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 10, 2026Newscast – Thursday, July 9, 2026
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/20260709-News-Update.mp3
In this newscast:
Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed a bill today that would have reimposed limits on campaign contributions in state elections.
The City and Borough of Juneau released a new evacuation zone map in preparation for the glacial outburst flood expected later this summer.
The Alaska Beacon reports Alaskans who have been wrongfully convicted can now apply to claim Alaska Permanent Fund dividends that were withheld while they were incarcerated, under a new law.
The future of Juneau’s city museum is uncertain as the effects of the Assembly’s budget cuts begin to take hold.
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13min
July 09, 2026Newscast – Wednesday, July 8, 2026
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/20260708-News-Update.mp3
In this newscast:
The Juneau School District’s chief financial officer is resigning.
Some whale advocates want to relist Pacific gray whales under the Endangered Species Act.
A team of experts is working to salvage a Coast Guard helicopter that crashed on Sitka’s Harbor Mountain last month.
A Soldotna swimmer brought home silver in the 50-yard freestyle at the Special Olympics USA games last month in Minnesota.
Petersburg celebrated its second annual Amy Hallingstad Day on June 28.
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12min
July 08, 2026Newscast – Tuesday, July 7, 2026
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/20260707-News-Update.mp3
In this newscast:
Juneau’s city-owned Eaglecrest Ski Area will soon have a new general manager.
State lawmakers are debating whether to controversial tax change in a bill aimed at easing the financial case for the Alaska LNG project.
A red-tailed hawk named Warrior escaped from the American Bald Eagle Foundation in Haines on Friday.
Fairbanks scientists are tracking a tiny parasite that lives in local swimming holes and triggers a rash that rivals the worst bug bites.
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12min
July 07, 2026Newscast – Monday, July 6, 2026
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/20260706-News-Update.mp3
In this newscast:
A black bear entered Juneau’s historic Alaskan Hotel on Sunday,
Ship traffic is growing in the Arctic and scientists are looking at how that affects marine mammals,
A California couple set out to play a game of croquet on the lawn of every state capitol, but Alaska’s doesn’t have a lawn,
The Alaska state House’s ethics committee says Homer Republican Representative Sarah Vance likely violated state law by using publicly funded resources to criticize a local newspaper’s coverage
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12min
July 03, 2026Newscast – Thursday, July 3, 2026
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/20260702-News-Update.mp3
In this newscast:
Two cruise ships in Southeast Alaska have reported norovirus outbreaks in recent weeks,
Tlingit and Haida’s president spoke about addiction prevention during the grand opening of Juneau’s first casino,
Cancer Connection now has its first executive director,
Alaska lawmakers failed to meet an informal deadline Wednesday to vote on a bill reducing taxes for the Alaska LNG project
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11min
July 02, 2026Newscast – Wednesday, July 1, 2026
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/20260701-News-Update-1.mp3
In this newscast:
Juneau’s city clerk’s office certified a citizen ballot proposition late last week that seeks to raise the city’s cap on the local property tax rate,
A draft environmental assessment looking at homeporting up to two Coast Guard icebreakers in Juneau is open for public comment,
A glacial lake outburst flood on the Taku River south of Juneau crested early Wednesday morning,
Former U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland came to Juneau last weekend as a stop on a tour of her new memoir “A Voice Like Mine,”
School districts across Alaska are set to receive up to $115 million in one-time funding this year thanks to high oil prices,
In June, the Sitka Sound Science Center’s marine debris cleanup program crew found a message in a bottle
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13min
July 01, 2026Newscast – Tuesday, June 30, 2026
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/20260630-News-Update-2.mp3
In this newscast:
Juneau residents will see a 5% hike in their water and sewer utility rates starting Wednesday. Service and program fees at many city parks and recreation facilities will also increase.
Juneau’s city clerk’s office certified a citizen ballot proposition last week that seeks to raise the city’s cap on the local property tax rate, also known as the mill rate. The move would return the tax rate back to where it was before voters approved lowering it last fall.
During the last weekend of LGBTQ+ Pride month, Juneau’s drag artists put together a sold-out show at a new venue in town. People there said the show is a celebration of community, love and resistance.
The Alaska Supreme Court says Dan J. Sullivan must be included on the ballot for U.S. Senate seat. The court sent the case back to the Division of Elections to decide how the challenger’s name will appear.
A group of Alaska Native organizations is launching a new rural veterinary public health program next month [in July] to provide care for animals in dozens of villages across the state.
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11min
June 30, 2026Newscast – Monday, June 29, 2026
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/20260629-News-Update.mp3
In this newscast:
A group of state lawmakers tasked with drafting a final version of an Alaska LNG tax relief bill kicked off work this weekend,
Governor Mike Dunleavy vetoed nearly half a million dollars from the state budget Wednesday that would have gone toward efforts to retain and recruit teachers in Alaska,
A new nonprofit Jiu Jitsu studio opened this month,
One Alaska couple shares their experience over a 50 year relationship for pride month
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13min
June 27, 2026Newscast – Friday, June 26, 2026
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/20260626-News-Update.mp3
In this newscast:
The Juneau Assembly made a number of appointments and reappointments to city boards during a special meeting Wednesday,
Former Alaska state senator Natasha Von Imhof has thrown her hat in the ring in the race for Anchorage’s next mayor,
Gov. Mike Dunleavy told lawmakers he’d vetoed six bills, and dozens more have passed into law,
KTOO’s Mike Lane speaks with Walk Southeast organizers
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13min
June 26, 2026Newscast – Thursday, June 25, 2026
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/20260625-News-Update-1.mp3
In this newscast:
Gov. Mike Dunleavy trimmed nearly $90 million from the state budget with line-item vetoes before signing a series of appropriations bills Wednesday afternoon,
Bookings opened Thursday morning for Juneau’s new public use cabin at the Mendenhall Campground,
There is a new social media trend of people dancing around Alaska Native totem poles. Tribal organizations across Southeast Alaska are speaking out,
Harmful toxins that cause paralytic shellfish poisonings are again present in the waters around Southeast Alaska,
Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed a bill on Wednesday naming a longtime University of Alaska Anchorage economic research center after its first director, Vic Fischer
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13min

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