Newscast – Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020

In this newscast:

  • The Alaska House passes a spending package to cover additional current-year budget costs,
  • small Southeast Alaska communities cut off from septic tank services cope with sewage,
  • federal officials reveal their seizure of 82 guns and name 16 Anchorage-area defendants as result of a months-long investigation,
  • NOAA shares signs that the Pacific Ocean’s last marine heatwave and its far-ranging effects may be abating,
  • leaders of the University of Alaska Anchorage announce elimination or suspension of more than a dozen academic programs, and
  • Amazon opens a cashier-less grocery store in Seattle.

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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