KTOO News Update

By KTOO Public Media

KTOO News Update episodes

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.
11 min
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
13 min
January 14, 2025Newscast – Monday, Jan. 13, 2025
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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
12 min
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
13 min
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
12 min
January 09, 2025Newscast – Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025
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In this newscast:
After deadly fire, Juneau’s first responders say staff shortages put public at risk,
Juneau’s population is declining — and young people are leading the charge,
The Juneau Assembly voted to oppose a proposition that would limit Southeast Alaska hatchery production,
Juneau Assembly approves rezoning over 200 acres of city land for denser housing,
Petersburg is starting out the year nearly snow-less, even at high elevations
12 min
January 08, 2025Newscast – Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025
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In this newscast:
After months in a stalemate, union employees at Juneau’s hospital have a contract,
Juneau Assembly OKs $3M loan for 60-unit apartment complex in Mendenhall Valley,
President Biden announced today that he is banning offshore oil and gas drilling in large swaths of federal waters, including one section off the coast of Alaska
Tongass Voices: Juneau actor Roblin Gray Davis on clowning around
12 min
January 07, 2025Newscast – Monday, Jan. 6, 2025
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In this newscast:
A Juneau resident died after a fire broke out in a home in the Mendenhall Valley over the weekend,
The U.S. Coast Guard has taken delivery of an icebreaker,
Alaskans Christina Love and Josie Heyano served on the U.S. Advisory Council on Human Trafficking and helped shape the council’s 2024 report,
The tribe representing one of the coastal communities on the Kuskokwim Delta that were hit by a string of storms became the second-ever in Alaska to receive a federal disaster declaration
13 min
January 04, 2025Newscast – Friday, Jan. 3, 2025
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In this newscast:
Applications for the 2025 PFD opened on New Year’s Day and will stay open until March 31,
Ketchikan has a new police chief,
A new report by a state child care task force proposes dozens of recommendations aimed at expanding child care options statewide,
A 21-year-old man went missing from Fairbanks in early December, and his loved ones are searching for answers
13 min
January 03, 2025Newscast – Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025
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In this newscast:
Congress passed the American Relief Act of 2025, with millions of dollars directed to study possible ways to mitigate Juneau’s glacial outburst floods in the long term,
Juneau police name officers involved in fatal Christmas morning shooting,
Family and community members mourn the loss of Juneau resident killed by police on Christmas morning,
The Sitka Assembly is on notice that there’s another difficult year ahead for local schools,
Ketchikan Indian Community announced that it’s opened a new emergency warming shelter for unhoused tribal citizens
12 min