Newscasts

In this newscast: The Juneau Assembly will discuss potential city service reductions at a finance committee meeting on Wednesday night; The kickoff of the 2026 cruise ship tourism season is just around the corner in Juneau. The first ship, the MS Eurodam, arrives Monday afternoon; A proposal to raise Alaska’s age of consent from 16 to 18 took a step forward on Friday as a key part of an omnibus package of crime legislation proposed by Anchorage Democratic Sen. Matt Claman; An Alaska inmate died last week under the care of the state department of corrections; A key Alaska Senate committee is out with a new take on the governor’s proposal to cut taxes for the Alaska LNG project — with a much smaller tax cut.

In this newscast: Leadership of the Juneau School District will undergo a major changeover this summer; Juneau’s cold-weather warming shelter was supposed to close for the season last week, but, instead, the shelter will be open year-round, thanks to a decision by the Juneau Assembly earlier this month; April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and Aware is planning a fashion show to celebrate survivors of sexual assault; The U.S. Coast Guard announced last week that the first of its two medium-weight icebreakers will be homeported in Alaska

In this newscast: A year-long investigation into Anchorage and Mat-Su massage parlors has led to seven arrests involving sex trafficking; As part of a crime bill passed by the Legislature two years ago, the Department of Corrections contracted with the Alaska Federation of Natives to conduct a study looking at ways to reduce the overrepresentation of Alaska Native People in the state’s prison population. The study was released recently; Normally Alaska has three people at the U.S. Capitol arguing for federal land and natural resources policies that boost the state’s economy. Last week, 150 Alaskans fanned out across the Capitol to make the case for their industries, ranging from drilling and mining to tourism and fishing; The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday that it has opened an Office of Seafood within the department. This first of its kind office comes after years of advocacy from Alaska’s Congressional delegation and fishermen

In this newscast: Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau was evacuated Thursday after a fire broke out in a utility closet: Officials say a plane made a crash landing in Favorite Channel near Juneau Thursday morning: Tlingit and Haida’s Generations Southeast Juneau Campus is offering free community emergency response team training beginning April 25th.

In this Newscast: A Lingit composer and musician from Sitka has been part of a team composing the first full opera in the Lingit language: A Juneau school principal is on administrative leave and facing a charge of misdemeanor assault for allegedly restraining a student: The Juneau School Board unanimously approved a long-awaited contract between the district and its teachers union: President Trump has appointed Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy to a seat on the U.S. Arctic Research Commission.

In this newscast: The Juneau Assembly will delay the planned summer demolition of the downtown Telephone Hill neighborhood until the city receives more information from prospective developers:
President Donald Trump on Friday called on Alaska voters to repeal ranked choice voting at the November election:Two Chilkat robes – one very old, one not yet on the loop – will soon belong to a Lingit clan as they work to rebuild their clan house in Sitka.