Newscasts

In this newscast:

• Researchers at the University of Alaska Anchorage are looking for community problems to solve using artificial intelligence,
• The Juneau Assembly approved funding to get started on a new playground at the Dzantik’i Heeni campus in Lemon Creek, but the decision brought up budget concerns as voters consider reducing taxes in the municipal election,
• Unless Congress steps in with a solution, thousands of Alaskans will lose health insurance subsidies at the end of December and see the cost of their premiums shoot up,
• Alaska viewers of this year’s Super Bowl may recognize the Crimson Bears, Juneau’s high school football team, in the coverage leading up to the big game. An NBC camera crew flew in to catch a very rainy game Saturday

In this newscast:

• Juneau is getting a new City Hall location after all. On Monday, the Juneau Assembly greenlit the purchase of two floors of the Michael J. Burns building, which houses the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation downtown. It will become Juneau’s new City Hall location after renovations.
• Dozens of residents attended the Juneau Assembly meeting on Monday to protest the city’s plans to evict all residents of the historic downtown Telephone Hill neighborhood in less than two weeks.
• In August of 2015, a man died in Lemon Creek Correctional Center after staff denied him medical care. Now, a decade later, his widow wonders if the state made any changes to prison protocol that would prevent a death like her husband’s from happening again.
• State prosecutors will retry the sexual assault case against a former Juneau chiropractor facing 13 charges. They stated their intention to move forward at a hearing Tuesday.
• Democrats and independents in the Alaska state Legislature are urging Congress to preserve federal funding for science and research. In a letter sent Friday, 14 lawmakers urged the state’s all-Republican congressional delegation to oppose cuts that President Trump proposed in his 2026 budget.

In this newscast:

• It’s officially autumn, and with the season comes more stormy weather. The National Weather Service issued a high wind warning and flood watch for Juneau today.
• Raising $1 million can be a difficult task. But one family in Juneau is trying it anyway because it could mean accessing lifesaving treatment for their child. With the help of local businesses and individuals, they have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars so far. And the number continues to climb.
• More than a million cruise ship passengers visit Juneau each summer. The city may adopt a seasonal sales tax to make the most of their spending. Some residents are wary of the idea. But other towns in Southeast have had success with similar systems.
• Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium is yet again expanding its services in Juneau. This time, a spokesperson says the Alaska Native-run health care organization is renovating the former Planned Parenthood building in Lemon Creek into a new specialty care clinic.

In this newscast:

• Ballots are on their way from Washington state to registered voters in Juneau for this year’s local election,
• This year’s Permanent Fund Dividend will be exactly $1000,
• A jury has declared a Juneau artist not guilty of terroristic threatening, Mitchell Watley was accused of threatening the public in 2023, when he distributed printed notes around town that referenced school shootings,
• Juneau’s 2025 municipal election is just around the corner. There are three propositions. KTOO’s Clarise Larson breaks down what they are and why they matter for voters this election

In this newscast:

• One of the sessions at Southeast Alaska’s annual economic conference in Sitka looked at economic variables, and their future impact on the region,
• A landslide triggered by heavy rain and wind took down trees next to an apartment building in downtown Juneau late last night,
• A Lingit mastwe weaver is using viral monster dolls called Labubus to bring attention to Chilkat and Ravenstail weaving,
• Former Alaska attorney general Treg Taylor filed to join the 2026 race for governor,
• Alaskans can expect a La Nina climate pattern this winter

In this newscast:

• A storm moving through Southeast Alaska is causing high winds that will continue into this evening in Juneau, resulting in power outages and fallen trees,
• A cruise ship passenger died in Juneau Tuesday after falling off a steep mountainside on Mount Roberts near downtown,
• Juneau might lose its ability to say that its electricity is created entirely by renewable hydropower, if the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority prevails in a lawsuit,
• An elementary school on Douglas started a school garden in 2022 as a part of a federal watershed and ocean conservation program