Pablo Arauz Peña, KTOO

Newscast — Wednesday, April 21, 2021

In this newscast: Over the next several years, the City and Borough of Juneau has a lot of promises to keep with environmental regulators after racking up dozens of pollution violations at its two mains sewage treatment plants; More than 130 inmates at Lemon Creek Correctional Center in Juneau have received COVID-19 vaccines; Juneau city leaders are putting together next year’s budget and they want the public to weigh-in. Officials have expressed concern about flooding along some parts of the Kuskokwim River as snowpack begins to melt.

Newscast — Tuesday, April 20, 2021

In this newscast: The sudden switch to warmer spring weather broke temperature records throughout Southeast Alaska; Most of Juneau relies on the Mendenhall Wastewater Treatment PLant to process sewage; Alaska will join Florida in a federal lawsuit challenging the current cruise ship regulations in the U.S.; The Alaska Industrial and Export Authority has reached an agreement with regional Native corporation Doyon to conduct survey and feasibility studies on the corporation’s lands.

Newscast — Monday, April 19, 2021

In this newscast: Concerned residents in the Southeast Alaska town of Gustavus pushed state agencies to do more testing for contaminants before major construction at the city’s airport; An intensive search over the weekend of an area near Sitka’s ferry terminal turned up no new evidence in a missing person cold case; Ten years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, environmental regulators say they’re expanding radiation testing of commercially harvested Alaska seafood to include crab; Officials say two crew members aboard the Matansuka tested positive for COVID-19 over the weekend after the state ferry left Bellingham for ports in Southeast Alaska.

Newscast — Friday, April 16, 2021

In this newscast: The very first Tlingit Opera in production is about the Tlingit-Russian Wars at the start of the 19th century; How Muslims in Anchorage are celebrating the start of the holy month of Ramadan; SpaceX is considering building key parts of a satellite network in Alaska, including in Ketchikan, Nome and Fairbanks.

Newscast — Thursday, April 15, 2021

In this newscast: Juneau residents reported hearing avalanches off of Mount Juneau on Tuesday night; Capital Transit riders in Juneau will notice something brand new and very cool this week — one of the first electric public transit buses in Alaska; The arrival of the Trumpeter Swans is a signal that spring is here, whether or not the weather agrees; The Dunleavy administration is no longer seeking private vendors to replace six state-run DMV offices.

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