Newscast – Monday, August 24, 2026
In this newscast: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to end Juneau's annual glacial lake outburst flood before the flood of 2030; The state approved the first segment of a new access road for the controversial New Amalga gold mine in Juneau; The Alaska Marine Highway System will finally receive $410 million in federal grant money; Federal investigators say a charter plane crashed into a remote area of Southwest Alaska on Thursday after attempting a second landing; At least nine brown bears have been eating out of Kodiak Island Borough's landfill this summer
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