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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December 07, 2024Newscast – Friday, Dec. 06, 2024
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/20241206-News-Update.mp3
In this newscast:
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski occupies a rare place among her 99 colleagues. She doesn’t necessarily stick to what party leaders would want her to do and her propensity to cross the aisle could stand between Trump and his agenda. Alaska Public Media Washington Correspondent Liz Ruskin reports on Murkowski’s spot in the dynamics of the Senate as it switches to Republican control.
Just in the last five years the State of Alaska has declared nearly three dozen weather or climate related disasters- nearly double the five years before. As Alaskans grapple with a rapidly changing climate, what changes can we expect to the environment? As KNOM’s Ben Townsend shares, a new report attempts to answer that question.
Tribal members from the Wrangell Cooperative Association were introduced on the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol Building this week for the Christmas Tree lighting. They blessed the tree and the people at the ceremony with traditional songs.
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11min
December 06, 2024Newscast – Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/20241205-News-Update.mp3
In this newscast:
The U.S. Coast Guard has released the names of the five fishermen lost in the boat sinking near Hoonah on Sunday,
Alaska is turning down millions in federal funding earmarked to replace water infrastructure that contains lead — because the state doesn’t have any,
Eaglecrest Ski Area has just enough snow to partially open to skiers on Saturday — its scheduled opening day. It marks the kick-off of the winter ski season in Juneau,
Ketchikan’s new city-sponsored Mobile Integrated Healthcare program launched in June, but recently one of the programs two paramedics was fired – a week after he criticized the city,
The Northwest Arctic community of Kiana has been without running water for several days
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12min
December 05, 2024Newscast – Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/20241204-News-Update.mp3
In this newscast:
Six Republicans in the state Senate have announced that they’re planning to form a minority caucus, which would be enough to guarantee conservative seats on the legislative committees,
A recount is underway in Juneau on the closely contested ballot measure that would have repealed Alaska’s open primaries and ranked choice voting,
There are expected to be a lot fewer people in Southeast Alaska by 2050, according to a recent report,
Coast Guard Base Kodiak’s child development center has faced major staffing issues this year that nearly led to the daycare’s closure
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13min
December 04, 2024Newscast – Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/20241203-News-Update-1.mp3
In this newscast:
Juneau residents and businesses can now submit proposals for how the city should spend marine passenger fees for next year,
The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for five missing mariners after their fishing boat capsized near Point Couverden,
Juneau continues to see heavy rains this week, after getting nearly a foot and a half of snow last week. That’s left road travel slippery and treacherous across town,
Advocates for limiting cruise visitation have submitted a fourth petition in less than two ears to get a cruise limit question before Sitka votes this winter,
Tongass Voices: Ariel Estrada on the fast and furious nature of his one-man play
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13min
December 03, 2024Newscast – Monday, Dec. 2, 2024
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/20241202.mp3
In this newscast:
A seiner reportedly capsized in heavy weather near Hoonah early Sunday morning,
Some new research is challenging the established scientific thinking about why an endangered population of killer whales in Puget Sound continues to be in jeopardy,
Among the roughly 100 proposals on the Alaska Board of Fisheries agenda at its upcoming meeting are four focused on further restricting or closing the state-managed pollock trawl fishery on Prince William Sound,
People living in Newtok have been fighting severe coastal erosion and deteriorating permafrost for more than three decades, and on Sunday, the Newtok Village Council sent workers to shut down all critical infrastructure in the tiny Bering Sea community
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13min
November 28, 2024Newscast – Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/20241127-NewsUpdate.mp3
In this newscast:
Ketchikan’s city manager is resigning,
The bipartisan caucuses who will control the Alaska House and Senate have announced their committee chairs,
Alaska’s commercial harvests plummeted this year: pounds harvested were the lowest on record,
People can now view a livestream feed of Cook Inlet beluga whales swimming in the Kenai River
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12min
November 27, 2024Newscast – Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/20241126-News-Update.mp3
In this newscast:
There has been a lot of speculation that Gov. Mike Dunleavy might leave his job for a role in the Trump administration. Now he says he’s staying,
The Alaska Supreme Court will have a new chief justice early next year,
In the remote Southeast Alaska village of Angoon, high school students are learning how to grow their own produce using hydroponic technology,
Many Southeast Alaska residents rely on diesel heating oil like Toyostoves, to keep warm in the winter. But a new program will fund the switch to electric heat pumps,
Tongass Voices: Moria Johnson-Sidney on the stabilizing force of carving a yaakw
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13min
November 26, 2024Newscast – Monday, Nov. 25, 2024
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/20241125-News-Update.mp3
In this newscast:
Snowfall is expected across Southeast Alaska this week, starting tonight, and Juneau may be hit the hardest,
The state and the Alaska Republican Party are gearing up for a recount of Ballot Measure 2, the initiative to repeal Alaska’s open primary and ranked choice voting,
Dozens of bikers, figure skaters, and hockey players took to the ice at Juneau’s Mendenhall Lake this weekend, but venturing out onto a frozen lake can be extremely dangerous,
A ferry attempting to moor in the remote Southeast Alaska village of Kake on Saturday as forced to return to Juneau after a cable that secures it to the dock broke,
Interior Alaska is losing its last local television newscast
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November 23, 2024Newscast — Friday, Nov. 22, 2024
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/20241122-News-Update-1.mp3
In this newscast:
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s (ADF&G) preliminary 2024 Commercial Harvest and Exvessel Values report is here. The initial set of data shines a light on declining commercial salmon harvests in Alaska,
It’s been a year since last year’s fatal landslide in Wrangell killed six residents. KSTK’s Colette Czarnecki [Zar-nick-ee] spoke with a couple of Wrangellites affected by the slide to see how they’ve coped and what their future plans are,
Hundreds of Anchorage residents are flocking to what has become the event of the season. It’s a massive dead fin whale that washed up on the mudflats near downtown last weekend. As onlookers pose for photos and witness the sights and smells the whale brings, researchers are hoping to learn a bit more about how the whale lived, and how it died
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12min
November 22, 2024Newscast — Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/20241121-NewsUpdate.mp3
In this newscast:
A ballot measure that would repeal ranked choice voting in Alaska has narrowly failed. That’s according to final unofficial results the Division of Elections released last night,
A plan to extend Juneau’s downtown waterfront walking path, also known as the seawalk, crossed a major hurdle earlier this week,
Alaska’s transgender community is worried that a second Donald Trump presidency might threaten their access to gender-affirming care, or healthcare that allows people to transition medically — and providers in the state are worried too,
There will be more women than men in the Alaska House of Representatives for the first time in its history when the Legislature convenes in January. That’s according to final unofficial election results released Wednesday
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13min

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