In this newscast:
- President Barack Obama is expected to announce blocking oil and gas lease sales in much of the Chukchi and Beaufort seas,
- the Juneau Assembly adopts its long anticipated housing action plan, albeit in a squishier form than originally intended,
- local animal control officials will have new tools to deal with dangerous pets, and
- a drunk driver who ran his snow machine into dog teams during last year’s Iditarod is sentenced in state court.