Newscasts

In this newscast: BP announces its selling all of its Alaska business to Hilcorp, the top judge for Tlingit and Haida Tribal Court is the new magistrate for Petersburg, Wrangell and Kake, the City and Borough of Juneau hopes to puts in a bid to buy the subport lot with cruise ship passenger fees, Alaska Airlines and passengers report multiple flights were struck by lightning in Sunday’s storm, and a survey shows alerts from new driver assist systems are so annoying that some motorists are turning the features off.

In this newscast: Health insurance company Moda says it will return to Alaska’s individual marketplace next year, U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos visits Alaska, early fall chum salmon returns in Southeast Alaska are unexpectedly poor, fire fighters make progress over the weekend containing the McKinley fire though the Swan Lake fire is still snarling the Sterling Highway, the Alaska Marine Highway System ferry Kennicott rescued five people in Canadian waters, and a rare lightning storm hits much of Southeast Alaska with more lightning possible.

In this newscast: Poll results about Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s policies show a closely split public, U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan say they’ll look into why the Pentagon canceled a project to improve Alaska-based missile defense, the Bureau of Land Management releases a draft of its environmental analysis for a major ConocoPhillips oil project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, a mine wall collapses at the Pogo mine in the Interior, wildfires continue to burn in Southcentral Alaska destroying 51 homes and 84 outbuildings, the Sitka-based Harris Air announces plans to end its commercial flight service in September, Congress is working on a transportation bill that includes funding for a 325-mile stretch of the Alaska Highway in the Yukon, and Iditarod officials deny entry in the race to a veteran, 78-year-old musher Jim Lanier. 

In this newscast: Two 13-year-olds get arrested and charged with “terroristic threatening” for statements reportedly overheard about Floyd Dryden Middle School, a scammer steals more than $300,000 from the City and Borough of Juneau, state regulators eliminate a requirement that they review air ambulance membership agreements, and Jay Inslee drops out of the presidential race and seeks a third term as Washington’s governor. 

In this newscast: Environmental lawyers gear up to fight the Trump administration’s energy policy changes in Alaska, the Catholic Diocese of Juneau announces that at least seven men who worked for the church since 1951 engaged in sexual misconduct, a state budget cut to a program that helped  local governments pay for school infrastructure will force local taxes to increase, and a security robot that was vandalized in California may help capture its vandal. 

In this newscast: Gov. Mike Dunleavy is still optimistic lawmakers will restore another $1,400 in permanent fund dividends in a fall special session, a group is seeking a statewide ballot question to raise taxes on the oil industry, the Juneau Assembly OKs three ballot questions for the October municipal to finance and improve arts and culture infrastructure, the Assembly also approves a five-year schedule of water and wastewater utility rate hikes, a resident of a Mendenhall Valley home dies after neighbors pull her from a smoke-filled home, the Parks and Sterling highways in Southcentral Alaska reopen amid wildfires but with heavy delays, and the University of Alaska Board of Regents end the system’s state of financial exigency. 

In this newscast: Gov. Mike Dunleavy announces his decisions on the Legislature’s latest funding bill, coastal communities react to the governor’s veto of $5 million from the Alaska Marine Highway System, federal rule changes around abortion referrals prompt Planned Parenthood to drop out of a federally funded family planning program, wildfires force evacuations and closures of the Parks and Sterling highways and, the parents of five young girls killed in a fire sue Enstar Natural Gas and property interests in a wrongful death lawsuit. 

In this newscast: Organizers of the campaign to recall Gov. Mike Dunleavy push through an early signature gathering threshold, the Online With Libraries program and a free remote tutoring service get a reprieve from the governor’s budget cuts, the daughter of the late state Sen. Chris Birch applies to fill his seat, renowned Alaska Native languages linguist Michael Krauss dies, some of the creators behind “Molly of Denali” hold a vocal acting workshop in Juneau, and scientists in southern California test an underwater whale listening station intended to signal ship captains and reduce collisions. 

In this newscast: Gov. Mike Dunleavy says he could work with other organizations on spending reductions as he did with the University of Alaska, the hot, record-breaking summer has ended the summer dog sled tour business early this year, organizers of the Golden North Salmon Derby cancel due to potentially dangerous wind conditions, and two baby orcas appear to be doing well in the endangered southern resident population.

In this newscast: Local early education providers explain what Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto reversal means to their programs, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski says a Trump administration decision is expected soon on a road building rule affecting the Tongass National Forest, one of five candidates vying for two Juneau School Board seats withdraws, a local sportfish biologist shares some professional and personal insights ahead of the Golden North Salmon Derby that starts Friday, meanwhile a salmon derby based in Wrangell gets off to a slow start, the ferry Columbia capsizes a small skiff with its wake, and the short film “Who We Are” reflects on how coastal erosion affects Alaska Native villages.