KTOO News Update

In this newscast: At least three people are dead and three are still missing after Monday's landslide in Wrangell; Housing availability and cost of living remain barriers for young people considering a move to Juneau; Downtown Petersburg businesses are hit with a series of burglaries; Climate change is expected to bring more heavy snow to Anchorage in future winters

In this newscast: A child is dead and at least five people are missing after a large landslide near Wrangell; A blizzard brought high winds to downtown Juneau and several inches of snow to the Mendenhall Valley; Seventy-eight Alaska Native tribes are urging the Bureau of Land Management to maintain protections on millions of acres of land; A lawsuit accuses the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District of violating students' rights by removing books from libraries

In this newscast: The Alaska Chapter of Planned Parenthood has filed a lawsuit against the state to challenge a 50-year-old law that restricts certain healthcare workers from providing abortions. Dozens of people turned out for a emotional Bureau of Land Management meeting earlier this month to oppose the controversial proposal for the Ambler Road.  …

In this newscast: The Juneau School District ended the last fiscal year with an almost $2 million deficit in its operating fund. That’s according to an audit presented to the school board on Tuesday. Now, lower-than-expected enrollment this fall has grown that deficit to nearly $3 million; Few in Juneau know the name Jimmy Manning. But for much of the last century, he was the community’s most famous athlete. In the 1960s, new baseball fields in Savikko Park were named after him. But overtime, those signs disappeared. Now, the Douglas Indian Association is working with the city to bring his name back to the ballpark; The first people at the scene of Monday night’s crash of an Air Station Sitka helicopter were the crew of the distressed fishing vessel it was sent to assist

In this newscast: A father and son are charged with more than 50 violations of state fishing laws; Coast Guard crew involved in a helicopter crash near Petersburg have been released from the hospital; Questions about how local police handled the deaths of two Kotzebue women

In this newscast: Tlingit Haida Regional Housing Authority has won a $2 million grant to help tribal citizens in Southeast Alaska become homeowners. The funding will help low-income tribal citizens qualify for mortgage loans and build homes; Juneau’s pinball community has created a space where women can play without as much pressure: women’s only nights. Anyone who identifies as a woman or non-binary can play, and the ones who go say it’s often more fun than the usual tournaments; The organization Last Frontier Honors Flight offers flights to Washington DC for veterans to bond with other veterans and honor their service. One Kotzebue resident was one of two dozen Alaskans aboard the flight

In this newscast: Climate change is here, and it threatens the health, livelihoods and cultural practices of Alaskans across the state. That’s the prevailing message of a new federal report out today; A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crashed around 10:40 p.m. last night on Read Island in Farragut Bay, about 22 miles northwest of Petersburg. There were four crew members aboard, and all survived; European green crabs haven’t made it to Sitka – not yet, anyway. During the Alaska Invasive Species Partnership workshop Thursday in Sitka, experts from around coastal Alaska spoke about current strategies to fight these invasive crabs; Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom announced today that she’s running for Alaska’s sole seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, challenging Congresswoman Mary Peltola

In this newscast: One person died in a fire at an outdoor camp in east Anchorage on Thursday morning; As part of Native American Heritage month, the American Bar Association recently asked a group of Native women to talk about how they became both lawyers and trailblazers̱; Sitka’s new Catholic priest has an unusual skill set – he’s also the official exorcist for the Catholic Church in Alaska

In this newscast: Ted Van Alst and Shane Hawk are the Indigenous editors of “Never Whistle at Night,” published in September. KTOO’s Yvonne Krumrey spoke with them about the instability at the heart of the horror genre, and how Indigenous authors have used that to tell their stories; Three of the indigenous men known as the “Fairbanks 4” have settled a federal civil rights suit against the city of Fairbanks

In this newscast: Juneau city leaders and business owners reflect on a record breaking tourist season; The ACLU of Alaska calls attention too the high rates of death in Alaska prisons; Ketchikan residents say goodbye to a beloved building after a catastrophic fire