Midday Report – July 16, 2024

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A Juneau man has died after he was shot multiple times by police on Front Street in downtown Juneau yesterday. A sightseeing plane lost power and was forced to land near a glacier in Denali National Park Friday. And the judge sentencing convicted killer Brian Smith in Anchorage on Friday gave him a 226-year sentence for the murders of two Alaska Native women. Photo: Brian Smith walks out of the courtroom after receiving what amounts to two separate life sentences. Anchorage Superior Court Judge Kevin Saxby said Smith, who was convicted of killing two Alaska Native women, was beyond rehabilitation. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media)