KTOO News Update

In this newscast: The fish were there but the market wasn’t during Southeast Alaska’s chum and pink runs Immigrants from five countries became U.S. citizens at a naturalization ceremony in Juneau this week A Petersburg quilting group builds community across generations

In this newscast: Grants from the Alaska Mental Health Trust will help Juneau’s hospital launch mental health crisis services and Housing First expand its permanent supportive housing The Ketchikan City Council voted to cut hours at the town’s only 24/7 emergency shelter due to safety concerns from neighbors After Tuesday’s fatal plane crash, Eugene “Buzzy”…

In this newscast: The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch ahead of incoming rainstorms. Rep. Mary Peltola’s husband Eugene “Buzzy” Peltola died in a plane crash Wednesday morning. A new art show by Anchorage artist John Coe seeks to raise awareness about screenings for colon cancer. The Anchorage Assembly has voted to put…

In this newscast: The pilot of a small plane was seriously injured yesterday after crashing near Excursion Inlet. Pinball tournaments are a new thing in Alaska, and Juneau already has a few rising stars. Garbage experts in Petersburg are seeking solutions to deal with the rising cost of waste disposal. A new e-waste initiative is…

In this newscast: The congregation of a church that ran Juneau’s emergency cold weather shelter last year has declined to host it again this winter; Catholic Social Services in Anchorage teaches refugees how to navigate the U.S. healthcare system; The City of Hoonah is distributing bear-resistant trash bins to residents

In this newscast: Candidates for the Juneau Assembly and school board shared their views on education funding, staff retention, and whether to build a new city hall; A new study suggests that booming hatchery populations could increase risk of salmon suffocation in rivers and streams across Southeast Alaska; Celebrated climbers Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell submitted Devil's Thump in August, with the help of a local climber in Petersburg

In this newscast: The Juneau Assembly is asking the state Department of Transportation to do something -- quickly -- to fix one of the city's most dangerous intersections; Dillingham is currently without corrections officers for its jail; Increased traffic in the Bering Sea from Russian exporting oil to China and India has made Alaska communities wary of oil spills; The knowledge, work, and art of Indigenous healers and medicine people in Alaska is being featured at the Anchorage Museum

In this newscast: A former Alaska state coroner and magistrate judge died last month in Juneau; Those displaced by last month's glacial outburst flood in Juneau are still dealing with the mental health fallout

In this newscast: A cat that has been missing since a house collapsed into the Mendenhall River is now home safe; A village on the Kuskokwim River is eroding into the water, and water plant is at risk. Officials visited to set up a temporary plant; The EPA has announced $2.5 million in grants to three Alaska Native Corporations

In this newscast: Thousands of Alaskans are at risk of losing their Medicaid benefits this year, many due to paperwork issues; An Alaska organization called Choosing Our Roots is helping LGBTQ+ youth find safe homes