Newscast – Monday, August 24, 2026

In this newscast:

  • The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to end Juneau’s annual glacial lake outburst flood before the flood of 2030,
  • The state approved the first segment of a new access road for the controversial New Amalga gold mine in Juneau,
  • The Alaska Marine Highway System will finally receive $410 million in federal grant money,
  • Federal investigators say a charter plane crashed into a remote area of Southwest Alaska on Thursday after attempting a second landing,
  • At least nine brown bears have been eating out of Kodiak Island Borough’s landfill this summer

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