Newscast – Wednesday, June 19, 2019

In this newscast:

  • The U.S. House passes a spending bill with a sentence that would sideline permitting for Pebble Mine,
  • sites contaminated with harmful chemicals plague rural Alaska, and
  • residents of a Norwegian island in the Artic petition to go “time-free” for summer.

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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