The Navy says it won’t be testing any weapons in Southeast Alaska waters.
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Remembering Kurt Brodersen, the ‘MacGyver of Union Bay’
The Union Bay mariner who made the news last year after cheating death when his boat capsized during a storm succumbed to cancer less than five months later.
Ketchikan king salmon derby canceled due to concern over wild fish stocks
It would have been the first king salmon derby in Ketchikan since 2017.
Permit for Navy activities allows over 16,000 ‘behavioral disturbances’ to Southeast marine mammals
Environmental groups have expressed concern that the Navy does not do enough to mitigate its impact on marine life, from whales and porpoises down to zooplankton.
Overdue boaters found safe on a beach
Two overdue boaters were found safe early Tuesday afternoon on a beach in the Unuk River area north of Behm Canal.
Geologist discovers underwater volcano in southeast Alaska
About 10,000 years ago, give or take a couple thousand years, a volcano blew its top in the middle of Behm Canal. The crater is still there, covered by 150 feet or so of ocean. But when the volcano exploded many thousands of years ago, it was not underwater. That’s what makes it so interesting.