Pablo Arauz Peña, KTOO

In this newscast: A group of Juneau residents who want to limit cruise ship traffic in town didn’t get enough signatures to advance their proposed ballot initiatives; Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in Gustavus is poised for another lean year after half of its operating budget was erased by the pandemic’s impact; For years, a small American flag was all that marked the grave of WWII soldier from Unalaska, George Fox; Authorities in Metlakatla reported the community’s third COVID-19 related death on Tuesday evening.

In this newcast: Local rivers ran high and rainfall drenched Memorial Day cookout plans in Juneau over the long weekend; The Juneau Assembly got together in-person, mostly, for its regular meeting last week for the first time in over a year; 72-year-old Albert Kookesh was an Indigenous rights advocate, culture bearer, politician and basketball player; The Biden administration has suspended oil and gas leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

In this newscast: The Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center will open to the public on Tuesday, June 1; Over the weekend Juneau Drag performers hosted their first live show in 15 minutes; Like other events in the pandemic era, the Wearable Arts Extravaganza was virtual but that didn’t keep the artists involved from having fun in 2021; A tall, thin man wearing a hood and mask was caught on a security camera plastering Nazi stickers on a Jewish museum in Anchorage.

Like many other events in the pandemic era, the show was virtual, but that didn’t keep the artists involved from having fun in 2021.

In this newscast: President Biden today signed a bill that will allow cruise ships to return to Southeast Alaska this summer; The leaders of Sealaska, the Native corporation for Southeast Alaska, are asking its shareholders to approve the creation of a type of tax shelter called a trust; After considering raising, then lowering the local property tax rate, the Juneau Assembly decided to keep it the same.

About 140 people live in Juneau’s harbors. Juneau’s Docks & Harbors board proposal would have hiked their fees by 100%.