Newscasts

In this newscast: A former manager of Juneau’s Switzer Village Mobile Home Park allegedly embezzled funds, failed to pay back millions in loans and sold property she didn’t own. That’s according to a lawsuit her mother, the majority owner of Switzer Village, filed earlier this month; Juneau’s Tlingit Culture, Language, and Literacy program received a $14,000 food sovereignty grant. The money comes from Native Movement, a nonprofit supporting grassroots-led projects that ensure Indigenous Peoples’ rights; Alaska’s top two candidates for U.S. Senate disparaged and frequently interrupted each other during Debate for the State Thursday night; Pumpkin patches are a fall tradition in much of the country. But in Alaska, where the growing season is short and shipping costs are high, getting pumpkins to communities across the state takes extra effort. Still, from Southeast to the North Slope, Alaskans are finding ways to keep the tradition alive; Former Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor says he, too, is staying in the race for governor despite President Trump’s call for Republicans to unite behind small business owner Bernadette Wilson.

A Ketchikan fire station is back in operation after a fire damaged the facility; The empty St. Ann’s building in Juneau has grant funding to be developed into a senior care center; Alaska’s ferry laundry is done by people incarcerated a Lemon Creek Correctional Center for less than $2 per hour; A group of Sitka’s Mt. Edgecumbe High School alumni, parents and educators want to see improvements at the state-run boarding school

In this newscast: Republican gubernatorial candidate Dave Bronson is pushing back after President Trump endorsed another Republican in the race, Bernadette Wilson; As a potentially historic El Niño heats up, an Anchorage climate scientist says it might lead to below average snow for most of Alaska, but all options are still on the table; The Juneau School District is projected to lose close to a sixth of its students over the next five years; A close-knit family from Kwigillingok are still figuring out life a year after the remnants of Typhoon Halong wreaked havoc on Western Alaska communities.

In this newscast: A Juneau man was charged with two felonies last weekend after struck and seriously injured a pedestrian early Sunday morning on Douglas Island; Indigenous scholars from across the country are convening in Juneau this week to learn from local experts, write grants and build community; Updated preliminary results for Juneau’s municipal election show residents continue to support implementing a new seasonal sales tax in Juneau next year; A hidden workforce inside Juneau’s Lemon Creek Correctional Center helps to keep the state’s ferry system afloat.

A man who barricaded himself with a knife in an office building in downtown Juneau voluntarily surrendered to Juneau Police today; A Juneau educator is helping Alaska Native kids and elders research family histories touched by colonial residential schools; Juneau wrapped up a record-breaking cruise ship tourism season this week; Alaska’s four candidates for governor debated about working across party lines at the Debate for the State on Thursday night

In this newscast: Three candidates seeking to become Alaska’s next governor say they plan to make Juneau their home base if elected in next month’s general election; A prominent shack on a derelict pier in downtown Juneau was torn down today; Public comments closed Tuesday on a federal proposal to lift a roadbuilding ban in national forests across the country, including the Tongass National Forest; A birding group in Sitka will spend Sunday mornings this winter strolling through the woods to see what bird species they can spot.