Newscast – Tuesday, April 30, 2019

In this newscast:

  • The Senate Finance Committee advances a new bill to split Alaska Permanent Fund earnings between state government and dividends,
  • Department of Homeland Security officials visit Nome to learn about weather-related crisis preparedness in Arctic communities,
  • the state Marijuana Control Board plan possible tweaks to onsite consumption rules,
  • state firefighters respond to 13 human-caused fires in one weekend,
  • an Alaska bank employee is sentenced to 10 years in prison for a brazen theft of $4.3 million, and
  • a young humpback whale swims free after getting stranded twice near Girdwood.

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?

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