KTOO News Department

In this newscast:

• The Trump administration’s potential cuts to federal health care programs leaves Alaska’s HIV/AIDS prevention and support organization in lurch,
• A Canadian company announced last week that it’s starting multiple environmental studies to explore a possible new gold mine in Juneau,
• In a sudden move, the CDC is pulling up to $43 million in federal grants that support public health programs in Alaska,
• Starting May 7, every air traveler age 18 and older will need a REAL ID to board a flight within the United States

In this newscast:

• Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium is yet again expanding its reach in Juneau with a new dental clinic in Mendenhall Valley,
• Crews in Ketchikan are still dealing with a rockslide that cut off access to the northern part of the island,
• Southeast Alaska’s Chilkat Valley is inching toward the area’s first major timber harvest since the 1990s, but the state is pausing a needed application amid public concern,
• State lawmakers are now more than halfway through their four-month legislative session and time is ticking away. Alaska Public Media reporter Eric Stone gives an update on where things stand,
• Scientists at the Alaska Earthquake Center are monitoring several earthquakes near Adak Island. Since last Wednesday, there have been at least eight quakes greater than magnitude 5

In this newscast:

• U.S. House Republicans put the top executives of NPR and PBS on the hot seat today, in a hearing of the House Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency,
• Juneau’s mayor selected 11 residents to serve on a short-term rental task force, which is meant to assess the benefits and downsides of short-term rentals in the housing market. All but one member are homeowners,
• An Alaska Airlines jet leaving Wrangell Sunday declared an inflight emergency and landed in Ketchikan,
• Tongass Voices: Betsy Longenbaugh and Ed Schoenfeld on the skeletons in Juneau’s closet

In this newscast:

• Fish processor Silver Bay Seafoods announced Tuesday it will take over all Alaskan facilities owned by competitor OBI Seafoods.
• Several federal employees in Juneau who were fired as part of President Trump’s federal staffing purge have been reinstated.
• Federal investigators released initial findings from a plane crash near Nome.
• A Canadian ski race persists amid rising tensions between the U.S. and Canadian governments.

In this newscast:

• Ketchikan’s school district superintendent is resigning at the end of the school year.
• People with disabilities, care providers and advocates marched to the state Capitol Wednesday to improve access to services.
• The remains of two French bulldogs that went missing on Prince of Wales Island over a month ago were found in a pair of crab pots last week.
• The University of Alaska Fairbanks as shuttered the office and taken down the website for an on-campus center that supported cultural programs and diversity related training.
• Lawmakers narrowly rejected an executive order from Gov. Mike Dunleavy that would have created a state agriculture department.

In this newscast:

• Juneau resident and author X̱’unei Lance Twitchell won an Emmy for “Not a Mascot” — an episode he wrote for TV show “Molly of Denali.”
• Sitka’s planned internet outage lasted for less time than predicted.
• researchers and Sealaska shareholders are calling for change to long time limits placed on Alaska’s commercial fisheries.
• Alaska’s state development agency says it’s talking with the operator of the Ketchikan Shipyard to resolve a dispute that threatens the future of the key local employer.
• Juneau community members gathered for a candlelight vigil for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People on Thursday.