Carol Picket Hull executes the One-Foot High Kick at Arctic Winter Games, April 1982. (Courtesy of the Alaska State Library. Arctic Winter Games Team Alaska Collection,1967-P399-644.) Carol Pickett Hull was [...]
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20250523-News-Update.mp3 In this newscast: An Anchorage lawyer has been implicated as a “cartel attorney” working for traffickers who allegedly sent hard drugs from Mexico to Alaska, It was Sen. Lisa [...]
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20250522-News-Update.mp3 In this newscast: Tomorrow is the last day of school at the Juneau School District, and high school seniors are graduating on Sunday, A storm is set to hit [...]
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20250521-News-Update.mp3 In this newscast: The Juneau Assembly unanimously passed a resolution on Monday in support of keeping the Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area federally owned, The City and Borough of Juneau [...]
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20250520-News-Update.wav In this newscast: The local advocates who filed a petition with the City and Borough of Juneau last month to put harder limits on cruise ship tourism have withdrawn it. The [...]
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20250519-News-Update.mp3 In this newscast: The Juneau School District Board of Education appointed Steve Whitney to the board on Saturday, Senator Lisa Murkowski has introduced a bill that would reauthorize funds [...]
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20250516-News-Update.mp3 In this newscast: Five candidates have applied to fill an empty seat on the Juneau School District Board of Education after Will Muldoon resigned, Alaska regulators have assessed a [...]
Students walk off a bus to the Thunder Mountain Middle School entrance for the first day of school on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024. (Clarise Larson/KTOO) The Alaska Department of Education [...]
On this episode of Juneau Afternoon: The Heists perform and preview TrollFest; Members of the Lionel Hampton Big Band stop in ahead of the Juneau Jazz & Classic finale; artists [...]
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20250515-News-Update.mp3 In this newscast: A German Shepherd who was on the lam for nearly three months has been captured to returned to her family, The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation [...]
Senators and representatives speak with one another on the floor of the Alaska House of Representatives during a joint session on May 14, 2025. (Eric Stone/Alaska Public Media) Lawmakers rejected [...]
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20250513-News-Update.mp3 In this newscast: Juneau was one of nine communities selected for an annual grant by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, a health philanthropy group, Flood inundation maps that model [...]
HESCO barriers along Riverside Drive on April 2, 2025. (Photo by Alix Soliman/KTOO) The Juneau Assembly voted Monday to extend the Mendenhall River levee meant to protect Valley homes from [...]
Molly of Denali (Image courtesy of PBS Kids) The next season of the PBS KIDS show “Molly of Denali” will be the last for the foreseeable future. The team behind [...]
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20250509-News-Update.wav In this newscast: The federal government may soon return a traditional subsistence site connected to Douglas Island to its original tribal owners. The next season of the PBS KIDS [...]
On this episode of Juneau Afternoon: Memphis Gold plays a blues dance and cruise with Juneau Jazz & Classics, Juneau Soccer hosts the fundraiser “Rock n’ Goal,” JAMM faculty shares [...]
HESCO flood barriers line the Mendenhall River on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO) Flood inundation maps that model how Juneau’s Mendenhall River levee should perform have finally [...]
On this episode of Juneau Afternoon, the Brain Reboot class is back. If you have experienced a brain injury or are caring for someone who has, this class may be [...]
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20250506-News-Update.mp3 In this newscast: Lieutenant governor and former U.S. House candidate Nancy Dahlstrom is running for governor, The Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska announced [...]
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20250505-News-Update.mp3 In this newscast: Alaska’s oldest ferry is too expensive to fix, Tlingit and Haida announced that its annual food distributions of herring eggs have been canceled because the federal [...]
Self-portraits Haitian students made at Harborview Elementary School before their family left Juneau. (Photos courtesy of Gwenna Corvez) Some immigrants living in Juneau left the United States recently after an [...]
Samuel Hatch, a new plaintiff in the case, stands on the porch of his home on Meander Way. (Photo by Alix Soliman/KTOO) A lawsuit originally aimed at stopping the construction [...]
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20250502-News-Update.mp3 In this newscast: A proposal that would create and fund tribally run public schools in Alaska inched closer to reality on Thursday, Hundreds in Juneau joined thousands nationwide yesterday [...]
Carolou holds a photo of her daughter, who left Juneau after receiving an email from the federal government telling them they had to leave or face prosecution. They are both [...]
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/20250430-News-Update.mp3 In this newscast: Today marks Juneau International Airport Manager Patty Wahto’s final day on the job after a nearly three-decade-long career, Immigrants and refugees across the country are getting [...]
Rally attendees carry signs and babies on the steps of the Alaska State Capitol in Juneau on April 29, 2025. (Photo by Jamie Diep/KTOO) Listen here: https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/29BebeRally.wav More than 100 [...]
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/20250428-News-Update.mp3 In this newscast: Black bears are emerging from hibernation and roaming around Juneau in search of food, The Alaska Senate passed a bill today that would substantially boost long-term [...]
A car drives past a Juneau Education Association sign posted next to the North Douglas Highway on Thursday, May 4, 2023. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO) A crowd of teachers filled [...]
Students, staff and partners with Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve check a crab trap at a community workshop. (Photo courtesy of reserve staff) https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/25ClimateCuts_WEB.wav Alaska could lose several research [...]
Tlingit & Haida partners with NDN Girls Book Club for Southeast Book Drop TourApril 24, 2025On this episode of Juneau Afternoon: Tlingit & Haida Book Drop Tour; CBJ/League of Women [...]
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/20250424-News-Update.mp3 In this newscast: A cruise line representative dodged questions form the Juneau Assembly this afternoon about the company’s plans to develop a new cruise ship port on the backside [...]
Offshore oilfield service vessels sit docked in the city of Bergen in Norway, an Arctic nation that collaborates with the U.S. on military and other matters. (Photo by Nathaniel Herz/Northern [...]
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/20250422-News-Update.mp3 In this newscast: Juneau’s public transportation system is ramping up its services for the summer tourism season this week, Juneau School District Board of Education member Will Muldoon stepped [...]
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/20250421-News-update.mp3 In this newscast: The City and Borough of Juneau clerk’s office has certified a ballot petition that would put harder limits on cruise ship tourism in Juneau, A change [...]
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/20250418-News-Update.mp3 In this newscast: Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed a closely-watched education bill yesterday that would have boosted basic per-student funding by $1,000, Southeast Alaska’s largest tribal government approved a rule [...]
'Tangle of Rainbows' concert; Litter Free Community Cleanup; UAS graduation detailsApril 17, 2025On this episode of Juneau Afternoon: Con Brio Chamber Series and Orpheus Project combine to present "Tangle of [...]
Alexandra Wagner, Christina Apathy and Flordelino Lagundino performing radio plays written by local high school students at Thunder Mountain Middle School on April 17, 2025. (Photo by Jamie Diep/KTOO) Students [...]
Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks to reporters during a news conference on April 17, 2025. (Eric Stone/Alaska Public Media) Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Thursday announced he had vetoed a bill that [...]
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/20250416-News-Update.mp3 In this newscast: Alaska organizations that provide weather and environmental information to mariners and subsistence hunters are bracing for reduced funding. The University of Alaska Southeast is retaining services [...]
HESCO flood barriers line the Mendenhall River on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO) Listen here: https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/15HESCOlawsuit_WEB.wav Tensions over a levee that’s taking shape in backyards along Juneau’s [...]
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/20250414-News-Update.mp3 In this newscast: Cruise ship tourism will pay for a number of upgrades to infrastructure in Juneau this year. Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration released a long-delayed study on state [...]
Alaska State Troopers Sgt. Joseph Miller (left) and Jason Woodruff (right) pleaded not guilty to assault in Kenai District Court on Tuesday. (Ashlyn O’Hara/KDLL) Two Alaska State Troopers facing assault [...]
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, speaks at a fisheries forum on Oct. 4, 2022. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon) U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, is calling on the U.S. Department of [...]
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/20250411-NEWS-UPDATE-1.mp3 In this newscast: People packed a park in Homer on Saturday to protest recent actions by the Trump administration. The JoAnn fabric store chain is closing their stores, including [...]
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/20250410-News-Update.mp3 In this newscast: Two Alaska State Troopers facing assault charges over alleged conduct during their arrest of the wrong man in Kenai last year won’t go to trial until [...]
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/20250409NEWSUPDATE.mp3 In this newscast: A middle-aged man was rescued from frigid waters near Petersburg, The person in charge of ordering and stocking produce at Skagway’s only year-round grocery store is [...]
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/20250408-News-Update.mp3 In this newscast: The Juneau Assembly voted last night to approve a tidelands lease for a fifth cruise ship dock in downtown Juneau, Less than a year after Juneau [...]
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/20250407-News-Update.mp3 In this newscast: The Trump administration has frozen a million dollars in funding for Planned Parenthood in Alaska, More than 1,300 people in Juneau joined the nationwide Hands-off rally [...]
https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/20250404-News-Update.mp3 In this newscast: The Juneau Assembly is set to take a critical vote Monday night that will determine if the construction of a fifth cruise ship dock downtown will [...]
April events previews with Juneau Symphony, Lily Hope, UAS Student Acitivities, and the JAHCApril 3, 2025On this episode of Juneau Afternoon: The Juneau Symphony is on the move. They will [...]