Newscasts

In this newscast:

• Proposed public land sales in Alaska are no longer included in the Republican budget bill that is making its way through the Senate this week.
• A glacial outburst flood is underway on the Taku River.
• Juneau’s municipal clerk Beth McEwen talks about what she’s learned over the years as she heads into retirement.
• A former orphanage 50 miles north of Nome is now a place to gather and camp.

In this newscast:

• The fate of Juneau School District’s universal free breakfast program remains uncertain after the Board of Education delayed a decision yesterday,
• Huna Totem Corporation shareholders adopted open enrollment last week at the village corporation’s annual meeting,
• Dozens of Juneau residents gathered outside Senator Dan Sullivan’s office today to implore him to consider Alaskan’s reliance on Medicaid,
• Some key Alaska state legislators are pushing back on the Republican budget package known as the “big, beautiful bill,”
• Subsistence hunting isn’t rare in western Alaska, but one recent catch is stirring excitement in Nome

In this newscast:

• The City and Borough of Juneau has a new emergency manager.
• A mandate to sell millions of acres of Public Land was struck from the Republican budget reconciliation bill that’s moving through the U.S. Senate this week, but some parcels of land might make it back into the bill.
• Gov. Mike Dunleavy told lawmakers Wednesday he had vetoed a bill that would have sharply limited payday loans in Alaska.
• A Haines guide died on Sunday during a non-work-related rafting trip on the Blanchard and Tatshenshini Rivers.
• A ballot measure that increases the minimum wage in Alaska and requires sick leave goes into effect next week, but a pause on new regulations leaves business leaders without a clear outline of the rules to follow.

In this newscast:

• The Alaska Department of Education and Early Development has opened the public comment period for a proposed regulation change that redefines what counts as a local contribution for school districts,
• A cargo ship carrying thousands of vehicles that caught fire off of the Western Aleutians sank Monday amid salvage operations in the North Pacific Ocean,
• Skagway officials agreed to send a response protesting the plan to build a ferry terminal north of Juneau’s current terminal,
• A Klukwan mother and son travelled to Washington D.C. to protest a federal bill that would likely include cuts to Medicaid,
• A proposed ordinance to criminalize camping in Anchorage’s public spaces brought a huge crowd to the city’s Assembly meeting

In this newscast:

• The Coalition for Education Equity is preparing to sue the state over what it says is inadequate funding for public schools in Alaska,
• The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced plans to rescind the Roadless Rule yesterday,
• Tongass Voices: Olga Sofia Lijó Seráns on a Juneau bookstore’s 50-year legacy,
• A new federal report says the group overseeing the 800-mile Trans-Alaska Pipeline System needs to update its operations

In this newscast:

• The North Pacific Fishery Management Council, which oversees federal fisheries off Alaska’s coast, is scaling back operations due to federal funding uncertainties.
• A man died after falling roughly 150 near Salmon Creek Dam in Juneau on Saturday.
• Record breaking rainfall caused the water supply for the blind Slough Hydroelectric Plant near Petersburg to spill over.
• Attorneys allege the Alaska Department of Corrections is violating federal standards while holding dozens of immigration detainees.
• The community of Kwethluk burst with activity as Orthodox pilgrims from across the world honored the first-ever Yup’ik saint.