Pablo Arauz Peña, KTOO

In this newscast: Thane Road will be closed Wednesday afternoon because of high natural avalanche danger; The rate of preterm births is creeping up nationwide and in Alaska; A documentary film about the impacts of logging on Southeast Alaska’s Prince of Wales Island called “Understory” is making its way through film festivals; COVID-19 case counts and vaccinations in Juneau are continuing to trend in the right direction; The Department of Corrections says it will allow prisoners to meet with their attorneys again, after a year-long ban on visits because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In this newscast: FBI agents arrested a Wasilla man this morning on federal charges he participated in the Jan. 6 siege on the U.S. Capitol; The municipality of Skagway hired a private catamaran on Tuesday to replace this week’s canceled state ferry sailing between Juneau, Haines and Skagway; Even though they can get a COVID-19 vaccine, many Alaskan women are wrestling with the question of whether or not they should; Alaska’s state government is forecast to receive nearly $800 million more in revenue over this year and next year than was projected last fall.

In this newscast: Both of Alaska’s U.S. Senators joined Democrats in voting to confirm Deb Haaland as Interior Secretary today; The first Alaska Native woman to serve as lieutenant governor will lead a key Tribal health organization in the state; The Dunleavy administration’s plans to replace six state DMV’s with unnamed private vendors is facing pushback; Metlakatla Indian Community is appealing a federal judge’s dismissal of a fishing rights case against Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration.

In this newscast: Alaska’s Department of Fish and Game is raffling off permits for some the most sought-after hunts in the state; In 2020, a year of widespread financial hardship, Alaska’s housing market was surprisingly strong; Gov. Mike Dunleavy has proposed a new bill to boost independent oversight and planning for the Alaska Marine Highway System.

In this newscast: Juneau has announced its next vaccine clinic will be on March 23 at Centennial Hall; Every Saturday afternoon since January, traffic backs up outside of the Holy Trinity Church in downtown Juneau as people line up for Choir from Cars; Last month, the state of Alaska’s investment authority agreed to put $35 million towards pre-development work on the Ambler Road project; The Iditarod has announced its first coronavirus case, in a musher at a major mid-race checkpoint.