In this newscast: Polls opened Monday for early in-person voting in Anchorage and across the state; The Division of Elections reported that 3,726 votes were cast on Monday; Earlier this month Ricky Diesing of Juneau noticed to big campaign signs in front of his house had disappeared; Alaskans across the state woke up this morning to a strange threatening email telling them how to vote; The National Tsunami Warning Center has lifted a tsunami advisory after a reported 7.5 magnitude earthquake off the Alaska Peninsula on Monday.

In this newscast: Juneau election officials finished processing ballots for the city’s election on Friday; The future of Permanent Fund Dividend checks is one of the most pressing issues facing state lawmakers; The Alaska Federation of Natives’ first virtual convention came to a close on Friday.

A report co-written by former Alaska budget director Donna Arduin ranks her former boss, Gov. Mike Dunleavy, as the second-worst governor in the country on what it calls “economic freedom,” At least 38 people who are currently homeless in Juneau have tested positive for COVID-19 in the past two weeks. Now, with temperatures dipping below…

In this newscast: Counting for the 2020 Census ends today. That’s following a Supreme Court ruling earlier this week that allows the federal government to end the count early; More than 17,000 Alaskans’ absentee ballots have already been returned to the state Division of Elections. That leaves hundreds of thousands who still have a chance to vote; The so-called “Pebble Tapes” that came out last month revealed how the company talked to potential investors about its sway over elected officials, among other things.

In this newscast: State health officials reported that four more Alaskans died of COVID-19 recently; A staff member at Blatchley Middle School in Sitka has tested positive for coronavirus; Ravn Alaska says it could resume scheduled flights between Anchorage and Unalaska in two weeks; The final votes have been tallied for the municipal elections in Haines and Skagway; Officials say eligible Alaska residents receiving unemployment checks from the state are expected to get a $300 increase in weekly payments beginning next week; State transportation officials are holding a virtual meeting tonight to talk about safety improvements to the highway intersection near Juneau's Fred Meyer.

In this newscast: A Juneau woman in her sixties died of COVID-19 at Bartlett Regional Hospital on Tuesday; Following a historic voter turnout, the Southeast community of Hoonah is holding a runoff election for a city council seat later this month; This year, the Elders and Youth Conference went virtual for the first time in response to the COVID-19 pandemic; A watchdog group hopes a lawsuit will shake loose more evidence of lost revenue from timber sales on the Tongass National Forest in Southeast Alaska.

In this newscast: Voting in Juneau’s first by-mail local election ended Tuesday, but results aren’t expected until later Friday; Yakutat has a new health center after nearly six years of planning and construction; Alaska’s U.S. Senate race this year was not expected to be especially competitive -- incumbent Republican Dan Sullivan was predicted to cruise to victory; Industry opponents of a ballot measure to raise oil taxes have donated most of the money given to all Alaska political campaigns at the state level this year.

In this newscast: The Census Bureau reports that almost all Alaskan households have been counted already. But the accuracy of that number is in question; Ketchikan emergency officials raised the community’s pandemic alert level to “moderate” after reporting five new positive cases of COVID-19 Wednesday; Alaska’s elections watchdog commission says a group opposing a ballot measure to overhaul elections violated state law by airing radio ads with outdated contributors and ordered the group to redo or take down the ads; More than 40% of registered voters in Juneau voted in the capital city’s first by mail election.

In this newscast: Juneau is closing the Mill Campground for the season; Several Americans have been cited by law enforcement in British Columbia for breaking rules intended to prevent the spread of COVID-19; The pandemic has disrupted all of our lives in some way or another, but it’s had a particularly dramatic impact on the lives of college students; This year the FCC opened a window of opportunity for Native Americans to secure rights to their own wireless broadband networks; Alaska U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan says he plans to vote for President Donald Trump.

In this newscast: Voters cast their last-minute ballots today in Juneau’s first-ever by mail election; Early voter turnout is more than triple last year’s count in Sitka meaning residents likely won’t have a good idea of who won until Wednesday afternoon; Construction began in August on Sealaska Heritage Institute’s future arts campus in downtown Juneau. But they found contaminated soil, which may affect the institute’s goal to have it complete in time for Celebration next year; The temporary closure of a nationwide movie theater chain is expected to result in the indefinite closure of three theaters in Anchorage.