Newscasts

In this newscast:

• A grand jury indicted a Juneau man on two counts of felony assault for allegedly injuring two Juneau Police officers earlier this month
• Floodwaters have receded in Kotzebue and other western Alaska communities after a storm, but another is coming
• The Department of Education and Early Development backtracked on its initial recommendation that would have limited how much money local governments can give schools
• Some Alaskan’s are pushing for cruise ships to burn cleaner fuels that don’t pollute the ocean
• An Anchorage man detained by ICE has been released after a ruling in a class action lawsuit

In this newscast:

• Out-of-state undergraduate students at the University of Alaska Southeast will see lower tuition rates beginning next fall,
• Nearly 100 large whales were reported entangled around the U.S. in 2024, almost a 50% increase from 2023,
• Funding for a program subsidizing rural air travel is set to continue through early November despite the ongoing government shutdown,
• Tongass Voices: Ldaan.aat Laurie Cropley and Yuxgitsiy George Holly on making space for tribal values

In this newscast:

• Preliminary results are in for Juneau’s 2025 municipal election.
• No developers have bitten on 200 acres of city land upzoned for denser housing on Douglas Island and in Auke Bay.
• The interim superintendent for Ketchikan’s school district submitted her letter of resignation months into the job.
• Some Alaskans feel they don’t have a meaningful say in the process as a proposed gold mine in Canada goes through its environmental assessment.

In this newscast:

• Today is municipal Election Day and the KTOO newsroom was around town to chat with voters about their thoughts on the election,
• The state of Alaska is in the throes of studying what it would take to build a road that would better connect Juneau, Haines and Skagway, and the Dept. of Transportation held open house-style meetings last week to inform the public, and get community feedback,
• Top state lawmakers say they are investigating why $50 million from the state’s primary savings account was invested in an outside private equity fund,
• A Fairbanks man has a unique antidote to his winter blues: balloon art

In this newscast:

• Juneau’s municipal Election Day is almost here. Voters have until tomorrow night at 8 p.m. sharp to cast their ballots,
• And Juneau’s high school students also cast votes in mock elections to learn more about how they work,
• The Petersburg Borough assembly passed a resolution last month calling on state and federal authorities for help dealing with rising sea otter populations,
• President Trump approved the 211-mile Ambler Road in Northwest Alaska today

In this newscast:

• Among the most vulnerable Alaskans to the ongoing federal shutdown could be thousands of parents who depend on WIC to help them buy food,
• Former Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson is joining the race for governor,
• Juneau voters will decide in this fall’s municipal election whether to exempt essential food and residential utilities from local sales tax,
• Earlier this month, the judge in a case against a former Juneau chiropractor dismissed a charge, which revealed a gap in state sexual assault laws,
• A Pennsylvania man allegedly used the stolen identities of seven Alaskans in an attempt to steal their Permanent Fund Dividends in 2022