Newscast – Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019

In this newscast:

  • Several service members are hospitalized after a small Coast Guard boat collides with a small Navy boat near Kodiak,
  • about 24 marine highway system employees will be “relieved of service” after the ferry Aurora is put in layup,
  • the University of Alaska Board of Regents rejects a consolidation plan the Legislature had backed,
  • Gov. Mike Dunleavy asks for public input on a bill to set up a framework for tribal governments to operate K-12 schools,
  • the latest quarterly report from the company trying to get the proposed Pebble Mine permitted flags significant cash flow problems,
  • the family of former Juneau man Cody Eyre files a wrongful death lawsuit after law enforcement shot him to death in Fairbanks,
  • upcoming research will show the last advancing glacier off the Juneau Icefield is now in retreat,
  • the annual holiday open house at the Governor’s Mansion is scheduled for Tuesday, and
  • new research documents a spike in emergency room visits for mostly minor injuries that correspond to the rise of smartphones.

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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