In this newscast: State workers rallied in Juneau Friday for better benefits, but they were mostly there to support the staff who are working through a months-long backlog for food stamps; Thousands of Alaskans have gotten their food stamps after waiting months, but thousands more are still waiting; Juneau's Deputy Director of Public Works Denise Koch will represent the city as a new member of the Environmental Protection Agency's Local Government Advisory Committee.

In this newscast: Stove technicians say Toyo's midsized stoves - popular in rural Alaska - are failing in cold weather, and they aren't sure why; The tanner crab fishery begins this weekend in Southeast Alaska, to low prices and bitter crab disease; At a senate committee hearing Thursday, Senator Lisa Murkowski asked the Biden Administration why they waited to respond to the surveillance balloon

In this newscast: Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Rep. Mary Peltola say the Willow Arctic drilling proposal would help the state and country Providers and lawmakers look for a way out of Alaska’s childcare shortage As families take more extended vacations, Petersburg teachers worry students are falling behind

In this newscast: U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan urged the Alaska Legislature to use its collective power to support the Willow project Tuesday

This newscast ended early for coverage of President Biden's State of the Union Address.

In this newscast: It took dozens of rescuers several hours to retrieve a skier who broke his leg outside of Eaglecrest Ski Area this weekend; Southeast Alaska has seen an uptick in fentanyl-laced pills; The heads of two organizations say that point-in-time counts of unhoused people in Alaska aren't very accurate

In this newscast: A UAS student is using his love of cooking soul food to bring people together for Black History Month; Ella Piatt was recently named "Firefighter of the Year," and she sat down with KTOO's Chloe Pleznac; The new corrections commissioner, Jen Winkleman, gave her first presentation to state lawmakers yesterday

In this newscast: Alaska's Senate Education Committee has introduced a bill to increase per-student state funding by $1000: Some environmentalists are worried that the proposal of a second crossing between Juneau and Douglas Island could threaten wetlands; Students at Mt. Edgecumbe High School in Sitka are learning how to fly a plane in an aviation ground course; The Alaska Department of Public Safety has released a draft of its policy for state troopers to wear body-worn cameras

In this newscast: A federal appeals court has affirmed Metlakatla tribal members' right to fish in their traditional waters without state permits, but a new opinion asks where those waters are; Alaska's governor says he'll appeal a pending federal court ruling that treatens to shut down the Southeast king salmon season; Genetic genealogy allowed Alaska State Troopers to identify a human skull discovered 25 years ago

In this newscast: Gov. Dunleavy announced the winners of the fourth annual education raffle on Wed.; Juneau artist Crystal Worl will have her art on a USPS postage stamp; The U.S. Transportation Department announced this week that it's approved grants totaling $285 million to upgrade and modernize Alaska's ferry system; A nationwide outbreak of avian influenza threatens more than Alaska's egg supply

In this newscast: The bag limit for the sport harvest of deer in Unit 4 in Southeast Alaska will remain at six; The Alaska Wildlife Alliance submitted nine proposals aimed at protecting wolves, and all failed