Jeremy Hsieh

In this newscast: Only incumbents file to run in Juneau’s local elections; The state Department of Law lays out the limits of using state funds for homeschool on private classes; Village public safety officers train on how to respond to opioid overdoses; Seafood processors in Petersburg are working 17-hour shifts because chum salmon is coming in volumes they’ve never seen before; Wrangell’s annual Bearfest comes out of pandemic hibernation this week

In this newscast: Alaska public health officials are preparing as monkeypox spreads across the country; U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski tests positive for COVID-19; Experts in Skagway warn of significant risk of rockslides at the town’s busiest cruise ship dock; The state’s June labor report shows job numbers growing but not to pre-pandemic levels; A new veterans cemetery opens in Metlakatla; State health officials expand a program to combat opioid overdoses 

In this newscast: Alaska land burned by wildfires this season crosses the 3 million acre mark; Alaskans are coping with one of the highest inflation jumps in the nation; The Alaska Court System prepares to open a new program to resolve eviction cases without going to court; Gov. Mike Dunleavy plans to sign a bill into law for the state to recognize Alaska’s 229 federally recognized Native tribes; Juneau’s animal shelter has too many cats; Local agencies are conducting an emergency exercise at Juneau International Airport on Saturday; The National Park Service names Denali National Park and Preserve’s first female superintendent 

In this newscast: Quarterly fundraising totals show which candidates for governor are standing out; An interview with independent candidate for governor Bill Walker; A woman who told detectives she wanted to become a serial killer faces two murder charges in Anchorage; A graduate student researches totem poles in Ketchikan as part of their thesis on museum decolonization