In this newscast: Lack of affordable childcare in Sitka; Ketchikan welcomed a new U.S. Coast Guard cutter; MonkeyPox vaccine eligibility expanded in Alaska; Former state Rep. Dean Westlake’s son is charged with beating Westlake to death

In this newscast: Students and teachers are transferred to other school on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson after Ursa Major Elementary School closed over earthquake safety concerns; A Soldotna family was named the 2022 Alaska Farm Family of the Year; Homer’s Sandhill Crane Count starts up again this weekend; The Federal Aviation Administration cleared Aleutian Airways to…

In this newscast: All of Southeast Alaska’s primary candidates will advance to ranked choice general election; Juneau voters seemed to catch on to ranked choice voting with help from volunteers; A family dog was killed while defending its owners from wolves on a Metlakatla beach; Juneau Police urge attentiveness and caution as school resumes; The…

In this newscast: Juneau organizations support transgender youth with new written guides for navigating school challenges; Alaskans headed to the polls today for their first chance to rank candidates in the special U.S. House general election and primaries; Final results for the statewide primary won’t be available until at least August 31st; A new undersea…

In this newscast: The federal government will take over silver salmon management in the lower Kuskowim River if the run stays low; Governor Mike Dunleavy ran as the conservative candidate last term, but this year he faces two challengers to his right on the political spectrum; The U.S. Department of Interior must hold an oil…

In this newscast: The state's latest labor data shows that about one out of every nine jobs in Alaska is unfilled; Ironman Alaska participants and an economic analyst tally up the event's economic impact on Juneau; The two Republican candidates in Alaska's first ranked choice vote election are attacking each other; Tara Sweeney files to run as a write-in candidate in the special U.S. House election; And a correction for a story about a Pebble Mine investor from Wednesday

In this newscast: The families of four cruise passengers killed in a floatplane crash sue Holland America Line; A federal court rules that the National Marine Fisheries Services improperly approved a troll fisher for king salmon in Southeast Alaska; OBI Seafoods in Petersburg hits pink salmon processing milestone for the summer; A brown bear and three cubs have taken up residence in Kodiak; A tribe in Washington state builds a tsunami refuge tower; Organizations are getting creative in their education around the upcoming ranked-choice voting election

In this newscast: Juneau police identify the crew member that went missing off a cruise ship on Monday night; The Juneau school board leaves masking optional for the upcoming school year; Health authorities say a Juneau woman in her 30s has died from COVID-19; The Pebble Mine project gets a mysterious new investor; Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson launches an investigation into how his administration failed to catch his health director's fake credentials

In this newscast: A cruise ship crew member is presumed dead after going overboard in Juneau waters; Federal officials say potentially billions of dollars are headed to Alaska for broadband internet access; the Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. posts negative investment returns for the last fiscal year for the first time in a decade; small businesses in Southeast Alaska compete for Pathway to Prosperity grants; Anchorage's health director resigns after being confronted with evidence showing he vastly overstated his educational credentials and military background

In this newscast: Alaska's first Ironman triathlon was in Juneau on Sunday; A Wyoming couple discovers a time capsule from 2006 at Mendenhall Lake; The Alaska Federation of Natives plans to hold its first in-person convention this October since 2019; Ketchikan parents sue their school district over a reference to "our creator" in tribal values posted in school; For the seventh time this year, an inmate in the custody of the Alaska Department of Corrections has died; Two Anchorage police officers violated department policy during a traffic stop when a woman handed them a novelty "white privilege" card; Demolition has begun on the iconic 4th Avenue Theatre in Anchorage