Legislators say restrictions on how and when Rural Health Transformation Program funding can be used present problems for Alaska.
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‘We should be acting more quickly’: Tracy Arm tsunami highlights unseen hazards in busy Alaska fjords
Scientists say Tracy Arm was not on their radar as a particularly dangerous fjord before last year’s tsunami, which was the second-tallest ever documented.
Newscast – Friday, May 8, 2026
In this newscast: Huna Totem Corporation officials say they are full steam ahead with the plan to open downtown Juneau’s fifth cruise ship dock by 2028. That’s despite unexpected timeline delays and price hikes that may scale down the project; In early April, two people allegedly severely beat a man in the Marine Parking Garage in downtown Juneau. He was medevaced out of town. Nearly a month later, Alfred Torres Sr. was pronounced brain dead and taken off of life support on Monday; KTOO’s Mike Lane recently sat down with Area Management Biologist Carl Koch with Fish and Game Wildlife Conservation to talk about how best to keep safe in bear country,; Juneau woman Tracy Day has been missing for more than seven years. And while her disappearance has become a rallying cry for the families of missing and murdered Indigenous people in Juneau, her daughter, Kaelyn Schneider, also wants people to know who she was before she went missing
Huna Totem’s new cruise dock project could be downsized due to cost hikes, tariffs
Despite the delays, Huna Totem is moving full steam ahead with its plan to open the dock for the 2028 cruise season and construction is slated to begin next summer.
Family mourns death of Juneau man beaten in downtown parking garage last month
In early April, two people allegedly severely beat Alfred Torres Sr. in the Marine Parking Garage in downtown Juneau. He died earlier this week.
Alaska Senate approves $13.9 billion draft state budget and $1,150 payments to Alaskans
Lawmakers’ next step is combining the Senate plan with a different version approved last month by the Alaska House.