Newscast – Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019

In this newscast:

  • Gov. Mike Dunleavy does national media appearances to pushing his policies and raising money to fight the recall effort,
  • a new company announces plans to ship liquefied natural gas from the North Slope to Asian markets,
  • tariffs from the Trump administration’s trade war with China hits the Tongass Forest timber industry,
  • a passenger dies after the SUV he was riding in flips and gets partially submerged in Juneau,
  • the state announces it’s taking the ferry Malaspina out of service in December indefinitely,
  • mountain goats and climate change may be to blame for Ketchikan’s declining drinking water woes, and
  • wildlife biologists in Anchorage report a steep decline in nuisance bear killings.

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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