KTOO News Update

By KTOO Public Media

KTOO News Update episodes

July 19, 2024Newscast – Thursday, July 18, 2024
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In this newscast:
State officials say they’re working to improve the speed of their investigations into police shootings as public pressure mounts for the release of body camera footage of the incidents,
A federal judge is sending Interior Department officials back to the drawing board after concluding that a Cook Inlet oil and gas lease sale didn’t adequately consider the possible impacts on endangered beluga whales in the area,
The judge sentencing convicted killer Brian Smith in Anchorage last week gave prosecutors the 226 year sentence they asked for, for the murders of two Alaska Native women
11 min
July 18, 2024Newscast – Wednesday, July 17, 2024
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In this newscast:
Resurrection Lutheran Church held a vigil for Steven Kissack, and many community members are still reeling after he was shot and killed by law enforcement,
Archeologists excavating an ancient pit house near Delta Junction say the artifacts they’ve found have helped them understand more about the people who’ve lived there for 14,000 years
11 min
July 16, 2024Newscast – Monday, July 15, 2024
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In this newscast:
A landslide in downtown Juneau displaced at least seven people in the Strasbaugh Apartments building late Sunday morning amid heavy rain.
A federal judge in Juneau sentenced two members of a Washington state family who sold over 1 million dollars of fake Alaska Native art in Ketchikan.
In the wake of five police shootings in Anchorage in less than two months, the Party for Socialism and Liberation-Anchorage is pushing for the city to establish an independent police review board to increase transparency and accountability.
The wet weather that drenched much of Southeast Alaska over the weekend is expected to persist through tomorrow morning.
11 min
July 13, 2024Newscast – Friday, July 12, 2024
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/20240712-News-Update.mp3
In this newscast:
The start of the 10-day period to file to run for a seat on Juneau’s Assembly or Board of Education opened today,
Communities across the state like Ketchikan are developing tough-on-crime policies to try to reduce the crime rates, and KRBD stopped by a community organization that’s using a different method to reduce recidivism,
The U.S. Coast Guard encountered four Chinese military ships in the Bering Sea over the weekend
11 min
July 11, 2024Newscast – Wednesday, July 10, 2024
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In this newscast:
An Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development study shows that Juneau has the highest average cost of a single-family home in Alaska,
New rules for bringing dogs into the United States are set to take effect next month, and will have some unique impacts in Alaska,
A fisherman has died in Bristol Bay’s sockeye salmon gillnet fishery
11 min
July 10, 2024Newscast – Tuesday, July 9, 2024
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/20240709-News-Update.mp3
In this newscast:
A citizen’s committee charged with reviewing books for the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District has completed its work,
The Alaska chapter of the ACLU is stepping up its pressure on the Alaska Department of Corrections over what it says are improper restrictions on inmates’ access to private conversations with their attorneys,
Tongass Voices: Lovely Colours on playing for their hometown
11 min
July 09, 2024Newscast – Monday, July 8, 2024
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/20240708-News-Update.mp3
In this newscast:
Dozens of jobs previously cut from the Juneau School District due to a lack of funding are now being added back for the coming school year,
Cool, rainy weather over the long holiday weekend aided firefighters working to contain wildfires around the state,
The Alaska Marine Highway System’s proposed winter ferry schedule has just one ferry serving Southeast Alaska’s main route, and it leaves some communities out,
North Pacific sablefish are a single genetic population, according to a new study published last month through NOAA fisheries
11 min
July 06, 2024Newscast – Friday, July 5, 2024
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/20240705-News-Update.mp3
In this newscast:
The Alaska Supreme Court handed the state a victory last week when it reversed a lower court ruling that had thrown out two key homeschool laws as unconstitutional, but there’s a key question the court didn’t address: whether Alaska correspondence schools can allow parents to spend public money at private schools,
An electrical fire damaged one of three spiral freezers aboard the Northline Seafood floating processing barge over the weekend, leaving the barge at a reduced capacity just ahead of the peak of the region’s massive sockeye run
11 min
July 04, 2024Newscast – Wednesday, July 3, 2024
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/20240703-News-Update.mp3
In this newscast:
Ice is melting faster in the Juneau Icefield than expected,
Juneau’s former downtown homeless shelter has been converted into seven affordable housing units,
A Canadian company is getting close to the permitting stage to reopen a gold mine at the headwaters of a river that flows into Southeast Alaska, and the British Columbia government is downplaying their responsibility to consult with Alaska tribes
11 min
July 03, 2024Newscast – Tuesday, July 2, 2024
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/20240702-News-Update.mp3
In this newscast:
The Little Mermaid Beauty Salon in Douglas closed for good last weekend after 60 years,
A researcher with the Pacific Northwest Research Station is recording connections between people and subsistence foods for a new project with the National Forest Service
11 min