Newscasts

In this newscast: A group of activists in Juneau filed paperwork in the hopes of putting a question on the 2024 local election ballot about whether the city should begin enforcing “Ship-free Saturdays”; The Sitka Assembly is calling for the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium to reconsider a decision it made to close the home health department; A taste of the 49th annual Alaska Folk Festival

In this newscast: The Norwegian Bliss docked in Juneau this morning, marking the beginning of the 2024 cruise ship season; State education officials continue to dispute the federal government’s claim that Alaska didn’t fund schools equitably during the pandemic; Athletes from across Alaska and some from the Lower 48 came to Juneau to compete in the seventh annual Traditional Games

In this newscast: Some projects the city plans to fund with marine passenger fees are being contested by cruise line officials; A look ahead at this year’s cruise season, which starts tomorrow; Tongass Voices: Joey Scoggins and Khrystal Brouillette-Gillam and the Juneau Hostel

In this newscast: Involvement in traditional games and Native Youth Olympics are growing across Alaska and two coaches from Juneau’s team visited Petersburg to show students what these sports are all about; Legendary Juneau musician Buddy Tabor died in 2012, and a group of Southeast Alaska artists are working to make his music available on streaming services

In this newscast: Students from Juneau and across Alaska walked out of school today to protest Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s education funding veto last month; Curious Juneau: the state of fast food in Juneau; State lawmakers got some new details Tuesday about the federal government’s partial approval of a document outlining federally funded transportation projects

In this newscast: This cruise season, money collected from cruise passengers could be set aside to help Juneau’s tourism businesses cut down on fossil-fuels; A group of students in Sitka is taking a class on navigating the Federal Subsistence Board process; Democrats in the U.S. House almost always vote in line with party leaders, but Congresswoman Mary Peltola has a different voting record

In this newscast: The City and Borough of Juneau has negotiated a conceptual agreement with cruise lines that could limit the number of daily passengers that come off their ships and into Juneau; It’s also moving forward with a plan to relocate its seasonal campground to a different site further from downtown; The House Finance Committee is working through its latest draft of the state budget, after lawmakers rejected a roughly $3,500 PFD Thursday; The Southeast Regional Health Consortium is suing the United States for over $8 million it claims it is owed for indirect costs in 2016

In this newscast: Tongass Voices: Shiggoap Alfie Price is a language learner and teacher who believes in using the power of community to strengthen the language revitalization movement; The Alaska Legislature has relaunched a caucus focused on providing support to children from birth to adulthood

In this newscast: A new letter from the federal government says Alaska’s education department owes almost $30 million to four school districts; Three airlines are adding nonstop flights from Anchorage to new destinations this summer

In this newscast: This week is Alaska’s tsunami preparedness week and one kind of tsunami might become more common because of human-caused climate change, and experts say we are not prepared for it; Sleetmute’s school is at risk of collapse and the community is worried that could mean the end of the Upper Kuskokwim River village as well