KTOO News Department

In this newscast: The shuttered Gross Alaska Theater building in downtown Juneau is poised to get new life — as home to 22 new apartments; Mendenhall Valley homeowners are divided on the city’s plan to hold back glacial outbursts; Tongass Voices: Dr. Paul Weiden on 20 years of cancer care in Southeast Alaska

In this newscast: Two bowhead whales were harvested in the same afternoon near St. Lawrence Island, A recent state report found that the Alaska Office of Children’s Services failed to offer enough support for a foster child with aggressive behaviors, Hospitals across the country are reeling from the collapse of a staffing agency for emergency…

In this newscast: The criminal case against a former Juneau chiropractor accursed of sexual assault is on track to go to trial in February; The 5 a.m. Alaska Airlines flight from Juneau to Seattle won’t be an option this winter; For Tongass Voices, Dak júus Rob Yates teaches the language on teaching the Haida people,  X̱aad Kíl.

In this newscast: The U.S. Coast Guard has released the names of the five fishermen lost in the boat sinking near Hoonah on Sunday; Alaska is turning down millions in federal funding earmarked to replace water infrastructure that contains lead — because the state doesn’t have any; Eaglecrest Ski Area has just enough snow to partially open to skiers on Saturday — its scheduled opening day. It marks the kick-off of the winter ski season in Juneau; Ketchikan’s new city-sponsored Mobile Integrated Healthcare program launched in June, but recently one of the programs two paramedics was fired – a week after he criticized the city; The Northwest Arctic community of Kiana has been without running water for several days

In this newscast: Six Republicans in the state Senate have announced that they’re planning to form a minority caucus, which would be enough to guarantee conservative seats on the legislative committees; A recount is underway in Juneau on the closely contested ballot measure that would have repealed Alaska’s open primaries and ranked choice voting; There are expected to be a lot fewer people in Southeast Alaska by 2050, according to a recent report; Coast Guard Base Kodiak’s child development center has faced major staffing issues this year that nearly led to the daycare’s closure

In this newscast: Juneau residents and businesses can now submit proposals for how the city should spend marine passenger fees for next year; The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for five missing mariners after their fishing boat capsized near Point Couverden; Juneau continues to see heavy rains this week, after getting nearly a foot and a half of snow last week. That’s left road travel slippery and treacherous across town; Advocates for limiting cruise visitation have submitted a fourth petition in less than two ears to get a cruise limit question before Sitka votes this winter; Tongass Voices: Ariel Estrada on the fast and furious nature of his one-man play

In this newscast: A seiner reportedly capsized in heavy weather near Hoonah early Sunday morning; Some new research is challenging the established scientific thinking about why an endangered population of killer whales in Puget Sound continues to be in jeopardy; Among the roughly 100 proposals on the Alaska Board of Fisheries agenda at its upcoming meeting are four focused on further restricting or closing the state-managed pollock trawl fishery on Prince William Sound; People living in Newtok have been fighting severe coastal erosion and deteriorating permafrost for more than three decades, and on Sunday, the Newtok Village Council sent workers to shut down all critical infrastructure in the tiny Bering Sea community

In this newscast: Ketchikan’s city manager is resigning; The bipartisan caucuses who will control the Alaska House and Senate have announced their committee chairs; Alaska’s commercial harvests plummeted this year: pounds harvested were the lowest on record; People can now view a livestream feed of Cook Inlet beluga whales swimming in the Kenai River

In this newscast: There has been a lot of speculation that Gov. Mike Dunleavy might leave his job for a role in the Trump administration. Now he says he’s staying; The Alaska Supreme Court will have a new chief justice early next year; In the remote Southeast Alaska village of Angoon, high school students are learning how to grow their own produce using hydroponic technology; Many Southeast Alaska residents rely on diesel heating oil like Toyostoves, to keep warm in the winter. But a new program will fund the switch to electric heat pumps; Tongass Voices: Moria Johnson-Sidney on the stabilizing force of carving a yaakw

In this newscast: Snowfall is expected across Southeast Alaska this week, starting tonight, and Juneau may be hit the hardest; The state and the Alaska Republican Party are gearing up for a recount of Ballot Measure 2, the initiative to repeal Alaska’s open primary and ranked choice voting; Dozens of bikers, figure skaters, and hockey players took to the ice at Juneau’s Mendenhall Lake this weekend, but venturing out onto a frozen lake can be extremely dangerous; A ferry attempting to moor in the remote Southeast Alaska village of Kake on Saturday as forced to return to Juneau after a cable that secures it to the dock broke; Interior Alaska is losing its last local television newscast