Newscast – Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017

In this newscast:

  • electronics larger than cell phones must be put in bins with nothing on top or beneath for X-ray screening, under new rules;
  • the Mexican consulate in Seattle will send officials to Alaska next week to assist with Mexican passports;
  • an environmental group has filed notice that it will sue the federal government over its rejection of Pacific walrus as a threatened or endangered species; and
  • Doyon Ltd. is considering drilling a fourth well 50 miles west of Fairbanks.

Andrew Kitchenman

State Government Reporter, Alaska Public Media & KTOO

State government plays an outsized role in the life of Alaskans. As the state continues to go through the painful process of deciding what its priorities are, I bring Alaskans to the scene of a government in transition.

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