Pablo Arauz Peña, KTOO

In this newscast: The Alaska Supreme Court rules unconstitutional a 2005 law that diminished or impaired state employees’ retirement benefits; In the roughly 100-person town of Tenakee Springs, the storm in December destroyed a bridge that provides vital access for a handful of residents; Members of the public who are barred from the state Capitol complex due to pandemic safety rules attended a social gathering with legislators in a complex building last week; Preliminary results show Assembly member Forrest Dunbar with a slight lead in the race for Anchorage mayor.

In this newscast: A tribe in the Southeast community of Wrangell has been working to recycle electronics to reduce e-waste; The state of Alaska should be spending more on building maintenance for its K-12 schools, according to a recent study from the Institute of Social and Economic Research; Fan favorite snowmachine racer Mike Morgan of Anchorage added to his collection of wins this past weekend with his victory on the Archie Ferguson/Willie Goodwin memorial snowmachine race.

In this newscast: Some Juneau elementary school students are returning to a nearly normal school schedule starting on Monday; Contractors plan to break ground on a multimillion-dollar airport project in Gustavus this month but toxic chemicals discovered at the site make the project more complicated; House Bill 123 would amend state law to officially recognize Tribes that the federal government already recognizes.

Kristin Bartlett with the school district said the minimal risk level in the community and recently updated guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention contributed to the decision.