KTOO News Update
The day’s local and state news in about 10 minutes.
Newscast – Wednesday, July 9, 2025
In this newscast: An atmospheric river will saturate Southeast Alaska tomorrow with heavy rain; Looming school funding on a state and federal level could mean future cuts to the Juneau School District; Sitka police spent Friday afternoon searching for a Soldotna man who has been missing in Sitka since December 2023; Tongass Voices: Juneau’s mobile crisis responders on meeting patients where they’re at
Read More »Newscast – Tuesday, July 8, 2025
In this newscast: A judge serving in Nome could be reprimanded after the Alaska Commission on Judicial Conduct found he acted in ways that could damage public trust in the court system; A new trial date has been set for the Juneau chiropractor that was arrested four years ago on multiple sexual assault charges; Alaska lawmakers plan to compel Gov. Mike Dunleavy to release data on oil taxes; An island in the Western Aleutians could become home to Alaska's first green ammonia facility
Read More »Newscast – Monday, July 7, 2025
In this newscast: Search and rescue responders located the body of a cruise ship passenger in Juneau who went missing during a hike on Tuesday morning of last week; The Juneau Symphony appointed a new music director for its next season; The future of two programs remain uncertain at Kodiak College following a funding freeze from the Trump administration; the National Transportation Safety Board release a preliminary report on the North Slope helicopter crash that killed a pilot and a passenger in June; Scientists in Sand Point are finding toxins that cause paralytic shellfish poisoning in freshwater
Read More »Newscast – Thursday, July 3, 2025
In this newscast: The U.S. Department of Education is withholding about $6.8 billion in education funding for programs serving students that range from migrant education to English language instruction and gifted education; A Juneau man who is currently homeless has been missing for nearly two weeks; A man who was charged with the murder of a Juneau woman has been released due to a lack of evidence, according to his defense attorney; Juneau Animal Rescue has too many cats; Thirty-five men who were detained by ICE in the Lower 48 and held for weeks in an Anchorage jail have now been transferred out of state, officials say
Read More »Newscast – Wednesday, July 2, 2025
In this newscast: Search and rescue responder are actively searching for a cruise ship passenger in Juneau who has not been seen since leaving for a hike yesterday morning; A humpback whale was severely injured in Glacier Bay on Saturday; Property tax bills are starting to arrive in Juneau residents' mailboxes this week; Juneau officials are updating the local hazard mitigation plan to make the city eligible for federal disaster funding; The Juneau School District will end its after-school child care program, due to staffing challenges; Gov. Mike Dunleavy is calling lawmakers back to Juneau for a special session next month
Read More »Newscast – Tuesday, July 1, 2025
In this newscast: A man originally charged with the 2022 murder of a Juneau woman is being released from prison; Two proposed ballot initiatives received enough public support to appear in Juneau's municipal election this fall; A woman died in a van in the parking lot of a Juneau grocery store two years ago. Her death was ruled an accident, but her family still has questions; Non-teaching staff across the University of Alaska system are working to form a union
Read More »Newscast – Monday, June 30, 2025
In this newscast: Proposed public land sales in Alaska are no longer included in the Republican budget bill that is making its way through the Senate this week; A glacial outburst flood is underway on the Taku River; Juneau's municipal clerk Beth McEwen talks about what she's learned over the years as she heads into retirement; A former orphanage 50 miles north of Nome is now a place to gather and camp
Read More »Newscast – Friday, June 27, 2025
In this newscast: The fate of Juneau School District's universal free breakfast program remains uncertain after the Board of Education delayed a decision yesterday; Huna Totem Corporation shareholders adopted open enrollment last week at the village corporation's annual meeting; Dozens of Juneau residents gathered outside Senator Dan Sullivan's office today to implore him to consider Alaskan's reliance on Medicaid; Some key Alaska state legislators are pushing back on the Republican budget package known as the "big, beautiful bill"; Subsistence hunting isn't rare in western Alaska, but one recent catch is stirring excitement in Nome
Read More »Newscast: Thursday, June 26, 2025
In this newscast: The City and Borough of Juneau has a new emergency manager; A mandate to sell millions of acres of Public Land was struck from the Republican budget reconciliation bill that's moving through the U.S. Senate this week, but some parcels of land might make it back into the bill; Gov. Mike Dunleavy told lawmakers Wednesday he had vetoed a bill that would have sharply limited payday loans in Alaska; A Haines guide died on Sunday during a non-work-related rafting trip on the Blanchard and Tatshenshini Rivers; A ballot measure that increases the minimum wage in Alaska and requires sick leave goes into effect next week, but a pause on new regulations leaves business leaders without a clear outline of the rules to follow.
Read More »Newscast – Wednesday, June 25, 2025
In this newscast: The Alaska Department of Education and Early Development has opened the public comment period for a proposed regulation change that redefines what counts as a local contribution for school districts; A cargo ship carrying thousands of vehicles that caught fire off of the Western Aleutians sank Monday amid salvage operations in the North Pacific Ocean; Skagway officials agreed to send a response protesting the plan to build a ferry terminal north of Juneau's current terminal; A Klukwan mother and son travelled to Washington D.C. to protest a federal bill that would likely include cuts to Medicaid; A proposed ordinance to criminalize camping in Anchorage's public spaces brought a huge crowd to the city's Assembly meeting
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