KTOO News Department

In this newscast: A Juneau man was charged with two felonies last weekend after struck and seriously injured a pedestrian early Sunday morning on Douglas Island; Indigenous scholars from across the country are convening in Juneau this week to learn from local experts, write grants and build community; Updated preliminary results for Juneau’s municipal election show residents continue to support implementing a new seasonal sales tax in Juneau next year; A hidden workforce inside Juneau’s Lemon Creek Correctional Center helps to keep the state’s ferry system afloat.

In this newscast: Three candidates seeking to become Alaska’s next governor say they plan to make Juneau their home base if elected in next month’s general election; A prominent shack on a derelict pier in downtown Juneau was torn down today; Public comments closed Tuesday on a federal proposal to lift a roadbuilding ban in national forests across the country, including the Tongass National Forest; A birding group in Sitka will spend Sunday mornings this winter strolling through the woods to see what bird species they can spot.

In this newscast: Today is the last day to vote in Juneau’s municipal election; A sixth Juneau man was detained by federal immigration authorities; It’s anchors aweigh for Juneau’s cruise season. The last ship leaves tonight; It’s municipal Election Day here in Juneau; An investigation has commenced into a Haines group that advertised free gifts to anyone who votes in today’s municipal election; Alaska is the most seismically active state, and the biggest of those earthquakes can cause dangerous tsunamis. The Alaska Earthquake Center launched an interactive map to help people in 66 coastal communities prepare for them

In this newscast: Tomorrow is Juneau’s municipal Election Day and voters have until tomorrow night to cast their ballots; A Juneau man whose remains were discovered inside a chest freezer in July died of natural causes, according to a Juneau Police Department release; Voters in Juneau are deciding in this municipal election whether to approve paying a slightly higher sales tax during the tourism season; The Trump Administration has reinterpreted language in the federal Endangered Species Act that would allow for the incidental killing of endangered species and habitat loss

In this newscast: Two environmental conservation groups and a Southeast Alaska tribe have filed a motion to stop a timber sale that’s part of a logging project east of Ketchikan; Independent expenditure groups are pouring tens of millions of dollars into Alaska’s races for governor and Congress; The federal government announced its intent to rescind a key environmental conservation law that protects much of the Tongass National Forest; Researchers at the University of Alaska Southeast are trying to detect toxic algal blooms that could hurt Alaska’s shellfish industry.