Newscasts

KTOO’s midday newscast for Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017. In this newscast:

electronics larger than cell phones must be put in bins with nothing on top or beneath for X-ray screening, under new rules; 
the Mexican consulate in Seattle will send officials to Alaska next week to assist with Mexican passports;
an environmental group has filed notice that it will sue the federal government over its rejection of Pacific walrus as a threatened or endangered species; and
Doyon Ltd. is considering drilling a fourth well 50 miles west of Fairbanks.

Stories include: Democrats in Congress ask President Trump to overrule EPA Administrator on the Pebble Mine, and Flu, pneumonia deaths in Alaska top murder, assault in 2016, and Sensors planted at eroding villages of Kivalina, Shishmaref, and Shaktoolik.  

In this newscast: The City and Borough of Juneau asks state regulators for more time to weigh in on the local electric utility’s acquisition by a Canadian company, a proposed ballot measure to curb lawmakers’ pay when a budget isn’t passed is cleared for signature gathering, an Anchorage judge overrules Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott to clear a ballot measure aimed at protecting salmon for signature gathering, Juneau’s three state lawmakers announce a town hall to be held this week, and Norway’s ambassador to the United States visits Petersburg and awards a local woman the Medal of St. Olav. 

In this newscast: The City and Borough of Juneau updated Oct. 3 Election results with absentee and questioned ballots, UAS and local native organizations celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Juneau police identified remains found near the base of Thunder Mountain last week as a hiker missing since June and a Ketchikan man lay dead near a city street more than 12 hours before police were called. 

In this newscast: First responders testify at Christopher Strawn murder trial New scientific study outlines worst-case scenarios for tsunamis in Juneau Alex Kotlarsz performs in KTOO Red Carpet Concert Series

KTOO’s midday newscast for Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017. In this newscast:

Nearly every Alaskan woke up $1,100 richer today, thanks to this year’s permanent fund dividends;
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released Armstrong Energy’s plans for its billion-plus-barrel Nanushuk oil project; and
the Pentagon is injecting $440 million more into missile defense to counter North Korea’s accelerating push for a nuclear armed-missile capable of hitting the U.S.