Newscasts

In this newscast: The Anchorage Forestry Sciences Lab is set to close and the future of the Pacific Northwest Research Station lab in Juneau is uncertain since the U.S. Forest Service began a national restructuring last week; The city’s cold weather emergency shelter, which was set to close for the season next week, is turning into a year-round operation; Judge Sharon Gleason dismissed a federal class-action lawsuit filed against the Alaska Office of Children’s Services last week; Tongass Voices: Hiram Henry on the volunteers who drive Alaska Folk Festival

In this newscast: The city is now asking residents to weigh in on potential projects that could be funded by the fees paid by cruise ship passengers this year; The Juneau Assembly will vote tonight during a regular meeting on whether to turn the city’s cold weather emergency shelter into a year-round operation; A labor union representing Ketchikan shipyard workers has filed three charges against the yard’s new operator; Three of Alaska’s key shipping companies are set to hike rates as fuel prices skyrocket amid the war with Iran; U.S. Supreme Court justices questioned the Trump administration’s lawyer for invoking Native American history to challenge birthright citizenship of immigrants

In this newscast: Staff at the University of Alaska have successfully voted to form a union; The City and Borough of Juneau’s budget-making process officially kicked off Wednesday; The state of Alaska is collecting input from Juneau residents hit by glacial outburst flooding in 2024 to help decide how a federal grant for $6 million will be spent; A group of Juneau organizations and the regional tribal government are working together on an event that will provide direct services to unhoused people in Juneau; Large majorities of Alaskans tell pollsters they are sick of changing their clocks twice a year. And for years, lawmakers have introduced bills that would stop us from springing forward and falling back. This year is no exception 

In this newscast: Three young mountain goats with a highly contagious viral skin infection have been found this winter on popular Juneau hiking trails; The Juneau Assembly voted last night to end the city’s involvement in Eaglecrest Ski Area’s controversial gondola project and pay back a $10 million investment from Goldbelt Incorporated; Alaska school districts consistently build budgets based on many uncertainties. A bill that aims to stabilize the budgeting process moved out of the House Education Committee Wednesday; As the Alaska Folk Festival approaches, so does a big spike in activity at downtown bars. And with that comes concerns about drink safety; Two Alaska inmates died in the past week, according to the Department of Correction’s press releases

In this newscast: Wild king salmon sport fishing regulations for 2026 took effect across Southeast today. In most inside waters of the northern panhandle, the season opens June 15; Around 25,000 Alaskans lost all or part of their health insurance subsidies in 2026 due to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act; Pink Martini, a band from Portland, Oregon, will play in Sitka and Juneau in a couple of weeks to benefit the rebuilding of a Lingit clan house in Sitka

In this newscast: Today is the last day for Alaskans to apply for a 2026 Permanent Fund Dividend; Juneau’s beloved city-owned Eaglecrest Ski Area is embroiled in controversy over a gondola project and its price tag; A theater in a historic building in downtown Juneau is being brought back to life after sitting empty for years; Mayors of the five boroughs that would host elements of the Alaska gasline project say that they are not on board with a bill from Gov. Mike Dunleavy offering tax breaks for the project