Jeremy Hsieh

In this newscast: The provincial government of British Columbia adopts the United Nations’ Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples that could affect First Nation tribes’ say over mining and other resource industries, U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan cosponsors a resolution condemning the House’s impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump, state officials say Alaska airports will continue stocking a firefighting foam linked to groundwater contamination, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers extends its deadline to review comments submitted for its environmental review of the proposed Pebble Mine, the U.S. Census Bureau says its workers will still approach homes in Alaska with no trespassing signs, a Washington insurance commissioner fines a company for selling insurance policies that promised gun owners insurance for criminal activity, the Iditarod joins a new global circuit of long-distance sled dog races. 

In this newscast: Gov. Mike Dunleavy does national media appearances to pushing his policies and raising money to fight the recall effort, a new company announces plans to ship liquefied natural gas from the North Slope to Asian markets, tariffs from the Trump administration’s trade war with China hits the Tongass Forest timber industry, a passenger dies after the SUV he was riding in flips and gets partially submerged in Juneau, the state announces it’s taking the ferry Malaspina out of service in December indefinitely, mountain goats and climate change may be to blame for Ketchikan’s declining drinking water woes, and wildlife biologists in Anchorage report a steep decline in nuisance bear killings.

In this newscast: A Superior Court judge orders Alaska to stop housing most psychiatric patients in jails, the City of Hoonah petitions to form a borough that overlaps with a City and Borough of Juneau annexation request, the Alaska Municipal League unveils a statewide plan to simplify sales tax collection for municipalities from online retailers, a BP flow station pipe ruptures and releases an unknown amount of waste water at a Prudhoe Bay oil field, a Vietnam era veteran advocates for the restoration of Native land allotments terminated while they were serving, gale warnings and small craft advisories blanket Southeast Alaska, and federal forecasters release a winter outlook for Alaska predicting warmer and wetter winter than normal. 

In this newscast: A Fairbanks lawyer who was fired from the state’s Office of Public Advocacy files a lawsuit against the governor, young men at the Elders and Youth Conference discuss ways to prevent violence against women, an environmental group warns federal regulators about possible insider trading involving the Pebble mine developers, Washington D.C. lobbyists gear up for Pebble mine hearings in Congress, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it doesn’t plan to hold a public hearing over a proposed mega cruise ship dock near Ketchikan, a private Catholic school in Anchorage bans institutes a no-cell phone policy during the school day, and an opioid support group in Fairbanks adopts the internet-famous goat Curry as their mascot. 

In this newscast: The U.S. Forest Service publishes an explanation of its decision to seek opening up the Tongass National Forest, the Alaska Federation of Natives passes a measure declaring a climate emergency, various state interests ready for another big fight over oil tax policy, U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan softens his rhetoric after making some unusually critical remarks about President Trump, the Anchorage man accused of killing two Alaska Native women pleads not guilty to the second killing, one person dies after a commuter plane goes off the runway in Unalaska, and students at a Washington state high school use aerial drones in a new class to learn math. 

In this newscast: A hobby shop at Juneau’s prison gets converted to additional bed space as state prisons fill up, tourism interests push back against a federal effort to open the Tongass National Forest to more road building and logging, Sitkans try to push conversations about Alaska Day to include the idea of decolonization, President Trump taps a former oil industry attorney to be the new U.S. District Court judge for Alaska, and Washington state’s King County sues e-cigarette maker JUUL, alleging fraud, racketeering and targeting children. 

In this newscast: Protesters interrupt Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s speech to the Alaska Federation of Natives, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski criticizes President Trump on ethical grounds, the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska hopes to raise a new generation of Lingít speakers with an immersion class, the state ferry system lines up one October and one November stop in Prince Rupert, state transportation officials say they won’t plow a significant stretch of the Seward Highway, Nome officials hire an insurance company to handle a former 911 dispatcher’s claim that her rape wasn’t investigated, an Anchorage man that police say they have video evidence of one killing is charged with a second, and an elusive goat made famous on social media in Fairbanks gets caught.

In this newscast: The City of Hoonah petitions boundary officials to become Southeast Alaska’s biggest borough, operators of Kensington Gold Mine share what their proposed expansion means on the ground, Lt. Gov. Kevin Meyer certifies an oil tax ballot initiative application for signature gathering, the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation takes public comment on possible changes to oil spill prevention and response regulations, this week’s Alaska Federation of Natives Convention could shed light on the potent voting bloc’s relationship with Gov. Dunleavy, Anchorage Republican Rep. Josh Revak’s path to join the state Senate appears to be clearing, and the new head of the Iditarod hopes to find common ground with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. 

In this newscast: The U.S. Department of Agriculture announces it’s seeking to fully exempt the Tongass National Forest from a rule that makes roadbuilding difficult, a renowned evangelical Christian and climate scientist brings her message to Alaska, Mayor Beth Weldon forms a task force to looking at what the city should do to address the growing tourism industry, travel industry interests discuss “overtourism,” the Coast Guard reports widespread disruption of its VHF radio communications across Southeast Alaska, and state epidemiologists flag a recent spike in a type of poisoning caused by eating improperly preserved fish.