KTOO News Update

In this newscast: At a water blessing ceremony on Klehini River, Klukwan residents speak out against the proposed Palmer mine. FEMA under civil rights investigation after sending ‘unintelligible’ Merbok relief info to Alaska Native communities.

In this newscast: The Presbyterian Church begins giving reparations to Juneau's Alaska Native community, more than 60 years after the closure of Rev. Walter Soboleff's church; Alaska Native students in Anchorage celebrate Indigenous People's Day with dance performances and Native Youth Olympics events; Bethel organizations put on a day of activities for the holiday

In this newscast: The collapse of salmon on the Yukon River means some young people may miss out on Alaska Native traditions. The Facebook page “Inupiaq Word of the Day” works to revitalize the language.

In this newscast: Sealaska Heritage Institute recently erected storyboards next to each of the 12 totem poles that went up along Juneau's waterfront this year; False information circulated on social media last weekend about the Alaska Marine Highway's route to Prince Rupert, British Columbia, causing panic; Alaska Seaplanes announced yesterday that it will close its Petersburg and Wrangell locations

In this newscast: Scammers are targeting Juneau homeowners as they deal with property damage from August’s record glacial outburst flood; Wild king salmon stocks are in decline all over the North Pacific Ocean and Alaska. Some regions outside of Alaska attempt to conserve the fish by limiting sport fishermen to hatchery-only kings; Escaping postponement due to the threat of last week’s pending government shutdown, Katmai National Park and Preserve’s Fat Bear Week is here

In this newscast: One of the finalist for Juneau police chief led an investigation last year that targeted two school administrators who stored explicit photos of a minor as evidence in a sexting investigation; Wetland-heavy communities are wondering whether U.S. Supreme Court decision that narrowed the gap of the Clean Water Act will clear an easier path to development

In this newscast:  The National Weather Service has issued a flood warning for areas around Jordan Creek, Montana Creek and Auke Lake; Áak'w Rock, an event billed as the only Indigenous music festival in the country, begins today; A team of scientists at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks just released its first "berry booklet"; A proxy moose hunt program in Bethel means those two are elderly or disabled don't have to sit out the moose harvest

In this newscast: The Juneau Assembly is considering repealing hazard maps and development restrictions that have been in place since the 1980s; For three years, volunteers have been restoring cemeteries on Douglas Island, and now they're questioning whose job it is to maintain these sites; A proposal to dramatically relax Anchorage's rules for where different types of housing can and can't be built has been rewritten

In this newscast: The Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska held a forum for Juneau Assembly candidates on Friday; Six weeks after an unprecedented glacial outburst flood tore through Juneau. Now, most of those homeowners are still in limbo; The decision by the Biden administration to cancel oil leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge was examined in a U.S. House hearing today

In this newscast: Ballots for Juneau's Oct. 3 municipal election have been sent to registered voters; A group of Sitkans is calling for a cap on the number of cruise passengers next year; New vaccines for COVID and RSV for infants are available in Alaska