Newscasts

In this newscast: ADN reporter James Brooks discusses Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s new administrative order consolidating state budget power, JPD identifies and arrests a suspect in downtown bank robbery, 15 tribal nations in Southeast Alaska petition for action against British Columbia mines, the U.S. District Court in Anchorage reopens, Alaskan whaling captains succeed in getting an international whaling rule changed, and four-time Iditarod champ Lance Mackey mounts another comeback. 

In this newscast: Eaglecrest Ski Area to open Dec. 8, a federal judge rules in the cruise industry lawsuit over passenger taxes, several Alaska Native organizations ask Gov. Mike Dunleavy to fund investigations and prosecutions of cases involving missing and murdered Alaska Native women, a program in Juneau helps adult learners reach their career and education goals, and a four-time Iditarod champion is cleared in a dog-doping scandal. 

In this newscast:Gov. Mike Dunleavy names new cabinet heads, a former Alaska Senate president once investigated for corruption will work as one of Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s three policy advisers, cheating is discovered at a Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta boarding school, and Kodiak residents question their evacuation process.

In this newscast: The state’s fall oil price forecast is delayed after prices drop 22 percent in November, the head of the state transportation department turns over takes over amid the earthquake response, Congressman Don Young shares memories of George H.W. Bush, and Iditarod officials clear Dallas Seavey of wrongdoing in a doping incident. 

In this newscast: Anchorage air traffic controllers rode out Friday’s 7.0 earthquake from their control tower, then a pickup truck at the end of a runway. Republican Mike Dunleavy was sworn in as Alaska’s new governor. During the transition between governors, some state websites have been taken down — some may not return. 

In this newscast: The federal Energy Information Administration expects heating fuel costs to be higher than last year. But what happens in the lower 48 doesn’t necessarily hold true in Alaska. A national climate report says the state is warming twice as fast as the rest of the country. Rural and Alaska Native communities like those in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta are the first to feel those impacts and are already seeing change from their front doors. President Trump says he’ll shut down the government if he doesn’t get $5 billion for border security and a wall on the southern border. But if he gets his way, it could mean Alaska’s congressional delegation would lose one of its top priorities: A polar icebreaker.

In this newscast: A report out of the University of Alaska Anchorage has found that climate change is estimated to cost Alaska between $340 and $700 million dollars per year over the next three to five decadeThe Juneau School District is looking for a new superintendent, but some are hoping they won’t look far. A top executive with ConocoPhillips says the federal government should shrink–but not eliminate–the protected area around the biggest lake in Arctic Alaska, which is important habitat for wildlife. A citizen advisory committee released new recommendations on the federal Roadless Rule, which could shape the future of the Tongass National Forest.

In this newscast: A divided federal appeals court panel finds Alaska’s limit on what nonresidents can contribute to candidates for office is unconstitutiona., Governor-elect Mike Dunleavy’s announces his picks for several key cabinet positions. Only one has worked for a state government. While climate change has disrupted fisheries in many parts of the state, fishermen in Northwest Alaska are landing huge catches.

In this newscast: Outgoing Gov. Bill Walker proposes a nearly $6 billion budget, the Juneau Assembly Childcare Committee meets for the first time, state election officials certify the tie in House District 1 legislative race, and an update on the volcanic ash from Mount Veniaminof on the Alaska Peninsula. 

In this newscast: A new monument is unveiled at Sayéik Gastineau Community School, the Thane Ore House restaurant is set to burn Saturday, and local police are looking for 27-year-old man connected to a Thanksgiving Day shooting that left one person injured.