The federal Bureau of Land Management will sign paperwork Friday turning over 70,000 acres of Tongass National Forest to Sealaska Corp.
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Deeper Alaska ferry cuts planned by state House panel
Alaska’s ferry system is facing even more service cuts. A House panel on Thursday yanked money from the marine highway budget that the governor had restored. And, it made additional cuts.
State considers B.C. mines as promoters plan visit
A new Walker-Mallott administration working group is addressing British Columbia’s mining boom near its border with Alaska. But the group is not ready to take the stands mine critics hope for.
Rayco Sales civil suit headed to trial in May
Rayco Sales is being sued by the family of Simone Kim who was killed by a firearm obtained from the store.
Update: Tlingit-Haida OKs same-sex marriages
Southeast Alaska’s largest tribal organization has authorized its courts to perform same-sex marriages.
Tongass transition plan may run short
A new forecast says current plans for logging younger Tongass trees will not provide enough wood to maintain the region’s timber industry. But a more aggressive approach might.
Quake shakes Southeast coast
Shaker with preliminary magnitude of 4.4 was centered about 78 miles southwest of Haines.
Tongass transition back on the table
A citizens’ panel continues wrestling with the future of Southeast Alaska’s national forest. The 15-member Tongass Advisory Committee resumes meeting Tuesday in Juneau.
Tongass chief ends 40-year Forest Service career
The man at the top of the Tongass is leaving soon. Forrest Cole will retire this spring after four decades with the U.S. Forest Service.
Bill would boost Native-language immersion schools
New legislation will propose a system of encouraging and supporting Native language charter schools in Alaska.