Environment

Local mining expert says drill and blast tunneling method could cost half of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ proposed method.

The official cause of death is pending further testing, which can take months to complete, NOAA Fisheries said in a statement.

Booking opens Thursday for Sítʼ Yá Hítʼ or “‘Face of the Glacier House” at the Mendenhall Campground — Juneau’s first Forest Service cabin named in Lingít.

In Haines, there are active advisories for all shellfish species in Viking Cove, Portage Cove and Taiyasanka Harbor.

A new state law enacted Monday loosens a restriction on “snow classics.”

The huge sea stars, once plentiful in waters from Mexico to Alaska, were nearly wiped out by a bacteria-caused wasting disease, and listing is overdue, the lawsuit says.