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• School Board approves reopening plan

  Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Juneau Schools will start the 2020-2021 school year on August 24 with a variety of in person and virtual learning plans.

• Alaska Bar president reacts to concerns over Dershowitz booking

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  Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The president of the Alaska Bar Association is responding to criticism over the booking of Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz at its October convention.

• Pat Pitney named interim president over UA system

  Fairbanks, Alaska (KINY) - The University of Alaska Board of Regents announced today that it has selected Pat Pitney to serve as the university’s interim president.

• City votes to raze site where first Alaska flag was sewn

  Seward, Alaska (AP) - A neglected site where the Alaska territorial flag was designed, sewn, and first flown will be demolished.

• Alaska Bar books Alan Dershowitz to speak at October convention

  Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) - The Alaska Bar Association has booked Harvard professor and legal analyst Alan Dershowitz as a keynote speaker during the group's October convention.

• Cumberlidge appointed coordiator for missing indigenous persons

  Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced Tuesday the appointment of E. Ingrid Cumberlidge to serve as the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Coordinator for the District of Alaska.

• DHSS reports 1 new Juneau case of COVID-19 among 54 new cases

  Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services confirmed 40 new resident cases and 14 non-resident cases on Tuesday.

• Senator Sullivan addresses key issues while guest on Action Line

  Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Alaska United States Senator Dan Sullivan has conducted meetings while in Juneau on the Juneau Access project.

• Man killed in Bethel boating accident

  Bethel, Alaska (KINY) - A boater headed to Bethel on the Kuskokwim River uncovered boat wreckage in the water, inspected further, and found one man dead and three others injured Sunday, Alaska State Troopers said.

• Protesters: Caribou heart meant to send message to senator

  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The man who owned a caribou heart that protesters wanted to give Sen. Dan Sullivan, compared Alaska's Junior U.S. Senator to a character in the Wizard of Oz.

• Future of Alaska SeaLife Center in jeopardy

  SEWARD, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska SeaLife Center is in jeopardy of closing after concerns surrounding the coronavirus pandemic have drastically reduced visitation rates.

• Colorado company agrees to $7M cleanup of former Alaska mine

  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A Colorado company has agreed to a $7 million cleanup plan for Alaska’s only uranium mine, which has left radioactive waste in the Tongass National Forest.