Newscasts

In this newscast:

• The Alaska Office of Children’s Services has struggled with staffing for years, and data shows caseworker demographics also don’t line up with the states, or the system’s, children,
• The mayor’s task force on short-term rentals wrapped up four months ago, without immediate recommendations on regulations or restrictions for the Juneau Assembly,
• Juneau’s black bears are packing on the pounds to keep from starving during hibernation, and they are going for whatever they can find,
• Ten women will be inducted into the Alaska Women’s Hall of Fame tonight, including Joaqlin Estus, an Alaska Native journalist

In this newscast:

• Alaska Federation of Natives delegates on Saturday called for an immediate emergency declaration from President Donald Trump – and more federal assistance for communities hit by the remnants of Typhoon Halong. It was one of dozens of resolutions passed on the final day of the AFN convention in Anchorage.
• Alaska Airlines is dropping its popular policy that allowed travelers flying within the state of Alaska to check three bags for free. The change will primarily impact non-Alaska residents.
•  More than 1,500 Juneauites joined millions of people nationwide this weekend to partake in the second iteration of the No Kings protest against President Donald Trump’s policies and actions.
• Alaska Congressman Nick Begich on Saturday delivered his first address to the Alaska Federation of Natives since being sworn in this year.
• As residents boarded air transports out of Kipnuk Wednesday, they were leaving what remained of their houses, belongings, and ancestral homeland behind. For many, that list also included their dogs. A Bethel-based nonprofit sprang into action to rescue the pets.

In this newscast:

• Dozens of attendees at the Alaska Federation of Natives convention stood in protest during U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan’s speech Friday morning.
• Juneau residents got a glimpse of what life in town looked like in the mid-20th century – in Kodachrome.
• Community leaders in Ketchikan and Saxman have teamed up with the state to build more affordable housing units.
• Western Alaska residents from the storm-ravaged communities of Kipnuk and Kwigillingok continued to land Thursday night in Anchorage at Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson.

In this newscast:

• Juneau School District’s high school graduation rate went up after the first year of consolidating schools,
• Half a dozen helicopter crews and other aircraft have worked since the weekend to move people and supplies where they’re needed in the storm-battered Kuskokwim Delta,
• Volunteers in Juneau are offering free lunches for federal employees who were furloughed when the government shut down on Oct. 1st,
• Sealaska Heritage Institute opened its new science education building Monday,
• Escalating tensions between the U.S. and Canada fueled fears last winter that Canadians would respond by canceling cross-border visits to Alaska this summer, but a full-scale boycott never seemed to materialize

In this newscast:

• Juneau’s cold weather emergency shelter opens tonight,
• Researchers presented new preliminary data on how the ice contributed this summer’s record-breaking flood in the Mendenhall Valley and shared their ideas about how that could change in the future,
• Juneau School District Superintendent Frank Hauser is resigning,
• Juneau saw at least five backcountry deaths this summer, many were cruise tourists or visitors,
• Alaska has joined more than half of the country in creating artificial intelligence guidance for education as it becomes a larger part of the school day

In this newscast:

• A power outage hit all of Juneau today just after 11 a.m.,
• The city clerk’s office released another batch of results from Juneau’s municipal election today that include ballots cast on Election Day,
• The former Juneau police officer who slammed a man to the ground during an arrest this summer will not face criminal charges,
• At least three people are still missing and 51 have been rescued following a record-breaking storm that slammed into the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Sunday,
• The Norwegian Encore departs Juneau this evening. It’s the last cruise ship of the year, and it marks the end of a nearly 200-day tourism season,
• In a ceremony held on Indigenous People’s Day Monday, clan leaders and carvers dedicated the latest pole in Sealaska Heritage Institute’s Kooteeyaa Deiyi, Juneau’s totem pole trail