Jeremy Hsieh

Local News Reporter, KTOO

I dig into questions about the forces and institutions that shape Juneau, big and small, delightful and outrageous. What stirs you up about how Juneau is built and how the city works?

Newscast – Thursday, Jan. 2, 2019

In this newscast: 

The Coast Guard suspends its search for five people lost after their fishing boat sank near Kodiak Island, 
state troopers offer new details in an Ketchikan arson case,
a mild earthquake on New Year’s Day gets Sitkans talking, 
the ice jam flood in Willow is still hampering the Mat-Su Borough’s response, 
the state of Alaska is trying to stop the Native village of Eklutna from opening an Indian gaming casino in Chugiak, and 
Anchorage police get frustrated with high numbers of impaired driving arrests amid a campaign to stop it. 

Juneau’s biggest stories of 2019

The stories that made our list include the city resolving its tax fight with the cruise industry, extraordinary weather, efforts at moving the Legislature out of the capital city, and the ongoing budget squeeze.

Newscast – Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019

In this newscast: 

Two men from Haines are dead after they were caught in an avalanche, 
officials make a case for why Alaskans should get counted in the U.S. Census, 
scientists think growing killer whale populations may be contributing to smaller chinook salmon, 
a Kenai Peninsula woman thinks she was violently attacked in her home because she’s gay, and
Ravn Air announces the malicious cyber attack that disrupted its systems was worse than initially reported. 

Newscast – Monday, Dec. 30, 2019

In this newscast: 

A Juneau police officer fatally shoots a Juneau man after responding to a disturbance, 
authorities on the Kenai Peninsula identify the body of a woman from Kake who vanished a year ago, 
Gov. Mike Dunleavy creates an oversight committee to monitor BP’s sale of its Alaska business to Hilcorp,
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service outlines how polar bears and oil exploration could co-exist in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, 
officials extend the emergency declaration in Willow, 
state transportation officials launch a road and traffic monitoring system for the public, 
an indigenous Canadian pop artist known for Inuktitut language songs dies at age 26, 
Sarah Palin buys and sells property in Arizona through a Delaware-based company, and 
the National Weather Service says to expect temperatures to dip and the snow to start sticking across Southeast in the new year. 

Newscast – Friday, Dec. 27, 2019

In this newscast: 

a fish farm operator says predators likely ate most of their escaped Atlantic salmon, 
the leader of Young Conservatives for Carbon Dividends pitches her carbon emissions plan, 
the legal age to buy tobacco is going up to 21 in late 2020, 
a 25-mile stretch of the Richardson Highway near Paxson remains closed, 
weather is hampering the response to Willow Creek flooding in the Mat-Su Borough, 
a Coast Guard seaman is facing a court martial for an alleged murder during a night of drinking in Alaska, 
economic experts size up the potential effects of hundreds of oil industry workers leaving the state in the BP-Hilcorp transition, and 
Volkswagen announces it will produce 1 million electric cars a year by the end of 2023. 

Newscast – Thursday, Dec. 26, 2019

In this newscast:

Politicos parse U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s impeachment press,  
populations of more than a half-dozen groundfish species have rebounded to healthy levels in the Pacific, 
the Census advertising campaign begins in Alaska, 
scientists and policymakers promote a permanent seismic monitoring system in Alaska, 
state lawyers seek the dismissal of a class-action lawsuit brought by Pioneer Home residents, 
the owners of the Mustang oil project on the North Slope miss a $3.1 million payment to a state corporation, 
two Alaskan high school students earn college scholarships and an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington D.C., 
temperatures dip as low as -50 degrees in a northwest Alaska cold snap, and 
an Anchorage woman donates a bullet and stab protective vest to a K9 officer in Wyoming. 

Newscast – Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2019

In this newscast: 
Thousands of Atlantic salmon escape a fish farm north of Vancouver Island, 
state health officials share a new medication assisted treatment guide with health care providers, 
why some locals 👍🏽, ❤️ and ✊ over new bathroom signs, 
Anvil Mountain Correctional Center’s annual Christmas potlatch brings inmates hope and healing, and
the National Weather Service issues a high wind watch for the Juneau area. 

Newscast – Monday, Dec. 23, 2019

In this newscast: 
The family of a former Juneau man killed by police in Fairbanks discuss their lawsuit against the authorities, 
a former Alaska juvenile justice official gets sentenced on federal charges for having child pornography, 
the state completes an update of its missing persons database, 
homes are evacuated in Willow after an ice jam causes flooding, 
RavnAir says a malicious cyber attack forces flight cancellations,
Sand Point reels from the shutdown of the Trident Seafoods fish processing plant, 
Toksook Bay city officials brings the DMV to the village to help residents get their REAL ID licenses, and 
Sitka municipal planners look into adopting codes to accommodate tiny homes. 

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