Hoonah-Angoon Census Area
RSSNews from the Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska
Storm could push Juneau and Gustavus creeks back toward flood stage Tuesday
Another strong storm is headed for Juneau and Gustavus, with 2 to 4 inches of rain Tuesday. Creeks that hit or neared flood stage Friday could do it again.
by Walter AlaskaNews3h ago2 min read
Weather service lifts Petersburg dense fog advisory early; more fog possible Wednesday
Petersburg's fog lifted hours early Tuesday. It could be back by Wednesday morning, and a flood watch starts Thursday. Southeast doesn't do quiet weeks.
by Walter AlaskaNews4d ago2 min read
State plans to allow logging on habitat and recreation lands in Haines State Forest
The state plans to allow logging on Haines State Forest habitat and recreation lands, despite objections from conservation groups and other commenters.
by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago3 min read
Ketchikan lost jobs in 2025 as Southeast Alaska set employment and wage records, report says
Southeast Alaska hit record jobs and wages in 2025. Ketchikan went the other way, losing 23 jobs even as its wages rose 5%, a new regional report says.
by Walter AlaskaNews6d ago2 min read
Connecticut museum plans to return Klukwan-woven Chilkat robe to Tlingit & Haida
A Connecticut museum plans to return a Chilkat robe woven by a Klukwan weaver to Tlingit & Haida. The transfer could happen as soon as Nov. 9.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
Two out-of-state men face felony drug charges after Juneau Davis Avenue raid
A Southeast Alaska drug task force arrested two out-of-state men in Juneau on Sept. 30 after seizing fentanyl, heroin, three handguns and nearly 69,000 dollars from a Davis Avenue home.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
Wind advisory covers Sitka, Prince of Wales and Annette Island until 10 am Sunday
Wind advisory in effect until 10 am Sunday for Sitka, Prince of Wales Island, and nearby communities, with gusts near 45 mph expected to down tree limbs and cause power outages.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Norton Sound Health Corp. gets federal grant for youth sexual health and life skills classes
Norton Sound Health Corp. will teach sexual health and life skills to young people in Nome and 15 Bering Strait villages under a five-year federal grant.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Tlingit & Haida gets $1.05 million for youth classes in Juneau and Angoon and help for kinship caregivers
Tlingit & Haida landed about $1.05 million in federal grants for teen pregnancy-prevention classes in Juneau and Angoon and help for relatives raising kids.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
State puts $4.2 million toward housing for teachers and other professionals in rural Alaska
Rural Alaska keeps losing teachers to a lack of decent housing. The state has $4.2 million to build more, for communities that signed up by August.
by Maggie AlaskaNews3w ago3 min read
Flood watch covers Skagway, Haines and Klukwan through Sunday night
Skagway and Haines face heavy rain Saturday night into Sunday, landing on rivers already swollen by fast glacier melt. Flooding is possible.
by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago2 min read
Juneau committee sends an unrequested $6 million state grant to the downtown Seawalk
Juneau got $6 million from the state it never asked for and is putting it toward the downtown Seawalk, enough to build the first phase without borrowing.
by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago2 min read
Unalaska student wins national naval history award for Angoon bombardment project
Unalaska student River Zaochney won a national Naval History Award for a project on the 1882 Navy bombardment of Angoon, a Tlingit village the Navy formally apologized for in 2024.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Federal library grants open to qualifying Alaska Native tribes and corporations
Qualifying Alaska Native entities offering library or archival services can seek $6,000 to $150,000 from IMLS by Nov. 13.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Frost advisory covers Juneau, Yakutat, Hoonah and Gustavus through Friday
A frost advisory covers Juneau, Yakutat and nearby areas early Friday, with temperatures near 35 that could kill uncovered plants.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Haines Highway paving means 20-minute waits through Sunday
Paving on the Haines Highway means waits up to 20 minutes through Sunday, and Klukwan drivers have to change entrances partway through Saturday.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
The Coast Guard is repairing a fire-damaged barracks at Kodiak
Repairs begin Tuesday on a fire-damaged 1940s barracks at Coast Guard Base Kodiak. Nothing in the record says when the fire happened or who was displaced.
by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago1 min read
Nine Southeast Alaska communities are getting naloxone vending machines
Naloxone is going into vending machines in nine Southeast Alaska communities you can reach only by boat or plane. None of the sites exist yet.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
E-Rate payments send $335,276 to broadband in three Alaska towns
Keeping King Salmon connected took $302,400 in a single federal payment. The FCC is now reviewing whether to keep the program that paid for it.
by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago2 min read
Bids open for flights to seven roadless Alaska communities
The federal government is taking bids for subsidized air service to seven Alaska communities, with deadlines ranging from October through early 2027, as the per-passenger subsidy cap drops to $850.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
HunaTek takes a State Department order worth up to $6 million
A Juneau company owned by Huna Totem Corporation will staff the State Department's Western Hemisphere bureau, in an order that could reach $6 million.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
A Hoonah oyster farm wants to grow to about 10 acres
A Hoonah oyster farm wants to add two parcels and renew its state lease for 20 years, bringing the site to about 10 acres. Comments close Sept. 28.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Fog cut visibility to a quarter mile at Gustavus, and it is coming back
Fog dropped visibility around Gustavus and Glacier Bay to a quarter mile or less Tuesday morning. More is expected between 10 pm and 4 am tonight.
by Alaska News1mo ago1 min read
Hiker flown off Sigugu Shaa mountain near Hoonah after seizure
A hiker had a seizure on a mountain near Hoonah, and a team of volunteers and medics stabilized them and got them off the mountain and to a hospital.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago1 min read
Hoonah and Ketchikan dock projects renew marine mammal permits without breaking ground
Two Southeast dock projects keep renewing federal permits to make noise underwater. The permits keep expiring. The water remains undisturbed.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
An FAA cleanup contract for Gustavus, most of it at Metlakatla
A small new FAA contract targets Gustavus, where PFAS 'forever chemicals' from firefighting foam have kept residents on hauled-in water since 2018.
by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago1 min read
A heat advisory covers much of Southeast Alaska through Friday evening
A heat advisory covers much of Southeast Alaska through Friday evening, with temperatures in the lower 80s — a real risk in a region where most homes have no air conditioning.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
Winter ferry bookings open on the system that's the only road many Alaska towns have
Winter ferry bookings are open on the Alaska Marine Highway — the federally funded "road" for the four-in-five Alaska towns with no highway — even as some communities say this winter's schedule is still too thin.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
More than 100 land deals stand between Alaska and a safer KGB Road
Alaska can't fix KGB Road until it buys land from 100-plus owners. Elsewhere a Gustavus generator waits on a signature. Everything's sliding to 2027.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
Alaska's interlibrary loan service moves to Juneau, with its funding uncertain
The 800 number rural Alaska libraries have called for 20 years is moving to Juneau — and if federal grant money dries up, it may not survive the move.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
Hoonah just locked in 15 years of Disney ships
A Tlingit village of under a thousand people just guaranteed itself 15 years of Disney cruise ships — one a week through 2041.
by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago1 min read
No Juneau beach is tested for the toxin in clams
No Juneau-area beach is regularly tested for the toxin in clams that can stop your breathing — and cooking does not destroy it.
by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
Senate committee advances bill to give land to five landless SE Alaska Native communities
A Senate committee advanced a bill granting 115,000 acres to five landless Southeast Alaska Native communities. The wait is fifty years.
by Maggie AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read
Palmer copper project advances as the Chilkat Valley pushes back
The Palmer copper-zinc project near Haines pits a state-backed critical-minerals push against residents and Klukwan fighting to protect the Chilkat's salmon.
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 3mo ago2 min read
Steel and pilings shrink Juneau's Oak Landing to a third its size
Steel doubled and the ground needs 100-foot pilings, so Juneau's Oak Landing is shrinking to a third its size — but the welcome center, shops and seawalk survive.
by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read
Juneau's Áak'w Landing project shrinks to a third its size
Huna Totem cut its Áak'w Landing development to a third its planned size after costs jumped from $150M to $250M+ — though all the promised public features stay.
by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read
A new federal water-testing rule could check rural Alaska for 'forever chemicals' — if it reaches us
An EPA rule would test drinking water for 30 contaminants, including the PFAS Alaska already has in its water. The catch: whether it reaches the state's small, rural systems.
by Alaska News3mo ago2 min read
French anthropologist reframes Tlingit foodways as living relational system, not subsistence
A visiting anthropologist echoed what many Alaska Native people say: "subsistence" misses the point. Tlingit traditional foods are about connection, not calories.
by Bill AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read
A Tlingit robe turns a warrior's last stand into sacred clan property
A Juneau artist is beading the story of a Tlingit ancestor who fought a giant octopus into a clan robe — a piece that will become at.óow, sacred property with a soul.
by Maggie AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read
Kodiak Assembly weighs new revenue and unlocks unused savings
Kodiak's assembly worked both ends of its budget: a possible tax on nonresidents who take most of its deer, and a discount account it had but never used.
by Bill AlaskaNews3mo ago3 min read