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Threads of the Tongass: Opinions split on whether there is a market for mass logging in Southeast
Published 9:30pm Monday, April 28, 2025
Some support revival of timber industry and jobs; others seek preservation of culture and ecosystem.
Read moreWoven Peoples and Place: Celebrating values in action
Published 9:30pm Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Mentorship and storytelling with Shaelene Grace Moler.
Read more‘Out of sight, out of mind’: Engineers are the ones who keep state ferries moving
Published 9:30pm Thursday, April 17, 2025
Challenges of workforce recruitment and retention persist in globally competitive maritime industry.
Read moreMy Turn: RIP Road Scholars for Juneau Access project
Published 9:30pm Saturday, April 12, 2025
The latest version of the state’s capital budget reappropriates approximately $37 million from designated Juneau Access funds for use as federal match for transportation projects ... Read more
Pent-up complaints heard by SEARHC during annual “listening session” in Sitka
Published 9:30pm Wednesday, April 9, 2025
Concerns voiced about faulty care, home health for elders, waits for service and hard-to-navigate system.
Read moreWoven Peoples and Place: Seals, science and sustenance
Published 9:30pm Thursday, March 27, 2025
Xunaa (Hoonah) necropsy involves hunters and students
Read moreI Went to the Woods: Fish farm fiasco
Published 9:30pm Wednesday, March 12, 2025
I’ve spent almost all of my life searching for and evaluating fish.
Read moreSoutheast fisherman sentenced to six months in prison for falsifying records and attempting to kill sperm whale
Published 9:30pm Monday, March 10, 2025
The case is a “first of its kind” and sends a message to the larger fishing community.
Read moreFired and current federal employees find solidarity as community offers support
Published 9:30pm Saturday, March 8, 2025
Trump administration seeks to make government more efficient; fired employees say opposite will happen.
Read moreWoven Peoples and Place: Sharing knowledge as an honor and responsibility
Published 9:30pm Wednesday, March 5, 2025
A Q&A with Chilkat Valley Community Catalyst Katrina Hotch
Read moreDunleavy’s bill to legalize fish farms seen as flaky by many lawmakers, interest groups
Published 9:30pm Sunday, February 23, 2025
Governor responds to widespread opposition with video emphasizing salmon not among species allowed.
Read moreWoven Peoples and Place: A conversation with regional catalysts for economic development and mariculture
Published 9:30pm Wednesday, February 12, 2025
A growing contingent of Southeast Alaskans are driving local economic transformation toward sustainability and Indigenous leadership. Traditional industries like logging and fishing are being supplemented ... Read more
Rough seas in Southeast during Trump’s early days, but smoother waters ahead, Murkowski tells regional leaders
Published 9:30pm Monday, February 10, 2025
“Right now people are vomiting on either of the sides of the boat…(but) we’re going to get through this.”
Read moreMy Turn: Efforts to protect salmon, environment are to benefit a wide spectrum of interests
Published 9:30pm Thursday, January 2, 2025
Tom Conner’s recent My Turn criticizing SalmonState was a messy mashup of insults and misinformation that read suspiciously like talking points whipped ... Read more
Eaglecrest’s future may depend on how many cruise passengers will pay $171 to ride the gondola
Published 9:30pm Thursday, January 2, 2025
Operators’ ridership and pricing expectations questionable, says former GM hired by CBJ for study.
Read moreWoven Peoples and Place: U.S. Forest Service’s Tongass collaboration a ‘promise to the future’
Published 9:30pm Monday, December 23, 2024
Multitude of partners reflect on year of land management and rural economic development efforts.
Read moreNew Xunaa Borough gets OK in published decision, but opponents not yet done with challenges
Published 9:30pm Tuesday, December 17, 2024
State boundary commission reaffirms 3-2 vote; excluded communities likely to ask for reconsideration.
Read moreJuneau’s mayor gets an award, city manager gets a raise
Published 9:30pm Monday, December 16, 2024
Beth Weldon gets lifetime Alaska Municipal League honor; Katie Koester gets bonus, retroactive pay hike.
Read moreGov. Dunleavy’s budget nixes education increase, pays $3,838 PFD and incurs $1.5B deficit
Published 9:30pm Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Proposal sets up battle with Legislature that in past has resulted in more school money and smaller PFDs.
Read moreTurning over a new leaf: Juneau Greens grows fresh food
Published 9:30pm Sunday, December 1, 2024
Indoor greenhouse and farm offers tastes of summer as short days and winter weather sets in.
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