Newscasts

In this newscast: Emergency responders battled a fire today at Whittier’s new cruise ship terminal that damaged at least one boat. No injured have been reported; The deadline to submit a public comment on a proposed plan to repeal the Roadless Rule has been extended; The Sitka Assembly is moving forward with a plan to tackle the community’s childcare shortage, which includes a half percent sales tax increase; Almost the entire village of Kipnuk was displaced by ex-typhoon Halong. Close to a year later, hundreds of its residents remain scattered across the state, but some families returned to visit their home and practice subsistence

In this newscast: The Juneau School District has fewer students enrolled this year than it previously projected; The Juneau Assembly is slated to vote on an ordinance on Monday that would require nonprofits to charge sales tax for goods and services – something they’re currently exempt from; Capital City Fire/Rescue’s Andrew Pantiskas talks about a new app that aims to cut the department’s response time to cardiac events; The Alaska Democratic Party is urging a Superior Court judge to disqualify a Republican state House candidate who submitted a nearly blank financial disclosure form when he filed to run for an Anchorage seat; The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is seeking public comment regarding a cruise ship dock project in Petersburg.

In this newscast: Black bears feasted at Juneau’s dump all summer after the company that owns it took down a portion of the wildlife fence for construction; A Lingít opera, nearly a decade in the making, is debuting in Juneau this Friday; More young people in Alaska died of suicide in 2025 than in any other year in the past decade; A University of Alaska Southeast student used music to present data collected from a watershed in Juneau.

In this newscast: The union representing support staff at the Juneau School District is scheduled to go to trial in February; The Skagway ferry terminal is on track to reopen on Thursday, nearly a month after state ferry service to the popular tourist destination stopped abruptly in mid-August; The Arctic Report Card has found a new group of supporters; Joel Jackson, longtime Haida and Lingít advocate and president of the Organized Village of Kake, died in August at age 70.

In this newscast: Alaska’s criminal appeals court has thrown out an indictment of a Whittier woman born in American Samoa who state prosecutors accused of felony voter misconduct three years ago; Republican Treg Taylor is back in Alaska’s race for governor; A new tribally-led housing complex in Ketchikan will begin welcoming tenants this month; Tongass Voices: Ed Littlefield on composing a Lingit opera

In this newscast: The Anchorage Assembly voted Tuesday night to have city auditors study how members have used their individual spending accounts. Each Assembly member has an annual budget of $24,000 to spend on things like travel, supplies and legislative aides. The study will examine spending going back to 2023 by current Assembly members as well as three who ended their terms earlier this yearl; A new mountain bike park opened in Juneau late last month. At the same time, public outcry over electric motorcycles endangering riders and chopping up trails got the attention of city leaders, who are now considering regulations; The municipal election is approaching. Eight candidates are running for three Assembly seats, and three candidates are running for two School Board seats. KTOO’s Mike Lane spoke with Deputy Municipal Clerk Andi Hirsh to better understand the local election process, what’s going to be on the ballot, and important dates in September and October to keep in mind.