In this newscast:
- The provincial government of British Columbia adopts the United Nations’ Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which could affect First Nation tribes’ say over mining and other resource industries,
- U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan cosponsors a resolution condemning the House’s impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump,
- state officials say Alaska airports will continue stocking a firefighting foam linked to groundwater contamination,
- the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers extends its deadline to review comments submitted for its environmental review of the proposed Pebble Mine,
- the U.S. Census Bureau says its workers will still approach homes in Alaska with no trespassing signs,
- a Washington insurance commissioner fines a company for selling insurance policies that promised gun owners insurance for criminal activity,
- the Iditarod joins a new global circuit of long-distance sled dog races.
