In this newscast: Alaskans can now apply for their 2024 PFDs; Alaska's 2023 cruise ship season broke records, even in Unalaska; The tribe of the village of Holy Cross, near the Yukon River, has won a $1.2 million grant to organize a multi-tribe ancestral homelands conservation district

In this newscast: A network of Artic observers spanning nearly all of Alaska's northern coast is helping to center Indigenous knowledge in climate change research; Sitka struggles to cope with the crowding and congestion from the rapid growth of cruise tourism in recent years; In Anchorage a lawsuit in federal court seeks to have Donald Trump disqualified from Alaska's 2024 presidential election ballot.

In this newscast: Juneau Police Lt. Krag Campbell with become Deputy Chief of Police on Jan. 1; A Washington man has pleaded guilty to Misrepresentation of Indian Produced Goods and Products; A Ketchikan grand jury indicted four people and police arrested another on felony drug charges this month

In this newscast: The National Weather Service office in Juneau issued a high wind warning for downtown Juneau and Douglas; Sealaska Heritage Institute released new language learning apps in endangered Southeast Alaska languages; The Alaska Marine Highway System is unsure if it will have enough crew to operate all seven ferry ships this summer; The Alaska Marine Highway System plans to ask shipyards in the coming weeks to submit proposals to build a replacement for the ferry Tustumena.

In this newscast: Juneau's new cold weather emergency shelter opened in a warehouse south of town in October. KTOO visited to see how it's going; In August, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service denied a petition to list the Alexander Archipelago wolf on the endangered species list

In this newscast: Eaglecrest Ski Area opened for the winter Wednesday after getting some much needed snow the night before; In the remote village of Ambler -- a community of 300, north of the Arctic Circle -- Christmas festivities involve everyone; A listen to this year's Tuba Christmas at the Anchorage Performing Arts Center

In this newscast: At the Anchorage Waldorf School, children are encouraged to embrace the heart of winter on the solstice; A Yup'ik from the village of Kwethluk who died in 1979 will soon become the first North American saint in the Orthodox Church

In this newscast: The Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium opens a new urgent care in Juneau; The Alaska Supreme Court orders the Office of Public Advocacy to resume assigning public guardians for patients; A defense bill approved by Congress includes $200 million in funding for construction at Alaska military installations; The U.S. State Department expands the country's territory based on undersea geography

In this newscast: The Juneau Assembly asked city administration to look for places the city could rent office space, Gov. Mike Dunleavy shared ideas for Alaska’s energy needs in his budget, Ketchikan was offered $4.5 million to build affordable housing units, “Landless” legislation passed a new milestone last week after winning approval of the Senate…

In this newscast: The U.S. Forest Service finalized its plans for an overhaul of the Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area, Scientist in Southeast Alaska are seeking more data to predict landslides with weather stations and a new survey of the island elevation in Wrangell, Anchorage homelessness experts and political leaders are pushing a new approach to…