One of the last major sawmill operations in Wrangell has been destroyed by fire. Mike Allen Enterprizes burned to the ground in Tuesday’s mid-afternoon fire at 13 Mile Zimovia Highway. The distance as well as unreliable phone service made firefighting a challenge. That portion of Zimovia Highway was under heavy construction and down to a…
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Grad student discovers new insect species on POW
Jurassic-age Caurinus Tlagu discovered by UAF’s Jill Stockbridge
Will a marine shipping merger pit David against Goliath?
A state antitrust lawyer says a proposed merger may pit the commercial shipping equivalents of David against Goliath in Southeast Alaska. The plan, announced in April, involves three shipping companies: Seattle-based Alaska Marine Lines, Seattle-based Northland Services, and Sitka-based Samson Tug and Barge. AML’s parent company, Lynden Inc., wants to buy AML competitor Northland Services.…
Sealaska sells off share in plastics venture
Southeast’s regional Native corporation is out of the plastics business. Sealaska sold its share of factories in Alabama, Iowa and Guadalajara, Mexico, on Monday.
Incumbents win another term on the Sealaska board
Sealaska shareholders have re-elected four incumbents to their regional Native corporation’s board of directors.
Kerttula respects Petersburg’s desire to leave district
Representative Beth Kerttula didn’t know Peterburg’s borough assembly was planning to ask again to get out of Juneau’s legislative district.