Pablo Arauz Peña, KTOO

In this newscast: The Census Bureau reports that almost all Alaskan households have been counted already. But the accuracy of that number is in question; Ketchikan emergency officials raised the community’s pandemic alert level to “moderate” after reporting five new positive cases of COVID-19 Wednesday; Alaska’s elections watchdog commission says a group opposing a ballot measure to overhaul elections violated state law by airing radio ads with outdated contributors and ordered the group to redo or take down the ads; More than 40% of registered voters in Juneau voted in the capital city’s first by mail election.

In this newscast: Juneau is closing the Mill Campground for the season; Several Americans have been cited by law enforcement in British Columbia for breaking rules intended to prevent the spread of COVID-19; The pandemic has disrupted all of our lives in some way or another, but it’s had a particularly dramatic impact on the lives of college students; This year the FCC opened a window of opportunity for Native Americans to secure rights to their own wireless broadband networks; Alaska U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan says he plans to vote for President Donald Trump.

In this newscast: Voters cast their last-minute ballots today in Juneau’s first-ever by mail election; Early voter turnout is more than triple last year’s count in Sitka meaning residents likely won’t have a good idea of who won until Wednesday afternoon; Construction began in August on Sealaska Heritage Institute’s future arts campus in downtown Juneau. But they found contaminated soil, which may affect the institute’s goal to have it complete in time for Celebration next year; The temporary closure of a nationwide movie theater chain is expected to result in the indefinite closure of three theaters in Anchorage.

In this newscast: Voting in Juneau’s local election ends Tuesday Oct. 6; With COVID-19 case counts rising significantly in Alaska, hospitals are concerned about what comes next; The group tasked with reshaping the future of the state-run ferry system is recommending the creation of an executive board, fewer vessels, and at least two years of forward funding for the cash-strapped ferries.