The U.S. Geological Survey announced a new estimate for natural gas potential across Alaska's North Slope; The Alaska Federation of Natives kicked off its annual convention in Anchorage and marked its 60th anniversary; Alaska Native education specialists stressed self-determination at the Elders and Youth conference in Anchorage; Juneau's top-paid city officials are police officers due to overtime pay
22 Oct 2026
Newscast – Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026
In this newscast: Juneau will have a new seasonal sales tax beginning next year. And there will be some new faces on the Juneau Assembly, while the school board remains unchanged. That’s according to the final results for Juneau’s municipal election shared last night; Here’s the clue: He is an Alaska resident, a longtime Jeopardy! fan, and won the game on October 13 after decades of training. If you said: Who is Ron Clarke? – you’d be correct; The small fishing village of Pelican in Southeast Alaska went without a grocery store for more than 15 years. Then, in 2023, a family decided to step in and start one again. What began as just a few shelves of basic supplies has grown, aisle by aisle, into a community hub for locals, tourists, and fishermen alike; Governor Mike Dunleavy issued a disaster declaration Tuesday after a non-fatal landslide severely damaged the Ward Cove electric substation just north of Ketchikan. The same storm that caused the landslide also damaged drains near the city harbormaster’s maintenance building; The U.S. Forest Service is once again moving forward with a large old-growth logging project on Prince of Wales Island. The agency released its draft decision and final environmental impact statement for the Twin Mountain II timber sale last week, kicking off a 45-day objection period.
21 Oct 2026
Newscast – Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026
In this newscast: Heavy rain and high winds are slated to continue slamming parts of Southeast Alaska through Tuesday night. The National Weather Service issued a flood watch as well as high wind advisories and warnings, concentrated mostly in the northern panhandle. Meteorologists expect impacts in Juneau, Sitka, Gustavus, Elfin Cove, Haines, Skagway and Yakutat; Alaska released more than a billion-and-a-half hatchery fish last year, according to the North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission, the most of anywhere in the world. But a growing body of research has indicated that hatchery fish could harm wild salmon populations by interbreeding with wild fish and competing with them for food. Some stakeholders, many from sport and charter fishing backgrounds, have called for hatchery restrictions from the Board of Fisheries, which oversees state-managed waters; It’s been nearly a week since President Trump held a rally in Wasilla campaigning for Republican candidates up and down the ballot. He urged supporters to vote for Republicans in the races for House and Senate and unveiled his pick for governor: business owner Bernadette Wilson.
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