Newscast – Friday, July 19, 2019

In this newscast:

  • Alaska could forfeit billions in federal transportation dollars if the state capital budget doesn’t get funded,
  • U.S. Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie says Alaska’s VA will get new services and facilities and pilot new reforms,
  • state regulators OK a waste management permit for an exploratory mine project near Klukwan and Haines,
  • the House Finance Committee wraps its series of public hearings on its new funding bill with a road show in Fairbanks, and
  • a correction to a story about University of Alaska climate change researchers.

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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