Pablo Arauz Peña, KTOO

In this newscast: Juneau residents interested in running for Mayor, School Board and two Assembly seats have the opportunity to do so starting this Friday at 8 a.m; An intense local debate ensues in Haines over non-traditional housing because of people living in yurts; The traditionally low-wage industry of child care is having an especially hard time competing for workers in a tight labor market in Alaska; The state announced plans to gauge the extent of contamination at and around the Gustavus Airport this week.

Applicants who file and meet all the qualifications will face off in the upcoming municipal election on Oct. 5.

In this newscast: Invasive plant species are threatening local ecosystems in Southeast Alaska, and Skagway’s local tribal government is working to stop the spread; Sen. Lisa Murkowski is not backing away from her position that the Capitol riot on Jan. 6 was a desecration of democracy, and that former President Donald Trump is responsible for inciting it; The U.S. Forest Service has finished gathering feedback on deferred maintenance throughout Alaska.

In this newscast: Several hundred Filipino Alaskans from around Southeast gathered at Centennial Hall in Juneau this week to get much-needed services from the Philippine Consulate; Contractors for Juneau’s Bartlett Regional Hospital broke ground on a multi-million dollar expansion project last month; Brett Huber, a former top aide to Alaska GOP Gov. Mike Dunleavy, has returned to the governor’s office after running last year’s campaign against the ballot measure that instituted ranked-choice voting; A 21-year-old Anchorage man was indicted on Friday for shooting five people near a downtown gas station where he worked in June.

After two years and a pandemic-related delay, the consulate’s mission from San Francisco meant some Filipinos in Alaska could finally visit their families back home.

In this newscast: Within a set of glaciers and mountains near Juneau, there’s seismic activity almost every day in the summer; The first large cruise ship to visit Alaska since 2019 arrives Friday morning; An official says favorable weather conditions have allowed firefighters to bolster protections for structures even as a wildfire burning in interior Alaska had grown on the opposite end.

In this newscast: A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck a remote part of Glacier Bay National Park at 12:40 p.m. on Thursday; Juneau Italian restaurant In Bocca Al Lupo owners wanted a dinner party, but they also wanted to highlight women chefs of color; The recent uptick in coronavirus cases has pushed Sitka’s alert level up to “high” — but state officials are not yet calling the increase part of a statewide trend.

In this newscast: Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s office made a $4 billion error by failing to cross out a few lines; Before too many people see the end of the COVID-19 pandemic in the rearview mirror, the Museum of the North is collecting artifacts that represent Alaska’s response to the pandemic; Kathy Ruddy was a long-time friend and among the most dedicated volunteers at KTOO; The city of Anchorage is facing a four-fold increase in the cost of its insurance against ransomware and other cyberattacks.

In this newscast: Firefighters remain focused on protecting Chena Hot Springs Resort and area cabins from the Munson Creek wildfire; Along with Independence Day, the Fourth of July also marks Elizabeth Peratrovich’s birthday; Reborn airline Ravn Alaska has hired several people to study a new trans-Pacific service that its chief executive says could launch as soon as next summer.

In this newcast: Twenty-one-year-old Kaylie Harris died by suicide at Anchorage’s Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson earlier this year, after she reported being sexually assaulted on base; Governor Mike Dunleavy yesterday asked for a new slate of nominees for a vacant seat on the Alaska Supreme Court, to replace Chief Justice Joe Bolger who is retiring; A bear swatted and injured a visitor at Katmai National Park on Wednesday afternoon.