While toxic algae used to be common only in summer months, it now may be present in the winter. Now, a new program is testing for blooms and toxicity in Southeast.
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After vandals strike Sitka cemetery, caretaker receives unexpected help
This is the story of how the cemetery caretaker enlisted the help of local police to protect the rights of the dead.
Ketchikan City Council bans commercial pot sales
The opposition was centered on marijuana oils, concentrates and edibles. But municipalities can’t cherry pick on their commercial pot bans, they must be all or nothing.
Juneau loses Supreme Court boundary beef to Petersburg
The Supreme Court’s decision puts to bed a dispute over about 1,500 square miles of Southeast Alaska both boroughs laid claim to.
Should the Upper Lynn Canal run its own ferry authority?
Could Haines, Skagway and Juneau run their own Lynn Canal Ferry Authority? With budget cuts and reduced service to the Alaska Marine Highway, leaders from Skagway and Haines are considering that idea.
Dive fishermen and sea otters face complex competition
Humans and sea otters enjoy consuming the same bottom-dwelling seafood: Dungeness crabs, clams, sea cucumbers and urchins. In some areas these creatures have completely disappeared.
Sitka teen tased repeatedly by police readies for lawsuit
Though he’s not yet filed a lawsuit, the lawyer representing Franklin Hoogendorn intends to bring his case before a Sitka jury.
No foul play suspected in Juneau mayor’s death
The state medical examiner’s office says mayor Greg Fisk died of natural causes.
Chilkat robe completes journey back to Southeast
The robe traveled all the way from Texas, where it was almost sold to the highest bidder. Instead, Sealaska Heritage Institute held a homecoming ceremony for it on Tuesday.
Mount Polley Mine to discharge wastewater
British Columbia’s Mount Polley Mine, which became a poster child for environmental disasters, will soon begin discharging wastewater.