Newscast – Friday, July 26, 2019

In this newscast:

  • Tensions escalate in the ferry system’s labor dispute,
  • a retailer and a freight business in Gustavus make tough decisions to cope with the ferry strike,
  • Moody’s Investors Services outlook for Alaska’s credit rating worsens,
  • Facebook ads targeting University of Alaska students’ fear about the future of their institutions causes indignation, and
  • state troopers report a woman died trying to cross a river to reach the bus featured in “Into the Wild.”

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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