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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September 21, 2024Newscast – Friday, Sept. 20, 2024
In this newscast:
A coalition of Juneau scientists, conservationists, and wildlife enthusiasts will hold a forum about the proposed Juneau-Douglas Second Crossing next week
Quakers return cultural artifacts to Kake at the annual Dog Salmon Festival
Peltola bill would lift the ban on bringing puppies through Canada
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12min
September 20, 2024Newscast – Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024
In this newscast:
Juneau voters will decide whether to OK $10M bond for wastewater infrastructure improvements.
The Alaska Marine Highway System has been awarded $177.4 million in federal grants.
Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend for 2024 is $1,702.
Fall is peak fishing for certain species on Prince of Wales Island.
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10min
September 19, 2024Newscast – Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024
In this newscast:
Postal inspectors stopped a suspicious envelope intended for Alaska elections officials.
Miscommunication leads to hundreds of extra ballots sent to Juneau voters.
Alaska is in the middle of an epidemic of whooping cough cases.
This week’s Tongass Voices features Mitch Erie, a U.S. Forest Service firefighter.
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12min
September 18, 2024Newscast – Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024
In this newscast:
Bethel Regional High School classes were temporarily suspended on Monday morning in response to a threat that spread on social media.
Juneau Assembly discusses funding for flood preparation as residents ask for more guidance.
Bartlett Regional Hospital’s Rainforest Recovery Center will permanently close next week.
Seagriculture USA occurred in Ketchikan last week, and participants discussed Alaska’s potential growth as a seaweed producer.
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12min
September 17, 2024Newscast – Monday, Sept. 16, 2024
In this newscast:
Four people have died after a plane they were traveling in from Bethel crashed short of the runway in St. Mary’s late Sunday (9/15) night.
The Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska has received $15 million in funding via the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grant program.
Researchers have documented a hundred more cases of bird flu in Alaska, but some species are showing signs of immunity to the disease.
2024 is shaping up to be the 12th year in a row in which Alaska will see a net population migration loss. Some surprising factors are leading the trend.
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13min
September 13, 2024Newscast – Friday, Sept. 13, 2024
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In this newscast:
The City and Borough of Juneau is asking voters whether or not to take out 12.7 million in bond debt to help replace the radio system that police and firefighters use to communicate.
Juneau residents took to the Capitol this week to protest Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of a bill that would have expanded access to birth control.
The Alaska Supreme Court has affirmed the U.S. House candidacy of Eric Hafner, a Democrat imprisoned in New York state.
Repairs have been made to the broken subsea fiber optic cable that took Sitka offline over two weeks ago, but it could be several days until cellular service and internet access are totally restored.
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12min
September 13, 2024Newscast – Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024
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In this newscast:
Ballots for Juneau’s local election are being mailed to registered voters Thursday.
Landslides are nothing new among Southeast Alaska’s steep mountainsides and heavy rain. But the idea that every few years, another Southeast Alaska community has to dig its way out after a fatal disaster — that is new.
Trail Mix, Inc.’s Meghan Tabacek shares how the makeup of the nonprofit’s trail crews has changed for this week’s Tongass Voices.
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12min
September 12, 2024Newscast – Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024
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In this newscast:
The two law enforcement officers who shot and killed a Juneau man who they say lunged at them with a knife during a standoff earlier this summer will not face criminal charges.
Bartlett Regional Hospital’s board of directors has named Joe Wanner as its new CEO
Assembly candidates in Juneau’s upcoming municipal election discussed public safety issues during a forum last week
A documentary examining the impact of the explosive growth of cruise tourism in Sitka will debut this weekend on national television
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12min
September 11, 2024Newscast – Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024
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In this newscast:
The Juneau Parks and Recreation Office is moving operations into a downtown building vacated by the Juneau School District
Juneau’s city leaders say they’re working with federal partners on strategies to prepare for future floods in the Mendenhall Valley, following a second year of record-breaking glacial outburst flooding.
The Tongass National Forest has a new online tool for subsistence users in Southeast Alaska. They call it the Subsistence Dashboard.
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10min
September 10, 2024Newscast – Monday, Sept. 9, 2024
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In this newscast:
Douglas Island issues got the spotlight at a Juneau Assembly candidate forum on Sunday
New research hopes to find ways for bears and people to coexist more peacefully in Juneau
A clinical mental health counselor in Sitka shares the unexpected upside of being out of touch thanks to the community’s ongoing internet outage.
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11min

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