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 – Friday, Dec. 20, 2019

In this newscast: 

Pebble Mine opponents react with outrage to a CNN report that Gov. Mike Dunleavy signed letters essentially written by the Pebble Limited Partnership, 
Gov. Dunleavy  says his national news interviews were intended to put Alaska on the map and draw investor interest, 
Alaska Marine Highway System employees cope with reduced sailings, 
Alaska’s congressional delegation secures millions in funding for rural communities near national forests in Alaska, 
state lawmakers approve a $30 per day stipend to legislative staffers who move to Juneau for the session, 
Goldman Sachs announces it won’t finance ventures to explore or develop oil prospects in ANWR, 
an Anchorage contractor pleads guilty to a federal charge for defrauding military veterans with service-connected disabilities, 
the National Park Service will limit the opening of the Denali National Park road due to a collapsed hillside along the route, and 
a report on hydroelectric dams along the Snake River in Washington finds no consensus over whether to keep or remove them. 

Newscast – Dec. 19, 2019

In this newscast: Attorneys for the state argue in court filings that the effort to recall Gov. Mike Dunleavy appears to be a “political gambit,” the American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska demands the governor rehire a State Council on the Arts worker, the governor’s budget proposal leaves many communities without ferry service for up to six months, underwater blasting begins in Ketchikan to improve navigability for cruise ships, BP announces that about half of its 1,500 employees in Alaska have accepted a job with Hilcorp, U.S. Rep. Don Young votes against impeachment of President Donald Trump, a federal grand jury indicts a former Bethel elementary school principal on four charges including attempt to entice a minor, and authorities report an Anchorage bank robber donated some of the cash he stole before being arrested. 

Newscast – Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019

In this newscast: 

President Donald Trump endorses U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan’s re-election, 
a group called Alaska Natives Without Land is seeking land and new Native corporations, 
history offers clues and context about why the North Slope regional Native corporation is leaving the Alaska Federation of Natives, 
the Legislative Council votes to approve funding for new cameras for Gavel Alaska and the Legislature’s website, 
Alaska Journal of Commerce reporter Elwood Brehmer fills us in on who scooped up a bankrupt Cook Inlet natural gas company, and 
Washington state transportation officials move forward with a plan to replace the state’s gas tax with one based on mileage. 

Newscast – Monday, Dec. 16, 2019

In this newscast: The Office of Special Prosecutions determines a Juneau police shooting was legally justified, highlights from Gov. Mike Dunleavy proposed operating budget, the city of Wrangell fights the proposed closure of its Fish and Game office, the Arctic Slope Regional Corp. announces its leaving the the Alaska Federation of Natives, the Alaska Department of Natural Resources rolls out its plan to curb harmful air pollution in the Fairbanks-North Pole area, state regulators ask for more corporate documentation in BP’s proposed sale of its Alaska oil assets to Hilcorp, investigators in Bethel charge 11 people with illegally obtaining painkillers through the mail, and Chugiak High School students butcher a moose as part of a class that teaches anatomy, life skills and cultural traditions. 

Newscast – Friday, Dec. 13, 2019

In this newscast: A new company managed by Armstrong Oil and Gas wins a 1 million-acre federal lease sale in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, an executive with Norwegian Cruise Line visits with Juneau neighborhood associations and business community, slashed ferry service jeopardizes Angoon’s free and reduced-cost meal program for children, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s bill to create an advisory committee on Arctic maritime issues advances to Senate floor, and demographers warn Census Bureau officials that a new technique that tries to balance privacy and accuracy interests may sow distrust among researchers.

Newscast – Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019

In this newscast: Congress finally agrees to let the Coast Guard begin building new icebreakers as China and Russia assert themselves in the Arctic, Planned Parenthood files a lawsuit challenging a state law prohibiting medical professionals other than doctors to perform abortions, Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration wants to filter inmates mail through photocopiers to address a contraband issue, Ocean Beauty Seafoods says it has accepted an offer to sell its shuttered processing plant in Petersburg, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announces $16.5 million in grants going to five Alaska Native communities, a state prosecutor in Fairbanks explains why he won’t reopen a case against an man accused of repeatedly raping and beating a woman in 2015, Shishaldin Volcano in the Aleutians briefly erupts, federal transportation officials say the pilot of a fatal plane crash in Girdwood was flying intoxicated, Sea-Tac airport officials opt out of using facial recognition technology, federal regulators are setting up 988 as a phone number to a suicide prevention hotline, and Alaska school activities officials remove a bathing suit decency rule that led to a Dimond High School swimmer’s controversial disqualification. 

Newscast – Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019

In this newscast: Gov. Mike Dunleavy proposes a budget that depends on spending down state savings, the governor suspends parts of a plan to cut financial assistance for disabled and elderly Alaska residents, stakeholders get together for training in Juneau to better resolve complicated child welfare cases, a spokesman for U.S. Rep. Don Young says he doesn’t support the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, the Department of Transportation works on plans to build an airport in Angoon, a commercial airline in British Columbia has its first flight of a fully electric seaplane, and the Alaska National Guard brought its Operation Santa Claus to Napakiak.

Newscast – Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019

In this newscast: State budget veterans put governors’ ambitious budget plans in a context, state lawmakers discuss how the state uses compacts to empower tribes to provide public services, Ketchikan officials push back against a state plan to relocate its trooper dispatch center to Anchorage, the trans-Alaska pipeline passes the milestone of 18 billion barrels pumped, NOAA releases the 2019 Arctic Report Card, some White Castle burgers are getting recalled because of possible listeria bacteria, and hundreds of people stop by the Governor’s Mansion for the annual Christmas open house. 

Newscast – Monday, Dec. 9, 2019

In this newscast: The state’s latest forecast for revenue is down, half of the Alaska Marine Highway System fleet is now out of service, Alaska public safety officials update an online list of missing people with decades of old cases, the City and Borough of Juneau announces a new director of public works and engineering, Native corporation Doyon signs an oil and gas exploration agreement with Hilcorp, state and federal officials tally up over $300 million from summer wildfire fighting expenses in Alaska, wildlife biologists set up traps to kill at least one problem bear in Sitka, a man gets buried and saved in an avalanche on Flattop Mountain, SpaceX delivers Christmas presents and cargo for experiments to the International Space Station, and dense fog affects air and road travel in Juneau. 

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