Newscast – Monday, Dec. 9, 2019

In this newscast:

  • The state’s latest forecast for revenue is down,
  • half of the Alaska Marine Highway System fleet is now out of service,
  • Alaska public safety officials update an online list of missing people with decades of old cases,
  • the City and Borough of Juneau announces a new director of public works and engineering,
  • Native corporation Doyon signs an oil and gas exploration agreement with Hilcorp,
  • state and federal officials tally up over $300 million from summer wildfire fighting expenses in Alaska,
  • wildlife biologists set up traps to kill at least one problem bear in Sitka,
  • a man gets buried and saved in an avalanche on Flattop Mountain,
  • SpaceX delivers Christmas presents and cargo for experiments to the International Space Station, and
  • dense fog affects air and road travel in Juneau.

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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