Newscasts

In this newscast:

• The University of Alaska Southeast has received a grant to train school administrators at local school districts,
• A former Juneau chiropractor accused of assaulting a dozen women under the guise of medical care took the stand this week,
• The Juneau Assembly voted to kill a proposed ordinance on Monday that would have made it easer for police officers to arrest people who are camping in public spaces,
• The Alaska Department of Law has a new online portal for residents wanting to submit concerns over public welfare and institutions to an investigative grand jury. Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor talked through the program at a town hall meeting Monday in Soldotna

In this newscast:

• The Alaska House and Senate met today in Juneau but adjourned in less than a minute.
• A temporary levee in Juneau’s Mendenhall Valley mostly held back record-breaking floodwaters during the glacial outburst last Wednesday, but some homes still flooded where parts of the barrier leaked.
• The president of the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska returned from personal leave following accusations of misconduct that circulated widely online earlier this month.
• Alaska Marine Lines will no longer ship electric vehicles or plug-in hybrid vehicles to Alaska or Hawaii.
• Petersburg is updating its emergency plans for the first time in 15 years.

In this newscast:

• Back Loop Bridge in Juneau remains closed due to a record-breaking glacial outburst flood.
• Former state senator Tom Begich is running for governor.
• A man seeking asylum in Anchorage last week was arrested and detained by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials.
• The Kenai River had a record-breaking sockeye salmon run this year.

In this newscast:

• The Juneau Glacial Lake Outburst Flood Joint Information Center on Friday reported 50 homes in the Mendenhall Valley being flooded.
• Juneau residents mull over a federal buyout program to leave a street left unprotected from the flood.
• Two of the 16 felony sexual assault charges against former Juneau chiropractor Jeffrey Fultz were declared mistrial.
• Haines and Skagway residents have been dealing with weal or zero cell service for several days this week due to Juneau’s glacial outburst flood.
• The Juneau School District opened its doors for the first day of school following a one day delay from the glacial outburst flood.

In this newscast:

• The Juneau Police Department has released the name of the officer who slammed a man to the ground last month during an arrest,
• Juneau officials are still assessing the damage from this year’s glacial outburst flood,
• School districts across the state use summer school as a way to help students struggling to read to get ready for fourth grade,
• White supremacist activity in Alaska has dramatically increased this year, according to a group that tracks extremism

In this newscast:

• Juneau schools will remain closed tomorrow following a record-breaking glacial outburst flood event,
• Former Revenue Commissioner Adam Crum is throwing his hat in the ring for the 2026 Alaska governor’s race as a Republican,
• Floodwaters from Juneau’s glacial outburst are receding and the temporary levee the city installed around the Mendenhall River this year protected hundreds of homes nearby, but water still leaked through some sections and flooded several streets,
• A massive tsunami ripped through a fjord popular with sightseers south of Juneau early Sunday morning