In this newscast: Voting in Juneau’s local election ends Tuesday Oct. 6; With COVID-19 case counts rising significantly in Alaska, hospitals are concerned about what comes next; The group tasked with reshaping the future of the state-run ferry system is recommending the creation of an executive board, fewer vessels, and at least two years of forward funding for the cash-strapped ferries.

In this newscast: The Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska held its 85th Tribal Assembly yesterday. For the first time it was held virtually and it was a condensed version of the usual three-day event; Summer is typically the money-making season for many Alaska businesses, as tourists flock to the state. But this summer, the COVID-19 pandemic made that a lot harder; Petersburg has seen an unusual amount of black bears in town this year. Biologists think the bears natural food sources have been hard to come by; Lawmakers from Southeast are adding their voices to requests for a disaster declaration for the 2020 commercial salmon fishing season.

In this newscast: Juneau officials are poised to approve millions of dollars in pandemic relief tonight; A tribe in Southeast Alaska has won permanent protection for the site of a historic Tlingit village whose descendants claim centuries-old ties to Glacier Bay; It’s been a hard season for small fishermen in many parts of Alaska because of economic losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

In this newscast: Proposition 2 in Juneau’s municipal election asks voters to authorize up to $15 million in new public debt to pay for repairs and improvements to city infrastructure; Sitka’s urban Native corporation has a new look -- and a new outlook following annual board elections in September; An annual market event held for the past 37 years in Alaska’s capital city has been canceled because of the coronavirus; Owners of sled dogs in Alaska’s Yukon River region have had difficulty feeding the animals since the state halted subsistence fishing because of weak salmon runs.

In this newscast: Seven candidates for three Assembly seats in Juneau's municipal elections sound off on why they're running; Alaska residents are enrolling in DenaliCare at unprecedented levels; Officials in Yakutat are asking those who visited local businesses in the last two weeks to get tested for the coronavirus; Officials at Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska say a grizzly bear that was believed to have gotten into buildings and food storages over the last year has been euthanized; U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell says she’ll support a bill to block a permit for the proposed Pebble Mine in southwest Alaska.

In this newscast: The Department of Corrections says it’s found ways to offer limited programming for inmates but advocates say it’s not enough; President Donald Trump has announced he’ll issue a permit soon that will allow a Canadian-based company to build a proposed 16-hundred-mile rail line from Alberta to Alaska across the international border; Southeast Alaska had its first big fall storm of the year; The amount of donations to a fight over an Alaska oil tax ballot initiative has exceeded $17 million; A federal appeals court panel has ruled Alaska Native corporations are not eligible to receive a share of the $8 billion in federal coronavirus relief funding set aside for tribes.

In this newscast: a record number of COVID-19 deaths in Alaska, a big airport grant for Juneau, jury trials resume, the 'Into the Wild' bus finds a new home, and more.

In this newscast: The Glory Hall is closed, more on that fatal brown bear attack in Wrangell-St. Elias, an explanation of Ballot Measure 2 and a ferry system update from SE Conference.

In this newscast: a brown bear killed an alpaca at the zoo, a month of in-person schooling in the Mat-Su Borough, F-16 fighter jets make an emergency landing in Bethel and more.

In this newscast: Sen. Lisa Murkowksi backtracks comments saying she would not support President Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court, Sen. Dan Sullivan says he looks forward to voting on Trump's SCOTUS nominee, only one person called in to a comment at a public hearing about ballot Measure 2, secret videos show Pebble Mine executives discussing working with Donlin Gold, Southeast Alaska won't have a commercial red king crab fishery again this yea and conservation groups seek to stall a liquefied natural gas project in Alaska.