Newscasts

In this newscast: The Juneau Assembly may have found a path out of the red for its budget last night, but it wasn’t easy; A U.S. Forest Service plan to revamp the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center to accommodate more tourists will remain in place, with some additional paperwork; A bill that would change the scope of an Alaska sexual assault law passed the Alaska Legislature Wednesday as part of a 10-bill package. It alters a law that criminalizes sexual assault by a medical provider; The Alaska Legislature kicked off a special session Thursday to continue working on a key priority of Gov. Mike Dunleavy that didn’t pass in the 121-day regular session: tax cuts for the Alaska LNG project

In this newscast: Juneau residents say the city’s sole electric provider’s proposal to raise bills by 20% is not affordable; It’s National Safe Boating Week and the U.S. Coast Guard search and rescue teams in Juneau are asking residents to help prevent false alerts; Alaska Native Vietnam War veteran, George Lindoff from Hoonah, got a proper homecoming decades after his service; The Alaska Legislature is likely headed for a special session focused on tax cuts for the Alaska LNG project immediately after lawmakers adjourn today

In this newscast: The Juneau Assembly voted last night to divest from Eaglecrest Ski Area’s gondola project and pay back a $10 million investment from Goldbelt Incorporated; Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed a bill that would reinstate pensions for public employees late last night as the Alaska House failed to advance a tax cut for the Alaska LNG project. Lawmakers had hoped to make a deal: they’d pass a gas pipeline tax relief bill in exchange for the governor allowing the pension bill to pass into law; About halfway between Juneau and Haines, there’s a small rock … with a big history. On it, sits the Eldred Rock Lighthouse. The facility has been there for over a century – and today is the oldest original lighthouse in Alaska. It’s been in disrepair for decades. But after years of restoration work by volunteers, the lighthouse will open to the public for the first time later this month; A man accused of breaking into two homes in the Mendenhall Valley and assaulting three people earlier this month has pleaded not guilty to the charges.

In this newscast: The Juneau Assembly will vote tonight on whether to finalize its plan to divest from Eaglecrest Ski Area’s controversial gondola project; As leadership of the Juneau School District undergoes a major changeover this summer, many of those positions are being filled with current employees; A Canadian mining company wants to reopen a gold mine in British Columbia, upstream from the Taku River, Southeast Alaska’s most productive salmon stream; Sixth graders in Juneau’s Montessori Borealis program recently showcased their family histories with presentations they spent months working on. 

In this newscast:  Divers are searching the murky waters of Gastineau Channel this week in hopes of locating the body of a Juneau man who has been missing for nearly a year; The case against a former Juneau chiropractor accused of assaulting more than a dozen women under the guise of medical care may continue into another year. At a hearing Wednesday, the defense attorney said he would likely not be ready to go to trial until 2027; The Alaska Legislature rejected Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s pick for attorney general, Stephen Cox, on a 29-31 vote Thursday morning; A health clinic in Sitka closed mid-day yesterday after a possible measles exposure; A Superior Court judge is allowing the Anchorage School District to resume the process of closing Campbell STEM Elementary School; Spending in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race is ramping up

In this newscast: Beginning next school year, elementary school students will no longer be dismissed 30 minutes early on Mondays; Juneau’s pools are no longer on the Juneau Assembly’s chopping block, for now. The city museum still is; National Geographic journalist Paul Salopek has been walking around the world since 2013. But now that he’s in Alaska, his main mode of transportation is about to change; The federal government has decided against listing Gulf of Alaska king salmon with Endangered Species Act protections