Newscast – Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017

In this newscast:

  • The Alaska Marine Highway System could shut down this spring;
  • The new owners of Alaska’s largest newspaper laid off reporters, editors and other employees;
  • A 20-year-old California man who illegally shot two brown bears and a deer in Southeast Alaska has been fined $10,000; and
  • As ocean temperatures rise from climate change, new species could move into Alaska waters.

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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