The Haines Borough government wants biomass fuel to heat 10 municipal buildings in town from a central location.
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Researchers present findings on invasive, spineless marine creatures
Gary Freitag thinks tunicates were brought to town many years ago on timber ships, which would explain why their populations are bigger closer to the center of Ketchikan.
Language matters: The alleged disappearance of Áak’w Kwáan, T’aaku Kwáan
A state researcher challenges persistent narrative and modern language implying that local Tlingits were assimilated or simply vanished.
Tlingit leader Robert ‘Bob’ Loescher dies at 68
Bob Loescher was Sealaska’s CEO from 1997 to 2001. He headed up the Tlingit-Haida Central Council’s housing and electrical authorities and was a subsistence-rights activist.
City of Sitka seeks legal counsel in wake of landslides
City Attorney Robin Koutchak said a suit has not been filed, although the city has received several requests for public records.
For the first time, the Haines eagle foundation is opening its aviaries to public tours
“So here’s where the public has never gone before!” said Raptor Curator Chloe Goodson as she led a small group of people into the collection of wooden sheds where eight owls, falcons, hawks and eagles live Tuesday.
Sitkans indicted on drug trafficking charges
A Sitka grand jury has indicted a couple on drug trafficking charges, after federal postal inspectors found a package of crystal meth bearing their address in the mail.
NTSB report: Fuel gauges read empty before Lynn Canal plane crash
Pilot Mike Mackowiak told the NTSB he had fueled the plane before takeoff, and was convinced there was an electrical malfunction with the gauges when they read empty.
Ketchikan to consider temporary ban on pot sales
Ketchikan’s marijuana advisory committee will consider a temporary ban on marijuana retail sales. The local substance abuse task force says retail sales should be banned altogether. A former police officer and cancer survivor disagrees.
Tlingit playwright wins short play competition
Juneau theater artist Frank Henry Kaash Katasse won a short play competition Sunday. The main characters in “Reeling” are two female cousins who lose the uncle who raised them.