KTOO News Department

In this newscast:

• Fairbanks North Star Borough officials are searching for places that could offer more stable housing for ex-Typhoon Halong evacuees.
• A geological firm presented options for long-term rockslide mitigation in Skagway, but none of the choices are easy or cheap.
• The City and Borough of Wrangell is pausing work at a housing project after archaeologists confirmed artifacts at the site.
• Months after Joann Fabrics stores closed in Alaska, the gap in craft supplies is being put to the test at a crucial creative time of year: Halloween.

In this newscast:

• A private beach in Gustavus, known as the Beach Meadows, is now protected by a conservation easement the owners signed with the Southeast Alaska Land Trust,
• The Trump administration, reverting to a decision during the prior Trump presidency, is again advancing the Ambler Road project in Northwest Alaska, to help mining interests,
• In the days after Typhoon Halong tore through Western Alaska, the state evacuated hundreds of people to Anchorage. The evacuees say they mostly have what they need, but it’s the things the Red Cross can’t change that haunt them,
• In Juneau, young people in Juneau have a new way to find their voice: a podcast club for youth

In this newscast:

• Final results for Juneau’s municipal election dropped Tuesday, showing that voters chose not to implement a new seasonal sales tax system in Juneau next year.
• The Juneau school board will have two new board members and one returning member following the release of final election results yesterday.
• Scientists in Southeast Alaska recently established that avalanches are a leading cause of mountain goat mortalities.
• Over 3 million people visited Alaska during the tourism season that ended in April 2025, marking a new record for the state.
• President Trump has signed a disaster declaration for Western Alaska.
• Anchorage officials say they’re continuing to assist hundreds of people evacuated from Western Alaska after the catastrophic storm.

In this newscast:

• The Alaska Office of Children’s Services has struggled with staffing for years, and data shows caseworker demographics also don’t line up with the states, or the system’s, children,
• The mayor’s task force on short-term rentals wrapped up four months ago, without immediate recommendations on regulations or restrictions for the Juneau Assembly,
• Juneau’s black bears are packing on the pounds to keep from starving during hibernation, and they are going for whatever they can find,
• Ten women will be inducted into the Alaska Women’s Hall of Fame tonight, including Joaqlin Estus, an Alaska Native journalist

In this newscast:

• Dozens of attendees at the Alaska Federation of Natives convention stood in protest during U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan’s speech Friday morning.
• Juneau residents got a glimpse of what life in town looked like in the mid-20th century – in Kodachrome.
• Community leaders in Ketchikan and Saxman have teamed up with the state to build more affordable housing units.
• Western Alaska residents from the storm-ravaged communities of Kipnuk and Kwigillingok continued to land Thursday night in Anchorage at Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson.

In this newscast:

• Juneau School District’s high school graduation rate went up after the first year of consolidating schools,
• Half a dozen helicopter crews and other aircraft have worked since the weekend to move people and supplies where they’re needed in the storm-battered Kuskokwim Delta,
• Volunteers in Juneau are offering free lunches for federal employees who were furloughed when the government shut down on Oct. 1st,
• Sealaska Heritage Institute opened its new science education building Monday,
• Escalating tensions between the U.S. and Canada fueled fears last winter that Canadians would respond by canceling cross-border visits to Alaska this summer, but a full-scale boycott never seemed to materialize