KTOO News Update

By KTOO Public Media

KTOO News Update episodes

July 02, 2024Newscast – Monday, July 1, 2024
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In this newscast:
Gov. Mike Dunleavy signed the state’s $12.2 billion operating budget Friday,
Last week, a federal judge in Anchorage ruled that tribes in Alaska can put land into trust,
Tongass Voices: Sakoon Donedin Jackson on re-indigenizing her life
11 min
June 29, 2024Newscast – Friday, June 28, 2024
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In this newscast:
The Biden Administration finalized a decision blocking the controversial Ambler Road project,
In the last 14 months, four men have died while working in the oil fields on the North Slope. Before that, the area hadn’t seen a death in about five years
11 min
June 28, 2024Newscast – Thursday, June 27, 2024
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In this newscast:
A high-stakes battle over a popular form of homeschooling reached the Alaska Supreme Court today,
Curious Juneau: Juneau is a windy city. So why don’t we have more wind turbines?
11 min
June 27, 2024Newscast – Wednesday, June 26, 2024
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In this newscast:
Supports of Alaska’s ranked-choice voting were in court Monday in an attempt to disqualify a ballot measure that would repeal the election reforms voters adopted in 2020,
A Juneau artist’s family is donating hundreds of photos of King Island taken in the early 1950s before the residents were removed from the remote Bering Sea island,
An audio postcard from Dillingham’s boatyard as fishing crews get ready for the Bristol Bay salmon season
11 min
June 26, 2024Newscast – Tuesday, June 25, 2024
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In this newscast:
Recent Juneau high school graduate and soon-to-be collegiate swimmer PJ Foy competed in the U.S. Olympic trials in Indianapolis on Friday,
Last week, a group of Juneau middle schoolers got a crash course in renewable electricity through a summer camp called the “Nature of Energy,”
The state has released its draft winter ferry schedule, which residents might find familiar,
After two failed attempts last year, a local group advocating to limit cruise tourism in Sitka filed a third petition to put the question out to voters
11 min
June 25, 2024Newscast – Monday, June 24, 2024
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In this newscast:
A Wisconsin museum has sent a Chilkat robe it’s had for the last 80 years to Sealaska Heritage Institute in Juneau in the hopes of identifying it,
The Kodiak Filipino American Association celebrated Philippine Independence Day wiht a basketball tournament,
Tongass Voices: Juneau Bike Doctor’s Ken Hill wants to get everybody on a bike
11 min
June 22, 2024Newscast – Friday, June 21, 2024
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In this newscast:
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has announced an emergency closure for most near-shore fishing areas around Juneau,
Researchers found dangerous levels of paralytic shellfish toxins in Ketchikan, and they are helping researchers learn more about the toxins,
And, if you felt that this May was especially rainy, you were right
11 min
June 21, 2024Newscast – Thursday, June 20, 2024
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In this newscast:
Local trail crews are trying to figure out how to keep up with muddier and harder-to-maintain trails in Southeast Alaska caused by climate change.
New rules for wastewater are on the horizon here in Alaska.
Seward’s Lydia Jacoby won’t compete in this summer’s Olympics in Paris.
Two men died after their small plane crashed on Tuesday into Crescent Lake on the Kenia Peninsula.
11 min
June 19, 2024Newscast – Tuesday, June 18, 2024
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In this newscast:
Juneau Mayor Beth Weldon announced that she plans to run for a third term in October’s local election,
The Juneau Assembly is increasing funding in a city loan program for purchasing mobile homes,
European green crabs are expanding their territory in Southeast Alaska,
A team of experts on sexual assault is training healthcare professionals to fill gaps in response and care
11 min
June 18, 2024Newscast – Monday, June 17, 2024
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In this newscast:
It’s taken 44 years, but a hydroelectric project in Angoon finally has all the funding and most of the permits to launch,
A rare mountain lion was shot and killed on Wrangell Island earlier this month,
Tongass Voices: The Evening Star on creating spaces for queer Indigenous people
11 min