Newscasts

In this newscast: Sealaska Heritage Institute’s artist residency program expanded to Sitka this year with a New Mexico-based artist; A fungal outbreak is spreading among spruce trees in the Tongass National Forest this summer; A candlelight vigil for the loss of two 16-year-olds who died in Juneau earlier this week brought together more than 150 mourners Tuesday; The Juneau School District and community organizations are offering additional support and resources following the death of two teenagers reported Monday evening.

In this newscast: Two teenagers in Juneau who were reported missing yesterday morning were found dead; The Juneau Assembly voted last night to delay a decision on whether to codify Juneau’s voluntary five-large-cruise-ship limit into local law; Juneau city leaders posed some major questions about glacial outburst flood funding – including possible flood taxes – at an Assembly committee meeting on Monday night; The Douglas Indian Association on Saturday celebrated the opening of its newly built learning center.

In this newscast: Juneau Police are asking for help finding two teens in Juneau who went missing this morning and may have access to a firearm; The University of Alaska Southeast has more than doubled the number of states nonresident students are coming from; Tongass Voices: Vera Starbard on writing a Lingit Opera; Petersburg’s Borough Assembly has asked the local planning commission to take formal action on a subdivision request made by the regional tribal government

One man’s mission to go to every National Park site across the country brought him to Southeast Alaska; Former Juneau school principal sentenced to 60 days in prison after physically assaulting a student; Alaska to receive up to $23 million from Meta in landmark child consumer protection settlement; Petersburg hosts first ever “bio blitz” to identify invasive species 

In this newscast: U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright is touring Alaska this week; Four people died in a plan crash in the Kenai Peninsula community of Seldovia on Wednesday; A group of Juneau volunteers has been restoring cemeteries on Douglas Island for five years; State and federal officials are investigating a large oily sheen on the west side of Cook Inlet

In this newscast:  The University of Alaska Southeast is seeing a boost in enrollment of out-of-state students; A niche subset of scientists has started exploring a new and controversial question: whether its possible to save glaciers by engineering them; Tongass Voices: Holly Huber on competing for Miss USA