Stories include a missing Togiak fisherman, a Selawik man who died while swimming, an Anchorage shooting that killed a 15 year boy, latest fundraising totals by gubernatorial candidates, wage increases approved for Juneau police and firefighters, and possible Siberian smoke in Southeast Alaska.
Matt Miller
Morning Host & Local News Reporter
I’m up early every weekday morning pulling together all the news and information you need to start your day. I find the stories unique to Juneau or Southeast Alaska that may linger or become food-for-thought at the end of your day. What information do you need from me to give your day some context?
North Slope’s Kaktovik sees winter increase in polar bears, tourists
Polar bears congregate near the village because of bowhead whale bones left on shore by subsistence hunters. But the bears can be trapped there for the winter if they don’t make it onto the sea ice before it retreats in August.
Newscast – Monday, July 23, 2018
Stories include a vehicle roll-over accident, another plane makes emergency landing in Glacier Bay, and a rock from construction kills a boy on the Sterling Highway.
German pilot rescued after landing plane in Glacier Bay
Thorsten Kampe of Germany reported an engine failure Friday and tried landing his small plane Grand Pacific Glacier at the head of Glacier Bay’s Tarr Inlet.
Newscast – Friday, July 20, 2018
Stories include the federal government declining to extend the road out of Juneau and a new Western headquarters may be picked for the Bureau of Land Management.
Gardentalk – Here’s your primer on picking peonies
Master Gardener Ed Buyarski has a few tips for selecting and planting peony varieties.