KTOO News Department

In this newscast:

• Juneau’s Eaglecrest Ski Area is slated to open at a limited capacity on Saturday and Sunday after an influx of snow earlier this week,
• The Rasmuson Foundation announced their list of Individual Artist awardees, and eight Juneau projects made the list. The 50 awards go to artists across the state, who will receive $10,000 each toward a project they have planned,
• Gov. Mike Dunleavy plans to roll out a new plan to stabilize Alaska’s tumultuous state finances ahead of next month’s legislative session,
• Skagway School is known for having the highest test scores in the state. But a newer class offering is teaching students more than just academics

In this newscast:

• Three months after a trial against a former Juneau chiropractor accused of sexual assault ended in mistrial, the new defense team is asking for more time to review the case before a second trial,
• This weekend, hundreds of Juneau residents braved the heavy snowfall and icy roads to make their way to a fight night downtown,
• The federal government’s official name for North America’s tallest peak is Mount McKinley. At a U.S. Senate hearing Tuesday Alaska’s senior senator argued that it shouldn’t be,
• The songs that got Alaska lawmakers through 2025, from Charli XCX to the Eagles

In this newscast:

• Artists have an opportunity to have their bear-themed art work depicted on trash cans in Juneau built to keep the animals out – and win a ten thousand dollar award,
• Thunder Mountain Middle School has recently joined the growing number of schools in Juneau composting food waste. Before rolling out the program, students led their peers through sorting out their trash and seeing how much of it can avoid the landfill,
• Capital City Fire/Rescue is leading an initiative to make cardiac arrest response times faster, and it involves the help of Juneau community members and an app called PulsePoint,
• Alaska sees the largest seasonal employment swing of any state, according to new data from the state Department of Labor and Workforce Development

In this newscast:

• A magnitude 7 earthquake shook Juneau and other towns in Alaska’s northern and central panhandle late Saturday morning,
• Juneau saw a snowfall record during a winter storm over the weekend, and now, freezing temperatures and clear skies are expected to stretch through most of this week,
• After more than a century, a Lingít clan will once again be the legal owners of a Raven helmet worn during the Battle of Sitka in 1804. Non-native organizations have claimed ownership of the helmet for more than a 100 years, and kept it, in a museum in Sitka,
• The National Marine Fisheries Service has reopened public comment on President Donald Trump’s executive order on “Restoring American Seafood Competitiveness,”
• Looking for the perfect Christmas tree? A state forester helped Alaska Desk reporter Alena Naiden harvest hers in the Matanuska Valley last week, and shared how you can, too

In this newscast:

• The University of Alaska will host listening sessions in Juneau, Fairbanks, and Anchorage next week as it ramps up its search for a new president,
• Teacher and principal turnover rates in Alaska have increased overall, beyond levels preceding the COVID-19 pandemic,
•  The state approved a contract on Monday, agreeing to pay Juneau’s new hydroelectric utility $1.3 million to power the controversial Cascade Point Ferry Terminal, a project that has yet to be finalized,
• In Anchorage, Rage City Vintage is closing its doors after a significant drop in sales,
• A federal lab devoted to renewable energy development for a half century has had the word “renewable” stripped from its name

In this newscast:

• Juneau’s Eaglecrest Ski Area will not open to skiers this weekend after all,
• Downtown Juneau’s annual Gallery Walk event is tomorrow from 4 to 8 p.m.,
• Alumni and former staff members at Mt. Edgecumbe High School are raising serious concerns about safety and student support at the state-run boarding school in Sitka,
• The Chilkat Valley is home to one of the world’s largest gathering of bald eagles, and this year, the highest number of raptors were recorded in more than two decades