Tripp J Crouse, KTOO

A construction project on Franklin Street will disrupt some downtown bus routes for about two weeks.

In news release, Capital Transit says it will temporarily discontinue bus routes to the Downtown library, and the stops at Franklin, Front and Fourth streets.

Franklin Street will be closed to through traffic during the construction.

In this newscast:

• Anchorage officials certify vote-by-mail results: Anchorage officials finalized the city’s vote count Tuesday night, the last step in an election where one of the biggest surprises was the success of the newly implemented vote-by-mail system.  About 79,295 ballots were cast, pushing turnout to just over 36 percent, a high figure relative to Anchorage’s normal local election returns.
• Denali climb season underway with rescue, successful summit: The Denali climbing season has begun and the National Park Service has already performed a rescue and noted a successful summit of North America’s highest mountain.
• Potentially lethal medications stolen from hospital: Potentially dangerous drugs from Bartlett Regional Hospital have gone missing. Hospital staff reported April 10 that a medication kit was missing from the emergency department, according to a Juneau Police press release.

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Potentially dangerous drugs from Bartlett Regional Hospital have gone missing.

Hospital staff reported April 10 that a medication kit was missing from the emergency department, according to a Juneau Police press release.

The kit includes narcotics, painkillers, sedatives and a medication that will paralyze a person but leave them unable to breath on their own.

The release said that without following medical procedure, the drugs are very dangerous and can result in death.

Anyone with information can call Juneau police at 907-586-0600 or make an anonymous tip at juneaucrimeline.com.

The Central Council of Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska is holding its annual tribal assembly Wednesday through Friday at the Elizabeth Peratrovich Hall in Juneau.

You can follow Day 3 of the tribal assembly here:

You can follow Day 2 of the tribal assembly here:

You can follow Day 1 of the tribal assembly here:

You can view the agenda at a glance and an event summary here.

In this newscast:

• Fire disrupts businesses, residents of 6 apartments in downtown building: All residents at a century-old building and their pets are safe and accounted for after a fire Monday night in downtown Juneau. Emergency vehicles blocked the streets around the mixed-use building at the corner of Second and North Franklin streets.
• Weigel named new director of City Museum: Beth Weigel replaces outgoing museum director Jane Lindsey, who worked for the museum for 18 years.
• Alaska House votes to limit access to marijuana convictions: The Alaska House has passed legislation restricting access to records showing past convictions for simple marijuana possession.

In this newscast

• Cotten pleads guilty to drug charges in federal court: Charles Edward Cotten Jr., 52, pleaded guilty Wednesday in U.S. District Court to four counts of distributing methamphetamine. The former Bergmann Hotel manager may spend the next decade in prison for dealing drugs.
• Convicted visitor center burglar sentenced on separate firearms charge: Mack Arthur Parker, 52, was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court to 34 months in prison on a charge being a felon in possession of a firearm. He was arrested after he picked up a 9 mm pistol that he said he just found. Parker also will spend three years on supervised release.
• House Judiciary chair says there won’t be a gun control law this session: The only gun control measure the Alaska Legislature was debating will not pass this legislative session. The bill is intended to allow Alaska judges to order temporary seizures of guns from people they find likely to be threats to themselves or others.

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