In this newscast: The CDC says its COVID-19 program for cruise ships is no longer in effect; Businesses in Southeast Alaska say workforce housing is their number one concern; Sarah Palin is leading in campaign fundraising among candidates for Alaska's congressional seat; Alaska Permanent Fund dividends will start hitting bank accounts on Sept. 20; A statute to honor the first climber to summit Denali will be unveiled in Fairbanks

In this newscast: The Juneau school board decides to hire a third party to investigate why some students were served floor sealant instead of milk; Eaglecrest Ski Area's aerial gondola system is on its way to Juneau from Austria; Capital Transit temporarily suspends more routes due to a driver shortage; The state Board of Education names an acting education commissioner; Authorities locate a small plane wreck that killed its pilot near Valdez; AT&T workers in Alaska vote to authorize a strike; A Petersburg teen gets surprised with a trip to meet an NBA champ instead of another cancer treatment; NOAA begins surveying and sharing real-time data from an annual bottom trawl survey in the Bering Sea

In this newscast: Ballots in Juneau's local election this fall won't have questions about a proposed sales tax break on groceries; A new academic paper says there is a consistent pattern of harm to salmon habitat from mines throughout the Northwest; State health officials report the latest COVID-19 numbers; Kodiak sees its first cruise ship since before the pandemic; Anchorage police investigate a claim that a woman got out of a traffic ticket by flashing a novelty "white privilege" card; Alaskans can dial 988 to reach a suicide prevention hotline starting Saturday

In this newscast: A Juneau man who was reported missing turned himself into police; The U.S. Forest Service is proposing restoring 23,000 acres of Admiralty Island that had been logged; Researchers say the Aleutian Islands are a logical refueling point for trans-Pacific shipping with zero-emission fuels; A geothermal energy company is a step closer to prospecting on Augustine Island in lower Cook Inlet; The Anchorage Assembly approves money to house homeless people at a downtown hotel; The World Eskimo Indian Olympics begin

In this newscast: A federal agency releases a draft environmental impact statement for a major oil development on the North Slope; Wildfire activity slows in the Interior as the weather shifts cooler and wetter; The window to run for local office in Juneau opens Friday; A UAF graduate student studies marine garbage from a remote Southeast island; Alaskans march to advocate for reproductive rights; The Episcopal Church establishes a commission to research its role in Native boarding schools

In this newscast: Researchers with the University of Alaska Southeast release a new climate change report about Juneau; An Alaska Marine Highway System oversight board recommends adding crew quarters to the Tazlina; The marine highway system reopens bars about the Matanuska and Kennicott; Lightning strikes and gusty winds leave red flag danger warnings in effect for large areas of the Interior; Former President Donald Trump packs the house during a political rally in Anchorage

In this newscast: A Juneau man is missing; abortion rallies planned across the state; Juneau bat tested positive for rabies; a caterpillar is feasting on the Tongass

In this newscast: A fire at the Pebble Mine site; 4 bears killed at an Anchorage campground where unhoused people are staying; yes, there are bats in Southeast Alaska

In this newscast: Man killed in a crash on Egan Drive in Juneau; Ketchikan city council wants to ban conversion therapy for youth; updated plan for lease sales in Cook Inlet; most recent COVID-19 numbers for Juneau

In this newscast: Alaska’s health department splits into two parts; Chinook and chum salmon runs are under average in the lower Kuskowim river, but reds are running above average; The commercial Dungeness crab fishery in Southeast Alaska will close early because the start of the season has been so slow; Alaskans are wrestling with the…