KTOO News Update

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KTOO News Update episodes

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.
12 min
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.
12 min
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
12 min
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.
10 min
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.
11 min
September 07, 2024Newscast – Friday, Sept. 6, 2024
In this newscast:
Juneau Police Department say they will release body camera footage from July’s fatal police shooting early next week, along with findings from the Alaska Office of Special Prospecutions Investigation into the incident.
The Alaska Democratic Party is suing the state’s Division of Elections to remove Eric Hafner, a canidate running from the confines of a federal prison in New York State.
1 min
September 06, 2024Newscast – Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024
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In this newscast:
Homeowners in the Mendenhall Valley are cleaning up and making repairs after last month’s record-breaking glacial outburst flood. They say it’s hard to know what kind of flood mitigation will protect them next year.
Advocates for the “Ship Free Saturday” ballot initiative hope to drum up support before the fall election.
9 min
September 05, 2024Newscast – Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024
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In this newscast:
A state agency that’s been awarding annual grants to Alaska libraries cut some of its stipend this year, and smaller rural libraries may suffer.
For Tongass Voices, Nutaaq Doreen Simmonds is an Inupiaq actor starring in “Cold Case” a play opening this weekend at Perserverance Theater.
10 min
September 04, 2024Newscast – Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024
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In this newscast:
A widespread internet outage in Sitka continued into the weekend.
Underwater anthropologist Kelly Monteleone kicks off Sealaska Heritage Institute’s fall lecture series this week.
A new project helps provides communities with data in
0 min
August 31, 2024Newscast – Friday, August 30, 2024
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In the newscast:
Heavy rainfall is coming to Southeast Alaska this weekend, beginning Friday afternoon,
An advocacy group is telling Juneau residents to vote no on a proposition set to appear on the local ballot this fall. It’s about whether large cruise ships should be banned on Saturdays starting next year,
Sitka continued to experience a wide internet and cell service outage Friday,
Despite the outage, a Sitka search and rescue ended successfully,
Dr. Gabriel Wolken on how landslides are often the result of a complicated series of events
13 min