In this newscast:
- About 2400 people weighed-in on a public opinion survey on tourism in Juneau
- Wasilla Republican Representative Christopher Kurka joined the growing list of candidates for governor
- The U.S. Department of Interior says oil and gas companies should pay more to extract fossil fuels from federal waters and lands
- State health officials are asking Alaskans to be cautious as they brace for the arrival of the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus