Scientists are asking citizens with Android smartphones to aid their research of marine mammals.
Southeast
Can B.C. stop Tulsequah Chief Mine pollution?
Options for stopping pollution leaking out of B.C.’s Tulsequah Chief Mine seem to be difficult and expensive. The mine is northeast of Juneau.
Ketchikan considering policy on married, pregnant and parenting students
If a doctor requires a student to be absent due to pregnancy, childbirth or abortion, the school would have to allow the absence and reinstate her to her previous status upon return.
New Southeast, Southwest transportation chief named
A longtime Department of Transportation manager will soon be in charge of the agency’s Southeast and Southwest Alaska operations.
Angoon and Kasaan receive federal water and sewage grants
When President Obama visited Alaska last week, he announced plans to improve rural water systems in the state. Most of the Department of Agriculture’s more than $16 million in grants were offered to remote interior villages. But two were offered to places in Southeast.
‘I didn’t think I could be in a kayak’
ORCA’s adaptive kayaking program is allowing J.C. Terrill to kayak for the first time. Workshop participants are helping him get familiar with the kayak, how it works and how it might be modified to accommodate his needs.
Garbage bear killed after damaging property in Saxman
A black bear that broke through a garbage enclosure and into a truck at a Saxman family’s home was shot and killed by the homeowner Sunday evening.
Donation sheds light on Alaska Natives’ civil rights history
One particularly controversial figure in the documents spent half a century advancing Alaska Native causes. He’s the namesake of Sealaska Heritage Institute’s new William Paul Archives.
State ferry LeConte rescues six men from overturned boat
“One of the crew in the bridge of the ferry noticed there was a (boat) that was overturned and individuals that needed rescuing,” said DOT spokesman Jeremy Woodrow.
Two fishing vessels sink in Sitka area
It was a busy Labor Day weekend for the Coast Guard, responding to two fishing vessels that sank in separate incidents last week.