In this newscast: Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoes out $780 million from the state budget bill and signs it; A 13-year-old girl is hospitalized after a being hit by a car in downtown Juneau; Former Juneau mayor and state senator Dennis Egan dies at age 75; Juneau residents rally against the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade; The cruise ship that hit an iceberg in Alaska is skipping port calls and returning to Seattle; The state Supreme Court says Republican Tara Sweeney won’t be on the August special election ballot for U.S. House; Ketchikan’s local Republican Party chapter censures Congressional candidate Sarah Palin over her reversal as governor on the so-called “bridge to nowhere”; A float plane with seven people crashes in Lake Iliamna
Jeremy Hsieh
Local News Reporter, KTOO
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Newscast – Friday, June 17, 2022
In this newscast: The Juneau School District shares more about how floor sealant was served to students instead of milk; Candidates who did poorly in the congressional special primary election are weighing if they’ll still run in the regular election; Voters in Southeast Alaska favored independent Al Gross and Democrat Mary Peltola; Capstone Clinic is closing its public testing sites at the end of the month; Firefighting crews are standing by to respond to more Interior wildfires with lightning in the forecast; Higher fuel prices are driving up barge prices and retail prices across Southeast Alaska; The Juneau Black Awareness Association celebrates Juneteenth on Sunday.
Group seeking to repeal Juneau real estate disclosure ordinances may be short of signatures
The group will get 10 extra days to collect more signatures as city election officials continue work through the signature validation process.
Experienced travelers say staff shortages and COVID-19 outbreaks are spoiling their Alaska cruises
Some passengers want the public to know that lots of people are getting infected during cruises, and they’re left in the dark about outbreaks on board.
Group seeking repeal of Juneau’s mandatory real estate sale price disclosures turns in signatures
City staff said the information would improve the accuracy of property assessments. The referendum supporters say it’s an invasion of privacy that could lead to higher taxes.
Newscast – Monday, June 6, 2022
In this newscast: Alaska’s health commissioner plans to end the COVID-19 emergency order on July 1; Gun safety advocates lobby U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski for gun safety legislation; A climber dies trying to summit Denali; The state has sold the ferry Malaspina to Alaska businessmen; Wrangell’s Trident Seafood plant will stay closed for the third year in a row; The average sale price of homes in Alaska rose nearly 9% last year; Organizers in Juneau turn in petition signatures for a referendum to repeal mandatory disclosure of real estate sales prices; Juneau voters may not get the final say this October on a plan to stop taxing sales of food; Trail users are concerned about how a proposed disc golf course around the Treadwell Mine Historic Site and Trail will affect them.
Juneau Assembly may ask voters how to pay for grocery sales tax exemption
To pay for the tax break, the Assembly is considering a year-round sales tax increase, a seasonal sales tax increase or a property tax increase.
Among Juneau’s three incumbent state legislators, only one drew an opponent
Local political officials on both sides of the aisle shared some of their theories about why more people didn’t sign up to run for office.
State to transfer Telephone Hill to City and Borough of Juneau for redevelopment
The Alaska Legislature passed a bill with an 11th hour amendment that directs the administration to transfer Telephone Hill to the city.
Update: Searchers find man’s body in water near Skagway pier
The man reportedly was swimming in front of a docked cruise ship when he began to have trouble and sank.