In this newscast: Police arrest Thane Road stabbing suspect at Switzer Mobile Home Park All-women art collective debuts at First Friday in downtown Juneau
Newscasts
Newscast – Thursday, May 4, 2017
In this newscast: Congressman Don Young explains why he voted for the bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act, the Juneau Assembly spares the downtown pool and Mt. Jumbo Gym from budget cutting, the Alaska Dispatch News says its reporter in the statehouse was slapped by a senator, and a federal budget deal restores funding for the National Endowment for the Arts, which supports the Alaska State Council on the Arts.
Newscast – Wednesday, May 3, 2017
Stories include: Groups sue to keep drilling ban in Arctic waters, and Alaska items in the budget bill currently being debated by U.S. House, and Cruise ship pollution monitoring in Southeast Alaska.
Newscast – Tuesday, May 2, 2017
In this newscast: The NTSB investigates a fatal Grant Aviation plane crash on the Alaska Peninsula, the Juneau Assembly considers relaxing local mining regulations and resurfaces AJ Mine debate, and Monday’s early morning earthquakes knocked out power in parts of the Yukon Territory, but didn’t cause damage in Whitehorse.
Newscast – Monday, May 1, 2017
In this newscast: Seismologists warn they’ve recorded 100 aftershocks since two major earthquakes rocked Southeast Alaska and Canada Monday morning. The Supreme Court refused to hear Alaska and oil and gas industry groups’ appeal protesting a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision to set 187,000 square miles in Alaska aside as critical habitat for threatened polar bears.
Newscast – Friday, April 28, 2017
In this newscast: Juneau ranks #8 in “micropolitan arts vibrant” communities; Trump signs order rolling back Obama administration restrictions on Arctic oil leases; U.S. military drills set to take to the skies over Alaska and May Day protests expected nationwide.