots,
And Juneau’s high school students also cast votes in mock elections to learn more about how they work,
The Petersburg Borough assembly passed a resolution last month calling on state and federal authorities for help dealing with rising sea otter populations,
President Trump approved the 211-mile Ambler Road in Northwest Alaska today
12 min
October 04, 2025Newscast – Friday, Oct. 3, 2025
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In this newscast:
Among the most vulnerable Alaskans to the ongoing federal shutdown could be thousands of parents who depend on WIC to help them buy food,
Former Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson is joining the race for governor,
Juneau voters will decide in this fall’s municipal election whether to exempt essential food and residential utilities from local sales tax,
Earlier this month, the judge in a case against a former Juneau chiropractor dismissed a charge, which revealed a gap in state sexual assault laws,
A Pennsylvania man allegedly used the stolen identities of seven Alaskans in an attempt to steal their Permanent Fund Dividends in 2022
13 min