Pablo Arauz Peña, KTOO

In this newscast: A wide-ranging anti-discrimination ordinance considered by Ketchikan’s city council has received tentative approval; Anchorage residents are reporting long wait times at local testing sites; The state Department of Natural Resources is giving Italian oil giant ENI a six-month break on a nearly $2.7 million rent payment for leases on Alaska’s North Slope; All residents of Sitka will be offered free coronavirus screening tests to help prevent the spread of the illness; A state court judge has heard arguments over whether to block disbursement of federal coronavirus relief aid to small businesses in Alaska.

In this newscast: The state’s COVID-19 dashboard showed a large drop in the number of available inpatient beds on Wednesday from 1800 to 1400; Alaska’s Chief Medical Officer Doctor Ann Zink says Alaskans can slow the spread of COVID-19; Local leaders unveiled a new mural July 4 in Petersburg honoring Native civil rights leader Elizabeth Peratrovich; American Cruise Lines announced it has canceled its summer season due to COVID-19 spikes across the country.

In this newscast: A federal judge issued an injunction that prevents Alaska Native corporations from receiving part of a Tribal funding set-aside in the CARES Act; The Juneau School District heard from families in a public forum on Monday about the plan for returning students to face-to-face classes this fall; Ten of the state’s airports have COVID-19 screening lines so passengers can show test results or talk through options before leaving the airport; A vast majority of Alaska State Troopers are white, making the primary statewide law enforcement agency substantially less diverse than Alaska’s population; A wildlife official says a bird symbolizing America’s freedom had to be liberated on Independence Day after becoming stuck in a tree. 

In this newscast: Five Tlingit sacred items could be returned to Central Council Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska; At least three people were injured — one seriously — when fireworks accidentally detonated in a crowd during Sitka’s Independence Day celebration; Two employees at Providence Transitional Care Center in Anchorage speak about what it was like to work in the middle of state’s largest coronavirus outbreak; The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic meant big changes to Kotzebue’s annual celebration of the Fourth of July.