Master Gardener Ed Buyaski says starting seeds indoors is a good way to get an early jump on the gardening season, especially if the ground is still frozen or it’s still too cold outside.
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Newscast – Thursday, March 15, 2018
In this newscast: An Alaska Airlines pilot who says she was drugged and raped by a colleague sues her employer, Juneau’s Aquatics Board gets extended another year, Wrangell declares a drinking water emergency with only a month’s supply left, and one of the nation’s last Blockbuster’s in North Pole announces it will shutter in April.
Toksook Bay Tribe receives more than $10 million federal grant for trail construction
The Toksook Bay Tribe has received more than $10 million to construct trails to the nearby community of Nightmute, and along the coast to the fishing grounds at Umkumiut, an important subsistence location.
Southeast Alaska fishermen illegally caught $35,000 worth of sea cucumbers, troopers say
The trio of men from Naukati Bay, Prince of Wales Island, face criminal charges after pilfering nearly four tons of sea cucumbers from a Whale Pass scientific preserve that’s been off limits to fishing for decades, Alaska Wildlife Troopers say.
Sea otter resolution gets first hearing in Senate committee
A Senate committee heard Monday from supporters and opponents of state involvement in the management of sea otters in Southeast Alaska.
Alaska Senate bill looks to address ‘graying of the fleet’
A new bill working its way through the Alaska Senate would address the state-wide issue of the graying of the fleet.