Jeremy Hsieh

In this newscast: The Forest Service seeks public comment on its comprehensive 15-year plan for the Craig and Thorne Bay Ranger Districts of the Tongass National Forest, a Juneau task force finishes its work and recommends municipal action to expand and improve child care, the first girls join Juneau’s Cub Scouts after a change in the national organization’s boys-only policy last year, and a new reality TV show investigates ghosts at Juneau’s Alaskan Hotel and Bar. 

In this newscast: Highlights from Tuesday’s forum in Juneau on tourism impacts, lawmakers prod Gov. Mike Dunleavy to keep up on an international efforts to manage Canadian mine impacts in Southeast Alaska, and tribal governments take issue with Gov. Dunleavy’s reluctance to consult with them on a government-to-government basis. 

In this newscast: State lawmakers seem unlikely to act on Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s tough-on-crime bills, the cruise ship industry and locals in Juneau discuss ways to reduce cruise ship emissions in town, police and fire investigators suspect arson in a downtown fire, five former nurses at Homer’s hospital allege age discrimination in a lawsuit, and state health officials agree to put out to bid a contract to run the Alaska Psychiatric Institute. 

In this newscast: The Alaska Legislature is poised for final passage of a bill to scale back some conflict of interest rules, breakup resumes on rivers in the Interior, Trident Seafoods tries new ways of marking Alaska pollock including as gluten-free noodles, Washington’s state Legislature is close to passing a bill that could end clock changes for daylight saving time, and local tips for garbage bear season. 

In this newscast: state transportation officials quietly consider a new Juneau ferry terminal plan to shorten upper Lynn Canal trips, Harborview Elementary School plans to cut a teacher position due to declining enrollment, local search and rescue crews train for a building collapse, and the Douglas Bridge will be closed for up to 15 minutes at a time next week for work related to bridge repairs. 

In this newscast: State officials estimate moving the Legislature to Anchorage could cost up to $45 million, marine pilots flag “serious challenges” in common wind and current conditions for a new mega-cruise ship due in Southeast Alaska this season, city officials solicit ideas for how to dispose of the derelict Lumberman tug boat in Gastineau Channel, Gov. Mike Dunleavy relents on a Palmer Superior Court judge’s appointment, the head of the state human rights commission was supposed to write a letter of apology that she didn’t, and lawmakers in Hawaii consider legislation for legal protections for Native Hawaiian intellectual property — affecting an Anchorage poke restaurant. 

In this newscast: The Alaska Legislature confirms Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s top cabinet officials, the U.S. Secretary of Commerce appoints a new leader of the Denali Commission, changes may be in store for the sleep-off program at Bartlett Regional Hospital, highlights from the Army Corps of Engineer’s last public hearing on the Pebble Mine environmental impact study, and state health and university officials plan field work to track non-native ticks and climate change. 

In this newscast: Candidate Mike Dunleavy made a lot of campaign promises that Gov. Mike Dunleavy doesn’t seem to be sticking to, a public employees union sues the Dunleavy administration over its privatization of the Alaska Psychiatric Institute, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski discusses policies she’s backing to combat climate change, and the National Weather Service issues a special weather statement affecting most of Southeast Alaska.