Newscast – Monday, May 20, 2024

In this newscast:

  • An electric pole in Ketchikan caught fire late last month and sent Ketchikan, Petersburg, and Wrangell into a blackout. The three grids – which are interconnected – went dark for a few hours. That smoldering electric pole was symptomatic of a much larger, decades-long issue facing Ketchikan Public Utilities,
  • Tongass Voices: Kanik Corinne James on being uplifted by Indigenous women in the art world

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