Haines formline artist James Hart will apprentice with several master Lingít and Haida artists beginning this summer.
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Larger cruise ships will start visiting Klawock in 2023
The ships will tie up at an existing dock on Klawock Island owned by Klawock Heenya Corporation.
The Race to Alaska is back, in film and on the water
First place wins $10,000 cash, which is nailed to a piece of wood in Ketchikan. Second place gets a set of steak knives.
Southeast Native Radio aired for just 16 years, but its voices live on in a new digital archive
Hundreds of hours of Southeast Native Radio broadcasts are now archived on the internet and available for anyone to listen to.
Update: Searchers find man’s body in water near Skagway pier
The man reportedly was swimming in front of a docked cruise ship when he began to have trouble and sank.
COVID outbreak at Ketchikan Pioneer Home reaches 13 cases
Eleven residents and two staff members have been diagnosed with the disease.
Eagle that died in Sitka park tests positive for bird flu
The bird flu is the worst the country has seen since 2015 and has a high mortality rate for raptors.
Search suspended for woman who fell overboard from a cruise ship in Lynn Canal
The captain of the ship reported the incident after a cruise ship camera showed the woman going overboard at approximately 3 a.m. Tuesday as the ship sailed from Juneau to Skagway.
First cruise ship in 3 years docks in Haines, where residents worry about COVID-19 coming ashore too
With little public data about COVID-19 cases on ships, some community members in Haines worry that the ships could also bring a surge in coronavirus cases.
As concerns mount over bird flu, Alaska Raptor Center in Sitka temporarily suspends some services
Alaska reported its first case of the highly pathogenic avian influenza in early May, furthering the spread of what is now an international bird flu outbreak.