Newscast – Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019

In this newscast:

  • Protesters interrupt Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s speech to the Alaska Federation of Natives,
  • U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski criticizes President Trump on ethical grounds,
  • the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska hopes to raise a new generation of Lingít speakers with an immersion class,
  • the state ferry system lines up one October and one November stop in Prince Rupert,
  • state transportation officials say they won’t plow a significant stretch of the Seward Highway,
  • Nome officials hire an insurance company to handle a former 911 dispatcher’s claim that her rape wasn’t investigated,
  • an Anchorage man that police say they have video evidence of one killing is charged with a second, and
  • an elusive goat made famous on social media in Fairbanks gets caught.

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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