In this newscast: City workers have been collecting samples of Juneau's sewage to test for the coronavirus; After a summer without cruise ships, many people in Southeast Alaska are desperate to see tourists return. But not everyone; Gov. Mike Dunleavy debuted a budget proposal for next year that will lean heavily on earnings from the Permanent Fund to help Alaska recover from the pandemic; The U.S. Coast Guard's second-highest ranking officer has assumed some of the blame for Russian military intimidation of Bering Sea commercial fishermen last summer.

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In this newscast:

City workers have been collecting samples of Juneau’s sewage to test for the coronavirus.
After a summer without cruise ships, many people in Southeast Alaska are desperate to see tourists return. But not everyone.
Gov. Mike Dunleavy debuted a budget proposal for next year that will lean heavily on earnings from the Permanent Fund to help Alaska recover from the pandemic.
The U.S. Coast Guard’s second-highest ranking officer has assumed some of the blame for Russian military intimidation of Bering Sea commercial fishermen last summer.