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• DHSS issues policy change proposal letter on Pioneer Homes

  Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Department of Health and Social Services is proposing a number of policy changes via an internal letter to Pioneer Homes.

• Human rights commission plans to move ahead with apology

  Juneau, Alaska (AP) - A state human rights commission official indicated Thursday that the commission's former executive director had not penned a letter of apology for calling out on social media a "Black Rifles Matter" sticker on a truck in the commission's parking lot.

• Report: Carnival dumped 500,000 gallons of sewage, 11,000 gallons of food waste improperly

  Miami (KINY) - A report from an environmental-compliance inspector says Carnival Corp. violated environmental laws in the first year following the company's $40 million settlement for improper waste disposal.

• House GOP members exploring intra-agency misconduct concerns

  Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Following the legislature’s joint session to confirm Gov. Michael J. Dunleavy’s appointments on Wednesday, two members of the Alaska House of Representatives sent a letter to newly-confirmed Department of Corrections Commissioner Nancy Dahlstrom.

• Airport, watershed coalition team up at Jordan Creek

  Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - A crew from the Juneau International Airport is replacing two pedestrian bridges over Jordan Creek this week with materials purchased by the Southeast Alaska Watershed Coalition.