Excavators worked through the day on Monday to start clearing spruce trees, mud and boulders that blocked off Lowell Point’s only road access to Seward.
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Near Wrangell, the search for a shipwreck that took the lives of Asian cannery workers a hundred years ago
An eight-person crew of scientists, artists and divers are trying to locate the site of one of the deadliest shipwrecks in Alaska history.
Alaska’s biggest electric utility fired new CEO less than a month after hiring him
The company’s board terminated its employment agreement with Halpern “for cause” a little more than three weeks after both sides signed it.
Delta is resuming year-round service to Juneau (again)
Delta’s competition with Alaska Airlines will drive airfares down.
King crab hatcheries could be on Alaska’s horizon as mariculture bill moves past Legislature
It would be the first time in Alaska’s history that people could raise animals like crab in hatcheries and release them into the wild to support commercial fisheries.
As tourists arrive for whale watching in Southeast Alaska, officials remind visitors to keep their distance
Tourist season is beginning in Southeast Alaska, which likely means around a half million people will be hoping to see whales.