Newscast – Tuesday, July 2, 2019

In this newscast:

  • The EPA criticizes the Army Corps of Engineers’ draft report on the Pebble Mine,
  • Independent Al Gross files to run against incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan,
  • fire crews make progress containing the Shovel Creek wildfire near Fairbanks,
  • an investigation is underway after a Sand Point woman dies in corrections custody,
  • a Kenai Peninsula Borough Assemblyman suggests doing away with invocations to do away with the invocation controversy,
  • Juneau’s Fourth of July fireworks show is still on despite the state fire marshal’s fireworks ban, and
  • St. Paul islanders celebrate the death of a rogue rat that could have devastated local seabird populations.

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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