KTOO News Update

In this newscast: Alaskans who depend on the state's public assistance program for food say they've been waiting for their benefits for months; A bartender in Juneau was assaulted this month, and it may be part of a broader trend in violence towards service workers; The U.S. Coast Guard is expanding its fleet of icebreakers and could be homeporting one in Alaska

In this newscast: Extremely cold weather coming to Southeast Alaska; Juneau Assembly funds four affordable and mixed-income housing projects; this year’s Arctic Report Card highlights Indigenous perspectives, but is it enough?

In this newscast: The Juneau teachers’ union has declared an impasse in negotiations over its new contract with the school district; After 32 years, Alaska’s director of the Division of Elections has stepped down; Kenai Peninsula School District will hold its first Indigenous language film festival in February.

In this newscast: Alaska’s new lieutenant governor Nancy Dahlstrom steps into the spotlight; Student employees in the University of Alaska system seek to unionize; A musk ox attacked and killed a man in Nome; The Spring herring forecast for Sitka Sound is historically high, but slightly lower than last years’ forecast; The state is auctioning…

In this newscast: Some kindergartners in Juneau have been learning violin - on paper violins - and an Alaska Native language at the same time; The Alaska Marine Highway advisory board voted to spend more in 2024; A trial is underway in Palmer that could oust David Eastman from his legislative seat

In this newscast: Juneau's only provider for in-home and end-of-life care closed down this fall, and Bartlett Regional Hospital plans to take over the services; Petersburg's Early Childhood Education Task Force is seeking funding for continuing education for childcare workers; A Metlakatla middle schooler recently learned she was accepted into a prestigious program, and she may be the first at her school

In this newscast: Ironman Alaska has canceled plans to hold events in Juneau over the next two years; Sitka's planning department will investigate whether several sections city- and state-owned land can be developed for housing; An interview with author Peter Muller on Alaska's historic wildfire season; A former contractor has been sentenced for conspiracy and bribery related to military contracts at two air force bases

In this newscast: For the first time in two years, FilComm is having its annual Christmas Party; Brown bears in Southeast Alaska are going into hibernation; A snowstorm dumped more than a foot of snow on Anchorage yesterday causing over a hundred wrecks; Alaska officials discuss challenges in funding emergency shelters on Talk of Alaska

In this newscast: The suspect arrested for Faith Rogers' killing was called to court Tuesday; Huna Totem Corporation displayed its conceptual plans for a new dock and visitor center in Juneau this weekend; Mendenhall Lake froze over for the first time last week and concerns were raised about ice safety; A Sitka-based author has won a ecological literature award

In this newscast: Mary Peltola and the POWER Act in Congress; temperatures broke 40 degrees in Utqiagvik on Monday; Alaska journalist Lisa Phu on her new family history podcast