Newscasts

In this newscast: The Juneau School Board will consider a complaint over curriculum being used at Kax̲dig̲oowu Héen Elementary at its Tuesday meeting; Both candidates vying for the open House District 3 seat in the Alaska Legislature say they aren’t convinced the state’s controversial Cascade Point ferry terminal project will benefit Southeast communitites; The monthlong moose hunt near Petersburg, Wrangell and Kake closed in mid-October, and final harvest numbers show it was another record-breaking season; The U.S. Senate campaign of Democrat Mary Peltola is among those asking a federal judge to dismiss a Department of Justice lawsuit that could block or delay election results if she wins; A high school student from Angoon speaks on her award-winning short film about the U.S. Navy’s bombardment of the village 144 years ago.

In this newscast: The Juneau Assembly plans to swear in two new members plus a returning one at its regular meeting on Monday night; The Trump administration filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking to block certification of the state’s U.S. Senate election if the president’s preferred candidate loses the race; A local filmmaker is debuting his passion project “Girl, Yeti and a Spaceship” in Juneau next month.

The U.S. Geological Survey announced a new estimate for natural gas potential across Alaska’s North Slope; The Alaska Federation of Natives kicked off its annual convention in Anchorage and marked its 60th anniversary; Alaska Native education specialists stressed self-determination at the Elders and Youth conference in Anchorage; Juneau’s top-paid city officials are police officers due to overtime pay

In this newscast: Juneau will have a new seasonal sales tax beginning next year. And there will be some new faces on the Juneau Assembly, while the school board remains unchanged. That’s according to the final results for Juneau’s municipal election shared last night; Here’s the clue: He is an Alaska resident, a longtime Jeopardy! fan, and won the game on October 13 after decades of training. If you said: Who is Ron Clarke? – you’d be correct; The small fishing village of Pelican in Southeast Alaska went without a grocery store for more than 15 years. Then, in 2023, a family decided to step in and start one again. What began as just a few shelves of basic supplies has grown, aisle by aisle, into a community hub for locals, tourists, and fishermen alike; Governor Mike Dunleavy issued a disaster declaration Tuesday after a non-fatal landslide severely damaged the Ward Cove electric substation just north of Ketchikan. The same storm that caused the landslide also damaged drains near the city harbormaster’s maintenance building; The U.S. Forest Service is once again moving forward with a large old-growth logging project on Prince of Wales Island. The agency released its draft decision and final environmental impact statement for the Twin Mountain II timber sale last week, kicking off a 45-day objection period. 

In this newscast: Heavy rain and high winds are slated to continue slamming parts of Southeast Alaska through Tuesday night. The National Weather Service issued a flood watch as well as high wind advisories and warnings, concentrated mostly in the northern panhandle. Meteorologists expect impacts in Juneau, Sitka, Gustavus, Elfin Cove, Haines, Skagway and Yakutat; Alaska released more than a billion-and-a-half hatchery fish last year, according to the North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission, the most of anywhere in the world. But a growing body of research has indicated that hatchery fish could harm wild salmon populations by interbreeding with wild fish and competing with them for food. Some stakeholders, many from sport and charter fishing backgrounds, have called for hatchery restrictions from the Board of Fisheries, which oversees state-managed waters; It’s been nearly a week since President Trump held a rally in Wasilla campaigning for Republican candidates up and down the ballot. He urged supporters to vote for Republicans in the races for House and Senate and unveiled his pick for governor: business owner Bernadette Wilson.

In this newscast: Two community wellness events focused on cancer are coming up this week in Juneau; More than 70 people gathered in the rain Saturday morning in Juneau to partake in a nationwide No Kings rally downtown; Ketchikan’s city and borough mayors have issued a joint disaster declaration after a landslide north of town severely damaged an electric substation last week; The Ketchikan Wellness Coalition has been awarded federal money to expand health advocacy for Filipino families in Ketchikan and on Prince of Wales Island; The Elders & Youth Conference and the Alaska Federation of Natives Convention are taking place in Anchorage this week.