KTOO News Update

In this newscast: There’s been a development in the investigation of one of 4 cases of Alaska Native people who went missing in the Fairbanks area 2 years ago; The Tongass School of Arts and Sciences’ assembly is part of the school district’s efforts to promote what’s known as place-based learning; Southeast Alaska’s first big fall storm is forecast to wash ashore this week

In this newscast:  A recent destructive slide in downtown Juneau left homeowners and the community grappling with how to respond; An Iranian in Alaska speaks on recent protests in Iran; Hundreds of hotel rooms and emergency shelter beds in Anchorage will continue to be available to people without homes through at least the end of the year

In this newscast: Canneries are a big part of Alaska’s history and a former Alaskero spoke at the Alaska State Museum in Juneau about his time at one; Community members in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough are fundraising for an all-gender restroom at one of the district's high schools; Governor Mike Dunleavy has indicated that he will vote in favor of a constitutional convention

In this newscast: Juneau writer Christy NaMee Eriksen covered Fat Bear Week this year; Sen. Lisa Murkowski joined a prestigious roster of people to receive the William Paul, Sr. Award; The Kenaitze Indian Tribe is holding two days of virtual workshops for early Dena’ina language learners

In this newscast: A minor earthquake rattled parts of the southern panhandle Sunday night; So far this year, 15 people have died in Alaska jails and prisons, the most since 2015

In this newscast: A community coalition in Petersburg held a forum about child care shortages in town and why the shortage is a problem for the whole community; Wildlife officials in Metlakatla continue to trap record-setting numbers of the invasive crab species that threaten local subsistence food sources and fish habitat

In this newscast: “Alaska Daily" premiers tonight and KTOO’s Rhonda McBride talked with two Alaska Native writers, who have worked on the show; Bristol Bay's record sockeye run shows big disparities in who gets to fish, and how the state’s limited entry system has affected the communities closest to the runs

In this newscast: Preliminary election results are out for both Hoonah and Gustavus in our listening area; Voting in Juneau's third by-mail election ended last night; Dozens of homeless residents are still camping at Anchorage’s Centennial Campground, even though the city officially closed the area on Saturday; The Kodiak Fishery Debate concluded last night with forums for U.S. House and Senate, and the four House candidates agreed on a lot, but their views differed on the Magnuson Stevens Act

In this newscast: Representatives from the Alaska Friends Conference - or Quakers - read a formal apology on Friday for a school and orphanage that the church opened in the late 1800s; There is a growing amount of opposition on Prince of Wales Island for a proposed timber sale of 300 acres near the town of Whale Pass; Kodiak’s fisheries debates kicked off last night with two challengers in the governor’s race, Les Gara and Bill Walker, but current Governor Mike Dunleavy did not attend Monday’s debates; Students in the Anchorage School District will have bus service on a rotating basis until further notice, due to a driver shortage

In this newscast: Dozens of Ketchikan area residents were students at a Pennsylvania boarding school before it closed in 1918; More than 40 remote communities in Western Alaska saw impacts from a storm in mid-September; Over 30 people marched in Anchorage Thursday night to protest Anchorage police not having body-worn cameras