66 degrees at the Annette Island Airport on Sunday, January 14 is the state record for a high temperature anywhere in Alaska in the month of January.
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After 40 years, Air Station Sitka maintains original mission
It’s been 40 years since the hangar doors opened at Air Station Sitka. Since 1977 Coast Guard helicopters have been flying all over Southeast Alaska for rescue missions and medevacs. Lt. Ray Jamros is a helicopter pilot, who pulls double-duty as the Air Station’s communications and external affairs officer. Up some stairs, the walls are lined…
Plane goes down near Metlakatla, minor injuries reported
One of two people aboard a Twin Beech 18 turboprop plane suffered minor injuries, but otherwise survived, after a Twin Beech turboprop plane en route from Klawock went down Friday morning in the water about 15 miles south of Ketchikan.
Update: Coast Guard says 2 men missing after skiff capsizes near Ketchikan
The two men left Mountain Point near Ketchikan either late Saturday or early Sunday. When they didn’t arrive on Annette Island on time, one of the men’s fiancée called the Coast Guard.
Tsimshian language revival focus of new group
Three young Metlakatla residents have started a new nonprofit organization with the goal of strengthening their Tsimshian culture. The first task is helping to create a larger pool of fluent speakers of the Tsimshian language, starting with themselves.
Storm forecast: heavy rain but not severe wind
The first big fall storm will lessen in severity as it makes its way north.