About this episode
This episode covers the opening of a new cruise ship dock, a violent crime incident, bear safety tips, and the ongoing search for a missing woman in Juneau.
In this newscast: Huna Totem Corporation officials say they are full steam ahead with the plan to open downtown Juneau’s fifth cruise ship dock by 2028. That’s despite unexpected timeline delays and price hikes that may scale down the project; In early April, two people allegedly severely beat a man in the Marine Parking Garage in downtown Juneau. He was medevaced out of town. Nearly a month later, Alfred Torres Sr. was pronounced brain dead and taken off of life support on Monday; KTOO’s Mike Lane recently sat down with Area Management Biologist Carl Koch with Fish and Game Wildlife Conservation to talk about how best to keep safe in bear country,; Juneau woman Tracy Day has been missing for more than seven years. And while her disappearance has become a rallying cry for the families of missing and murdered Indigenous people in Juneau, her daughter, Kaelyn Schneider, also wants people to know who she was before she went missing
People in this episode
Host: Mike Lane
Guest: Carl Koch
Topics covered
- cruise ship dock
- crime
- bear safety
- missing persons
- Indigenous issues
Keywords
- cruise ship dock
- Juneau
- bear safety
- missing persons
- Alfred Torres Sr.
- Huna Totem Corporation
- Tracy Day
- Carl Koch
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Huna Totem Corporation
Places: Juneau
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