Newscasts

In this newscast: Fish processor Silver Bay Seafoods announced Tuesday it will take over all Alaskan facilities owned by competitor OBI Seafoods; Several federal employees in Juneau who were fired as part of President Trump’s federal staffing purge have been reinstated; Federal investigators released initial findings from a plane crash near Nome; A Canadian ski race persists amid rising tensions between the U.S. and Canadian governments.

In this newscast: Ketchikan’s school district superintendent is resigning at the end of the school year; People with disabilities, care providers and advocates marched to the state Capitol Wednesday to improve access to services; The remains of two French bulldogs that went missing on Prince of Wales Island over a month ago were found in a pair of crab pots last week; The University of Alaska Fairbanks as shuttered the office and taken down the website for an on-campus center that supported cultural programs and diversity related training; Lawmakers narrowly rejected an executive order from Gov. Mike Dunleavy that would have created a state agriculture department.

In this newscast: The Juneau Assembly may mandate a timeline for the release of body-worn camera footage when a police officer shoots someone; The Alaska House Resources Committee met on Friday to hear testimony on a resolution recognizing the longstanding partnership between Canada and the United States; Sen. Lisa Murkowski says President Trump is testing the limits of his power.

In this newscast: Juneau resident and author X̱’unei Lance Twitchell won an Emmy for “Not a Mascot” — an episode he wrote for TV show “Molly of Denali;” Sitka’s planned internet outage lasted for less time than predicted; researchers and Sealaska shareholders are calling for change to long time limits placed on Alaska’s commercial fisheries; Alaska’s state development agency says it’s talking with the operator of the Ketchikan Shipyard to resolve a dispute that threatens the future of the key local employer; Juneau community members gathered for a candlelight vigil for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People on Thursday.

In this newscast: Alaska’s state ombudsman is resigning in April. Kate Burkhart leaves after eight years on the job and countless investigations that have led to major systemic reforms in the state; The Juneau School District approved a budget for the next fiscal year on Thursday; People rallied again outside the Alaska State Capitol today, this time to protest the Trump Administration’s plans to eliminate tens of thousands of jobs at the U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs; After a German Shepherd named Jackie evaded euthanasia in Los Angeles, she’s now evading animal control officers in Juneau; Alaska’s fired federal workers are beginning to file unemployment claims, following the Trump administration’s move to reduce the federal workforce

In this newscast: The Juneau School District Board of Education is expected to pass a budget at a special meeting tonight. The board made last minute changes at its Tuesday meeting and now needs to rebalance the proposed budget