KTOO News Update
The day’s local and state news in about 10 minutes.
Newscast – Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Thunder Mountain High School parents want to remove the Juneau school board's president and vice president; The Iditarod's Burled Arch that marks the finish line of the race fell on Saturday; The University of Alaska and a union representing graduate student workers have reached a tentative contract agreement.
Read More »Newscast – Tuesday, April 30, 2024
In this newscast: Alaska gets an infusion of $125 million to build and expand solar energy. The Juneau Assembly rejected a symbolic resolution for bilateral peace between Israel and Palestine. Malin Babcock, treasurer of the Gastineau Historical Society and a descendent of victims of Juneau’s 1936 landslide, shares her story for Tongass Voices.
Read More »Newscast – Monday, April 29, 2024
In this newscast: Weaver Lily Hope and her collaborators will debut a collection of child-sized Ravenstail robes. Adelyn Baxter visits Juneau’s recycling center for the latest installment of Curious Juneau. The Anchorage School District looks to close schools in response to declining student populations.
Read More »Newscast – Friday, April 26, 2024
In this newscast: A ban on social media accounts for children under 14 passed the Alaska House; The Alaska House passed a bill that would put more guardrails on the property assessment process in the state; More Alaskans died of opioid overdose last year than ever before; An Oregon man convicted of murdering an Anchorage teenager more than four decades ago has been sentenced to 50 years in prison.
Read More »Newscast – Thursday, April, 25, 2024
In this newscast: Trident Seafood’s Ketchikan processing plant was officially transferred to Silver Bay Seafoods. A new Alaska Senate bill tightens residency requirements on hunting and fishing licenses. A rare bowhead whale was spotted in Sitka.
Read More »Newscast – Wednesday, April 24, 2024
In this newscast: A new campus slated for Juneau will be dedicated to immersing children in Alaska Native culture and languages; An Indigenous-led group, the Herring Protectors, received an unexpected contribution -- two parcels of land on an island outside of Sitka; House lawmakers removed an amendment from a bill that would have raised the age of consent from 16 to 18 in some situations
Read More »Newscast – Tuesday, April 23, 2024
In this newscast: Alaska's Division of Forestry released its plan for selling timber in Southeast Alaska for the next five years and an environmental group in the region is frustrated with the public process; A recent paper in Nature attempts to set a new timeframe of when humans first appeared in Southeast Alaska, but for Southeast Alaska Natives, it's just one piece of a much bigger puzzle
Read More »Newscast – Monday, April 22, 2024
In this newscast: The City and Borough of Juneau is creating a task force to tackle if -- and how -- they should be regulated; Juneau's emergency warming shelter closed last week and the city doesn't have a campground for people to move to this year; Tongass Voices: Holly Huber on what it takes to be Miss Alaska Volunteer
Read More »Newscast – Friday, April 19, 2024
In this newscast – The Tongass National Forest has grown, with the addition of 5 acres of important fish and wildlife habitat Earlier this month, the Denver Post reported that Lingit tribal members have been requesting cultural items back from the Denver Art Museum in Colorado for years – to no avail
Read More »Newscast – Thursday, April 18, 2024
In this newscast: Scientists and Alaska Native leaders released a report this week claiming plastic waste in the Arctic is contaminating essential resources of Indigenous communities Khalil English shares his research on silverweed, a seemingly inconspicuous plant with deep roots in Pacific Northwest history
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