KCAW’s Meredith Redick brings us this audio postcard, featuring the voices of Father Ishmael Andrew and choral director KathyHope Erickson.
Southeast
Alaska Marine Highway sees leadership changes
The manager of the ferry system is leaving after almost 20 years, and there’s a new deputy commissioner.
Flagship ferry Columbia will serve Southeast for the first time since 2019
The state had originally planned to task the Matanuska with the mainline Southeast route.
Trappers take 62 wolves during month-long Prince of Wales Island season
The state estimated roughly 230 wolves lived on Prince of Wales Island and the surrounding islands as of the fall of 2021.
Klawock police chief remembered as ‘one of the best’ after unexpected death
He was the only officer at the Klawock Police Department.
Haines remembers paddling and hiking author Margaret Piggott
Despite suffering a stroke in 2010, she continued to travel and adventure, alone and with friends.
Skagway’s dog bus is an internet sensation
A Skagway couple bought a passenger bus from a local business last winter, but their passengers are all dogs.
Indicted Ketchikan police chief placed on administrative leave
Prosecutors say Walls slammed a man against a stone wall and held him in a chokehold after the man stumbled into Walls’ wife’s chair.
An 8-bridge fish passage project near Gustavus has been finished
It’s part of a national fish passage program that received $40 million in last year’s federal infrastructure law.
Ketchikan police chief left man bloodied after fishing resort brawl, indictment says
Jeff Walls was indicted in the alleged felony assault on Thursday.