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?

Newscast – Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017

In this newscast: The Office of Special Prosecutions says it won’t prosecute Wasilla Sen. David Wilson for slapping a reporter in May, a natural gas pipeline in Russia competing with the Alaska LNG project makes its first delivery, Anchorage hits an all-time high for its annual homicide count, and the National Weather Service predicts another 2.5 to 3.5 inches of heavier rain to come. 

Newscast – Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017

In this newscast: U.S. Rep. Don Young gets a seat on the conference committee rewriting federal tax policy, the clinic at Juneau’s Housing First complex opens and admits its first patient, and a 5-year-old boy in Anchorage dies after shooting himself with a gun he found in a bedroom nightstand. 

Newscast – Friday, Dec. 1, 2017

In this newscast: U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan toes the GOP’s line with tax bill rhetoric that conflicts with deficit projections, a metric system miscommunication leads to a massive under-reporting of fuel on an Alaska-bound barge that had a close call, and a Portland company backs out of its plans to buy Alaska’s ferry Taku to turn it into a floating hotel. 

Newscast – Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017

In this newscast: Gov. Bill Walker signs a crime bill passed during the special legislative session, the state-owned Alaska Aerospace Corp. works toward operating in the private sector, a weather camera program is credited with significantly reducing weather-related aviation accidents, Capital Transit gets grant money approved to replace aging diesel buses, and Eaglecrest Ski Area is set to open Saturday.

Newscast – Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017

In this newscast: The Alaska Legislature’s special session ends with a whimper, Gov. Bill Walker releases a five-party joint development agreement with Chinese government-owned entities to advance a natural gas pipeline, Juneau Docks and Harbors solicits feedback on a waterfront design plan, and local second-graders take a cultural field trip to the Walter Soboleff Building as part of a program to expand access to the arts. 

Newscast – Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017

In this newscast: Gov. Walker creates a climate change team, the state sues the company that makes OxyContin, Sealaska announces its shareholder dividends, and the Juneau Police Department’s David Campbell gets bumped up to deputy chief.

Newscast – Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017

In this newscast: Juneau officials push ahead with plans to open a winter warming shelter for the homeless, the owners of the Bergmann Hotel share plans to sell the derelict building and other properties, tribal groups form an alliance to fight mines they say threaten traditional fisheries, and four-time Iditarod champion Dallas Seavey fires back at race officials for sled dog doping allegations. 

Newscast – Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017

An oil company is proposing building an artificial island in the Beaufort Sea to support drilling operations, the jury in the Christopher Strawn case return with a guilty verdict in the 2015 murder case, and a preview of the Alaska Federation of Natives convention. 

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