Newscast – Friday, Sept. 20, 2019

In this newscast:

  • Sealaska Heritage Institute announces a federal grant to help build out its vision for an arts campus in downtown Juneau,
  • rescuers reach a hiker who was stranded overnight on Mt. Roberts,
  • state lawmakers look ahead at the budget process after the polarizing budget director Donna Arduin gets a diminshed role,
  • ConocoPhillips says it intends to drill seven new exploratory wells in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska,
  • Federal law enforcement agencies reveal a previously undocumented drug problem in Alaska with an opioid called Tramadol, and
  • an unexploded aerial bomb is discovered in a home near Fort Wainwright.

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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