KTOO News Department

In this newscast:

• A Sitka Grand Jury indicted a Juneau man Thursday for allegedly assaulting two men at a demonstration in downtown Sitka.
• Fairbanks police evacuated one of the city’s Fred Meyer locations on Saturday evening, after a deactivated mortar shell was left in the grocery store’s bathroom.
• The University of Alaska Board of Regents introduced changes to the University’s antidiscrimination policy around hiring and recruitment on Friday.
• Alaska students’ test scores improved modestly last school year, according to results released Friday by the Department of Education and Early Development.
• One of Petersburg’s most popular trail systems on Mitkof Island recently got an upgrade with help from out-of-towners.

In this newscast:

• Sunday is the last day to register to vote or update your mailing address for Juneau’s 2025 municipal election
• A pedestrian is dead after a car went over a guardrail in Ketchikan
• The University of Alaska Fairbanks is searching for a permanent chancellor
• Coeur Alaska’s Kensington Mine found more gold, extending the mine’s life five years
• Former Juneau chiropractor Jeffrey Fultz is not guilty on two counts of sexual assault, and a mistrial was declared for 12 other counts
• Two Sitka community gardens have received grant funding to support food independence

In this newscast:

• A plan to bring more high-speed electric vehicle charging stations to Alaska is back on track,
• A man fell into a hole in the ice on the Mendenhall Glacier Tuesday,
• Ships could pose a risk to seabirds migrating through Alaska’s waters,
• Elementary reading scores in Petersburg are rising above state and national averages,
• The Arctic Research Consortium is shutting down after funding cuts

In this newscast:

• The LeConte ferry broke down ahead of the Klondike Road Relay in Skagway
• A missing hiker was found dead near the Mendenhall Glacier on Monday
• Kake City School’s cross country team was stuck in Juneau following mechanical issues with the LeConte ferry
• Federal data shows some cruise ships in Alaska have violated water pollution regulations hundreds of times each year
• Tongass Voices: Tara Thornton on the joy and heartbreak of fostering kittens

In this newscast:

• Gov. Mike Dunleavy has named Stephen J. Cox to be Alaska’s next attorney general,
• The Juneau Police Department released the body-worn camera footage today of a violent arrest by an officer in late July. The video was released just a day after the officer involved resigned from his position,
• After a week of deliberation, the jury will continue to consider the evidence in a sexual assault trial against a former Juneau chiropractor next week,
• A small number of Alaska Native craftspeople in Southeast Alaska hunt sea otters to use as material for their work, but they say that’s become more time consuming and expensive in recent years, as local tanneries have shut down

In this newscast:

• The Juneau School District Board of Education is fast tracking a move to restore universal free breakfast for K-12 Students,
• The Roadless Rule, the rule that protects more than half of the Tongass National Forest from road development, is on the chopping block again,
• Alaska Native filmmaker and artist Mary Goddard is in Haines filming part of a documentary that features her eating only Native foods for three months,
• A federal trial began Monday in Anchorage for a class-action lawsuit against the Alaska Office of Children’s Services, or OCS. The lawsuit on behalf of all kids in OCS custody