Newscasts

In this newscast: The Alaska Supreme Court says a new Senate district’s boundaries are an “unconstitutional political gerrymander”; Juneau officials are making a Lemon Creek multi-use path a priority; Goldbelt Inc. wants to help Eaglecrest Ski Area pay for its gondola project and expand summer operations; Officials in Haines and Skagway are raising questions about how a proposed mine will get its ore out of the Chilkat Valley; Kodiak’s Coast Guard base is getting a huge influx of federal infrastructure money; Democrat Elvi Gray-Jackson decides to end her run for U.S. Senate; Plans for a Alaska service for the late Rep. Don Young are set; Clear skies are lining up with a moderate aurora forecast this weekend 

In this newscast: The Juneau Police Department creates a missing persons web page; Researchers present findings and recommendations on managing landslide risk in Haines; Federal investigators release documents in their investigation of fatal sightseeing plane crash near Ketchikan in 2021; Alaska’s congressional delegation calls for a permanent ban on Russian seafood imports; The Anchorage Assembly will get a 12th member after redrawing district maps 

In this newscast: The main system Juneau officials have used to manage the COVID-19 pandemic is set to end next month; State officials lay out the timeline for special elections to fill Congressman Don Young’s vacant seat; The Ayaprun Elitnaurvik Yup’ik Immersion School in Bethel is expanding; Anchorage officials are negotiating a contract to build a large homeless shelter; Microgrants for tools to grow, hunt and store food are available for to address food insecurity

In this newscast: Nome settles a lawsuit with a woman says police officers mishandled her sexual assault report; The Alaska Supreme Court considers arguments in legislative redistricting cases; State biologists are monitoring an oil spill for affects on the sac roe herring fishery in Sitka; Climate change is getting top billing at Kodiak’s annual commercial fishing trade show 

In this newscast: The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services will be split into separate departments in July; Alaska Congressman Don Young will lie in state at the U.S. Capitol on March 29; Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson will propose naming the Port of Alaska after Don Young; The U.S. Forest Service releases an environmental impact statement for options to expand facilities at the Mendenhall Glacier; Brian Buchman discusses his newspaper “The Homeless Changed”; The Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program is expanding its high school component to Juneau; The latest COVID numbers; A strong storm is approaching Southeast Alaska

In this newscast: AKPM’s Liz Ruskin investigates the claim that the US cutting off Russian oil means that Alaska should produce more oil; A proposed bill seeks to address high school dropout rates by putting the education plans in the hands of Tribes