Jeremy Hsieh

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.