Scott Burton hosts on Wednesday August 14, 2019.
On Wednesday’s show, Perseverance Theater will detail their nationwide search for a new artistic director.
The Southeast Alaska Land Trust will preview an upcoming fly-casting workshop with the Tongass chapter of Trout Unlimited.
Girls on the Run and Boys Run will highlight trainings for new coaches.
And the Juneau School District will outline preparations for next week’s beginning of the school.
That’s Juneau Afternoon on Wednesday: 3 p.m. on KTOO 104.3 FM, and repeated at 4 p.m. on KRNN 102.7 FM
Recent headlines
Alaska state government forecasts lower revenue for this year and next
The Alaska Department of Revenue forecasts $187.3 million less in state revenue this year than it did in the spring. The department released the forecast on Friday.
Extremely low cod numbers lead feds to close the Gulf of Alaska fishery for the first time
In an unprecedented response to historically low numbers of Pacific cod, the federal cod fishery in the Gulf of Alaska is closing for the 2020 season.
ENSTAR wants permission to raise gas prices to cover $1M in earthquake repairs
Anchorage natural gas company ENSTAR is asking state regulators to allow it to bill its customers to recover $1 million in costs from last year's major earthquake.
Rule change for SNAP work requirements would disqualify some Alaska recipients, providers say
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