KTOO News Update

By KTOO Public Media

KTOO News Update episodes

August 30, 2024Newscast – Thursday, August 29, 2024
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In this newscast:
A new partnership between a cruise ship company and a local Alaska Native corporation aims to improve internet in the downtown area during the cruise season,
Juneau’s Echo Ranch Bible Camp is among the places where a California man allegedly abused boys over the span of decades, according to a recent lawsuit. Now, the people who say they were victims of Bradley Earl Reger are trying to hold the institutions where the abuse took place accountable,
More than three dozen entities have called on the Biden Administration and the EPA to ban the use of technology that uses water to flush out harmful chemicals from a ship’s exhaust at the national level,
Alaska Congresswoman Mary Peltola and challenger Nick Begich vied for the support of the oil industry at a candidates’ forum in Anchorage
12 min
August 29, 2024Newscast – Wednesday, August 28, 2024
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In this newscast:
Teams of scientists, engineers and meteorologists continue their work assessing the steep hillside in Ketchikan following Sunday’s fatal landslide,
The annual State of the Climate report is out,
Officials say the Covenant House youth homeless shelter in Anchorage helps young people with skills to live on their own,
Climate change is altering where wild berries grow in Alaska, and when, so researchers are gathering data
13 min
August 28, 2024Newscast – Tuesday, August 28, 2024
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In this newscast:
US Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland has finalized a decision to maintain protections for 28 million acres of wilderness lands across Alaska, known as “D-1” lands,
Ketchikan residents describe a chaotic scene in the minutes and hours after a landslide ripped through a residential neighborhood,
A new study released by NOAA deepens the connection between human-caused climate change and the die-off of Bering Sea snow crabs,
Tongass Voices: Sh Dei Wooteen Jeni Brown on speaking up — “Everybody has a warrior inside them”
13 min
August 27, 2024Newscast – Monday, August 26, 2024
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In this newscast:
Southeast Alaska health officials say cases of pertussis, commonly called whooping cough, are up in Juneau,
Emergency crews responded to a large landslide that killed one person and destroyed several houses in Ketchikan on Sunday,
A bellweather trial is began today in a fight over whether the parent companies of two Alaska grocery chains can merge,
Petersburg residents are ramping up their efforts to track and combat the invasive European green crabs,
Southeast Alaska’s king salmon sport fishery is closed, effective Monday through the end of September
13 min
August 24, 2024Newscast – Friday, August 23, 2024
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In this newscast:
A new program in Gustavus will provide residents with money for heat pumps,
The family of a man who was shot and killed by law enforcement in Juneau in July say they’re still waiting for answers,
Alaskans have limited access to medicinal and recreational psychedelics, but an upcoming conference, called Arctic Visions, will address ethical, cultural and logistical approaches to psychedelic practices,
A ballot measure that could repeal Alaska’s ranked choice election system is headed to a vote in November, the Alaska Supreme Court confirmed Thursday.
0 min
August 23, 2024Newscast – Thursday, August 22, 2024
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In this newscast:
Illegal student parking is on the rise near Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé,
Bartlett Regional Hospital’s nationwide search for a new CEO has narrowed down to three candidates,
The three members of Alaska’s Congressional delegation are calling for action from President Biden on transboundary mining in British Columbia,
Some lawmakers have tried, but all failed to pass a law to delegate the responsibility of making new specialty license plates to the Alaska Division of Motor Vehicles – that is, until this year.
11 min
August 22, 2024Newscast – Wednesday, August 21, 2024
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In this newscast:
KTOO speaks with the new executive director of the Glory Hall, who’s looking forward to adding more units to its supportive housing program,
A coalition of Southeast Alaska tribes is asking for a pause on reopening a large gold and silver mine near the Canadian border
11 min
August 21, 2024Newscast – Tuesday, August 20, 2024
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In this newscast:
The Juneau Assembly unanimously passed an emergency resolution last night freeing up more than a million dollars of city funding for more flood response and recovery,
The purpose of Tuesday’s primary election is to narrow each field to four candidates, but few races have more than four to start with,
Tongass Voices: James Houck on the joy of pedaling people through Juneau
11 min
August 20, 2024Newscast – Monday, August 19, 2024
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/20240819-News-Update.mp3
In this newscast:
Gov. Dunleavy signed a bipartisan bill into law last week that puts more guardrails on how local governments assess the value of real estate,
A controversial 2023 court ruling ordering the closure of commercial trolling for king salmon in Southeast Alaska has been lifted,
The Metlakatla Indian Community is receiving $2 million of federal funding for its tribally owned salmon hatchery
11 min
August 17, 2024Newscast – Friday, Aug. 16, 2024
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In this newscast:
Dog sledding is an iconic piece of Alaska’s history — from its roots in Alaska Native culture to the Klondike Gold Rush to the Iditarod — it’s stood the test of time. And today, it’s taken on a new form to help it survive: excursions for the ever-booming cruise ship tourism industry.
Two Alaska State Troopers are being charged with assault for using unreasonable force while arresting a person in Kenai who they thought was someone else. That’s according to criminal charges filed Wednesday.
11 min