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Dec 04 2018

Alaska Marine Highway System takes step to replace old ferry

By Associated Press | Southeast, Southwest, State Government, Transportation

The Alaska Marine Highway System has taken the first step in the process of finding a shipyard to build a ferry to replace an aging MV Tustumena.

By Associated Press | December 4, 2018 3:41 pm

Dec 03 2018

Hoonah is among Southeast communities dependent on diesel generators. A run-of-the-river power project at Gartina Falls should lower electrical rates for the Tlingit village.

PFD promise key to Dunleavy’s win in Hoonah

By Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | Politics, Southeast

Mike Dunleavy won an electoral majority in 6 of 132 precincts with an Alaska Native majority. One was Hoonah, where the Republican’s promise of full Permanent Fund dividends apparently resonated with voters.

By Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | December 3, 2018 12:30 pm

Dec 02 2018

Sitka high school carving class brings serenity to students

By Enrique Pérez de la Rosa, KCAW | Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Southeast

Every Friday, after a week of lessons in math, history and science in front of whiteboards, the students of Sitka’s Pacific High School trek beyond the four walls of their classrooms to Sitka National Historical Park.

By Enrique Pérez de la Rosa, KCAW | December 2, 2018 11:42 am

Dec 02 2018

Haines Hammer Museum adds 1,600 tools to its collection

By Claire Stremple, KHNS | Arts & Culture, Southeast

The world’s first museum dedicated to the history of the hammer has over 2,000 tools — and the number nearly doubled Thursday with the arrival of 1,600 new specimens from Arizona.

By Claire Stremple, KHNS | December 2, 2018 11:17 am

Dec 01 2018

The Stikine River Delta, as seen from the air. The chinook subsistence fishery on the river has been closed. Photo by Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska News.

Poor king run forecast on Taku, Stikine rivers

By Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | Fisheries, Southeast

Alaska fisheries manager project more “conservation measures” in Southeast salmon fisheries next year. The forecast for Taku and Stikine kings is only slightly improved over last year.

By Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | December 1, 2018 10:27 am

Nov 29 2018

Wrangell changes prayer policy for Assembly meetings

By June Leffler, KSTK-Wrangell | Local Government, Politics, Southeast

The Wrangell Assembly voted to remove the standing procedure for an opening invocation after an Alaska Superior Court judge ruled that the Kenai Assembly’s prayer policy was unconstitutional.

By June Leffler, KSTK-Wrangell | November 29, 2018 6:15 pm

Nov 28 2018

Phil Isaak, of Ike's Fuel finishes topping off a heating oil tank on November 15, 2018, in Juneau, Alaska. Isaak says costs in Alaska don't really match up well with heating fuel costs in the rest of the country. (Photo by Rashah McChesney/Alaska's Energy Desk)

Winter fuel costs could spike nationwide. Here’s why Alaska is different.

By Rashah McChesney, Alaska's Energy Desk | Alaska's Energy Desk, Climate Change, Economy, Energy & Mining, Juneau, Southeast, Weather

Americans who heat their homes primarily with oil could be hit the hardest, with up to a 20 percent jump in prices predicted. But what happens in the Lower 48 doesn’t always apply to Alaska.

By Rashah McChesney, Alaska's Energy Desk | November 28, 2018 6:20 pm

Nov 28 2018

Is there something for everyone in a new vision for Tongass roads?

By Elizabeth Jenkins, Alaska's Energy Desk | Alaska's Energy Desk, Fisheries, Government, Southeast, Timber, Wildlife

Eventually, it will be up to the U.S. Forest Service to choose one of four options, which represent a spectrum of ideas about how the Tongass should be managed.

By Elizabeth Jenkins, Alaska's Energy Desk | November 28, 2018 12:29 pm

Nov 24 2018

The slide at the head of Redoubt Lake, photographed in late May. The lake itself is to the left; the new lake is flooding the wooded area to the right. At present, the extent of the flooding is about 55 acres. (USFS photo)

Naming ‘Luna Lake’ is a story of survival, loss

By Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Community, Environment, Southeast

A border collie named Luna was killed in 2013 by a massive landslide at the headwaters of Redoubt Lake near Sitka. Luna’s former owner now hopes to officially name the small lake created by slide in honor of his longtime friend, and there’s a chance he’ll succeed.

By Robert Woolsey, KCAW | November 24, 2018 12:00 pm

Nov 23 2018

Otter skin-sewing workshops promote ‘sustainable cottage industry’ in coastal Alaska

By Adelyn Baxter, KTOO | Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Economy, Juneau, Southeast, Wildlife

Sealaska Heritage Institute aims to expand the practice of traditional Alaska Native skin-sewing with a series of workshops in communities around Southeast Alaska.

By Adelyn Baxter, KTOO | November 23, 2018 1:01 pm

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Alaska Marine Highway System takes step to replace old ferry

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Sitka high school carving class brings serenity to students

Haines Hammer Museum adds 1,600 tools to its collection

Poor king run forecast on Taku, Stikine rivers

Wrangell changes prayer policy for Assembly meetings

Winter fuel costs could spike nationwide. Here’s why Alaska is different.

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