A hiker reported about 2:13 p.m. Jan. 7 finding the body of a man near an avalanche chute above Gastineau Avenue.
Tripp J Crouse, KTOO
A recent transplant to Juneau from Iowa, Tripp J Crouse has more than 13 years of journalism and newspaper experience, and was previously the social media editor for the Quad-City Times of Davenport, Iowa, from April 2013 to July 2016.
Treacherous conditions hospitalize two in separate accidents in Kodiak
Two injury accidents in two days have occurred along one stretch of often-icy road in Kodiak. A Kodiak teenager was injured Sunday evening when his car crashed near the Coast Guard Base. Devan Monkiewicz, 18, was driving Sunday on Rezanof Drive West when his car left the roadway and crashed in a ditch near Mile 9, Alaska State…
Follow President Barack Obama’s farewell address live at 5 p.m.
KTOO is carrying live NPR coverage of President Barack Obama’s farewell address Tuesday evening, Jan. 10, 2016. The president will be delivering remarks to an audience in Chicago.
News conference: Juneau police sergeant justified in December officer-involved shooting
A Juneau police sergeant who shot at a Juneau man on Dec. 3 was found justified in the incident, according to Juneau Police Chief Bryce Johnson. The state Department of Law and the Alaska Bureau of Investigation investigated the case. Johnson discussed the results at a news conference this afternoon and walked through the incident with dash cam video, eyewitness cell phone video and audio recordings of the incident.
Woman stable after being struck by vehicle while walking downtown
A woman, who was walking downtown, was struck by a vehicle is in stable condition. According to the Juneau Police Department, the 56-year-old woman was crossing the street about 4 p.m. Friday and was standing near the median. She was not using a crosswalk. A 53-year-old male driver was driving south on Main Street and began to slowly turn into the parking lot behind the Alaska USA Federal Credit Union.
Top 10 things that we talked about at the water cooler in 2016
It’s the end of the year (as we know it), and that means we’re looking back at your most popular stories produced at KTOO. For 2016 we’re narrowing down the list to stories produced from of the KTOO building or that have a specific tie to Juneau. Some serial stories are incorporated into one entry.