Newscasts

In this newscast: 
Juneau’s local governments are steering extra money to childcare providers;
Lawmakers are at a standstill but high oil prices could help close the state’s budget gap;
An Alaska Superior Court Judge halted part of a state law that restricts who can conduct abortions;
The last day of the fourth special session passed without fanfare on Tuesday, lawmakers barely met;

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The small Southeast Alaska village of Kake spent most of Tuesday morning on lockdown because of an active shooter;
Alaska’s Chief Medical Officer Dr. Anne Zink is pointing to misinformation and mistrust as major factors in the state’s high COVID-19 infection rates;
The Coast Guard’s annual “Arctic Shield” shut down for the winter over the weekend;
A University of Alaska Fairbanks scientist contributed to a study that looked at the demise of a Middle Eastern city 6,000 years ago;
A group of 7 hunters has been stuck at a fish camp on the Yukon River for five days;
Two separate incidents on the Kenai Peninsula have some teachers worried about book censorships

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Alocal hiker reported missing over the weekend is found dead; COVID-19 vaccine clinics are tentatively scheduled in Juneau schools for younger children starting next week; Oil price forecasts could lead the state to getting $1.2 billion more in unexpected revenue this year; Wrangell joins other Southeast Alaska communities calling for stronger protections from mines in Canada; Tribal leaders, commercial fishermen and environmental advocates celebrate a federal court decision that could further protect Bristol Bay; A state report shows marked improvement salmon harvests in Southeast Alaska across all five species; A wildlife biologist urges Sitka to improve garbage practices after a spate of defensive bear killings.

In this newscast: Alaska joins nine other states suing over President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate for federal contractors; The Alaska Legislature sets a record for the number of days in session in a year; $2 million in donations from a cruise ship company reaches local nonprofits; State officials report 30 Juneau residents with new cases of COVID-19; Another member of Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson’s administration resigns; Clear night skies and a geomagnetic storm make for phenomenal aurora forecast this weekend.

In this newscast: People gather for vigil of missing Juneau resident; Scientists track a pod of whales approaching extinction; ANWR drilling is taken out of President Biden’s latest infrastructure bill; Sixth grade teacher from Akiachak is indicted on sexual abuse and assault of a minor

In this newscast: The number of Americans with eating disorders has skyrocketed during the pandemic and Alaska doesn’t have enough resources to help them; Want a receipt for your City of Juneau taxes? There’s a new online tool that shows residents just that; Juneau’s public market is back and in-person, but with a few new rules; Twenty-one Republican state attorneys general have sent a letter to President Joe Biden criticizing his COVID-19 vaccine mandate; Scientists in Homer and Seward have spent the last several decades tracking a pod of killer whales as it approaches extinction; State health officials reported 16 new cases of COVID-19 among Juneau residents on Wednesday

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Juneau’s Systemic Racism Review committee has begun making formal recommendations; The latest local COVID-19 updates and numbers; Fairbanks Memorial Hospital sets up a mobile morgue; Alaska cold case investigators name another woman murdered by a notorious serial killer in the 1980s; Republican Nicholas Begich III challenges longtime Alaska Congressman Don Young; The federal files asks for public comment on another draft environmental impact statement for an oil and gas lease sale in Cook Inlet.

In this newscast: A new, better name for a downtown Juneau spot; Dillingham man wins vaccine sweepstakes; rare earthquake in Ketchikan; brown bear attacks a cyclist near Cantwell

In this newscast: 
The first round of checks are in the mail to help childcare centers across the state;
A church in a neighborhood near downtown Juneau submitted a proposal to be the location of this year’s cold weather emergency shelter;
About 200 people rallied in support of healthcare workers outside Fairbanks Memorial Hospital on Tuesday;

In this newscast: Today the 4,000 passenger Norwegian Encore became the last big cruise ship to dock in Juneau for the year;
Juneau’s Board of Education swore in its new members on Tuesday night;
The state’s education department is paying up to $300,000 for someone to figure out how to attract more teachers;
The Juneau Board of Education adopted a land acknowledgement;
Juneau officials say local COVID-19 numbers are still bad;
A national voting reform bill stalled in the U.S. Senate;