KTOO News Department

In this newscast:  A 17-year-old boy who was reported missing for nearly three weeks in Juneau was located earlier this week and returned home; Earlier this week, Huna Totem and the City and Borough of Juneau finalized the tidelands lease agreement for a fifth cruise ship dock in downtown Juneau, which gives the final stamp for its development; The City and Borough of Juneau stopped accepting septic waste from Gustavus last March due to concerns over the impacts of PFAS-contaminated sludge; A Juneau boy has now undergone a potentially life-saving treatment for a rare genetic disease after years of fundraising; Leaders of the state Senate are throwing cold water on hopes for a super-sized Permanent Fund dividend; Main stage Alaska Folk Festival performances continue tonight at Centennial Hall

In this newscast: Juneau’s teachers union voted earlier this week in favor of approving a tentative contract agreement with the Juneau School District; After months of public pushback, the Juneau Assembly will revisit the current redevelopment plan for the Telephone Hill neighborhood in downtown Juneau; The 2026 Traditional Games begin in the capital city Friday; A behind-the-scenes look at the 51st Alaska Folk Festival in Juneau

In this newscast: The Anchorage Forestry Sciences Lab is set to close and the future of the Pacific Northwest Research Station lab in Juneau is uncertain since the U.S. Forest Service began a national restructuring last week; The city’s cold weather emergency shelter, which was set to close for the season next week, is turning into a year-round operation; Judge Sharon Gleason dismissed a federal class-action lawsuit filed against the Alaska Office of Children’s Services last week; Tongass Voices: Hiram Henry on the volunteers who drive Alaska Folk Festival

In this newscast: The city is now asking residents to weigh in on potential projects that could be funded by the fees paid by cruise ship passengers this year; The Juneau Assembly will vote tonight during a regular meeting on whether to turn the city’s cold weather emergency shelter into a year-round operation; A labor union representing Ketchikan shipyard workers has filed three charges against the yard’s new operator; Three of Alaska’s key shipping companies are set to hike rates as fuel prices skyrocket amid the war with Iran; U.S. Supreme Court justices questioned the Trump administration’s lawyer for invoking Native American history to challenge birthright citizenship of immigrants

In this newscast: Staff at the University of Alaska have successfully voted to form a union; The City and Borough of Juneau’s budget-making process officially kicked off Wednesday; The state of Alaska is collecting input from Juneau residents hit by glacial outburst flooding in 2024 to help decide how a federal grant for $6 million will be spent; A group of Juneau organizations and the regional tribal government are working together on an event that will provide direct services to unhoused people in Juneau; Large majorities of Alaskans tell pollsters they are sick of changing their clocks twice a year. And for years, lawmakers have introduced bills that would stop us from springing forward and falling back. This year is no exception 

In this newscast: Three young mountain goats with a highly contagious viral skin infection have been found this winter on popular Juneau hiking trails; The Juneau Assembly voted last night to end the city’s involvement in Eaglecrest Ski Area’s controversial gondola project and pay back a $10 million investment from Goldbelt Incorporated; Alaska school districts consistently build budgets based on many uncertainties. A bill that aims to stabilize the budgeting process moved out of the House Education Committee Wednesday; As the Alaska Folk Festival approaches, so does a big spike in activity at downtown bars. And with that comes concerns about drink safety; Two Alaska inmates died in the past week, according to the Department of Correction’s press releases