Newscast – Monday, Oct. 5, 2026

In this newscast:

  • Tomorrow is Juneau’s municipal Election Day and voters have until tomorrow night to cast their ballots,
  • A Juneau man whose remains were discovered inside a chest freezer in July died of natural causes, according to a Juneau Police Department release,
  • Voters in Juneau are deciding in this municipal election whether to approve paying a slightly higher sales tax during the tourism season,
  • The Trump Administration has reinterpreted language in the federal Endangered Species Act that would allow for the incidental killing of endangered species and habitat loss

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