Newscasts

In this newscast: Tribal citizens in and outside Alaska recently voted to elect new delegates and community council members to represent them in the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska; More than 1000 people gathered at Juneau’s Overstreet Park on Saturday to participate in the third ‘No Kings’ protest held nationwide to push back against President Donald Trump’s policies and actions; The 51st Alaska Folk Festival will feature about 15 acts on the main stage — and that’s just one piece of a much larger production; An eighteenth candidate joined the race to be Alaska’s next governor this week. Attorney Gregg Brelsford threw his hat in the ring Tuesday as an independent candidate

In this newscast: Organizers and lawmakers gathered on the steps of the Alaska State Capitol yesterday morning to rally in support of bills and funding to address climate change in Alaska; A highly unusual — and four-legged — suspect was apprehended yesterday in Juneau; The University of Alaska Southeast and the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska are working together to create a School of Indigenous Studies; Tongass Voices: Robin DeAlva on making an online exchange for arts supplies

In this newscast: A privately-run child care program is set to offer all-day care for school-aged children in several Juneau schools this summer; Since Juneau broke its official winter snowfall record on Monday, some residents have asked whether the melting snowpack will influence the next glacial outburst flood expected in the Mendenhall Valley this summer. The short answer is no; One person died over the weekend in a major avalanche near Haines Pass, just across the border in British Columbia. Late March is typically prime time for recreation in the backcountry hot spot. But experts are now warning about unstable snow conditions in the area that likely won’t improve any time soon; A rainbow pride Ravenstail robe, woven by dozens of mentors and youth, was danced for the first time this week in Juneau

In this newscast: Juneau’s Thane Road remains closed until further notice since high winds have raised the risk of avalanches; The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is prioritizing short and medium-term solutions to glacial outburst flooding in the Mendenhall Valley; The second iteration of the City and Borough of Juneau’s Visitor Industry Task Force has been meeting since mid-December; The Alaska Legislature is on the verge of passing a major election reform bill

In this newscast: Juneau has officially broken its snowfall record; The City and Borough of Juneau began mailing out annual property tax assessment values to homes and businesses late last week; Three finalists have been chosen in a mural contest to decorate new bear-resistant trash infrastructure in downtown Juneau this summer; The American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska came to Juneau last week to give training sessions on what to do if residents encounter immigration enforcement actions in town; The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Monday in a case challenging mail-in ballot deadlines.

In this newscast: Juneau broke its local record for snowiest March on Sunday with almost 64 inches, and now the capital city is just over an inch away from beating its winter snowfall record; The Juneau School District has reached a tentative agreement on a contract with its teachers union, after more than a year of negotiations that escalated to a successful vote authorizing the union to strike last week; The U.S. Forest Service is planning to hold a virtual meeting this week for residents across Southeast Alaska to share feedback on a revised Tongass National Forest management plan; Ten Juneau high school students gained real-world home-building experience earlier this month during a school district trip to Maui, Hawaii; Last month, Southeast Alaska Cities Against Drugs task force arrested a Juneau man and found about $160,000 worth of controlled substances at his residence, most of which was fentanyl; The U.S. Interior Department held its second round of tribal consultations on subsistence hunting and fishing on federal land this week