KTOO News Update

By KTOO Public Media

KTOO News Update episodes

August 16, 2024Newscast – Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024
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In this newscast:
It was the first day of school for students in the Juneau School District today. And, it’s also the first time students headed to the newly consolidated high school and middle school campuses.
An emergency day care center opens up in the former Floyd Dryden Middle School as residents continue to recover from the glacier outburst flood last week.
11 min
August 15, 2024Newscast – Wednesday, August 14, 2024
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In this newscast:
A newly permitted affordable housing project hopes to help fill gaps in Juneau’s housing,
Archivists with Sealaska Heritage Institute is cataloging lost and found from nearly two decades of Celebrations,
A renowned culture-bearer in Sitka passed away last month
11 min
August 14, 2024Newscast – Tuesday, August 13, 2024
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In this newscast:
Ten disabled Alaskans are suing the state, and the guardian the state appointed to take care of them, in a class-action lawsuit, alleging financial abuse and neglect,
Tongass Voices: Diosdado Valdez on finding family away from home
11 min
August 13, 2024Newscast – Monday, August 12, 2024
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In this newscast:
The first day of school for the Juneau School District is just around the corner — classes kick off on Thursday. KTOO’s Clarise Larson sat down with Superintendent Frank Hauser to chat about the start of the new year with the consolidation plan in place, the stability of the district moving forward and what students can expect,
A Juneau stage was packed with artists on Saturday night. They were there to pay tribute to Steven Kissack, a local man who was shot and killed by law enforcement last month. Many on stage and in the crowd knew Kissack. He’d lived on the streets downtown for years
11 min
August 10, 2024Newscast – Friday, August 9, 2024
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In this newscast:
Alaska Congresswoman Mary Peltola joined D.C. lawmakers from 16 states in a legal brief backing a lawsuit to stop a massive, national grocery store merger,
In House District 40, covering the North Slope and the Northwest Arctic, the big issue is the incumbent’s vote this spring to sustain the governor’s veto of education funding,
Alaska used to have some of the strictest campaign spending laws in the country, but since 2021 the state has had no limits on individual donations, but a group is trying to restore some limits with a ballot initiative
11 min
August 09, 2024Newscast – Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024
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In this newscast:
Juneau residents affected by record-breaking glacial outburst flooding are in the process of cleaning up flood damage. Scores of volunteers are pitching in, and the state and the City and Borough of Juneau are offering resources for clean up.
Plans to redevelop a historic neighborhood in the heart of downtown Juneau are moving forward. The city says the project could add more than 100 new units of badly needed housing.
Alaska musician Quinn Christopherson speaks to KTOO for the latest Tongass Voices episode.
11 min
August 08, 2024Newscast – Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024
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In this newscast:
Governor Mike Dunleavy and U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski toured the Juneau neighborhoods that experienced record-breaking flooding earlier this week. Now, residents are beginning to recover and assess the damage, and city and state officials are working together to figure out next steps.
The U.S. Interior Department says it reviewed over a million pages of federal records to produce a two-volume report on Native boarding schools. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland released the second volume last month. The report also makes recommendations –that include apologies to communities for forcibly taking children from their homes to assimilate them — as well as programs that offer healing through language and culture.
Southeast Alaska has almost a full week of sunshine ahead, but those blue skies will be slightly dingy with smoke from wildfires in Canada.
11 min
August 07, 2024Newscast – Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024
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In this newscast:
The Juneau Assembly has selected Emily Wright to serve as the City and Borough of Juneau’s new city attorney.
Glacial outburst flooding in Juneau broke records for the second year in a row. The Mendenhall River crested at nearly 16 feet in the early morning hours on Tuesday.
A homer man is making alcohol from locally grown ingredients.
11 min
August 06, 2024Newscast – Monday, Aug. 5, 2024
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In this newscast:
Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed five bills last week that lawmakers passed after midnight on the last day of the legislative session. Dunleavy says the bills, which passed on what was technically the 122nd day of the session, violated the Alaska Constitution’s limit on the length of the legislative session.
There are currently 11 candidates running to unseat Alaska Democratic Congresswoman Mary Peltola this November. One candidate though has some… let’s say, extra hurdles.
Glacial outburst flooding in Mendenhall Lake and River is underway. The latest forecast predicts a crest of more than 15 feet sometime after midnight Monday. That would surpass last year’s record-breaking flood.
11 min
August 03, 2024Newscast – Friday, Aug. 2, 2024
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In this newscast:
A pair of state House lawmakers are calling on their colleagues to reconvene to restore millions in education funding erased by Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s line-item vetoes.
A geologist who has studied Southeast Alaska’s rocks and minerals for decades is creating a new geologic map of the region.
11 min