Huna Totem plans to work with Juneau-based Goldbelt and other Alaska Native corporations to complete the project.
Tourism
Ketchikan City Council approves seasonal sales tax to capitalize on summer tourism
Within city limits, the sales tax will go up in April and then down again the following October.
Rockslides are battering a Skagway cruise ship dock and crushing the town’s economy
Skagway’s mayor says the city needs to do something about the slides so it can get back to the full load of cruise ships its economy depends on. And that needs to happen fast.
Ironman Alaska athletes likely spent millions while they were in Juneau
Ironman Alaska finishers Richard Secretaria and Joseph Paray figure that, between themselves and their significant others, they spent around $8,000 on their trip.
Families of tourists killed in 2021 Misty Fjords floatplane crash sue Holland America and Southeast Aviation
An attorney for the families says the cruise line was required to inform passengers that floatplane tours could be hazardous.
Landslides close dock, cause cruise stop cancellations in Skagway
The closures are causing what’s expected to be at least three dozen vessels to skip the tourism-dependent port by the end of summer.