Newscast – Monday, April 6, 2026

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

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