Newscast – Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020

In this newscast:

  • The Alaska Marine Highway System is chartering a private ferry to provide interim passenger service between several Southeast communities,
  • the ferry LeConte gets slated for its first stop to Pelican since October,
  • private barge services pick up a lot business for moving cars around with ferry service crippled,
  • Gov. Mike Dunleavy pitches a bill to exchange permanent fund dividends for vouchers to buy state land worth twice the cash value,
  • a rockslide takes out Tatsuda’s IGA in Ketchikan,
  • a snowmachiner is killed by an avalanche in Unalaska, and
  • the Alaska Senate sends the House a bill that would let breweries and distilleries extend their hours and host some live-music events.

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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