If Ketchikan keeps seeing high levels of bacteria in its raw water supply, it could lose its right to remain unfiltered. It might be forced to build a filtration plant. And that’s expensive.
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A new inventory of old growth trees could be coming. Will it be too late?
The Trump Administration is seeking a full exemption from the Roadless Rule in the Tongass National Forest. But one logging company says the industry is facing another challenge: Chinese tariffs.
Facing a $16M repair, Alaska’s ferry system will pull Malaspina out of service
The 56-year-old Alaska Marine Highway System ferry will be stored in Ketchikan this January.
Hoonah sets new borders in bid to form borough. But, it overlaps with Juneau’s annexation plan.
The city of Hoonah recently submitted a petition to the state to form a borough, laying claim to Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve and most of Chichagof Island and a peninsula on Admiralty Island.
Windy, wet weather hits coastal Alaska
Gale warnings and small craft advisories were in effect for inside and coastal waters.
Alaska communities are one step closer to collecting online sales tax
Under the newly released plan, online retailers would register with one statewide commission to remit tax revenue
New proposed LNG project would ship gas from North Slope to Asia on icebreaking tankers
Qilak LNG made the announcement Wednesday that the it plans on shipping gas on icebreaking tankers from fields in Point Thomson.
As her Homer neighborhood slides downhill, this woman is fighting to hold someone accountable
Despite the risk of a landslide, Gee Denton refuses to leave her house. “I’ve had to spend five-and-a-half years in this season of my life begging for people to be responsible for their responsibilities,” she says.
Former state lawyer sues over being fired, saying she couldn’t sign Dunleavy ‘pledge of loyalty’
Former assistant public advocate Kelly Parker filed the lawsuit in Anchorage Superior Court on Oct. 8 against Gov. Mike Dunleavy, his former chief of staff Tuckerman Babcock, and the state of Alaska.
Can high school teams in Southeast Alaska compete with rivals on the North Slope? With esports, it’s possible.
Esports is growing in many high schools across Alaska. The sport was sanctioned by the the Alaska School Activities Association in April, and more and more students are getting involved.