In this newscast: Suspect held in 2016 shooting in Alaska Peninsula village; Marijuana tax collections in Alaska tumble again; Iditarod committee looking to implement a series of reforms.
Tripp J Crouse, KTOO
A recent transplant to Juneau from Iowa, Tripp J Crouse has more than 13 years of journalism and newspaper experience, and was previously the social media editor for the Quad-City Times of Davenport, Iowa, from April 2013 to July 2016.
Morning newscast – Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018
In this newscast: Alaska House boots David Eastman from ethics panel Sen. David Wilson disciplined for retaliating against aide in press conference Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta-area Democrats discuss Zach Fansler’s potential replacement
Watch: President Trump delivers State of the Union address
President Donald Trump is delivering his State of the Union address to Congress, which will be followed by a response from the Democratic Party. Journalists across the NPR newsroom will be annotating those remarks, adding fact-checks and analysis in real time.
Celestial trifecta will greet Alaska with ‘super blue blood moon’
Early-rising Alaskans and night owls will be treated Wednesday morning to a celestial trifecta: a super blue blood moon, the first in about 150 years.
Burglary suspect indicted for ransacking Jordan Creek businesses
According to the burglary indictment documents, 35-year-old Shawn Travis Beaird ransacked a pawn shop, a pizza joint and a cooking school in Juneau with a screwdriver.
Two people injured in downtown SUV crash
Police are investigating a downtown crash that sent two people — the driver and a passenger — to the hospital on Thursday.