Newscast – Friday, Nov. 1, 2019

In this newscast:

  • A judge rejects the state Department of Law’s request to stop signature gathering for an election overhaul initiative,
  • several Southeast Alaska communities get cut off after a second ferry gets taken out of service unexpectedly,
  • the state Department of Transportation announces an open house on redesigning the accident-prone intersection near Juneau’s Fred Meyer,
  • members of the Alaska Ocean Acidification Network update the Alaska Board of Fisheries on impacts they’re seeing,
  • a Skagway man is mauled by a brown bear on the Chilkoot Trail,
  • a new class of drug-sniffing law enforcement dogs graduates in Fairbanks, and
  • Juneau’s popular Gold Creek Flume Trail reopens.

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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