KTOO News Update
The day’s local and state news in about 10 minutes.
Newscast — Friday, Nov. 22, 2024
In this newscast: The Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s (ADF&G) preliminary 2024 Commercial Harvest and Exvessel Values report is here. The initial set of data shines a light on declining commercial salmon harvests in Alaska; It’s been a year since last year’s fatal landslide in Wrangell killed six residents. KSTK’s Colette Czarnecki spoke with a couple of Wrangellites affected by the slide to see how they’ve coped and what their future plans are; Hundreds of Anchorage residents are flocking to what has become the event of the season. It's a massive dead fin whale that washed up on the mudflats near downtown last weekend. As onlookers pose for photos and witness the sights and smells the whale brings, researchers are hoping to learn a bit more about how the whale lived, and how it died
Read More »Newscast — Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024
In this newscast: A ballot measure that would repeal ranked choice voting in Alaska has narrowly failed. That’s according to final unofficial results the Division of Elections released last night; A plan to extend Juneau’s downtown waterfront walking path, also known as the seawalk, crossed a major hurdle earlier this week; Alaska’s transgender community is worried that a second Donald Trump presidency might threaten their access to gender-affirming care, or healthcare that allows people to transition medically -- and providers in the state are worried too; There will be more women than men in the Alaska House of Representatives for the first time in its history when the Legislature convenes in January. That’s according to final unofficial election results released Wednesday
Read More »Newscast – Wednesday, Nov. 20th, 2024
In this newscast: The Juneau Assembly is petitioning the state to increase the number of alcohol liscenses in town; The City and Borough of Juneau has introduced a plan to finance the installation of flood barriers to fight glacial outburst floods, but it could cost Valley homeowners nearly $8,000 each.
Read More »Newscast – Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024
In this newscast: The City and Borough of Juneau will collaborate with the Central Council Tlingit & Haida on issues of public safety and composting moving forward; The ballot measure that would repeal Alaska’s open primary and ranked choice voting is now failing by the narrowest of margins, according to today’s [MON] results update from the Division of Elections; The Juneau Assembly unanimously approved a 500,000-dollar grant to Gastineau Human Services at a meeting last night; This week's Tongass Voices: Skaydu.û Jules on bringing Lingít into other traditional practices.
Read More »Newscast – Monday, Nov. 18, 2024
In this newscast: European green crabs have been wreaking havoc up the west coast of North America. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration calls them one of the most invasive marine species in the world. And they’ve been expanding their territory in Southeast Alaska ever since they were detected near Ketchikan two years ago. A statewide task force has been formed to tackle the problem; Two Alaska State Troopers each pleaded not guilty to a felony assault charge during an arraignment at the Kenai Courthouse on Thursday. The case stems from the violent arrest of the wrong person in Kenai earlier this year.
Read More »Newscast – Friday, Nov. 15, 2024
In this newscast: A federal court sided with halibut conservationists in a case over new rules limiting halibut bycatch in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands; The power went out across Juneau for about an hour on Friday afternoon; Juneau high schoolers can swap pencils for wrenches in the districts new Diesel 101 class; Starting next year, Ketchikan students will have a full week off for Thanksgiving
Read More »Newscast – Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024
In this newscast: High school and middle school students in Juneau are reportedly fighting more this semester than in years prior; Rumors abound that Gov. Mike Dunleavy may leave the governor's mansion for a post in the Trump administration; The City of Sitka has its first agreement with the local, privately owned cruise dock; The former mayor of the Yukon River community of Pilot Station has pled guilty to felony election interference
Read More »Newscast – Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024
In this newscast: The Alaska Division of Elections posted an updated results tally late last night; A state commission has finally approved the City of Hoonah's request to form a borough, and now residents of the proposed borough will decided whether to accept it; Someone made a $10 million mistake by buying steel for a critical dock project in Haines; A nonprofit hydropower agency in Southeast Alaska is set to receive $5 million dollars in federal funds to increase its energy generation capacity
Read More »Newscast – Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024
In this newscast: The Alaska Beacon reports that state legislators believe Governor Mike Dunleavy might be offered a job in the new administration of President Donald Trump; Homer Police arrested a man Monday night as the suspect in three shootings at two local health nonprofits over the last month; Veterans in Petersburg came together yesterday for a parade, and some received handmade quilts; Tongass Voices: Wayne Price on the past — and future — of yaakw carving
Read More »Newscast – Friday, Nov. 8, 2024
In this newscast: Alaska is well into the start of respiratory disease season. And with it, Alaskans are getting coughs, colds, COVID-19 and cases of flu. And physicians are seeing a few things that make this year stand out; The Hecla Greens Creek mine near Juneau plans to break ground on an expansion sometime next year. That’s because on Thursday the U.S. Forest officially permitted its project on Admiralty Island. The move will extend mine operations for up to 18 years, but it will be subjected to some new environmental mitigation and oversight along the way; Unofficial results from the Division of Elections showed one Southeast Alaska precinct seemed to overwhelmingly choose a peculiar candidate for the U.S. House earlier this week — a man currently imprisoned in New York. But, those results confused voters who said that didn't line up with how they voted. And it turns out — they were right. The Division of Elections has since updated its error; There are still tens of thousands of votes across the state left to be counted, and some key races remain undetermined. But in the Alaska Legislature members of bipartisan coalitions in the House and Senate are wasting no time in announcing their leadership and organizing their caucuses.
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