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.
