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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January 24, 2025Newscast – Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025
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In this newscast:
Juneau residents had a chance to ask questions and offer comments on a proposed fifth cruise ship dock at two public meetings this week,
A key public-sector union and some Democratic state lawmakers are calling on Gov. Mike Dunleavy to release the results of a million-dollar study on how competitive the state’s salaries are,
Seven tribal organizations across the state of Alaska received over $12 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development last month,
More than 50 people gathered in Homer Saturday for the annual “Women’s March on Homer”
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12min
January 23, 2025Newscast – Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/20250122-News-Update.mp3
In this newscast:
Former Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson has been appointed as manager of the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport,
Another subsea cable break has taken out internet across northern and western Alaska,
University of Alaska Southeast researchers among those awarded nearly $1 million to study glacial outburst floods in a grant from the National Science Foundation,
One Sitkan remembers President Jimmy Carter, and
The record-breaking fire in Altadena, California, consumed the home of a Juneau resident.
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13min
January 22, 2025Newscast – Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025
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In this newscast:
The City and Borough of Juneau is warning of a potential measles exposure at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport that could impact Southeast Alaska residents,
Juneau residents will have a chance to learn more about Huna Totem Corporation’s proposal to build a fifth cruise ship dock in downtown Juneau at two joint meetings at City Hall this week,
State lawmakers convened in Juneau this afternoon to kick off the first session of the 34th Alaska Legislature,
Tongass Voices: Rich Mattson on uncovering stories from the pages of Juneau’s history
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12min
January 18, 2025Newscast – Friday, Jan. 17, 2025
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In this newscast:
Earlier this week, the Alaska Department of Health confirmed a measles case in an adult on the southern Kenai Peninsula,
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is poised to be the country’s new Health and Human Services secretary, and he has pledged to advise all U.S. water systems to remove fluoride from public water. Juneau did that nearly two decades ago, and data shows kids in Juneau are getting more cavities,
The U.S. Forest Service plans to raise five new totem poles at the Mendenhall Glacier. The project is meant to honor the original people of the land, but those original people say they should be included in creating the plan
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12min
January 17, 2025Newscast – Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025
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In this newscast:
Election officials rejected more than 1,300 absentee ballots in the November 2024 general elections,
The 2025 Kuskokwim 300 has been pushed back two weeks because of poor snowfall and above-freezing temperatures,
The Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center raised over $30,000 in just two days to rebuild an animal shelter after it was destroyed by high winds last Monday,
Fifty people experiencing homelessness died on the streets of Anchorage last year,
Bethel’s tribal government recently had the rare opportunity to repatriate the remains of four Yup’ik ancestors taken from the area more than a century ago
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12min
January 16, 2025Newscast – Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025
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In this newscast:
The Juneau School District says its students’ personal data may have been compromised in a national data breach. The software company – PowerSchool – gave the district an initial all-clear last week. But further examination by the district’s IT department revealed suspicious activity. PowerSchool then confirmed Juneau’s data had been compromised.
Alaskans who have experienced stalking and domestic violence — or who work as police or correctional officers — aren’t able to hide their addresses from the public. That can put them and their families at risk. An Alaska lawmaker is proposing a bill that would protect their personal information.
The KSM Mine Project in British Columbia could be the largest undeveloped gold and copper mine on the planet, according to the BC government. The company that’s developing the mine cleared a major regulatory milestone in November — but now the mine is facing legal challenges from tribes on both sides of the border. Tribes in Alaska fear the impacts the mine could have downstream — and they don’t think the province acted in good faith.
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11min
January 15, 2025Newscast – Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025
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In this newscast:
The Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska has received $3 million in federal funding for coastal habitat restoration,
One Southeast Alaska lawmaker has a proposal to offer a state flood insurance alternative to federal insurance that may include coverage for both floods and some landslides,
A project to build Alaska’s first state-run veterans cemetery received a $7 million grant,
Tongass Voices: Librarian Melinda Sandkam on engaging all ages with Douglas Library’s I Spy display
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13min
January 14, 2025Newscast – Monday, Jan. 13, 2025
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/20250113-News-Update.mp3
In this newscast:
A Juneau lawmaker is once again pushing to revive a pension system for state and local government workers,
Several borough-owned lots in Petersburg will get utilities in the next year or so, and Tlingit Haida Regional Housing Authority will do the work.
A new bipartisan caucus made up largely of Democrats and independents will take over the state house, in alignment with the coalition controlled Senate. Alaska Public Media’s state government reporter Eric Stone tells us what low oil prices mean for lawmakers as they craft a budget,
Anchorage residents spent today cleaning up after one of the regions most powerful storms in recent history
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12min
January 11, 2025Newscast – Friday, Jan. 10, 2025
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In this newscast:
Juneau’s Áak’w Rock Indigenous Music Festival postponed until 2027,
The new district attorney in Juneau sat down with KTOO’s Yvonne Krumrey to talk about the job,
Scientists say the common murre experienced the largest single-species wildlife die-off ever documented
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13min
January 10, 2025Newscast – Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025
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In this newscast:
Juneau police: Man who died inside Mendenhall Valley home intentionally set it on fire,
The Ketchikan City Council is still on track to approve a hefty electric rate increase,
A man held at the Anchorage Correctional Complex has died after authorities say his cellmate severely beat him,
Anchorage officers shot a man early Wednesday, in the second police shooting in Anchorage in 24 hours,
A consultant hired by Anchorage’s municipal attorney has a dozen recommendations to improve police de-escalation and use of force polices,
More than a million pounds of Alaska’s snow crab that might have previously gone unfished can now be processed, thanks to an agreement between the cities of St. Paul and Unalaska
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12min

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