KTOO News Department

In this newscast:

• The Petersburg Borough settled a lawsuit from its police chief out of court.
• The Juneau School District Board of Education approved grant funding to maintain a high school counselor position.
• A Juneau man pleaded guilty to killing a 1-month-old infant in his care last year.
• A retired school teacher and principal from the City of Angoon entered Alaska’s 2026 governor’s race earlier this month.
• Camping in certain public spaces in Anchorage will soon be a criminal offense following Assembly approval.
• The Native village of Klukwan is in the middle of a research project to better understand landslide risk in the area.

In this newscast:

• June’s commercial salmon harvest in the South Alaska Peninsula was one of the lowest in four decades.
• Wrangell students are continuing to track wildlife with cameras at the Anan Wildlife Observatory.
• A Shungnak man died Saturday after falling into the Kobuk river Saturday.
• A man jailed in Anchorage died Friday after correctional officers restrained him during a fight, according to Alaska State Troopers.
• Firefighters in the Interior utilize specially trained dogs to keep them safe from bears.

In this newscast:

• A Juneau man who pleaded guilty to stabbing someone to death at a senior and disabled housing facility in 2020 was sentenced this week, nearly 5 years after his arrest,
• Juneau officials released a list of potential hazard mitigation projects for review on Thursday,
• Juneau has a high cost of living compared to other cities in Alaska and the rest of the nation,
• Sport fishing for wild king salmon just got a bit more restricted for nonresidents,
• An atmospheric research facility near Gakona in the Interior has been a magnet for conspiracy theories for decades, so the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program hosts an open house every year to show the public what they’re really up to

In this newscast:

• An atmospheric river will saturate Southeast Alaska tomorrow with heavy rain,
• Looming school funding on a state and federal level could mean future cuts to the Juneau School District,
• Sitka police spent Friday afternoon searching for a Soldotna man who has been missing in Sitka since December 2023,
• Tongass Voices: Juneau’s mobile crisis responders on meeting patients where they’re at

In this newscast:

• A judge serving in Nome could be reprimanded after the Alaska Commission on Judicial Conduct found he acted in ways that could damage public trust in the court system.
• A new trial date has been set for the Juneau chiropractor that was arrested four years ago on multiple sexual assault charges.
• Alaska lawmakers plan to compel Gov. Mike Dunleavy to release data on oil taxes.
• An island in the Western Aleutians could become home to Alaska’s first green ammonia facility.

In this newscast:

• Search and rescue responders located the body of a cruise ship passenger in Juneau who went missing during a hike on Tuesday morning of last week.
• The Juneau Symphony appointed a new music director for its next season.
• The future of two programs remain uncertain at Kodiak College following a funding freeze from the Trump administration.
• The National Transportation Safety Board release a preliminary report on the North Slope helicopter crash that killed a pilot and a passenger in June.
• Scientists in Sand Point are finding toxins that cause paralytic shellfish poisoning in freshwater.