Newscast — Monday, April 19, 2021

In this newscast:

  • Concerned residents in the Southeast Alaska town of Gustavus pushed state agencies to do more testing for contaminants before major construction at the city’s airport.
  • An intensive search over the weekend of an area near Sitka’s ferry terminal turned up no new evidence in a missing person cold case.
  • Ten years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, environmental regulators say they’re expanding radiation testing of commercially harvested Alaska seafood to include crab.
  • Officials say two crew members aboard the Matansuka tested positive for COVID-19 over the weekend after the state ferry left Bellingham for ports in Southeast Alaska.

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