KTOO News Update

By KTOO Public Media

KTOO News Update episodes

November 28, 2024Newscast – Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024
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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
12 min
November 27, 2024Newscast – Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024
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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
13 min
November 26, 2024Newscast – Monday, Nov. 25, 2024
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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
0 min
November 23, 2024Newscast — Friday, Nov. 22, 2024
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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
12 min
November 22, 2024Newscast — Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024
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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
13 min
November 21, 2024Newscast – Wednesday, Nov. 20th, 2024
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In this newscast:
The Juneau Assembly is petitioning the state to increase the number of alcohol liscenses in town.
The City and Borough of Juneau has introduced a plan to finance the installation of flood barriers to fight glacial outburst floods, but it could cost Valley homeowners nearly $8,000 each.
9 min
November 20, 2024Newscast – Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024
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In this newscast:
The City and Borough of Juneau will collaborate with the Central Council Tlingit & Haida on issues of public safety and composting moving forward.
The ballot measure that would repeal Alaska’s open primary and ranked choice voting is now failing by the narrowest of margins, according to today’s [MON] results update from the Division of Elections.
The Juneau Assembly unanimously approved a 500,000-dollar grant to Gastineau Human Services at a meeting last night.
This week’s Tongass Voices: Skaydu.û Jules on bringing Lingít into other traditional practices.
9 min
November 19, 2024Newscast – Monday, Nov. 18, 2024
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In this newscast:
European green crabs have been wreaking havoc up the west coast of North America. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration calls them one of the most invasive marine species in the world. And they’ve been expanding their territory in Southeast Alaska ever since they were detected near Ketchikan two years ago. A statewide task force has been formed to tackle the problem.
Two Alaska State Troopers each pleaded not guilty to a felony assault charge during an arraignment at the Kenai Courthouse on Thursday. The case stems from the violent arrest of the wrong person in Kenai earlier this year.
11 min
November 16, 2024Newscast – Friday, Nov. 15, 2024
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In this newscast:
A federal court sided with halibut conservationists in a case over new rules limiting halibut bycatch in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands,
The power went out across Juneau for about an hour on Friday afternoon,
Juneau high schoolers can swap pencils for wrenches in the districts new Diesel 101 class,
Starting next year, Ketchikan students will have a full week off for Thanksgiving
11 min
November 15, 2024Newscast – Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024
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In this newscast:
High school and middle school students in Juneau are reportedly fighting more this semester than in years prior,
Rumors abound that Gov. Mike Dunleavy may leave the governor’s mansion for a post in the Trump administration,
The City of Sitka has its first agreement with the local, privately owned cruise dock,
The former mayor of the Yukon River community of Pilot Station has pled guilty to felony election interference
13 min