Newscast – Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019

In this newscast:

  • President Donald Trump takes to Twitter in support of Gov. Mike Dunleavy,
  • the Alaska Federation of Natives contrasts with the Dunleavy administration on the urgency of climate change,
  • Premera Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alaska announces a plan to provide $5.7 million to bolster rural health care,
  • law enforcement says it busted a man trying to fly to Nome with $10,000 of heroin,
  • a state judge prepares a ruling in a long-fought case over sulfolane contamination in North Pole,
  • Unalaska declares an emergency over its lack of commercial air service, and
  • Yakima County in Washington state moves forward with a plan to convert a jail to a supportive homeless shelter.

Jeremy Hsieh

Local News Reporter, KTOO

I dig into questions about the forces and institutions that shape Juneau, big and small, delightful and outrageous. What stirs you up about how Juneau is built and how the city works?

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