In this newscast: The Alaska Legislature is poised to hold confirmation votes on Gov. Bill Walker’s appointees, the Juneau Assembly OKs rezoning the “Field of Fireweed” for industrial use, fundraising efforts to meet an insurance deductible to rebuild the Twin Lakes playground are fulfilled, and the weather and aurora forecasts align for a good chance of seeing northern lights.
Newscasts
Newscast – Monday, May 15, 2017
In this newscast, the Alaska Legislature is approaching its constitutional deadline without a decision to fix the budget deficit; two University of Alaska Southeast researchers will study how whale watching tours affect humpback whales; Juneau gets a third option for air ambulance service.
Newscast – Friday, May 12, 2017
In this newscast: The Trump administration’s EPA revives chance of Pebble Mine development on Bristol Bay; Juneau’s ‘Field of Fireweed’ around Honsinger Pond may be developed into a motorcross park. There’s rain in the forecast this weekend.
Newscast – Thursday, May 11, 2017
In this newscast: The Alaska Senate is poised to vote and reject a state income tax proposal, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is in Fairbanks for Arctic Council meetings, Wasilla Rep. David Eastman becomes the first member of the Alaska House to be censured, unable to sell its ferry Taku, the state lowers its minimum asking price, and Washington state is taking legal action against the U.S. government after a tunnel collapsed at its Hanford nuclear waste site.
Newscast – Tuesday, May 9, 2017
In this newscast: Bartlett Regional Hospital’s CEO estimates the American Health Care Act as passed by the House would cost the hospital $69 million over 10 years, fallen Juneau Police officer Karl Reishus will have a street named after him in a the new Pederson Hill subdivision, Sam, the 17-foot pet python that had gone missing from a two weeks ago in Meadow Lakes, has returned, and a few bars of The Vega String Quartet playing Monday’s lunchtime Juneau Jazz and Classics concert in the State Office Building.
Newscast – Monday, May 8, 2017
In this newscast, the Eaglecrest Ski Area announced that it hired a former Alaskan living in Maine to be its new general manager and a Sitka man with Juneau ties was arrested on Saturday for killing his girlfriend.
Newscast – Friday, May 5, 2017
In this newscast: Police arrest Thane Road stabbing suspect at Switzer Mobile Home Park All-women art collective debuts at First Friday in downtown Juneau
Newscast – Thursday, May 4, 2017
In this newscast: Congressman Don Young explains why he voted for the bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act, the Juneau Assembly spares the downtown pool and Mt. Jumbo Gym from budget cutting, the Alaska Dispatch News says its reporter in the statehouse was slapped by a senator, and a federal budget deal restores funding for the National Endowment for the Arts, which supports the Alaska State Council on the Arts.
Newscast – Wednesday, May 3, 2017
Stories include: Groups sue to keep drilling ban in Arctic waters, and Alaska items in the budget bill currently being debated by U.S. House, and Cruise ship pollution monitoring in Southeast Alaska.
Newscast – Tuesday, May 2, 2017
In this newscast: The NTSB investigates a fatal Grant Aviation plane crash on the Alaska Peninsula, the Juneau Assembly considers relaxing local mining regulations and resurfaces AJ Mine debate, and Monday’s early morning earthquakes knocked out power in parts of the Yukon Territory, but didn’t cause damage in Whitehorse.