Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska

The Dunleavy administration commissioned the report last spring and received it in the fall. But the state wouldn’t release it until Wednesday’s Marine Transportation Advisory Board meeting.

State regulators will fine some Alaska Native corporation shareholders over their criticism on social media. That’s because free speech is not protected when it comes to corporate elections.

An attorney representing two Alaska Native tribes seeking federal recognition says he’s concerned a new rule would further slow the process down.

Initially, Alaska State Troopers wrote in a court filing that a woman had used a trooper’s cellphone to threaten to burn down her ex-boyfriend’s house. But troopers say that was a mistake.

Mowi Canada West downplayed threats to wild stocks.

Over the past decade, federal officials have logged 77 incidents of vessels hitting whales in Alaska waters.

The ferry LeConte won’t return to service until May 15, according to representatives from the Alaska Marine Highway System. For at least two small Chichagof Island communities that translates into around seven months without a ferry. The LeConte is one of two ships in the Alaska Marine Highway System fleet that can maneuver into communities with…

The Malaspina will soon be tied up and its crew reassigned. But marine engineers warn that, without a crew keeping things shipshape, things could break down.

Earlier this year, both the Alaska House of Representatives and Alaska Historical Commission endorsed changing the name to Skanax Bay, pronounced “skeh-NOCH.”

Sea otters are rapidly recolonizing Southeast Alaska. But that wildlife success story breeds challenges as they compete with commercial fishermen.