Newscasts

In this newscast: Juneau’s Lemon Creek Correctional Center is preparing for another round of testing for COVID-19; Sitka has its second confirmed case of COVID-19; The Juneau Assembly is expected to pass a measure to give licensed child care providers cash to help them open; The pandemic has caused a rush on bicycles across the state; The Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Center h as confirmed a third case of coronavirus in an unnamed village resident.

In this newscast: Libraries to reopen in Juneau but they might look a little different Municipalities face budgeting challenges A cycling woman in Ketchikan is helping people during the pandemic

In this newscast:  The U.S. Forest Service announced Wednesday that its new and improved Lena Beach Recreation Area in Juneau will reopen on July 1; The Sitka Chamber of Commerce this week invited the Sitka Health Summit to present information on its “Safe Stores, Safe Shoppers and Safe Workers” initiative; For one young couple in Petersburg, they’ve decided to invest in some baby miniature goats as a way to become more self-sufficient in this time of uncertainty.

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Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced yesterday that all Alaska businesses can open at full capacity starting Friday; Fourth of July festivities won’t be happening in Douglas this year; Details on a potential tragedy that was avoided in Kwethluk Saturday; The first positive case of COVID-19 in Kotzebue on Tuesday.

In this newscast: The Juneau School District is looking to tough times ahead on top of ongoing challenges following several years of budget cuts; Juneau voters will likely be casting their ballots on local issues in October by mail; Sixteen of Juneau’s 30 confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been traced to Lemon Creek Correctional Center; The state’s prosecutor in Sitka has been charged with assault and will face trial in September.

In this newscast: The Alaska Legislature reconvened today to work through Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s plan for spending federal CARES Act funds; The U.S. Census is back after being put on hold for the coronavirus; New positive cases of coronavirus in Alaska include a seafood industry worker and the 11th staff member to test positive at Juneau’s Lemon Creek Correctional Center; Two bald eagle eggs are expected to hatch on the Kenai Eagle Cam between May 28 and June 2.

In this newscast: The Alaska Legislature is planning to reconvene on Monday to formally appropriate federal COVID-19 relief; Alaska Seaplanes says it wants to buy PenAir and save the Southwest Alaska airline’s operating certificate; In Juneau, a fire department employee just retired. That will likely leave his former supervisor to do all the work — alone; Alaska Public Media’s Tegan Hanlon has stories from three couples who say they won’t let the coronavirus stop them from saying their vows.

In this newscast: City manager Rorie Watt is proposing to eliminate nine full-time, local government positions and temporarily closing Augustus Brown Pool to help with the budget deficit; The Trump Administration is still on track to make a final decision this summer on a federal rule that prevents road building in the Tongass National Forest; New research from the University of Alaska Fairbanks has led to a breakthrough in lake methane emissions research.

In this newscast: Juneau’s two newest confirmed cases of COVID-19 are both staff members at Lemon Creek Correctional Center; State fisheries officials are drawing up a plan to distribute $50 million in federal relief to Alaska fishermen affected by COVID-19; KUAC’s Dan Bross reports how new federal Title IX rules impact Alaska colleges and universities; For the first time in 62 years, Petersburg heads into the 17th of May with no community-wide plans for a Little Norway Festival; Critics say a state plan to use federal transportation funds prioritizes highways and bridges over fixing Alaska’s aging ferry fleet.

In this newscast: The Alaska Department of Health and Human Services reports two new cases of COVID-19 in Juneau; Alaska Airlines and Grant Aviation will begin regular flights between Unalaska and Anchorage this weekend; Public records show that officials knew about prior misconduct by an elementary school principal in Bethel; Life for residents in Southeast Alaska has been dramatically altered by the Canadian border closure due to the pandemic.