A Southeast cultural organization plans to create a Native arts park in Juneau. It’s part of an initiative to boost the region’s traditional arts economy.
Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska
Southeast Alaska tribal government moves into defense contracts
Southeast Alaska’s regional tribal government is developing its business side. That’s because most of its funding comes from the government.
Sealaska Corp. adds to seafood investments
Sealaska officials say investments in two seafood processors will help drive future earnings. But a critic doubts they will make much money.
Yukon cowboy shares love of old country songs at folk festival
Art Johns has been playing at the Alaska Folk Festival since 1995. But his musical roots go way back, almost 80 years.
Low oil prices hit Sealaska dividends
Southeast’s regional Native corporation will pay out $10.6 million to its more than 22,000 members mid-month. That’s a third less than last spring.
Forest Service mishandled timber sales, environmental group says
A Washington, D.C., environmental group is accusing the Tongass National Forest of breaking its own timber-sale rules.
Elders study their history at Smithsonian collection
Elders from around Southeast Alaska examined hundreds of Tlingit artifacts in the Smithsonian Institution’s collection, providing context for their research.
Ketchikan’s first pot shop set to open
The Stoney Moose will open this week as Ketchikan’s first retail marijuana shop, if an inspection goes well. Owners also hope to open a cannabis café.
Regulations liberalized in the Craig spawn-on-kelp fishery
It could be a good year for herring near Craig. But that doesn’t mean it’s a good year for commercial fishermen in the spawn-on-kelp pound fishery.
Echoes of past ring loudly at WWII internment anniversary ceremony
It’s been 75 years since the U.S. government forcibly removed the first Japanese Americans from their West Coast homes. They were remembered in a Washington ceremony.