Newscast – Monday, Aug. 26, 2019

In this newscast:

  • Health insurance company Moda says it will return to Alaska’s individual marketplace next year,
  • U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos visits Alaska,
  • early fall chum salmon returns in Southeast Alaska are unexpectedly poor,
  • fire fighters make progress over the weekend containing the McKinley fire though the Swan Lake fire is still snarling the Sterling Highway,
  • the Alaska Marine Highway System ferry Kennicott rescued five people in Canadian waters, and
  • a rare lightning storm hits much of Southeast Alaska with more lightning possible.

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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