Jeremy Hsieh

In this newscast: Federal officials visit Nome to discuss violent crime, missing and murdered Native Americans, and illegal narcotics; Gov. Mike Dunleavy picks Rep. Laddie Shaw to fill Anchorage Sen. Chris Birch’s vacant seat, Orthodox pilgrims make their way to Spruce Island near Kodiak, and the Interior Department OKs motorized electric bicycles in national parks and public lands usually off limits to motorized vehicles. 

In this newscast: Alaska officials hear U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos discusses her national scholarship proposal designed to encourage private investment, the Missile Defense Agency details what a recent Pentagon missile defense contract cancellation means for Fort Greely, a Coast Guard seaman charged with a murder in Unalaska awaits court martial proceedings, and the mayor of the Kenai Peninsula Borough signs a temporary disaster declaration for Seldovia and Nanwalek because they’re running out of water. 

In this newscast: Stakeholders react to news that President Donald Trump wants to open up the Tongass National Forest to roadbuilding, Alaska public employee unions call the state attorney general’s legal opinion on union dues ideologically “extreme,” Haines brewers and distillers react to the latest regulatory proposal from the state Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, and state wildlife troopers allege they caught a longtime fishing lobbyist fishing illegally near Sitka. 

In this newscast: The federal government releases preliminary studies that are a prerequisite to build a 200-mile Ambler road for mining access, the Glory Hall homeless shelter’s relocation plans upset neighbors of the potential new location, state regulators propose rules to limit activities at breweries and distilleries, Washington state officials propose an overhaul of the legal marijuana industry’s rules, Alaska issues a public health alert about cases of lung illnesses associated with vaping, U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan discusses Arctic security during a short visit to Unalaska, and a 16-year-old Swedish climate activist finishes two-week, trans-Atlantic zero-emission sailing trip to the New York. 

In this newscast: BP announces its selling all of its Alaska business to Hilcorp, the top judge for Tlingit and Haida Tribal Court is the new magistrate for Petersburg, Wrangell and Kake, the City and Borough of Juneau hopes to puts in a bid to buy the subport lot with cruise ship passenger fees, Alaska Airlines and passengers report multiple flights were struck by lightning in Sunday’s storm, and a survey shows alerts from new driver assist systems are so annoying that some motorists are turning the features off.

In this newscast: Health insurance company Moda says it will return to Alaska’s individual marketplace next year, U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos visits Alaska, early fall chum salmon returns in Southeast Alaska are unexpectedly poor, fire fighters make progress over the weekend containing the McKinley fire though the Swan Lake fire is still snarling the Sterling Highway, the Alaska Marine Highway System ferry Kennicott rescued five people in Canadian waters, and a rare lightning storm hits much of Southeast Alaska with more lightning possible.

In this newscast: Poll results about Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s policies show a closely split public, U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan say they’ll look into why the Pentagon canceled a project to improve Alaska-based missile defense, the Bureau of Land Management releases a draft of its environmental analysis for a major ConocoPhillips oil project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, a mine wall collapses at the Pogo mine in the Interior, wildfires continue to burn in Southcentral Alaska destroying 51 homes and 84 outbuildings, the Sitka-based Harris Air announces plans to end its commercial flight service in September, Congress is working on a transportation bill that includes funding for a 325-mile stretch of the Alaska Highway in the Yukon, and Iditarod officials deny entry in the race to a veteran, 78-year-old musher Jim Lanier. 

In this newscast: Two 13-year-olds get arrested and charged with “terroristic threatening” for statements reportedly overheard about Floyd Dryden Middle School, a scammer steals more than $300,000 from the City and Borough of Juneau, state regulators eliminate a requirement that they review air ambulance membership agreements, and Jay Inslee drops out of the presidential race and seeks a third term as Washington’s governor. 

In this newscast: Environmental lawyers gear up to fight the Trump administration’s energy policy changes in Alaska, the Catholic Diocese of Juneau announces that at least seven men who worked for the church since 1951 engaged in sexual misconduct, a state budget cut to a program that helped  local governments pay for school infrastructure will force local taxes to increase, and a security robot that was vandalized in California may help capture its vandal.