Newscasts

Newscast – Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022

In this newscast: The cruise industry signs a first-of-its-kind agreement with Juneau; Juneau police began collecting DNA from some people with criminal records; A University of Alaska faculty union files an unfair labor practices complaint against the university administration; the village of Nunapitchuk water treatment building is  at risk of collapse; A candidate for Ketchikan City Council ends his campaign after KRBD exposes his criminal record

Newscast – Monday, Aug. 29, 2022

In this newscast: A little-known candidate named Buzz Kelley will advance to the general election for an Alaska seat in the U.S. Senate; An Anchorage man shot by police on Friday now faces 19 charges including kidnapping and attempted murder; Active duty airmen will soon be driving school buses for students at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson to help with a driver shortage; 29 students from Ukraine begin classes in the Delta-Greely School District; A new business in Sitka offers snorkeling to tourists as an eco-friendly attraction; Tlingit formline artist’s T-shirt design makes an appearance on She-Hulk: Attorney at Law;
The National Weather Service says more atmospheric rivers are headed to the region 

Newscast – Friday, Aug. 26, 2022

In this newscast: A former Bartlett Regional Hospital executive is in jail facing felony charges for stealing from the hospital; School districts across the state are facing teacher shortages; Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Charlie Pierce resigns to focus on his gubernatorial campaign; Environmental groups sue the Biden administration over its approval of an oil exploration program on the North Slope; U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski holds a hearing in Unalaska to try to spur the federal government to clean up contaminated lands conveyed to Alaska Natives; And the Coast Guard wraps up an investigation into an accidental stowaway aboard an Inter-Island Ferry Authority vessel 

Newscast — Thursday, August 25, 2022

In this newscast: A two-year process that slowed cleanup at the Tulsequah Chief mine upriver from Southeast Alaska came to an end; NASA scientists have completed another summer documenting climate change in the far north; Neither fall chum nor coho salmon runs of the Yukon River are robust enough to open subsistence fisheries; Sen. Dan…

Newscast — Wednesday, August 24, 2022

In this newscast: A private plane made an emergency landing on a Bethel road last weekend; The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released its first ever strategic plan for mariculture in Alaska; A Fairbanks group is fighting against goldmine development in the area; Governor Mike Dunleavy championed Alaska mineral development at a University of Alaska…

Newscast – Tuesday, August 23, 2022

In this newscast: Rockslides are battering a Skagway cruise ship dock and crushing the town’s economy; Norwegian Cruise Line gave waterfront property it spent millions on to Huna Totem Corporation; A humpback whale calf appears to be okay after an encounter with a tour boat in Favorite Channel

Newscast – Monday, August 22, 2022

In this newscast: Lack of affordable childcare in Sitka; Ketchikan welcomed a new U.S. Coast Guard cutter; MonkeyPox vaccine eligibility expanded in Alaska; Former state Rep. Dean Westlake’s son is charged with beating Westlake to death

Newscast — Friday, August 19, 2022

In this newscast: Students and teachers are transferred to other school on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson after Ursa Major Elementary School closed over earthquake safety concerns; A Soldotna family was named the 2022 Alaska Farm Family of the Year; Homer’s Sandhill Crane Count starts up again this weekend; The Federal Aviation Administration cleared Aleutian Airways to…

Newscast — Wednesday, August 17, 2022

In this newscast: All of Southeast Alaska’s primary candidates will advance to ranked choice general election; Juneau voters seemed to catch on to ranked choice voting with help from volunteers; A family dog was killed while defending its owners from wolves on a Metlakatla beach; Juneau Police urge attentiveness and caution as school resumes; The…

Newscast — Tuesday, August 16, 2022

In this newscast: Juneau organizations support transgender youth with new written guides for navigating school challenges; Alaskans headed to the polls today for their first chance to rank candidates in the special U.S. House general election and primaries; Final results for the statewide primary won’t be available until at least August 31st; A new undersea…

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