Alaska News October 16, 2019

By Claire Stremple, KHNS – Haines, Alaska News from APRN: Skagway legend “Buckwheat” Donahue dies at 68
 
 
By Wesley Early, KOTZ – Kotzebue, Alaska News from APRN: National Native news outlet Indian Country Today announces Alaska bureau
 
 
 
 
KTVA The Voice of Alaska: Brian Smith indicted on charges of murder, sexual assault & evidence tampering; DOC to send inmates out of state due to growing prison population after SB 91 repeal; Yup’ik immersion students get hands-on learning through salmon exploration; Travel Tuesday: Aurora draws winter visitors to Southcentral and more ->
 
 
 
 
KTUU: Two people hurt in mobile home fire near Lake Otis and Dowling; ASAA will not decertify the official in the Dimond High School swimsuit controversy; Training translators to relay emergency communications in different languages; UPDATE: Fugitive goat nabbed by Alaska State Troopers; City of Hoonah wants to join large area to create a new borough and more ->
 
 
 
 
KTOO Public Media: Meet the evangelical climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe; Cruise boom brings more business to Sitka but strains some local attractions; You’ve probably never been to the Anchorage airport’s sleepy second terminal. The state wants to change that. More ->
 
 
 
 
Alaska Native News: Cold Case Investigation Unit Webpage Goes Public; Red Cross of Alaska to Present at National Congress of American Indians Tribal Conference, Exhibit at 2019 Alaskan Federation of Natives Convention and more ->
 
 
 
 
Fairbanks News Webcenter 11: Elders, State legislators, and musicians speak at Elders and Youth Conference; Eagle man charged with second degree murder pleads not guilty; Not Guilty Pleas entered for cousins accused in hotel robbery and more ->
 
 
 
 
By Craig Medred: Crudely differing views
 
 
 
 
Suzanne Downing Must Read Alaska: Fairbanks makes Top 10 list of great university towns and more ->
 
 
 
 
By Matthew Passantino, Awards Circuit: TV Review: Check Hulu, If You’re ‘Looking for Alaska’