The nine-member ferry work group has reached consensus that the ferry system is too important for the state to just walk away.
Southeast
UAS enrollment is down, but better than expected
Between the University’s Juneau, Ketchikan and Sitka campuses there are just over 2,000 students enrolled.
Visible haze from Lower 48 wildfires makes it to Ketchikan, but air quality in the region is still good
Smoke from the record wildfire season in California and the Pacific Northwest has been visible all over the northern half of the Lower 48.
One-of-a-kind photo collection documents 75 years of life in Angoon
“You can’t put a price on photos taken from somebody from within the culture and in this case, somebody from within the community as well,” said Chuck Smythe of Sealaska Heritage.
As weekend test results start to roll in, outbreak among Juneau’s bar workers grows
City officials say at least 31 people have gotten sick with COVID-19 after a single indoor event in late August.
$500 million in federal help now available for fishermen hurt by trade war
Thousands of U.S. fishermen could be eligible for a new program designed to help fishermen hurt by the tariff on seafood.
Timeline: Looking back at six months of COVID-19 in Alaska
September 12 marks six months since Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced Alaska’s first known case of COVID-19. We thought now was a good time to pause and take stock of where we are — and to look back on how we got here.
‘What you thought you were getting with Trump’: Libertarian candidate campaigns in Ketchikan
On a four-city tour of Alaska, the Libertarian Party nominee suggested selling all federal lands and removing all subsidies from fossil fuels.
Petersburg to request salmon disaster declaration
A combination of low prices and low returns has the summer of 2020 shaping up to be one of the worst in decades.
Ketchikan Borough Assembly asks state for LGBTQ protections after overriding mayor’s veto
The mayor, a retired Alaska State Trooper, said discrimination against police officers was in his eyes “by far a greater problem.”