News of the North

Juneau, Alaska (AP) - State elections officials say an early voting location in Palmer has closed temporarily after a poll worker was diagnosed with COVID-19.

Ketchikan, Alaska (KINY) - One new positive case of COVID-19 was identified in Ketchikan on Friday.

Sitka, Alaska (KINY) - This week the Sitka Unified Command discussed wastewater testing and mitigation efforts.

Hoonah, Alaska (KINY) - Effective Monday, Oct. 26, 2020, all incoming travelers to Hoonah must provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test within 72 hours of arrival or commit to testing provided by the City of Hoonah in partnership with the Hoonah Indian Association.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The City and Borough of Juneau Emergency Operations Center is reporting 10 new residents with COVID-19 in Juneau.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Due to the City and Borough of Juneau Emergency Operations Center raising the overall community risk to Level 3 High, Juneau Pools and Juneau Public Libraries have altered operations.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Southeast Alaska Land Trust has announced that Steve Brockmann has been named as the organization’s new Executive Director, effective Sept. 21.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Juneau Ranger District of the Tongass National Forest will be taking reservations for three popular day-use shelters starting Nov. 2, 2020, until the end of April 2021.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Assembly will be briefed Monday night under new business on the status of the Dimond Park Field House.

Ketchikan, Alaska (KINY) - The Tatsuda family this week decided to demolish what is left of the family grocery store after February's rock slide.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Juneau Mayor Beth Weldon is now working on organizing the new Assembly in the wake of this month's local election.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Abby Wagner, 40, was sentenced to four years in prison with two years suspended as well as three years probation for her part in attempting to smuggle in over $44,000 in illegal drugs to Juneau.

Sitka, Alaska (KINY) - Any unwanted medicines, outdated prescriptions, and related items now have somewhere to go where they won't harm anyone, the trash.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — U.S. Rep. Don Young and his challenger Alyse Galvin accused each other of lying during a spirited debate Thursday night in Anchorage.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska man was required to learn about the Holocaust and read books about overcoming extremist beliefs as part of a federal sentence for illegally owning a machine gun and silencers.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Authorities said five Anchorage police officers shot at a man holding a gun during a standoff at his home Thursday.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Two free flu shot clinics will be held this weekend at two local schools.

Ketchikan, Alaska (KINY) - There were no new cases of COVID-19 reported in Ketchikan on Thursday.

Ketchikan, Alaska (KINY) - Ketchikan Fire Department has announced the promotion of Gretchen O’Sullivan from Senior Medic to Fire Marshal, effective Nov. 1, 2020.

Ketchikan, Alaska (KINY) - The Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Wildlife Conservation is requesting wolf hunters and trappers to submit tissue samples and specific harvest locations and dates when sealing wolves.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The City and Borough of Juneau Emergency Operations Center is reporting seven new COVID-19 cases.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Alaska Marine Highway Reshaping Work Group final report has been released

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The new Juneau School reorganized during its meeting Wednesday evening in the wake of this month's local election.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Juneau buses will be limited to nine passengers each and Capital AKcess van capacity will be limited to two riders effective Friday.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities is enforcing a law preventing signs from being posted along state roads, including many campaign signs.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Some Alaska phone owners received tsunami warnings following an earthquake earlier this week, but the alerts also went to customers in the Anchorage area who were outside the potential danger zone.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Door to door trick or treating and indoor costume parties can be high risk for spreading viruses and the CBJ wants to avoid that problem this year due to COVID-19.

Ketchikan, Alaska (KINY) - Ketchikan’s City Council voted Wednesday to follow the status-quo option when it comes to management of the cruise docks.

Ketchikan, Alaska (KINY) - One new positive case of COVID-19 was identified in Ketchikan on Wednesday.

Juneau, Alaska (AP) - Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan says he will support the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The M/V Kennicott is delayed in Juneau, while technicians resolve a mechanical issue.

Juneau, Alaska (AP) - Alaska's health commissioner says considerable work has gone into planning for a safe election for voters amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The City and Borough of Juneau Emergency Operations Center is reporting 11 new COVID-19 cases.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The City and Borough of Juneau will be closing the Household Hazardous Waste facility on Thursday, Oct. 29, for a couple of weeks.

Juneau, Alaska (AP) - Democratic voters in at least four battleground states including Florida and Pennsylvania received threatening emails, falsely purporting to be from the far-right group Proud Boys, that warned “we will come after you” if the recipients didn’t vote for President Donald Trump.

Sitka, Alaska (KINY) - 11 businesses and nonprofits appealed to the City and Borough of Sitka Assembly to give them more money from the federal CARES Act Tuesday.

Sitka, Alaska (KINY) - The Sitka Assembly held an executive session Tuesday night to work on the annual evaluation of City Administrator John Leach.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The president and CEO of Huna Totem Corporation, the village native corporation for Hoonah, talked about their Icy Strait Point project while a guest on Action Line.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - William Warden, 37, hired a private attorney and had his case continued until 2021 when he appeared before Superior Court Judge Amy Mead Wednesday.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Senator Bert Stedman said the 2021 legislative session will include a lot of talk on cuts to the state budget and work on the Alaska Marine Highway.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Supporters have started a fundraising drive to save the University of Alaska, Anchorage hockey team.

Anchorage, Alaska (AP) - A new report tracking wages at nonprofit organizations in Alaska shows a gender pay gap.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Leo Fawcett, 44, was arrested overnight on a charge of sexual abuse of a minor in the first-degree.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Due to increasing case positivity, the City and Borough of Juneau Emergency Operations Center is raising the overall community risk to Level 3-High with a full implementation of the Community Mitigation Strategies.

Ketchikan, Alaska (KINY) - There were no new cases of COVID-19 reported in Ketchikan on Tuesday.

Ketchikan, Alaska (KINY) - The Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly approved an ordinance amending the FY 2021 Budget by appropriating $1.94 million for COVID-19 traveler testing.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Hecla Greens Creek Mining Company proposes to extend the existing dry-stack tailings disposal facility for additional tailings and waste rock storage capacity.

Kanab, Utah (KINY) - Kent LaVor Colby, 75, died Oct. 18, 2020, in Kanab, Utah, surrounded by his loving family. Despite an eight-year battle with cancer, Kent lived a life of adventure to the very end.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The City and Borough of Juneau has announced the official certification of the Oct. 6 CBJ Regular Municipal Election, which was held as CBJ’s first by-mail election in partnership with the Municipality of Anchorage.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The City and Borough of Juneau Emergency Operations Center is reporting 35 new Juneau residents with COVID-19.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Individuals and households in Juneau that have been financially harmed by the pandemic can soon apply for some relief through the COVID-19 Housing Assistance Grant Program.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) -Alaska is redoubling efforts to sell two fast ferries by accepting sealed bids.

Juneau, Alaska (AP) - Officials say the magnitude of the earthquake that struck off the Alaska Peninsula and produced a tsunami with small waves has been revised up to 7.6.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Alaska Division of Elections has forwarded to federal officials a case of purported voter intimidation arising out of the Fairbanks/North Pole area.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Independent Alaska U. S. House candidate Alyse Galvin was quizzed on her position on the proposed Alaska Specific Roadless Rule while a guest on Action Line.

Douglas, Alaska (KINY) - Teri Tibbett was elected Chairman and John Delgado Secretary at the Douglas Advisory Board reorganized for the next year.

Nome, Alaska (KINY) - A wave caused a 32-foot boat to capsize sending three men into the water on October 15 off the coast of Cape Nome.

Ketchikan, Alaska (KINY) - A routine patrol located a deer swimming in the water in Clarence Strait and led to a rescue operation.

Ketchikan, Alaska (KINY) - There were no new cases of COVID-19 reported in Ketchikan on Monday.

Wrangell, Alaska (KINY) - The walkway and ramp of Roosevelt Harbor Dock on Zarembo Island is closed to public use as of Oct. 16, 2020 to ensure public health and safety.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The City and Borough of Juneau Emergency Operations Center is reporting three new COVID-19 cases.

Juneau, Alaska (AP) - A tsunami warning in the Alaskan Peninsula has been downgraded to an advisory.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Central Council Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes has been awarded $599,673 to help fight drug addiction.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Alaska Department of Health & Social Services reported 85 cases in Anchorage and 52 cases in Fairbanks as well as new cases in Juneau and the Yakutat Hoonah-Angoon Census Area today.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Rob Edwardson opted against re-election to the Juneau Assembly after just one, three-year term.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Personnel stationed at a military base in Alaska’s largest city have been ordered to avoid bars and interior dining at restaurants amid rising coronavirus cases on and off the base.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Some Alaska Native groups said the U.S. government has ignored their requests to uphold national Roadless Rule restrictions in the Tongass National Forest.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Alaska Department of Health & Social Services Sunday listed 215 new cases of COVID-19 with five new cases reported in Juneau.

Skagway, Alaska (KINY) - Skagway has adopted a shelter in place order after a COVID case was confirmed in the community most like the result of community spread.

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — State officials said an outbreak of coronavirus has infected 33 inmates at a prison in Fairbanks, causing the facility to go into quarantine for 14 days.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Congressional candidate Alyse Galvin spoke in Juneau on a cold and windy Saturday as she held a virtual drive-in rally in downtown.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The City and Borough of Juneau Emergency Operations Center is reporting no new COVID-19 cases.

Nome, Alaska (AP) - A search is underway in Nome for two men who went missing after their gold mining boat overturned.

Anchorage, Alaska (AP) - Austin Quinn-Davidson will serve as acting mayor of Anchorage starting next Friday after Mayor Ethan Berkowitz’s resignation takes effect.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Capital City Fire Rescue and Search and Rescue Special Teams responded to the Dan Moller Trail on Friday afternoon to assist in the evacuation of an injured hiker.

Ketchikan, Alaska (KINY) - One new positive case of COVID-19 was identified in Ketchikan on Friday.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The City and Borough of Juneau has released the unofficial results of the Oct. 6 municipal election.

Juneau, Alaska (AP) - Gov. Mike Dunleavy unconstitutionally used his veto powers to punish the courts following a state Supreme Court decision that invalidated proposed abortion restrictions, a judge ruled Friday.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The City and Borough of Juneau Emergency Operations Center is reporting six new COVID-19 cases.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Governor issued an update to Health Mandate 10 that is in effect starting today, Friday, Oct. 16.

Ketchikan, Alaska (KINY) - Two motorists went to the hospital with minor injuries after a head-on collision on the North Tongass Highway Thursday afternoon, Alaska State Troopers said.

BETHEL, Alaska (AP) — Health officials in an Alaska region with a growing COVID-19 outbreak have asked residents to stop gathering with non-household members to slow the spread of the virus.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A coronavirus outbreak at the Fairbanks Pioneer Home for seniors has increased to 53 cases after 20 residents and five staff members tested positive over a week.

Ketchikan, Alaska (KINY) - The Ketchikan City Council heard, under new business on Thursday, an extension to the emergency declaration due to COVID-19.

Ketchikan, Alaska (KINY) - One new positive case of COVID-19 was identified in Ketchikan on Thursday.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Tlingit and Haida Central Council has announced a closure of one of its child care locations.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Glory Hall's Mariya Lovishchuk updated the City and Borough of Juneau Ad-Hoc Committee on Homelessness on Thursday.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Juneau School District school meal program will be serving four days worth of free breakfast and lunch meals tomorrow, Oct. 16, for the Alaska Day weekend.

Juneau, Alaska (AP) - U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan plans to participate in a broadcast debate next week but his campaign manager says he may have to do so remotely.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Juneau Police Department has announced the promotion of Officer Nick Garza to the rank of Sergeant.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The City and Borough of Juneau Emergency Operations Center is reporting seven new COVID-19 cases.

Juneau, Alaska (AP) - A state court judge has refused to require Alaska election officials to give absentee voters a chance to fix errors that would result in the ballot not being counted.

Ketchikan, Alaska (KINY) - Ketchikan Finance Director Bob Newell has filed a report to show the City Council the progress made in disbursing CARES Act funds to the community.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Juneau School District school meal program will serve four days of free breakfast and lunch meals tomorrow for the Alaska Day weekend.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - A power pole fire caused an outage in the Lemon Creek neighborhood that has impacted about 1,200 customers, AEL&P reported this morning.

Anchor Point, Alaska (KINY) - A 50-year-old Nanwalek man died in a house fire on October 13, Alaska State Troopers said.

Ketchikan, Alaska (KINY) - Alaska State Troopers arrested a local man on criminal trespass charges after he caused a disturbance on a city bus.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A stunning tale of inappropriate behavior between a politician and a television anchor, death threats, and nude photos culminated in a joint police and FBI investigation, the arrest of the journalist and the resignation of the mayor of Anchorage.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The United Way of Southeast Alaska is reporting success during the first six weeks of its meal program.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The governor's Deputy Press Secretary, Jeff Turner, told media on Wednesday that three staff members had tested positive for COVID-19.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Alaska Broadcasters Association Board of Directors has joined the Alaska Press Club in requesting Gov. Mike Dunleavy return to holding regular press conferences.

Honolulu (ABC) - Hawaii officials hope to reboot tourism this week by loosening months of economically crippling pandemic restrictions, including a mandatory 14-day quarantine for all arriving travelers.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The City and Borough of Juneau Emergency Operations Center is reporting five new COVID-19 cases.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities is seeking public comment on the future of the intersection at Egan and Yandukin Drives

Ketchikan, Alaska (KINY) - One new positive case of COVID-19 was identified in Ketchikan on Wednesday.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - As part of the City and Borough of Juneau’s Douglas Highway Water Main Replacement Project Phase II, CBJ contractor Glacier State Contractors is closing Capital View Court and 2nd Street.

Wrangell, Alaska (KINY) - A diesel power run is planned in the City and Borough of Wrangell on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Alaska Region of the U. S. Forest Service is seeking to form partnerships to team up on projects pegged for completion during Fiscal Year 22.

Haines, Alaska (KINY) - Douglas Olerud was elected Mayor, and Caitie Kirby Jerry Lapp, Cheryl Stickler and Carol Tuynman were elected to terms on the Haines Assembly.

PALMER, Alaska (AP) — A hearing for the first of four people set to be sentenced for the killing of an Alaska teenager has been postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Officials said eligible Alaska residents receiving unemployment checks from the state are expected to get a $300 increase to their weekly payments beginning next week.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Anchorage Community Development Authority has announced an agreement to purchase the JCPenney parking garage and JCPenney’s majority ownership of the former Nordstrom building.

Anchorage, Alaska (AP) - The mayor of Alaska’s largest city submitted his resignation Tuesday evening, four days after an anchorwoman at a local television station threatened to report he had posted nude photos of himself on a website.

Ketchikan, Alaska (KINY) - There were no new cases of COVID-19 reported in Ketchikan on Tuesday.

Sitka, Alaska (KINY) - The City and Borough of Sitka Assembly certified the Oct. 6 municipal election and seated a new mayor.

Sitka, Alaska (KINY) - The Sitka Assembly on Tuesday night will approve a design for a new official City and Borough seal, and recognize the artwork of Aaron Traz Hill.

Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) - The Alaska School Activities Association is announcing the cancellation of all 2020 Fall State Championship Events.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The City and Borough of Juneau Emergency Operations Center is reporting nine new Juneau residents with COVID-19.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - A female in-patient in her 60s passed away at Bartlett Regional Hospital early this morning due to COVID-19. She was a resident of Juneau.

Sitka, Alaska (KINY) - Trustees of the Alaska Day Festival Committee have decided to postpone the Oct. 18, 2020 observance of the popular weeklong set of activities.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The CBJ decided to create an isolation center at Centennial Hall due to a growing number of COVID-19 cases among Juneau's homeless population today.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The October edition of Alaska Economic Trends published by the State Department of Labor and Workforce Development offers employment projections for Alaska between 2018 and 2028.

Sitka, Alaska (KINY) - Sitka Police said there have been numerous reports of bad checks that amount to tens of thousands of dollars.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - In recognition of Indigenous Peoples Day, the Juneau-Douglas City Museum hosted a panel discussion Monday connected to their current exhibit, Echoes of War: Unangax Internment during WWII.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Co-Chairs of the 2020 giving campaign are Desiree Smith of the Juneau Radio Center and Emil Mackey, Juneau School Board member, and owner of Country Financial.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Lucas Schneider, 41, received 10 years in prison with five years suspended for stabbing Christopher Wolfe during an argument on January 4, 2018.

Tok, Alaska (KINY) - The skull of an 89-year-old man missing since May was located on a trail near mile 77 of the Tok Cutoff and positively identified as the remains of Donald R. Evans, Alaska State Troopers said Monday.

Willow, Alaska (KINY) - Alaska State Troopers said a road rage incident led to a fatal shooting Sunday night on Willow-Fishhook Road.

Anchorage, Alaska (AP) - Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz has admitted to having an inappropriate relationship with a female reporter, three days after she made online allegations against the married Berkowitz.

Gustavus, Alaska (KINY) - Brittney Cannamore was elected Mayor and Joe Vanderzanden Vice Mayor as the Gustavus City Council reorganized Monday.

Anchorage, Alaska (AP) - The Alaska Supreme Court has affirmed a lower court ruling eliminating witness requirements for absentee ballots for the general election.

Ketchikan, Alaska (KINY) - One new positive case of COVID-19 was identified in Ketchikan on Monday.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The City and Borough of Juneau Emergency Operations Center is reporting 17 new Juneau residents with COVID-19.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Alaska Press Club Board of Directors has released an open letter to the administration of Gov. Mike Dunleavy.

Anchorage, Alaska (AP) - An attorney for Alaska has asked the state Supreme Court to keep in place witness requirements for absentee ballots for the general election.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - There's a "measured optimism" about a cruise ship season in Alaska and Juneau next year, as Holland America Group Executive Kirby Day put it on Action Line.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — President Donald Trump has signed a bill named for a Fargo murder victim to address cases of missing and murdered Native Americans.

BERLIN (AP) — An icebreaker carrying scientists on a year-long international effort to study the high Arctic has returned to its home port in Germany.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska’s biggest ski resort is set to operate this season with a new operations plan that includes health precautions like mandatory face coverings.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The daily report from the Alaska Department of Health & Social Services showed nine new cases in Juneau and one in Douglas on Sunday.

Kodiak, Alaska (KINY) - The topics of the debate were limited to fishery issues related to Kodiak and other Alaska fishing communities.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — About 30 people became temporarily homeless after a low-budget Alaska motel was abruptly closed due to myriad code violations.

Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) - The counting of ballots in the CBJ Regular Municipal By-Mail Election continues at the Anchorage Election Center and the second round of preliminary unofficial results have been released.

Sitka, Alaska (KINY) - Sitka’s current COVID-19 alert level is low according to a press release from the city.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - One new positive case of COVID-19 was identified in Ketchikan on Saturday.

Kodiak, Alaska (KINY) - The first debate between U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan and candidate Dr. Al Gross is set for 5 p.m. Saturday in Kodiak.

Seattle (AP) - The Seattle Times has confirmed that Dori Monson has been suspended indefinitely by Bonneville Seattle from hosting the Seahawks’ pregame and postgame radio shows.

There were no new cases of COVID-19 reported in Juneau on Saturday.

Washington, DC (KINY) - The United States Postal Service filed notice with the Postal Regulatory Commission this week of price changes to take effect Jan. 26, 2020.

Hoonah, Alaska (KINY) - Gerald Byers has won his reelection bid as Mayor of the City of Hoonah.

Eagle River, Alaska (AP) - A private social event held last Saturday has led to a 48-hour shutdown for all sports and activities for an Alaska high school.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - A two-car, T-bone accident happened Friday near Super Bear with one person transported with minor injuries.

The House voted 32-7 to send to the senate fast track legislation that provides 24 million for the marine highway system to keep running and 45 million for medicaid.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A federal study says more shrubs growing on Arctic tundra likely will have little effect on the abundance of most bird species until the vegetation grows tall.