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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May 20, 2025Newscast – Monday, May 19, 2025
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In this newscast:
The Juneau School District Board of Education appointed Steve Whitney to the board on Saturday,
Senator Lisa Murkowski has introduced a bill that would reauthorize funds for landslide monitoring projects across Southeast Alaska,
The Alaska Department of Education and Early Development failed a test that allows it to include millions of federal dollars towards its contributions to education funding,
Tribal leaders from across the country spoke out last week at a U.S. Senate hearing against changes within the Department of Health and Human Services,
Curious Juneau: What’s the story behind the Fiddlehead Cookbook’s North Douglas chocolate cake?
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13min
May 17, 2025Newscast – Friday, May 16, 2025
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In this newscast:
Five candidates have applied to fill an empty seat on the Juneau School District Board of Education after Will Muldoon resigned,
Alaska regulators have assessed a $49,000 fine against Hilcorp for lapses in Cook Inlet offshore well management, the Alaska Beacon reports,
Some Southeast Alaska communities had their earliest harmful algal bloom on record this year, and there is currently a paralytic shellfish toxin advisory across region for recreational and subsistence harvest,
Local and state transportation officials are wrapping up a study that hones in on five locations for a potential second bridge,
Thousands of new books are landing in the hands of kids across Southeast Alaska this month as the result of a partnership between the region’s largest tribal government and a Native-led nonprofit with roots in the Navajo and Hopi nations
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12min
May 16, 2025Newscast – Thursday, May 15, 2025
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In this newscast:
A German Shepherd who was on the lam for nearly three months has been captured to returned to her family,
The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation says 400,000 gallons of process water spilled at a large lead and zinc mine in Northern Alaska yesterday,
The Alaska Department of Education and Early Development is considering whether to reduce the amount of money local governments can give to school district, but a new bill would allow local governments to continue to fund school districts as they have been,
Juneau’s city-owned ski area expects to run a deficit for the foreseeable future, and their plan to dig out of the deficit relies heavily on revenue from a gondola that has yet to be built,
Lawmakers rejected two of Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s nominees for state boards and commissions in a joint session of the state House and Senate yesterday
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13min
May 15, 2025Newscast – Wednesday, May 14, 2025
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In this newscast:
Lawmakers are setting aside until next year a bill that would kick off a pilot program for tribally-run public schools,
The Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska can now receive reimbursements for providing child welfare services directly from the federal government,
Alaska officials who help resettle immigrants say they’re facing a lot of uncertainty amid the Trump administration’s crackdown on legal and illegal immigration,
Alaska would be in the same time zone as Seattle for four months of the year, if a bill passed Monday by the Alaska Senate becomes law, the Alaska Beacon reports,
The Trump administration has started cancelling grants to tribal libraries in communities across the state, which could be debilitating for Klukwan’s library
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12min
May 14, 2025Newscast – Tuesday, May 13, 2025
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In this newscast:
Juneau was one of nine communities selected for an annual grant by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, a health philanthropy group,
Flood inundation maps that model how Juneau’s Mendenhall River levee should perform have finally arrived,
Initial results from a study of humpback whale health in Juneau found that the area is particularly important for females and their calves, and the findings could drive the city to consider restricting the growth of the whale watching industry,
A Washington state-based conservation group is suing the National Marine Fisheries Service over king salmon, again
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12min
May 13, 2025Newscast – Monday, May 12, 2025
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In this newscast:
The filing period to run for an elected position in Southeast Alaska’s proposed Xunaa Borough closes this Friday. But, a pending appeal of a state commission’s approval of the new borough could halt the special election scheduled this July, when residents will be asked whether to create Alaska’s 20th borough.
Gov. Mike Dunleavy says he’s ordering a freeze on most state hiring, out-of-state travel and new regulations as oil prices tumble. Dunleavy outlined the freeze in an administrative order released Friday afternoon.
Learning a language is hard. Learning a language without a teacher regularly checking in is even harder. But this year, Kake City Schools students got the chance to learn Lingít while creating multilingual poems that give people a glimpse of where they come from.
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11min
May 10, 2025Newscast – Friday, May 09, 2025
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In this newscast:
The federal government may soon return a traditional subsistence site connected to Douglas Island to its original tribal owners.
The next season of the PBS KIDS show “Molly of Denali” will be the last for the foreseeable future. The team behind the award-winning children’s TV show will stop working on new content. Molly of Denali is widely celebrated in Alaska because it features an Alaska Native lead character and showcases Alaska Native culture.
The Alaska Department of Education and Early Development is considering whether to reduce the amount of money local governments can give to school districts. A new bill in front of state lawmakers would allow local governments to continue to fund school districts as they have been.
State prosecutors say two Anchorage police officers were legally justified in the fatal shooting of a man in February who police say had barricaded himself in a Midtown hotel and threatened a woman and her four children.
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11min
May 09, 2025Newscast – Thursday, May 8, 2025
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In this newscast:
The Alaska Senate approved its version of the state budget on Wednesday. It includes a $1,000 Permanent Fund dividend. And, for now, a slight surplus.
But senators say they expect that surplus to evaporate. And they’re warning of tough times in the years ahead.
Reporters on the Alaska Desk recently asked people all over the state some open-ended questions about how they’re feeling after President Donald Trump’s first 100 days. From the Aleutians to Southeast and the Interior, there are never-Trumpers and MAGA diehards – and some Alaskans having changes of heart. Here’s what some of them had to say.
Anchorage officials are preparing to roll out funding dedicated to improving the city’s child care sector. The move comes two years after Anchorage residents voted to dedicate the roughly 5 to 6 million dollars the city receives annually in marijuana taxes to funding child care initiatives.
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11min
May 08, 2025Newscast – Wednesday, May 7, 2025
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In this newscast:
The Juneau Assembly is considering a resolution in support of keeping the Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area federally owned,
The executive director of the Juneau Arts and Humanities Council will resign following the board’s decision to cut diversity, equity and inclusion language from its website,
An ordinance mandating that the Juneau Police Department release body-worn camera footage no more than 30 days after a city police officer shoots someone will be open for public testimony later this month,
Libraries in Alaska may no longer be able to request books from out of state, or mail books and other media to Alaskans who don’t live near a library,
A program that monitors toxic poisoning in subsistence marine harvests in the Aleutians has halted, pending a federal review
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13min
May 07, 2025Newscast – Tuesday, May 6, 2025
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In this newscast:
Lieutenant governor and former U.S. House candidate Nancy Dahlstrom is running for governor,
The Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska announced today that it is rejoining the Alaska Federation of Natives,
The Juneau Assembly chose a preliminary redevelopment plan for the downtown Telephone Hill neighborhood that, if approved, would evict residents by October,
A Juneau-based author’s graphic memoir won the Pulitzer Prize yesterday for autobiography and memoir,
The Trump administration has started canceling federal grants that fund arts and culture programs across the country, including here in Juneau,
Yesterday was Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples’ Day, and in Juneau, at MMIP events like last night’s, one name comes up consistently: Tracy Day
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12min

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