KTOO News Update

By KTOO Public Media

KTOO News Update episodes

June 15, 2024Newscast – Friday, June 14, 2024
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In this newscast:
Cultural ambassadors are now at the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center to teach Lingit culture and history to tourists,
Representative Mary Peltola recently introduced two bills aimed at addressing bycatch in federal trawl fisheries
11 min
June 14, 2024Newscast – Thursday, June 13, 2024
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In this newscast:
A drag story time in Seward faced a bomb threat on Saturday, but the event persisted,
Curious Juneau: What will happen to Juneau’s City Hall mural if the city moves out?
2 min
June 13, 2024Newscast – Wednesday, June 12, 2024
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In this newscast:
A Superior Court judge in Anchorage has dismissed a significant portion of a lawsuit filed by supporters of Alaska’s ranked choice voting,
A search is underway for a missing Ketchikan woman,
Museum curators, chemists and Alaska Native weavers have worked to solve the mystery of what dye techniques were used to produce the colors in Chilkat weaving,
Juneau Animal Rescue removed over 50 cats and kittens from a Juneau residence
11 min
June 12, 2024Newscast – Tuesday, June 11, 2024
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In this newscast:
Last week, SHI presented a film screening of Tlingit Macbeth. The production reimagines Shakespeare’s 400-year-old play by infusing elements of Lingit language and culture,
The federal government is considering a request that would grant the Gulf of Alaska king salmon Endangered Species Act protections
11 min
June 11, 2024Newscast – Monday, June 10, 2024
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In this newscast:
A federal lawsuit over fishing rights for the people of Alaska’s only Native reservation is likely heading for trial,
Every year, one dance group is chosen to lead the procession of dancers that begins and ends Celebration,
Tongass Voices: Nick Alan Foote on coming home for Celebration
11 min
June 08, 2024Newscast – Friday, June 7, 2024
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In this newscast:
Southeast Alaska’s cutest models hit the stage at Centennial Hall on Thursday for Celebration’s Toddler Regalia Review,
The state of Alaska is facing a new class action lawsuit over its failure to process Medicaid applications on time. That’s after state officials told Alaska Public Media last month that more than 15,000 Alaskans are waiting for their applications to be approved,
Researchers are monitoring a bloom of phytoplankton near one of Kodiak Island’s beaches that is known to cause paralytic shellfish poisoning, or PSP
11 min
June 07, 2024Newscast – Thursday, June 6, 2024
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In this newscast:
Earlier this week, a swath of gray storm clouds interrupted an afternoon of clear blue skies in Juneau. A few people caught the sound of thunder and saw flashes of lightning. Juneau is no stranger to rainy days, but thunderstorms only happen once every two years or so here. KTOO’s Anna Canny explains why they’re so rare;
A mother-daughter duo — a weaver and an engraver — won Best of Show at this Celebration’s Juried Arts show. Their winning entry was a spruce root hat called Dancing in the Summer Rain,
A new scientific paper released by NOAA last month highlights a crucial disconnect between the needs of rural communities in the north Bering Sea and the resources available to them
11 min
June 06, 2024Newscast – Wednesday, June 5, 2024
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In this newscast:
Traditional canoes — or yaakw — landed in Juneau Tuesday to mark the start of the bi-annual Celebration festival,
A team of local scientists and emergency managers are trying to improve flood forecasts,
Tongass Voices: Dave Hanson on the cosmos of Marie Drake Planetarium
11 min
June 05, 2024Newscast – Tuesday, June 4, 2024
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/20230604-News-Update.mp3
In this newscast:
Last week, an Alaska Coach Tours bus backed into a totem pole at the Juneau-Douglas City Museum, and drove off. Witnesses called the museum to report the accident. There’s minimal damage to the pole and city engineers made sure it was stable. But for the son of the man who carved the 57-year-old totem pole, the accident was a reminder of what this piece means to him and his father’s legacy.
Naomi Michelson shares her reflections on the practice of respectful harvesting for this week’s Garden Talk.
11 min
June 04, 2024Newscast – Monday, June 3, 2024
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In this newscast:
Civil liberties advocates are accusing the Alaska Department of Corrections of unconstitutionally limiting prisoners’ access to attorneys at the state’s only all-female prison.
For Curious Juneau, Yvonne Krumrey delves into the history of Auke Rec, where canoes land for Celebration each year.
11 min