In this newscast: Gov. Mike Dunleavy's budget includes large Permanent Fund Dividends and no increase to education funding; Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium closes its Sitka hospital's home health department; Crowds attend the annual open house at the governor's mansion

In this newscast: Juneau's Eaglecrest Ski Area is again delaying its opening after this week's heavy rain and warm temperatures; A new food truck park just opened in Juneau in December; Gov. Mike Dunleavy said Tuesday that he plans to include funding to replace an aging state ferry in his budget request for next year; And, some good reasons not to feed the moose

In this newscast:  A project intended to bring dozens of furnished studio apartments to downtown Juneau passed a major hurdle , despite safety concerns from some top city officials; A nonprofit running ads targeting Mayor Dave Bronson in Anchorage is carefully avoiding the line that triggers campaign finance disclosure laws; Trident Seafoods announced that it's selling a third of its Alaskan plants

In this newscast: The Juneau Assembly has voted to get rid of land use regulations for landslide zones in the city’s downtown neighborhoods. The city’s new policy maintains restrictions for avalanche zones, while rolling back restrictions in landslide zones; Millions of people in Mexico honor the Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the patron saint of Mexico, each year on Dec. 12. In Juneau, the growing Hispanic community also gathers to pay homage from thousands of miles away; Five environmental and tribal organizations have signed their support onto a lawsuit against federal fisheries managers

In this newscast: State education officials say the Juneau School District can keep more than $2 million in supplemental funding it got from the city. But a potential amendment to state code could restrict how Juneau covers costs outside the classroom; Alaska spends a lot of money on education – roughly 40% more than the national average per student. But research presented by the University of Alaska Anchorage’s Institute of Social and Economic Research suggests that number doesn’t tell the whole story; A team of researchers have been given almost $2 million to see if seaweed in Southeast Alaska is absorbing rare earth elements

In this newscast: Students were evacuated from a Juneau elementary school after it received a bomb threat; A Juneau woman and two children are in stable condition after being hit by a truck while crossing the street; One of Juneau's last independent pharmacies closes its doors; Ketchikan residents will lose access to cable television next fall

In this newscast: Wrangell schools quickly adapted to a new norm after the Nov. 20 deadly landslide; Alaska's campaign finance watchdog has denied a request to fast-track a complaint against a group collecting signatures on a petition to repeal Alaska's ranked choice voting system; A state House subcommittee dismissed ethics complaints against one current and one former Republican lawmaker last week

In this newscast: The City and Borough of Wrangell has suspended the search for 12-year-old Derek Heller, who is the only person left missing from the Nov. 20 disastrous landslide; Juneau residents have until Christmas day to provide input on the potential environmental impacts of the city's proposed compost facility; Using old recordings, Lingít language experts are documenting and compiling hand gestures used by birth speakers that have meaning in the context of the language̱; In a recent presentation to the Sitka Chamber of Commerce the director of the UAA Center for Economic Development, explained that Alaska ranks 45th out of all states in per capita new housing construction, building about 2 new units per thousand people on average

In this newscast: A record number of cruise ship passengers visited Juneau this year and now city leaders are considering whether and how to set a future limit; For people who were stranded in their homes beyond the Wrangell landslide, it was a night of confusion and fear -- and then improvised evacuation where neighbors helped each other

In this newscast: Juneau residents can now submit proposals for how the city should spend marine passengers fees next year; Alaska Airlines is buying Hawaiian Airlines; A bill in Congress aims to undo Arctic conservation effects of the Biden administration