Newscasts

In this newscast: Juneau’s cold weather emergency shelter opens tonight; Researchers presented new preliminary data on how the ice contributed this summer’s record-breaking flood in the Mendenhall Valley and shared their ideas about how that could change in the future; Juneau School District Superintendent Frank Hauser is resigning; Juneau saw at least five backcountry deaths this summer, many were cruise tourists or visitors; Alaska has joined more than half of the country in creating artificial intelligence guidance for education as it becomes a larger part of the school day

In this newscast:  A power outage hit all of Juneau today just after 11 a.m.; The city clerk’s office released another batch of results from Juneau’s municipal election today that include ballots cast on Election Day; The former Juneau police officer who slammed a man to the ground during an arrest this summer will not face criminal charges; At least three people are still missing and 51 have been rescued following a record-breaking storm that slammed into the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Sunday; The Norwegian Encore departs Juneau this evening. It’s the last cruise ship of the year, and it marks the end of a nearly 200-day tourism season; In a ceremony held on Indigenous People’s Day Monday, clan leaders and carvers dedicated the latest pole in Sealaska Heritage Institute’s Kooteeyaa Deiyi, Juneau’s totem pole trail

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…

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…

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