KTOO News Department

In this newscast:

• A middle-aged man was rescued from frigid waters near Petersburg,
• The person in charge of ordering and stocking produce at Skagway’s only year-round grocery store is moving on,
• Justin Smith of Gustavus has produced albums for Alaska artists like Annie Bartholomew, Blackwater Railroad Company and Josh Fortenbery,
• A Ketchikan-raised filmmaker, Emilio Torres, was recently named the Arizona Filmmaker of the Year.

In this newscast:

• The Juneau Assembly voted last night to approve a tidelands lease for a fifth cruise ship dock in downtown Juneau,
• Less than a year after Juneau voters shot down a ballot initiative to ban large cruise ships on Saturdays, advocates are trying again to put hard limits on tourism’s growth,
• As Juneau residents face the impacts of the Trump administration’s widespread federal firings, the Juneau Assembly unanimously passed a resolution last night urging Alaska’s congressional delegation to oppose cuts to federal agencies,
• The City and Borough of Juneau’s municipal budget process kicked off over the weekend

In this newscast:

• The Trump administration has frozen a million dollars in funding for Planned Parenthood in Alaska,
• More than 1,300 people in Juneau joined the nationwide Hands-off rally at the Alaska State Capitol on Saturday,
• State legislators grilled two University of Alaska Board of Regents appointees at a Senate Education Committee meeting last week as part of their confirmation process,
• The eighth annual Traditional Games was held in Juneau this weekend, and more than 250 athletes from 30 teams competed in sporting events rooted in Alaska Native values

In this newscast:

• The Juneau Assembly is set to take a critical vote Monday night that will determine if the construction of a fifth cruise ship dock downtown will move forward,
• Two weeks after a rockslide came down over Ketchikan’s Tongass Highway, the temporary bypass road constructed to get around the work area will open to two-way traffic,
• It’s been more than a year since the Juneau Assembly voted to move forward with a plan to demolish the downtown Telephone Hill neighborhoods’ historic homes and add new housing units, but not much movement on the project has happened, leaving residents in limbo,
• A high-priority bill that would substantially boost education funding took another step forward in the state Legislature this week,
• While Forest Service staffing at the Mendenhall Glacier remains uncertain, there will be eight people working there in a different role — as cultural ambassadors

In this newscast:

• Alaskans used to pay the highest rent in the nation, but new state data show that cost has stabilized,
• Juneau officials are proposing to set city money aside to hire staff for one of the city’s main tourist attractions: the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center,
• Contractors are building flood barriers along the Mendenhall River to protect Juneau neighborhoods from flooding expected this summer, but new flood maps meant to show whether the barriers will keep homes dry have been delayed a month,
• Visitors to the Alaska State Capitol will son have to go through a metal detector and have their belongings screened in an X-ray machine, after lawmakers approved a new screening policy

In this newscast:

• An Alaska Native corporation’s shareholders are questioning contracts that one of its subsidiaries has to run migrant detention facilities,
• In the month after the University of Alaska Board of Regents decided to scrub mentions of diversity, equity, and inclusion, critics of the decision are concerned about the lack of transparency in the process,
• Ketchikan is currently facing a controversial restructuring of its schools, and multiple school board members and the district superintendent have resigned. School district officials testified in front of the Alaska House and Senate on Monday to say tell lawmakers that the kids are not alright,
• Alaska’s U.S. Senators have co-sponsored a resolution to keep the U.S. Postal Service as an independent agency and not privatize it