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Petersburg spent close to $70,000 fighting to keep its borough boundaries, after Juneau contested them in court. Petersburg won, but it’s not getting much of its money back.

The Kake Access Project calls for 27 miles of unpaved, single-lane road and improvements to another 26 miles of logging roads. A shuttle ferry would complete the route to Petersburg.

Humans and sea otters enjoy consuming the same bottom-dwelling seafood: Dungeness crabs, clams, sea cucumbers and urchins. In some areas these creatures have completely disappeared.

British Columbia’s Mount Polley Mine, which became a poster child for environmental disasters, will soon begin discharging wastewater.

The Rev. Thomas Weise, a Catholic priest who serves parishes in Petersburg and Wrangell, has suffered a life-threatening heart attack while visiting family in California.

Alaska and British Columbia signed a memorandum of understanding Wednesday expected to increase the state’s role in transboundary mine decisions.