Pablo Arauz Peña, KTOO

In this newscast: Invasive plant species are threatening local ecosystems in Southeast Alaska, and Skagway’s local tribal government is working to stop the spread; Sen. Lisa Murkowski is not backing away from her position that the Capitol riot on Jan. 6 was a desecration of democracy, and that former President Donald Trump is responsible for inciting it; The U.S. Forest Service has finished gathering feedback on deferred maintenance throughout Alaska.

In this newscast: Several hundred Filipino Alaskans from around Southeast gathered at Centennial Hall in Juneau this week to get much-needed services from the Philippine Consulate; Contractors for Juneau’s Bartlett Regional Hospital broke ground on a multi-million dollar expansion project last month; Brett Huber, a former top aide to Alaska GOP Gov. Mike Dunleavy, has returned to the governor’s office after running last year’s campaign against the ballot measure that instituted ranked-choice voting; A 21-year-old Anchorage man was indicted on Friday for shooting five people near a downtown gas station where he worked in June.

After two years and a pandemic-related delay, the consulate’s mission from San Francisco meant some Filipinos in Alaska could finally visit their families back home.

In this newscast: Within a set of glaciers and mountains near Juneau, there’s seismic activity almost every day in the summer; The first large cruise ship to visit Alaska since 2019 arrives Friday morning; An official says favorable weather conditions have allowed firefighters to bolster protections for structures even as a wildfire burning in interior Alaska had grown on the opposite end.

In this newscast: A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck a remote part of Glacier Bay National Park at 12:40 p.m. on Thursday; Juneau Italian restaurant In Bocca Al Lupo owners wanted a dinner party, but they also wanted to highlight women chefs of color; The recent uptick in coronavirus cases has pushed Sitka’s alert level up to “high” — but state officials are not yet calling the increase part of a statewide trend.

In this newscast: Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s office made a $4 billion error by failing to cross out a few lines; Before too many people see the end of the COVID-19 pandemic in the rearview mirror, the Museum of the North is collecting artifacts that represent Alaska’s response to the pandemic; Kathy Ruddy was a long-time friend and among the most dedicated volunteers at KTOO; The city of Anchorage is facing a four-fold increase in the cost of its insurance against ransomware and other cyberattacks.