Jeremy Hsieh

In this newscast: 
The U.S. Senate blocks quick consideration of a wavier that could have salvaged some of Alaska’s cruise ship season, 
a Juneau group opposed to ballot initiatives to limit cruise ship traffic present their case, 
Alaska lawmakers retroactively extend the state’s COVID-19 disaster emergency declaration, 
a bill requiring the state recognize Alaska tribes is bound for a House vote, 
a new study shows cancer rates have gone up among Alaska Native people over the last half century, 
internet outages hit Juneau, 
a small sinkhole opens up on North Franklin Street, and
the Forest Service plans to reopen some of its facilities at the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center. 

In this newscast: 

The Juneau Assembly relaxes COVID-19 community restrictions and travel mandates, 
the CDC now recommends pregnant women get the COVID-19 vaccine, 
the state agrees to pay a former Arts Council employee $85,000 who lost her job for making negative comments about the governor on social media, 
an Alaskan wins an EPA grant to develop an idea to turn plastic ocean debris into lumber, 
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings offers $1 million to the City and Borough of Sitka with no strings attached, and 
an Alaskan wins a $2.1 million slot machine jackpot in Las Vegas. 

In this newscast: 

Juneau officials log three more COVID-19 cases, 
demand for the COVID-19 vaccine falls off in Juneau, 
the ferry Matanuska gets held up in Ketchikan after an engine issue and more crew test positive for COVID-19, 
state officials plan to use federal pandemic relief money to keep the Alaska Marine Highway System going, 
the U.S. Census Bureau releases the total count of Alaskans, 
and Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signs a bill banning the use of Native American names, symbols and images as school mascots, logos and team names at most public schools there.