Newscast — Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021

  • Former Alaska Gov. Bill Walker announced that he’s running for governor again,
  • The Lower Kuskokwim School District has agreed to pay $3.8 million dollars to settle a lawsuit after two girls sued the district for failing to protect them from sexual abuse at the hands of a former Bethel elementary school principal,
  • U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm visited Fairbanks and Anchorage this week,
  • Three people were killed in an accident on the Parks Highway on Sunday, the second of two fatal crashes in the area this past weekend.

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