A bald eagle crashed through a home’s window earlier this month in Petersburg, in what an expert calls a rare incident. Teri Toland was preparing breakfast on the morning of June 7 when she …
The Alaska Marine Highway System, which connects coastal communities, on June 17 kept Paul Myers connected to work on his seven-hour ride from Skagway to Juneau. Myers works as a shop foreman for …
Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed more than $122 million from Alaska’s budget plan before signing it into law on June 12, with his vetoes falling heaviest on education. Dunleavy eliminated more than $50 …
Silver Bay Seafoods president Cora Campbell returned to her hometown of Petersburg recently to meet with the fleet. Fishermen, processing plant staff and community members who gathered for a Silver …
One day after Gov. Mike Dunleavy issued a precedent-setting veto by cutting funding for the state’s public school education formula, a group of municipal leaders denounced the decision during a …
Two Indian nationals were arrested June 9 in Petersburg in connection with an elaborate scam that defrauded a Petersburg resident of $129,000, authorities said. Shubham Patel, 24, and Harshilkumar …
Alaska’s rates for childhood vaccinations are well below the national average, and the percentage of kindergarteners who had received all recommended vaccines was the lowest last year since at …
To help pull the struggling Alaska’s commercial seafood industry out of its tailspin, state lawmakers passed some bills aimed at lightening the financial load on harvesters and advanced others for …
Hawaii’s governor has signed legislation that boosts a tax imposed on hotel room and vacation rental stays in order to raise money to address eroding shorelines, wildfires and other consequences of …
An ocean acidification education program called 4-H pH is coming to Angoon and Petersburg this summer, on the heels of its success in Sitka, to teach elementary school students how to test water for …
The state has announced it is moving forward with a new ferry terminal at Cascade Point north of Juneau. The Department of Transportation has issued a request for proposals from contractors for the …
A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the board which regulates subsistence hunting on federal lands within Alaska acted legally when it created an emergency …
Caleb Gray wasn't sure the 34-pound king he caught the first weekend of the 70th Sitka Salmon Derby would stay at the top of the leader board through the final weekend. The 9-year-old was at the …
A federally funded residential job training center in Palmer must close completely by the end of June and begin sending students home this week under an “operations pause” ordered by the U.S. …
An Alaska man who was pinned face down in an icy creek by a 700-pound boulder for three hours survived the ordeal with only minor injuries, thanks in part to his wife’s quick thinking and lots of …
The cruise industry is suing Skagway over a new policy that makes a controversial change to how the borough taxes excursions sold by cruise companies. Skagway charges its local sales tax on tours …
By a more than 2-to-1 margin, voters in Sitka’s May 28 special election turned down a ballot proposition to limit cruise ship visitors to town. The vote was 773 in favor and 2,071 against the …
A Kodiak fisherman has been sentenced to spend a year in jail for illegally shipping thousands of pounds of tanner crab, much of it infected with a parasitic disease, out of Southeast Alaska for sale …
Serjoe Gutierrez stood above the Kodiak High School Orchestra, violin in hand, as students rifled through their sheet music for pieces like "The Barber of Seville" and "Canyon Sunset." Gutierrez …
The Alaska Legislature adjourned its regular session on May 20, one day earlier than expected, after passing a “maintenance level” state budget that contains a $1,000 Permanent Fund …