In this newscast: The state’s plan to get rid of TB screening in schools; Public comment open on reinstating the Roadless Rule; Juneau pencils out more electric docks; Juneau woman organizes clothing drive; Man pleads not guilty to federal charges of threatening to kill Alaska’s U.S. senators
Newscasts
Newscast – Monday, Nov. 22, 2021
In this newscast: Juneau care facilities are paying to train and certify nursing assistants; The Dunleavy administration is setting up a task force to address bycatch.
Newscast – Friday, Nov. 19, 2021
In this newscast: Icy conditions force an overloaded ferry to turn around back to Juneau; Alaskans will vote next year on a constitutional convention
Newscast – Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021
In this newscast: Juneau property owners have lost every commercial property assessment appeal heard so far; Juneau schools offer antigen tests as alternative to quarantines for students exposed to COVID-19; Juneau had its first big winter storm; The EPA is extending a deadline to decide on proposed restrictions to Pebble Mine
Newscast – Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021
In this newscast:
Federal investigators have released more information about a plane that crashed at Juneau’s airport last month; Through this past weekend, sea ice extent in the Chuckchi Sea was well above average from the last 30 years; An Anchorage man who was blinded by a bear is taking his story to the silver screen; Skagway will offer unemployment benefits to those who stay in town this winter
Newscast – Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021
In this newscast:
Juneau’s Board of Education has approved new oral narrative standards for Lingít language to be taught to children;
A new airline with Juneau ties that will be making flights between Unalaska and Anchorage as delayed that route launch until 2022;
Legal challenges are expected after a divided Alaska’s Redistricting Board approved new maps;
Alaska Congressman Don Young named two veteran political consultants to his campaign team on Monday;
Yakutat’s village corporation has postponed its annual board election while it confers with its attorneys over its logging operations;
Petersburg’s latest COVID-19 outbreak has caused widespread disruption in the community;
A federal judge has blocked the enforcement of part of the American Rescue Plan that prohibits state from using pandemic relief to offset tax cuts