Newscasts

In this newscast: The Alaska Legislature is poised to hold confirmation votes on Gov. Bill Walker’s appointees, the Juneau Assembly OKs rezoning the “Field of Fireweed” for industrial use, fundraising efforts to meet an insurance deductible to rebuild the Twin Lakes playground are fulfilled, and the weather and aurora forecasts align for a good chance of seeing northern lights.

In this newscast, the Alaska Legislature is approaching its constitutional deadline without a decision to fix the budget deficit; two University of Alaska Southeast researchers will study how whale watching tours affect humpback whales; Juneau gets a third option for air ambulance service.

In this newscast: The Trump administration’s EPA revives chance of Pebble Mine development on Bristol Bay; Juneau’s ‘Field of Fireweed’ around Honsinger Pond may be developed into a motorcross park. There’s rain in the forecast this weekend.

In this newscast: The Alaska Senate is poised to vote and reject a state income tax proposal, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is in Fairbanks for Arctic Council meetings, Wasilla Rep. David Eastman becomes the first member of the Alaska House to be censured, unable to sell its ferry Taku, the state lowers its minimum asking price, and Washington state is taking legal action against the U.S. government after a tunnel collapsed at its Hanford nuclear waste site.

In this newscast, the Eaglecrest Ski Area announced that it hired a former Alaskan living in Maine to be its new general manager and a Sitka man with Juneau ties was arrested on Saturday for killing his girlfriend.