KTOO News Department

In this newscast: A new roundabout in the Mendenhall Valley got approval to move forward from the Juneau Planning Commission earlier this week; Alaska’s winter ferry schedule starts October 1st and looks a lot like last year; and U.S. Navy leaders visited Kake last weekend to formally apologize for the 1869 bombardment of the community. 

In this newscast: Advocates for Juneau’s Ship Free Saturdays ballot proposition say the reins need to be pulled on the growth of tourism, but opponents say the financial and legal implications could hurt the local economy; an annual report on Southeast Alaska’s economy shows a region firmly dependent on tourism and a struggling fishing sector; and a crew from Sitka Search and Rescue remained in the field Tuesday searching for a 16-year old boy missing since a car he was in left Blue Lake Road Saturday evening, and tumbled into a deep ravine.

In this newscast: The Juneau Assembly unanimously agreed to commit $3 million in city dollars to a possible U.S. Army Corps of Engineers study that would examine engineering solutions for long-term glacial outburst flood prevention; Why a recall of two Juneau School Board members is on the local election ballot and what happens if it’s successful; and local actor Enrique Bravo shares his perspective on being an everyman in Juneau’s theater scene. 

In this newscast: Hear from mayoral candidates in this year’s Oct. 1 Juneau Municipal Election as they share their thoughts on the public safety and infrastructure bond debt questions on the ballot

In this newscast: The City and Borough of Juneau is asking voters whether or not to take out 12.7 million in bond debt to help replace the radio system that police and firefighters use to communicate; Juneau residents took to the Capitol this week to protest Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of a bill that would have expanded access to birth control; The Alaska Supreme Court has affirmed the U.S. House candidacy of Eric Hafner, a Democrat imprisoned in New York state; Repairs have been made to the broken subsea fiber optic cable that took Sitka offline over two weeks ago, but it could be several days until cellular service and internet access are totally restored.

In this newscast: Ballots for Juneau’s local election are being mailed to registered voters Thursday; Landslides are nothing new among Southeast Alaska’s steep mountainsides and heavy rain. But the idea that every few years, another Southeast Alaska community has to dig its way out after a fatal disaster — that is new; Trail Mix, Inc.’s Meghan Tabacek shares how the makeup of the nonprofit’s trail crews has changed for this week’s Tongass Voices. 

In this newscast: Bartlett Regional Hospital’s board of directors has named Joe Wanner as its new CEO; Assembly candidates in Juneau’s upcoming municipal election discussed public safety issues during a forum last week; and a documentary examining the impact of the explosive growth of cruise tourism in Sitka will debut this weekend on national television.

In this newscast: The Juneau Parks and Recreation Office is moving operations into a downtown building vacated by the Juneau School District; Juneau’s city leaders say they’re working with federal partners on strategies to prepare for future floods in the Mendenhall Valley, following a second year of record-breaking glacial outburst flooding;The Tongass National Forest has a new online tool for subsistence users in Southeast Alaska. They call it the Subsistence Dashboard.