Pablo Arauz Peña, KTOO

In this newscast: The filing period to run for local office in Juneau’s municipal election starts Friday; The Pioneer Home assisted living facility in Juneau is expanding visitations from one family member to two per household; The community in Sitka responds to the assembly’s vote to remove the statue of Alexander Baranov; A 50-year-old Haines woman suspected of a string of arsons while on hallucinogenic mushrooms is in custody.

In this newscast: The city of Ketchikan released a statement condemning racism and police brutality with pushback from the police department and members of the public; Multimedia artist Sarah Campen was honored with a $7500 project award from the The Rasmuson Foundation’s 2020 Individual Artist Award program; Pat Pitney is The University of Alaska system’s new interim president; The city of Gustavus passed a mandate this week requiring that people wear masks or cloth face coverings when outside their homes; Sitka will relocate a statue of a Russian colonist accused of enslaving Alaska Natives while the area was under Russian control two centuries ago.

In this newscast: U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan made a surprise appearance at the Juneau Assembly’s meeting on Monday night; The Ketchikan Gateway Borough took the first steps towards acquiring a large-scale rapid testing machine for the community; A new program from the FCC is giving Alaska Native tribes the opportunity to claim licenses allowing them to provide broadband to their communities.

In this newscast: The state reported its largest single-day increase of COVID-19 with 116 new cases — the first time Alaska has seen over 100 cases in one day; The city and borough of Juneau has created a Depression-era style conservation corps with federal CARES Act funds that’s already putting people back to work; Juneau businesses impacted by the pandemic are finding ways to sell their inventory in other states; Four people are safe after a Coast Guard helicopter rescued a 59-year-old Washington state man who appeared to be suffering from hypothermia. 

In this newscast: An employee at Juneau’s Bartlett Regional Hospital has tested positive for COVID-19; A Juneau Superior Court judge denied a request to temporarily block changes to the state’s small business relief grants; A Colorado mining company has agreed to a $7 million clean-up plan for radioactive waste on Prince of Wales Island; Petersberg’s sole movie theater, the Northern Nights Theater is reopening in September.