Newscast – Friday, Dec. 20, 2019

In this newscast:

  • Pebble Mine opponents react with outrage to a CNN report that Gov. Mike Dunleavy signed letters essentially written by the Pebble Limited Partnership,
  • Gov. Dunleavy  says his national news interviews were intended to put Alaska on the map and draw investor interest,
  • Alaska Marine Highway System employees cope with reduced sailings,
  • Alaska’s congressional delegation secures millions in funding for rural communities near national forests in Alaska,
  • state lawmakers approve a $30 per day stipend to legislative staffers who move to Juneau for the session,
  • Goldman Sachs announces it won’t finance ventures to explore or develop oil prospects in ANWR,
  • an Anchorage contractor pleads guilty to a federal charge for defrauding military veterans with service-connected disabilities,
  • the National Park Service will limit the opening of the Denali National Park road due to a collapsed hillside along the route, and
  • a report on hydroelectric dams along the Snake River in Washington finds no consensus over whether to keep or remove them.

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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