KTOO News Update

By KTOO Public Media

KTOO News Update episodes

July 29Newscast – Tuesday, July 28, 2026
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/20260728-News-Update.mp3
In this newscast:
Forecasters predict the glacial lake responsible for producing Juneau’s annual glacial outburst flood will fill a bit later than initially forecast,
Eight candidates are vying for three open seats on the Juneau Assembly during this fall’s local election,
The upcoming school year is less than one month away and district leadership says operations will remain largely the same,
A handful of state legislators returned to Juneau on Monday to begin a third special session on tax breaks for the Alaska LNG project,
A new Anchorage Police program aims to improve public safety by getting people into substance use treatment
13 min
July 28Newscast – Monday, July 27, 2026
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/20260727-News-Update-1.mp3
In this newscast:
Southcentral Alaska’s largest natural gas utility is asking state regulators to consider allowing it to develop more natural gas storage
A Juneau mom’s sourdough microbakery in Mendenhall Valley has quickly risen in popularity
Recently discovered fossils in northern Alaska show rodent-like mammals roamed the land 70 million years ago, and they’ve been given Inupiaq names
12 min
July 25Newscast – Friday, July 24, 2026
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/20260724-News-Update.mp3
In this newscast:
A Juneau public transportation survey closes Sunday
The University of Alaska Southeast is partnering with Minnesota-based Mitchell Hamline School of Law to allow Alaska students to get a law degree locally
The Juneau Assembly plans to tackle major local election topics on Monday
Investors that want to ship bulk water out of Sitka are asking for an extension to gather funding for a plan
The CDC reports a fourth gastrointestinal illness outbreak aboard the National Geographic Seabird since late May
Fewer sockeye salmon are returning to the Kenai River than did this time last year
12 min
July 24Newscast – Thursday, July 23, 2026
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/20260723-News-Update.mp3
In this newscast:
The Alaska Division of Elections has moed thousands of registered voters to its “inactive” list due to suspicion that they are not citizens.
As the candidate filing deadline approaches, the race for Juneau’s two open school board seats appears to be uncontested so far.
One of Dutch Harbor’s major seafood processors plans to pay about $5,900 to federal regulators to settle violations of the Clean Water Act.
Geoff and Marcy Larson talk about running the Alaskan Brewing Company, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year.
12 min
July 23Newscast: Wednesday, July 22, 2026
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/20260722-News-Update-2.mp3
In this newscast:
Human remains were discovered inside a chest freezer at a Lemon Creek residence on Sunday.
Juneau residents in the glacial outburst flood zone are preparing for the annual flood expected soon. At a sandbag event in Mendenhall Valley on Saturday, some of that prep work is easier and faster than it was last year.
Alaska U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski announced last week that her bill allowing five Alaska Native communities in Southeast Alaska to receive land entitlements passed out of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
In less than a month, Alaskans will cast their votes for governor in the primary election. But with 17 candidates, how do you choose? At a speed dating-style event in Anchorage Monday, members of the public got to talk with the gubernatorial hopefuls.
13 min
July 22Newscast – Tuesday, July 21, 2026
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/20260721-News-Update.mp3
In this newscast:
Juneau now has a free vending machine to distribute community health and healing supplies,
As the threat of the next glacial outburst flood looms over Juneau, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it will pay for repairs to the flood wall in the aftermath,
A woman is safe after she lost strength while swimming in the water near Mill Street in downtown Ketchikan,
Rockskippers recently competed on a beach a stone’s throw from Ketchikan to see whose rock could bounce the most
11 min
July 21Newscast – Monday, July 20, 2026
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/20260720-News-Update.mp3
In this newscast:
A driver struck a Juneau man on a skateboard near the Juneau-Douglas Bridge late last night, causing life-threatening injuries.
Setting a trial date for a former Juneau school principal is delayed again.
The city of Wrangell is moving forward with plans to build a massive shipyard.
The lead Democrat in the race for Alaska’s U.S. House seat is suspending his campaign.
Making biochar adds another way to improve local Sitkans’ gardens.
12 min
July 18Newscast – Friday, July 17, 2026
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/20260717-News-Update.mp3
In this newscast:
The retrial against a former Juneau chiropractor accused of assaulting more than a dozen women still has no set trial date, nearly a year after the first trial.
The filing period to run for a seat on Juneau’s Assembly or school baord opened friday, and some residents were itching to enter the races.
A brown bear attacked at the Alaska Zoo in Anchorage by another bear last month has been transferred to a new facility, according to zoo staff and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
Preparations for the Southeast Alaska State Fair are in full swing before its big opening next week.
13 min
July 17Newscast – Thursday, July 16, 2026
In this newscast:
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/20260716-News-Update-1.mp3
A popular downtown Juneau restaurant is now up for sale — but it’s not closing any time soon.
About a dozen people gathered on the Alaska State Capitol building steps in Juneau this morning to oppose a proposed liquefied natural gas pipeline, while lawmakers inside debated a multibillion-dollar tax break for the project.
Juneau’s downtown City Hall building will be up for sale soon. One interested buyer is its neighbor, Sealaska Heritage Institute.
The latest campaign finance data in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race show Democrat Mary Peltola has vastly outraised incumbent Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has detained a state of Alaska lawyer who is originally from China, according to ICE officials.
An Anchorage man died in the custody of the state Department of Corrections on June 21st, according to the DOC.
13 min
July 16Newscast – Wednesday, July 15, 2026
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/20260715-News-Update.mp3
In this newscast:
A Juneau non-profit is looking for local childcare providers to offer after-school care at two elementary schools that lost the service in recent years.
The Juneau Police Department is seeking the public’s help in locating the person who submerged a truck in Gastineau Channel near Douglas Harbor early this morning.
Processors are paying more for commercial salmon this season than in recent years, and it has to do with international markets.
For Tongass Voices, Xeetli.éesh Lyle James talks about learning and teaching Lingít for more than two decades.
13 min