Newscast – Friday, Oct. 18, 2019

In this newscast:

  • A hobby shop at Juneau’s prison gets converted to additional bed space as state prisons fill up,
  • tourism interests push back against a federal effort to open the Tongass National Forest to more road building and logging,
  • Sitkans try to push conversations about Alaska Day to include the idea of decolonization,
  • President Trump taps a former oil industry attorney to be the new U.S. District Court judge for Alaska, and
  • Washington state’s King County sues e-cigarette maker JUUL, alleging fraud, racketeering and targeting children.

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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