KTOO News Department

In this newscast: Ballots for this year’s municipal election are heading from Washington state to registered voters in Juneau; A bull moose is running around parking lots and industrial areas surrounding Juneau’s Mendenhall River; Kiks.ádi clan members raise concerns about ownership of Lingít opera story after Juneau debut; A Ketchikan planning commissioner is under fire for making discriminatory comments against the local tribe during a public meeting; The Alaska Fire Marshall’s Office says Whittier’s new cruise ship dock damaged by fire last week is a “total loss”

In this newscast: A 26-year-old Juneau motorcyclist died yesterday afternoon after colliding with a U.S. Postal Service vehicle while traveling on Douglas Island; Eaglecrest Ski Area’s new general manager Julie Piper talks about her plans for the upcoming season; Bear experts held a mini fair in Petersburg last weekend to educate attendees on the best practices for living with bears.

In this newscast: The State of Alaska is requesting a judge throw out a lawsuit alleging the Division of Elections violated Alaskan’s right to privacy when it shared voter information with the federal government last December; The Pentagon wants to build up to a dozen new military data centers near bases across Alaska and leasing government land to private companies to construct them; A new bridge has reopened a long, scenic stretch of Denali National Park, which closed after a landslide in 2021; This summer, researchers announced they’d made a big discovery — nine new species of deep-sea sponges off the coast of Alaska

In this newscast: The city and Tlingit & Haida are working together to clean up several adjoining properties in downtown Juneau; University of Alaska leadership presented a draft AI policy to the Board of Regents earlier this month; The case against a former Juneau chiropractor accused of sexual assault likely won’t be heard again until 2027; Juneau’s 2026 municipal election is approaching, and alongside candidates for the Juneau Assembly and school board, three propositions are on the ballot; Emergency responders have extinguished the fire at Whittier’s new cruise ship dock after hauling thousands of gallons of water to battle the flames on Monday

In this newscast: The Juneau Assembly voted Monday night to indefinitely table an ordinance that would have required nonprofits in Juneau to charge sales tax for goods and services; The National Weather Service office in Juneau issued a special weather statement this morning saying a second glacial outburst flood could be underway in Juneau. Now, meteorologists say it’s probably not; The Juneau Assembly approved salary bumps on Monday night for both the city manager and city attorney; A California-based company literally made it rain last month over part of the Kenai Peninsula