Newscast – Friday, Nov. 29, 2019

In this newscast:

  • A newly formed committee charged with planning for Alaska’s redistricting process will hold its first meeting next week,
  • a boat adrift in Gastineau Channel prompts a little mystery,
  • Alaska Native cultural interpreters discuss the work of explaining their existence to cruise ship visitors,
  • the Anchorage Assembly approves studying a waste-to-energy incineration plant,
  • Skagway Brewing Company’s has harnessed carbon dioxide from making beer to fuel an aeroponic garden,
  • authorities arrest a Fairbanks man for allegedly using a backhoe to steal a truck, and
  • a bear is blamed for a pair of vehicle break-ins in Akhiok.

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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