Newscasts

In this newscast: The wrongful death lawsuit against the Juneau police officer who fatally shot 34-year-old Kelly Stephens last year is over; The updated concept for a new arts facility in Juneau would expend Centennial Hall and could help boost the city’s economic recovery; Canadian developers behind a proposed massive metals mine 20 miles from the border seek another permit extension from B.C. regulators; More Alaska Natives have died of COVID-19 in the state than whites even though they make up 16% of the state’s population.

In this newscast: The Juneau Assembly on Monday will consider declaring a local disaster due to damage from last week’s record rainstorm; For more than a year, Juneau teens in need of temporary shelter had nowhere to go; There were rumors going around Juneau yesterday that Donald Trump Jr. was in town for a hunting trip; Juneau officials expect to get almost 1,000 doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine as early as next week.

In this newscast: The Juneau School District is getting ready for students to return to in-person classes in January; Public health data shows COVID-19 case counts appear to be trending down in Juneau once again; The first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine could be here as soon as next week; Heavy equipment operators have been clearing mudslides off roads in Haines over the past week.

In this newscast: Alaska State Troopers are suspending the search for two Haines residents who went missing after a massive landslide destroyed their home; More wet weather is in the cards across Southeast Alaska this week as the region struggles with record rainfall that brought destructive landslides and some flooding; Beginning Tuesday, qualified Juneau residents who have been financially hurt by the pandemic can apply for $1,000 or more in new grants; Thanks to an outpouring of community support, Haines resident Lin Edgar can finally sleep in her own home after her house flooded in the storm; Anchorage acting mayor Austin-Quinn Davidson is isolating at home after testing positive for COVID-19.

In this newscast: The recovery effort in Haines continues after heavy flooding and mudslides this week; Heavy precipitation, mudslides and flooding have damaged infrastructure across the Haines Borough over the past week; Most property in Southeast Alaska probably isn’t insured against flood and slide damage from this week’s storm; The very first COVID-19 vaccine doses may arrive in Alaska before the month is out. But there will be very little of it, and logistics to distribute it are not easy.

In this newscast: Two Haines residents in their 20s and 30s are still missing following Wednesday’s massive slide brought by heavy storms; Community organizations in Juneau are asking for help with the emergency response in Haines; The Sitka School Board will consider acknowledging Tlingit lands when it formally opens its meetings; There will be a recount in the Anchorage House race in which Democrat Liz Snyder defeated Republican Rep. Lance Pruit by 13 votes.

In this newscast: High winds, flooding and landslides caused at least one injury and damaged several homes in communities across Southeast Alaska today, as an atmospheric river stalled over the region and brought record-breaking rain; There are six people missing and houses in the water after a large landslide crashed into a residential area in Haines Wednesday afternoon; A group of Alaskans has filed a lawsuit seeking to block the recently passed Ballot Measure 2, the elections overhaul initiative.

In this newscast: The National Weather Service says there will still be strong winds gusting late Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning; The City and Borough of Juneau announced this afternoon that it’s offering free COVID-19 tests to people who may have been exposed but don’t have symptoms; After a season of cancelled cruise ships and low visitation, retailers in Sitka are turning to holiday sales from local customers to help them make it through the winter; A final federal rule designating critical habitats for some populations of humpback whales in the Pacific Ocean is due by Jan. 15; Alaska’s election results became official yesterday; Congressman Don Young is back at work in his Washington office.

In this newscast: After a nonexistent tourism season, most downtown hotels are especially looking forward to the arrival of lawmakers and the opportunity to make up some lost revenue; The chief justice of the Alaska Supreme Court plans to retire in June, the court system announced today; A Social Security phone scam seems to have gotten a second wind as Alaskans head into the holiday season; The Hawaii-based shipping company Matson announced last week it will donate free ocean shipping of food supplies to food banks, including in Alaska, through 2023.

In this newscast: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention increased the severity of its warning against cruise ship travel; Sixteen U.S. Coast Guard cadets were sent in to replace 18 regular crewmembers who got stuck in quarantine. The quick addition of the cadets meant that the cutter Munro could go ahead with its Bering Sea patrol as scheduled this summer; Alaska voters elected 13 new members to the state Legislature. The first-time lawmakers are a heavily Republican group, and the only Democrat is also the only woman; A judge has ruled the federal government was correct in allowing a southeast Alaska tribe to organize an out-of-season hunt because of the coronavirus pandemic.