Newscasts

In this newscast: More than 700 ballots were rejected in Juneau’s October municipal election; Napakiak is at the top of the state’s list to get a new school building; People are reporting long wait times for COVID-19 tests in Anchorage, assembly members want answers

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Unusually high snow accumulation is testing Southeast; 
Four University of Alaska students are suing the state government in attempt to maintain a fund that pays for scholarship; 
Many travelers who had been stuck in Bethel for weeks over the holidays have made it home to their villages, now a new batch is stranded; 
 Alaska State Troopers say they’ve found the mother of a baby found abandoned in frigid temperatures in Fairbanks, she is a minor. 

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Alaska lawmakers are concerned about a plan that would see them get higher salaries but lower overall compensation under a new plan;
 Soldotna’s Indy Walton has stepped down from the state’s Board of Fisheries;
Air travel delays continue for many Alaskans who went out of the state for the holidays and intended to be back by now; 
Alaska’s Interior spent the weekend digging out from three distinct storms

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High winds brought down trees in Thane, causing an overnight power outage Sunday night;
Gov. Mike Dunleavy declared a disaster emergency on Monday for some areas in Alaska affected by severe winter storms; 
The Centers for Disease control and Prevention is once again asking Americans to avoid cruise ship travel;
A newborn baby was found a cardboard box Friday afternoon on the west side of Fairbanks;
The state of Alaska is preparing to sue the federal government over hundreds of contaminated sites that the feds conveyed to Alaska Native corporations; 
The final research cruise of 2021 in the Bering and Chukchi Seas sailed through the region in November; 
People in Juneau must mask up in indoor public spaces again as COVID-19 cases spike locally, likely due to the omicron variant

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Staff shortages due to coronavirus and bad weather have combined to snarl air travel this week and its left a lot of Alaskans stranded; 
A mining company is working with NANA, to explore a big copper deposit in Alaska — but it would profoundly change one of the most remote regions in the state;
Juneau could see its most significant snowfall so far this season between New Years Eve and New Years Day

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As the omicron variant of COVID-19 continues to spread, state health officials say their systems for tracking the pandemic are in transition;
Lt. Gov. Kevin Meyer says he’s not be running again;
Unalaska has broken the record for the warmest Christmas Day in the State of Alaska