Newscasts

In this newscast: The Alaska House of Representatives offered a rebuke to President Donald Trump’s move to rename North America’s highest peak as Mount McKinley; The Alaska Legislature is getting to work on a bill that would boost state funding for public schools by more than $460 million; One of the more than 200 executive orders President Donald Trump signed in the first days of his new term was aimed at accessing more natural resources in Alaska, and seeks to roll back protections on millions of acres in the Tongass National Forest; The City of Delta Junction’s privately-owned ambulance service announced it would dissolve, possibly leaving residents to provide their own emergency transportation to Fairbanks, almost a hundred miles away 

In this newscast:  Over $130 million in grants for clean energy projects in rural Alaska are now frozen, after President Donald Trump signed an executive order freezing funding from the federal Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law; At least three districts across the state are considering closing at least one school, one of the most visible signs of the state’s shrinking population; Juneau is set to house the Coast Guard’s Aiviq icebreaker soon, but the vessel has a history of design problems and failure

In this newscast:  Juneau residents had a chance to ask questions and offer comments on a proposed fifth cruise ship dock at two public meetings this week; A key public-sector union and some Democratic state lawmakers are calling on Gov. Mike Dunleavy to release the results of a million-dollar study on how competitive the state’s salaries are; Seven tribal organizations across the state of Alaska received over $12 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development last month; More than 50 people gathered in Homer Saturday for the annual “Women’s March on Homer”

In this newscast: Former Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson has been appointed as manager of the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, Another subsea cable break has taken out internet across northern and western Alaska, University of Alaska Southeast researchers among those awarded nearly $1 million to study glacial outburst floods in a grant from the National Science…

In this newscast: The City and Borough of Juneau is warning of a potential measles exposure at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport that could impact Southeast Alaska residents; Juneau residents will have a chance to learn more about Huna Totem Corporation’s proposal to build a fifth cruise ship dock in downtown Juneau at two joint meetings at City Hall this week; State lawmakers convened in Juneau this afternoon to kick off the first session of the 34th Alaska Legislature; Tongass Voices: Rich Mattson on uncovering stories from the pages of Juneau’s history