Newscast – Friday, Aug. 26, 2022

In this newscast:

  • A former Bartlett Regional Hospital executive is in jail facing felony charges for stealing from the hospital
  • School districts across the state are facing teacher shortages
  • Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Charlie Pierce resigns to focus on his gubernatorial campaign
  • Environmental groups sue the Biden administration over its approval of an oil exploration program on the North Slope
  • U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski holds a hearing in Unalaska to try to spur the federal government to clean up contaminated lands conveyed to Alaska Natives
  • And the Coast Guard wraps up an investigation into an accidental stowaway aboard an Inter-Island Ferry Authority vessel

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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