Newscast – Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020

In this newscast:

  • Alaska’s U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she’s undecided on a war powers resolution that tells President Trump to cease military hostilities against Iran,
  • Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz asks state legislators to give part of the Alaska Permanent Fund to municipalities,
  • national climate experts say Alaska had its warmest year on record in 2019,
  • new documents show the Arctic Slope Regional Corp. got a big payout when Congress opened part of ANWR to drilling,
  • an Alaska nonprofit hosts a series of suicide prevention listening circles in Kotzebue aimed at young people,
  • law enforcement shoot and kill a man they were attempting to arrest near Delta Junction,
  • Washington state health officials confirm 19 deaths from the flu so far this season, and
  • the National Weather Service issues a high wind watch for the Juneau area.

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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