Newscast – Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025

In this newscast:

  • Juneau police: Man who died inside Mendenhall Valley home intentionally set it on fire,
  • The Ketchikan City Council is still on track to approve a hefty electric rate increase,
  • A man held at the Anchorage Correctional Complex has died  after authorities say his cellmate severely beat him,
  • Anchorage officers shot a man early Wednesday, in the second police shooting in Anchorage in 24 hours,
  • A consultant hired by Anchorage’s municipal attorney has a dozen recommendations to improve police de-escalation and use of force polices,
  • More than a million pounds of Alaska’s snow crab that might have previously gone unfished can now be processed, thanks to an agreement between the cities of St. Paul and Unalaska

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