Jeremy Hsieh

In this newscast: The group Recall Dunleavy sues over the rejection of its recall application, three Alaska Pioneer Homes residents sue Gov. Mike Dunleavy over sudden rate increases, a state Superior Court judge issues a ruling that would end unlimited donations to independent political action committees, Juneau residents say they feel ignored by the U.S. Forest Service’s push to open the Tongass National Forest to road building, nearly 1,000 passengers are affected by the Alaska Marine Highway System’s abrupt service cancellations across much of Southeast, traffic engineers recommend rebuilding the intersection near Fred Meyer as a highway interchange, the state Department of Transportation plans to begin a project to reroute the Sterling Highway and build the state’s largest bridge, Royal Caribbean opts not to use it’s shoulder season permits to visit Glacier Bay National Park, and an astronaut and Pennsylvania county figure out how to vote absentee — from space. 

In this newscast: The head of state elections rejects an application to advance a recall of Gov. Mike Dunleavy, signature gathering is underway for a ballot initiative for “Alaska Students’ Educational Bill of Rights,” a report on the Public Defender Agency identifies a rising number of conflicts of interest, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski gets a provision into a bill directing the Bureau of Indian Affairs to collect data on missing and murdered indigenous women, the U.S. Forest Service kicks off a series of public hearings on the its effort to exempt the Tongass National Forest from the Roadless Rule, Senate Republicans confirm Rep. Josh Revak to fill a vacant seat, the National Transportation Safety Board flags Alaska’s high rate of fatal airplane crashes, and TSA agents in New Jersey flag a suspicious carry-on item only to discover it was a gun-shaped toilet paper roller. 

In this newscast: A judge rejects the state Department of Law’s request to stop signature gathering for an election overhaul initiative, several Southeast Alaska communities get cut off after a second ferry gets taken out of service unexpectedly, the state Department of Transportation announces an open house on redesigning the accident-prone intersection near Juneau’s Fred Meyer, members of the Alaska Ocean Acidification Network update the Alaska Board of Fisheries on impacts they’re seeing, a Skagway man is mauled by a brown bear on the Chilkoot Trail, a new class of drug-sniffing law enforcement dogs graduates in Fairbanks, and Juneau’s popular Gold Creek Flume Trail reopens. 

In this newscast: U.S. Rep. Don Young votes with his fellow Republicans against the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, a lawyer for the Legislature says ethics regulations the Department of Law proposed may be unconstitutional, parents and students react to the Juneau School District’s use of third-party electronic communication monitoring service Bark, the Defense Department reports a Fort Wainwright-based soldier has died in Iraq, a business in Hawaii decides not to go forward with discussions for Alaska Aerospace Corp. to build a satellite launch facility on its land, an accidental release of a smelly chemical triggers a natural gas leak scare in downtown Fairbanks, and the University of Alaska Fairbanks plans to incorporate esports into student activities and curriculum. 

In this newscast: President Donald Trump takes to Twitter in support of Gov. Mike Dunleavy, the Alaska Federation of Natives contrasts with the Dunleavy administration on the urgency of climate change, Premera Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alaska announces a plan to provide $5.7 million to bolster rural health care, law enforcement says it busted a man trying to fly to Nome with $10,000 of heroin, a state judge prepares a ruling in a long-fought case over sulfolane contamination in North Pole, Unalaska declares an emergency over its lack of commercial air service, and Yakima County in Washington state moves forward with a plan to convert a jail to a supportive homeless shelter. 

In this newscast: Lisa Murkowski is one of only three Republican senators who did not co-sponsor a resolution condeming the U.S. House’s impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, a military behavioral team identifies risk factors for soldier suicides at Fort Wainwright, state lawmakers learn about what role they’ll play in budgeting for the University of Alaska, nonprofit Renewable Juneau closes in on awarding its first round of zero-emissions home heating systems through its carbon offset fund, rainfall in Ketchikan gets the electric utility back on hydropower, state environmental regulators agree to submit a cleanup plan to the feds for Fairbanks’ polluted winter air, Unalaska considers declaring an emergency amid ongoing flight service disruptions, and the creators of “Molly of Denali” take proactive steps to helps fans dress as Molly without appropriating her culture for Halloween. 

In this newscast: A state judge rules that a ballot measure that would change how Alaskans choose state elected officials can move forward, the University of Alaska Board of Regents approve a plan to ditch an effort to consolidate three university accreditations into one, the head of the U.S. Census Bureau visits Delta Junction, ANWR drilling opponents gear up for a court challenge against the Interior Department’s possible petroleum lease sale, the Pogo Mine’s owners say they’ll invest $30 million this fiscal year to expand, the state’s economic development corporation invests $700,000 into the Ambler Road to open up mineral exploration in Northwest Alaska, about 100 people turn out for a community meeting in Butte to complain about two properties with junk cars and squatters, and an Anchorage brewer buys a full-service alcohol license to overcome the legal limits of his brewer’s license.