Newscast – Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020

  • Tlingit culture bearer and leader King̱eestí David Katzeek died suddenly last night,
  • While the pandemic put a damper on many holidays this year, determined Juneauites are finding creative ways to celebrate Halloween,
  • More than a dozen candidates for the Alaska Legislature gathered for a virtual forum last week on racial equity,
  • Governor Mike Dunleavy says obsolete technology has prevented the state government from distributing additional money to Alaskans who are unemployed due to COVID-19,
  • Alaska’s congressional delegation and governor are welcoming the Trump administration’s decision to fully exempt the Tongass National Forest from the Clinton-era Roadless rule. that’s a federal regulation that generally restricts road-building and industrial activity on national forest lands that don’t already have them.

Rashah McChesney

Daily News Editor

I help the newsroom establish daily news priorities and do hands-on editing to ensure a steady stream of breaking and enterprise news for a local and regional audience.

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