Newscast – Monday, Oct. 21, 2019

In this newscast:

  • The U.S. Forest Service publishes an explanation of its decision to seek opening up the Tongass National Forest,
  • the Alaska Federation of Natives passes a measure declaring a climate emergency,
  • various state interests ready for another big fight over oil tax policy,
  • U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan softens his rhetoric after making some unusually critical remarks about President Trump,
  • the Anchorage man accused of killing two Alaska Native women pleads not guilty to the second killing,
  • one person dies after a commuter plane goes off the runway in Unalaska, and
  • students at a Washington state high school use aerial drones in a new class to learn math.

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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