Newscasts

In this newscast:

• Juneau’s longtime fire chief announced he plans to retire later this fall,
• The National Weather Service has canceled a flood warning for Mendenhall Lake and River this morning after a second, minor glacial lake outburst flood last night,
• The U.S. Department of Education announced last week that it will cut millions in federal grants for its Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions program,
• Scientists studying killer whales in Alaska are uncovering long-term impacts of the 2014 marine heatwave,
• Tongass Voices: Student debaters explore what the U.S. Constitution means to them on stage

In this newscast:

• A second, minor glacial lake outburst flood is underway in Juneau,
• On Saturday, more than 100 people gathered in Juneau to protest the potential rescission of the Roadless Rule,
• Eaglecrest Ski Area celebrated 50 years of downhill skiing and outdoor adventures this weekend,
• The Alaska Legislature last week took a step towards suing Gov. Mike Dunleavy over an executive order he issued ahead of last month’s special legislative session

In this newscast:

• Heavy rainfall in Juneau this week caused untreated wastewater from a city pump station downtown to overflow into Gastineau Channel for several hours,
• On their first field trip of the year, students at Tlingit, Culture, Language and Literacy in Juneau learned about Lingit language and values through foraging and processing local foods,
• Alaska’s Office of Children’s Services is defending their practices in a federal court case that began last month in Anchorage,
• Heavy rain in Sitka triggered debris flow, flooding and one landslide on Wednesday night

In this newscast:

• The Juneau School Board greenlit bringing back the district’s universal free breakfast program this week,
• Major maritime shipping companies in Alaska have stopped transporting electric vehicles to the state,
• Juneau’s cat population is growing at an unsustainable rate,
• Republican candidate for governor Bernadette Wilson announced her running mate, Mike Shower, this week

In this newscast:

• Juneau may be getting a ‘new’ City Hall after all – but this time voters won’t get to decide on whether to approve it.
• The union that represents support staff at the Juneau School District is suing the district over its afterschool child care program.
• Last year, the Klondike Road Relay got off to a late start when a tour bus crash delayed the race, forcing participants to skip the first few legs. This year, the event celebrated its biggest gathering, despite broken infrastructure and ongoing political tension.
• Sea shanties have been around for centuries. But in recent years, they’ve made a pop culture comeback. You can hear them all over TikTok or in the video game Assassin’s Creed 4. But one man has been getting generations of people in Ketchikan to sing shanty songs for over 30 years.

In this newscast:

• University of Alaska Fairbanks administrators told the Board of Regents last week that they think UAF is set to become a top-tier research institution in 2030.
• The man who died on Juneau’s Mendenhall Glacier last week has been identified as a planetary  geologist from the University of Padua in Italy.
• Red king crab fisherman in Southeast Alaska are getting the first competitive commercial fishery since 2017.
• A U.S. Coast Guard crew rescued a hunter after he broke his leg on a hunting trip northwest of Sitka on Friday.
• This month’s Economic Trends Magazine reported that it’s getting harder for Alaskans to afford a place to live.