https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/20230517-News-Update.mp3 In this newscast: AKPM’s Eric Stone reports on the dozens of bills passed as lawmakers concluded their work this legislative session. Injured commercial fishermen and boat owners in Alaska will now be able to access higher insurance reimbursements, thanks to a senate bill pa…

https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/20230516-News-Update.mp3 In this newscast: An affordable housing project built specifically for people in recovery from substance misuse received funding support from the Juneau Assembly this week. KTOO reporter Anna Canny sought out where ravens roost in Juneau in this week’s Curious Juneau episode…

https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/20240515-News-Update.mp3 In this newscast: Ketchikan community members are pushing back against the planned construction of a market downtown which would feature two totem poles made by a non-Native Minnesota artist with a checkered past, A look at what’s planned for this years Little Norway Festiva…

https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/20240514-News-Update.mp3 In this newscast: The Juneau Assembly approved the school district’s more than $85 million budget for next school year last night, Budget negotiators in the Alaska Legislature have settled on the amount of this year’s Permanent Fund dividend and energy relief check, Since st…

https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/20240513-News-Update.mp3 In this newscast: Alaska lawmakers passed a bill last week that adds several Indigenous languages to Alaska’s official list of languages, One People Canoe Society visited Wrangell in early spring to teach residents how to make traditional Lingít paddles. This class was the …

https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/20240510-News-Update.mp3 In this newscast: A new study reveals that snow slides are a leading cause of death for mountain goats, Should Southeast Alaska have a hatchery-only king salmon sports fishery? Researchers recently tried to answer that question as a possible solution to a declining number of…

https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/20240509-News-Update.mp3 In this newscast: Alaskans who sued the state last year over long wait times for food assistance are asking a federal judge to order the state to speed up processing, but the state says the situation has improved dramatically, Transboundary gold mines are controversial becau…

https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/20240508-News-Update.mp3 In this newscast: The Juneau Assembly wants the city to ask community organizations if they’d be interested in continuing to care for graveyards on Douglas — with potential funding, An audio postcard from this years MMIP Awareness Day in Bethel…

https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/20240507-News-Update.mp3 In this newscast: Juneau’s annual workshop on How to Run for Local Office is this Saturday, and October’s municipal election is already shaping up to be an interesting one, A proposal headed to the Alaska Board of Fisheries next year would change how a popular run of king sa…

https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/20240506.mp3 In this newscast: Juneau residents had some close encounters with a curious killer whale. Sitka’s “Indian Village” was recognized as one of 11 endangered historic places in the U.S. Organizers are hoping that attention will inspire efforts to conserve and rebuild a cultural hub.…