KTOO News Department

In this newscast: The Juneau Community Foundation is giving the Alaska Legislature 16 two-bedroom apartments as part of a long-term effort to keep the state’s capital in Juneau; Four U.S. Coast Guard crew members involved in a helicopter crash in Sitka Monday morning have been reported safe with “non-serious injuries;” Juneau residents say they want to see the city’s tourism task force address issues like helicopter noise, downtown bus traffic and whale watching congestion; Alaska State Troopers recovered the body of an Anchorage paddleboarder who went missing in Turnagain Arm after a weekend-long search; A man seeking to challenge U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan has filed suit after the Alaska Division of Elections removed him from this year’s ballot; The winning team in a race from Washington state to Ketchikan crossed the finish line Monday night.

In this newscast: A Juneau man who was reported missing earlier this month has been found dead; The Juneau Assembly passed a resolution declaring a local emergency in anticipation of the annual glacial outburst flood later this summer; The Juneau Assembly also passed a resolution to support the homeporting of a second Coast Guard icebreaker in Juneau; KTOO’s Community News Intern Elan Chappell recently chatted with people outside the Juneau-Douglas City Museum to learn more about what having access to local history means to them; One couple in Juneau, Maureen Longworth and Lin Davis, have dedicated their lives to advocating for LGBTQ+ rights; Alaska’s acting attorney general announced a $20,000 settlement with a jewelry company that operates in Ketchikan, Juneau and Skagway

In this newscast: The local firefighter union and the City and Borough of Juneau reached an agreement on a labor contract last week; Gov. Mike Dunleavy has until tomorrow to veto or sign two dozen bills into law; Denali National Park’s sled dog puppies will begin sowing off their training to visitors this month; Residents of Anuktuvuk Pass can now use four wheelers to subsistence hunt in the Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve

In this newscast: The City and Borough of Juneau is repairing two school roofs this summer that were damaged during this winter’s record-breaking snowstorm; Oil rose to the surface at Juneau’s historic Treadwell Gold Mine, and the state plans to assess how wide the pollution has spread this summer; A new report shows that the population regrowth of humpback whales after a heatwave a decade ago has been slow; The US Small Business Administration proposed drastic changes to its federal contracting program, but it said the change won’t affect tribes and Alaska Native Corporations; The Division of Elections issued the state’s final determination that Dan Sullivan of Petersburg can’t be on the ballot to challenge Republican US Sen. Dan Sullivan

In this newscast: A citizen ballot proposition that would add a new seasonal sales tax will appear on the local ballot this fall election; Six new firefighters officially joined Capital City Fire/Rescue after completing a year-long apprenticeship; Alaska allows at least some late-arriving ballots to be counted as long as they are postmarked by election day, but a U.S. Supreme Court ruling could complicate that; Planned Parenthood of Alaska is suing the state to expand access to abortion medication via telehealth

In this newscast: A plan to build a $500 million cruise ship port on the backside of Douglas Island is taking shape, and tourism leaders and North Douglas residents have a lot of questions; The Alaska House passed a bill this afternoon tat would reduce taxes on the planned Alaska LNG project; A Juneau artist created a magazine where Indigenous artists and writers to share their perspectives without having to reduce or simplify them; Sport fishermen will be able to catch and keep king salmon in Haines for the first time in over a decade starting Monday