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In this newscast: Juneau Mayor Beth Weldon announced that she plans to run for a third term in October's local election; The Juneau Assembly is increasing funding in a city loan program for purchasing mobile homes; European green crabs are expanding their territory in Southeast Alaska; A team of experts on sexual assault is training healthcare professionals to fill gaps in response and care

In this newscast: It's taken 44 years, but a hydroelectric project in Angoon finally has all the funding and most of the permits to launch; A rare mountain lion was shot and killed on Wrangell Island earlier this month; Tongass Voices: The Evening Star on creating spaces for queer Indigenous people

In this newscast:  Cultural ambassadors are now at the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center to teach Lingit culture and history to tourists; Representative Mary Peltola recently introduced two bills aimed at addressing bycatch in federal trawl fisheries

In this newscast: A drag story time in Seward faced a bomb threat on Saturday, but the event persisted; Curious Juneau: What will happen to Juneau’s City Hall mural if the city moves out?

In this newscast: A Superior Court judge in Anchorage has dismissed a significant portion of a lawsuit filed by supporters of Alaska's ranked choice voting; A search is underway for a missing Ketchikan woman; Museum curators, chemists and Alaska Native weavers have worked to solve the mystery  of what dye techniques were used to produce the colors in Chilkat weaving; Juneau Animal Rescue removed over 50 cats and kittens from a Juneau residence

In this newscast: Last week, SHI presented a film screening of Tlingit Macbeth. The production reimagines Shakespeare's 400-year-old play by infusing elements of Lingit language and culture; The federal government is considering a request that would grant the Gulf of Alaska king salmon Endangered Species Act protections