KTOO News Update

By KTOO Public Media

KTOO News Update episodes

January 31, 2025Newscast – Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025
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In this newscast:
Alaska students posted some of the lowest scores in the country in national reading and math test results that were released yesterday,
State regulators have fined proponents of the 2024 ranked choice repeal ballot measure nearly $157,000 for what officials called “egregious and widespread” violations of campaign finance laws,
Officials in Alaska are still scrambling to understand the impact of a Trump Administration freeze that halts spending on infrastructure project — one that came before the memo that froze federal grants and loans this week,
This week, Juneau is seeing some snow after a winter that hasn’t gotten nearly as much as usual, and skiers are taking advantage of it
11 min
January 30, 2025Newscast – Wednesday, Jan 29, 2025
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In this newscast:
Rumors have been circulating on social media that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have detained tribal citizens in Juneau, but local officials say that is not true,
Gov. Mike Dunleavy touted his administration’s accomplishments and outlined plans for his final two years in office during his seventh annual State of the State address,
Starting this summer, the Greater Sitka Chamber of Commerce will no longer provide visitor services for the city,
The Alaska Board of Fisheries kicked off their highly-anticipated regulatory meeting in Ketchikan,
Protections for 28 million acres of wilderness lands across the state have once again been called into question by a sweeping executive order for the state of Alaska released by the White House last week
12 min
January 29, 2025Newscast – Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025
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In this newscast:
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck about 60 miles southwest of Unalaska Sunday afternoon,
On April 1, Anchorage will hold its municipal election, and half of the seats on the Assembly are on the ballot along with two school board seats,
As Eaglecrest Ski Area faces ongoing financial hardship, city officials continue to hope the gondola will one day make it self-sustaining,
Delta Airlines pulled booking for summer flights to both Ketchikan and Sitka fr0m its website earlier this month, leaving Alaska Airlines as the only major carrier in the two communities as it is in much of the state,
Tongass Voices: Marian Call and Lisa Puananimōhala’ikalani Denny on bringing together Juneau’s music-makers
12 min
January 28, 2025Newscast – Monday, Jan. 27, 2025
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In this newscast:
The Alaska House of Representatives offered a rebuke to President Donald Trump’s move to rename North America’s highest peak as Mount McKinley,
The Alaska Legislature is getting to work on a bill that would boost state funding for public schools by more than $460 million,
One of the more than 200 executive orders President Donald Trump signed in the first days of his new term was aimed at accessing more natural resources in Alaska, and seeks to roll back protections on millions of acres in the Tongass National Forest,
The City of Delta Junction’s privately-owned ambulance service announced it would dissolve, possibly leaving residents to provide their own emergency transportation to Fairbanks, almost a hundred miles away
11 min
January 25, 2025Newscast – Friday, Jan. 24, 2025
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In this newscast:
Over $130 million in grants for clean energy projects in rural Alaska are now frozen, after President Donald Trump signed an executive order freezing funding from the federal Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law,
At least three districts across the state are considering closing at least one school, one of the most visible signs of the state’s shrinking population,
Juneau is set to house the Coast Guard’s Aiviq icebreaker soon, but the vessel has a history of design problems and failure
12 min
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”
12 min
January 23, 2025Newscast – Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025
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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.
13 min
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
12 min
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
12 min
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
12 min