KTOO News Update

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KTOO News Update episodes

November 14, 2024Newscast – Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024
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In this newscast:
The Alaska Division of Elections posted an updated results tally late last night,
A state commission has finally approved the City of Hoonah’s request to form a borough, and now residents of the proposed borough will decided whether to accept it,
Someone made a $10 million mistake by buying steel for a critical dock project in Haines,
A nonprofit hydropower agency in Southeast Alaska is set to receive $5 million dollars in federal funds to increase its energy generation capacity
13 min
November 13, 2024Newscast – Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024
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In this newscast:
The Alaska Beacon reports that state legislators believe Governor Mike Dunleavy might be offered a job in the new administration of President Donald Trump,
Homer Police arrested a man Monday night as the suspect in three shootings at two local health nonprofits over the last month,
Veterans in Petersburg came together yesterday for a parade, and some received handmade quilts,
Tongass Voices: Wayne Price on the past — and future — of yaakw carving
12 min
November 09, 2024Newscast – Friday, Nov. 8, 2024
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In this newscast:
Alaska is well into the start of respiratory disease season. And with it, Alaskans are getting coughs, colds, COVID-19 and cases of flu. And physicians are seeing a few things that make this year stand out.
The Hecla Greens Creek mine near Juneau plans to break ground on an expansion sometime next year. That’s because on Thursday the U.S. Forest officially permitted its project on Admiralty Island. The move will extend mine operations for up to 18 years, but it will be subjected to some new environmental mitigation and oversight along the way.
Unofficial results from the Division of Elections showed one Southeast Alaska precinct seemed to overwhelmingly choose a peculiar candidate for the U.S. House earlier this week — a man currently imprisoned in New York. But, those results confused voters who said that didn’t line up with how they voted. And it turns out — they were right. The Division of Elections has since updated its error.
There are still tens of thousands of votes across the state left to be counted, and some key races remain undetermined. But in the Alaska Legislature members of bipartisan coalitions in the House and Senate are wasting no time in announcing their leadership and organizing their caucuses.
11 min
November 08, 2024Newscast – Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024
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In this newscast:
Some key races across Alaska remain too close to call with tens of thousands of votes yet to be counted. Ballot Measure 2, repealing ranked choice voting and open primaries, leads by less than two percentage points. A Fairbanks state Senate race and an Anchorage House race are each on a knife’s edge.
Next week marks the beginning of wolf-trapping season on Prince of Wales Island in Southeast Alaska. But on the island – and the smaller islands surrounding it – getting an accurate count of the local wolf population has been a huge challenge. Now, managers are trying some interesting new counting techniques. Last summer, they hired a dog named Barley to sniff out an important source of data for tracking and understanding wolves – their poop.
Bipartisan majorities will control both the Alaska House and Senate following the election, lawmakers said Wednesday evening.
11 min
November 07, 2024Newscast – Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024
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In this newscast:
Final election results are trickling in today [WED] for the national and state races. In Alaska, unofficial results show the Republican presidential and U.S. House candidates lead in their races statewide, but there’s evidence of a lot of split-ticket voters in Juneau,
A group home in Juneau for women experiencing addiction or leaving incarceration has just reopened after a three-year hiatus due to flooding. T’áa Shuyee Hit Haven House is now accepting applicants,
Republican challenger Nick Begich had a solid lead in the race for Alaska’s seat in the U.S. House after Tuesday’s election night vote tallies,
The effort to repeal Alaska’s ranked choice voting and open primaries was ahead slightly late Tuesday, with about three-quarters of the state’s precincts counted,
A bipartisan majority caucus is likely to hold on to control of the Alaska Senate, and some key pickups in the state House mean that the current Republican-led majority could lose control of the chamber. That’s according to early election results in state legislative races,
Initial results in Alaska’s House District 1 race have Republican Jeremy Bynum with a commanding lead at more than 50% of the vote,
The Museum of the Aleutians in Unalaska has received over 20 boxes filled with archaeological artifacts from the Islands of Four Mountains in the central Aleutian Islands. While some artifacts may never be displayed, they remain crucial to understanding Unangax̂ history.
12 min
November 05, 2024Newscast – Monday, Nov. 4, 2024
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In this newscast:
The federal Department of Justice will monitor Alaska’s compliance with federal voting rights laws in rural areas of the state for Tuesday’s election, according to a statement from the agency,
Long lines for early voting and uncontested local races in Juneau haven’t stopped voters here,
Alaska isn’t a swing state in the Presidential election, but the U.S. House race here could help decide who controls Congress, and it’s now near the top of the list of the most expensive House races in the country,
The path to more affordable homes in Ketchikan cleared an early hurdle last week, as a local resident signed over an undeveloped acre of land to the area’s new community land trust.
12 min
November 02, 2024Newscast – Friday, Nov. 1, 2024
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In this newscast:
The City and Borough of Juneau wants to fight glacial outburst floods with a temporary riverside levee. But some riverfront property owners don’t want it.
Alaska’s election results will likely not be ready on Election Day.
10 min
November 01, 2024Newscast – Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024
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In this newscast:
A conservative campaign group is facing questions over whether it properly disclosed the donors who funded ads in Alaska races,
Lingít veterans hold space for dual identities during US Navy apology in Angoon,
Searchers from Sitka on Wednesday (10-30-24) recovered the body of a hunter who died in a brown bear attack,
As the first major batch of snow falls in Anchorage, the city is opening more hotel rooms to serve as shelter for homeless residents
13 min
October 31, 2024Newscast – Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024
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In this newscast,
Change is coming to Juneau’s local convenience store chain following new ownership,
Juneau Compost and Juneau RecycleWorks are partnering to open pumpkin drop-off bins starting Friday,
Two Juneau residents were honored last night at the Alaska Governor’s Arts and Humanities Awards in Anchorage,
The US Navy formally apologized to the community of Angoon for the 1882 bombardment of their village,
The state’s department of corrections is struggling to keep up with all the ways fentanyl is getting into jails and prisons
12 min
October 30, 2024Newscast – Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024
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In this newscast:
Alaska voters will decide the future of the state’s ranked choice voting system in this November’s election,
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is opening a disaster recovery center at Mendenhall Valley Public Library starting Wednesday,
The Alaska Marine Highway System’s plan for the next 20 years was discussed at a day-long meeting in Anchorage,
On Friday, President Joe Biden apologized for the harm done to generations of Native American children who were taken from their homes and forced to attend boarding schools
13 min