The officer shot at the man from about 250 feet away in the dark, based on two eyewitness accounts.
Jeremy Hsieh
Local News Reporter, KTOO
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A man threatened to kill himself. Juneau police shot at him, and hit two nearby homes instead
Police say there was one injury: someone inside a trailer got a minor cut from broken glass after a bullet went through a bedroom window.
Watch: Sen. Lisa Murkowski addresses Alaska Legislature at 11 a.m. Tuesday
Lisa Murkowski is Alaska’s senior senator, serving since late 2002. She typically takes questions from state lawmakers on the floor after her address.
Eaglecrest Ski Area officials want $2M to buy a used, aerial gondola system
Buying it could save millions of dollars and shave years off of a plan in development to cash in on summer cruise ship visitors and eliminate the need for local taxpayer support to run Eaglecrest Ski Area.
Watch: 2022 State of the Judiciary Address
This will be Chief Justice Daniel Winfree’s first State of the Judiciary Address.
Juneau Assembly OKs ‘Peratrovich Plaza,’ controversial rezone and $20M in hospital debt
Concerns over rezoning 15 acres along North Douglas Highway have ranged from road congestion, to the impact on housing stock, to public opinion, to economic inequities.
Watch: Juneau Assembly considers Peratrovich Plaza rename, North Douglas rezone and hospital debt
You can watch and participate through the city’s Zoom videoconference. KTOO also broadcasts live coverage of Assembly meetings on 104.3 FM.
Alaska electric utilities are proposing new rates for fast charging stations for electric cars
Under current rate schedules, it can be really expensive to run an EV fast charger. If utilities lower rates for and overcorrect, then everyone could be paying for the people who use these charging stations.
Newscast – Monday, Jan. 31, 2022
In this newscast: State lawmakers raise concerns about the sustainability of Gov. Dunleavy’s budget plan; A group of young Alaskans lose their climate change lawsuit against the state; The EPA is revisiting a decision that could permanently block development of the Pebble mine; House lawmakers table an action to remove a state representative who is a member of the Oath Keepers from his committee assignments; The Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska will hold its annual Tribal Assembly virtually for a third year; Local COVID-19 cases are slowly trending down; The National Weather Service issues a winter storm warning
Juneau man dies of COVID-19 at Bartlett Regional Hospital
From Friday through Sunday, 4,447 new cases were reported statewide, down about 23% from this time last week. Hospital data shows 154 people hospitalized with COVID-19, including 8 people on ventilators.