KTOO News Department

In this newscast:

• The Coast Guard responded to a ship fire near Adak Tuesday.
• Petersburg’s borough assembly passed its budget for the next fiscal year, but funding for a potential cruise ship dock caused friction among assembly members.
• Nineteen dogs were brought to the Dillingham Animal Control shelter over the weekend after a police investigation into animal cruelty.
• Local officials say this year’s Bering Sea pollack fishery was off to a good start.
• The City of Hoonah and Huna Heritage Foundation unveiled a brand new totem pole last week.

In this newscast:

• The Alaska State Board of Education is considering a regulation change that would further limit how much money local governments can give to school districts,
• The Juneau Assembly is mulling over a plan to implement a ranked choice voting system for local elections beginning next year,
• They also voted to wait on a second extension of Juneau’s Mendenhall River levee until after this flood season,
• Hoonah’s police chief submitted his resignation after less than two years in the role. Then, the city fired him for misconduct. He says it was retaliation,
• May was a record-breaking month for rain in Southeast Alaska,
• A nine-year old has won the Sitka Salmon Derby, for the second time in three years

In this newscast:

• Local advocates have failed to gather enough signatures before the initial deadline for three ballot petitions that seek to lower the cost of living in Juneau,
• The University of Alaska Southeast hired two new administrators. One will lead its School of Education and the other will oversee the campus in Sitka,
• June is Pride month, and Juneau’s LGBTQ+ Pride month calendar is packed this year,
• Curious Juneau: Where do Juneau’s bald eagles go?
• The U.S. portion of a historic, 33 mile hiking trail between Skagway and British Columbia has been off limits to backcountry explorers since 2020, but that’s about to change

In this newscast:

• Juneau’s Joann arts and crafts store is closed,
• An unvaccinated Anchorage youth tested positive for measles earlier this month,
• Immigration officials detailed an Anchorage man originally from Peru last week, according to his wife,
• Sitka voters have overwhelmingly rejected a ballot measure that would have capped the number of cruise visitors beginning next year,
• Schools in the U.S. are facing a debilitating teacher shortage, and many districts are looking abroad, namely in the Philippines

In this newscast:

• Researchers launched and interactive glacial outburst flood website today to help Juneau’s Mendenhall Valley residents plan for annual floods,
• Many businesses in Southeast Alaska say they’re facing uncertainty amid recent actions by the federal government, according to a report released yesterday by the Southeast Alaska Business Climate Survey,
• The Juneau School District is expanding its support of a local language immersion program,
• It’s been nearly three years since the town of Bar Harbor, Maine voted to limit cruise traffic. KCAW reached out to those involved in the decision to find out how things have been since the town enacted the limit

In this newscast:

• State officials took another step toward building a new ferry terminal at the end of the road in Juneau,
• Some Juneau residents are calling for police to crack down on homeless encampments in the Mendenhall Valley, but city officials and police say there isn’t an easy fix to growing rates of homelessness and its impacts,
• The Trump administration is attempting to alter environmental regulations that seek to protect endangered species habitat in order to “unlock” the potential of energy and resource developments. the move is raising alarm among Alaska’s environmental researchers,
• All NOAA Weather Radio sites in Southeast Alaska will be down today through Thursday while broadcast equipment is being upgraded