Wednesday Nov. 13, 2024 8:30 a.m. newscast:
1. Republican challenger Nick Begich is still holding a slim lead over Democratic Congresswoman Mary Peltola after Tuesday’s Absentee ballot count. And Democratic state Senator Scott Kawasaki increased his lead of Republican Challenger Leslie Hadjukovich.
2. The University of Alaska Regents approved a slight tuition increase for in-state and out-of-state students in a meeting last week.
3. Homer Police arrested a man Monday night as the suspect in three shootings at two local health-care nonprofits over the last month.
4. Alaska’s state-owned development corporation is advancing plans to explore for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and to build a 300-mile road to a mining district in Northwest Alaska.
