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Sealaska Heritage president says Tlingit-Russian War story belongs to all clans, not Kiks.ádi alone

Sealaska Heritage says the Tlingit-Russian War story belongs to all clans and Haidas, not the Kiks.ádi alone, ahead of the opera's September premiere in Tlingit.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Anchorage Assembly set to waive protest on six marijuana license renewals

Anchorage Assembly will waive objections to six marijuana license renewals for four businesses, clearing the way for state approval by September and October deadlines.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Planned Parenthood PAC registers for Fairbanks and Juneau municipal races

Planned Parenthood's Alaska political committee registered to spend in the Fairbanks and Juneau races. It named no candidates and reported no spending.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Ketchikan tribe sues Forest Service over South Revilla logging near Ketchikan

Ketchikan Indian Community sued the Forest Service over logging that would cut 44% of winter deer habitat on Revillagigedo Island, threatening subsistence hunting.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min read

A rural Alaska phone company says a subsidy cut costs $185 per connection

Alaska Power & Telephone told the FCC that ending a rural subsidy would cost the company $1.1 million yearly across its 40 remote communities.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago2 min read

Juneau arts council refuses to sign FY27 grant over how $202,000 can be spent

Juneau Arts and Humanities Council rejected its $202,000 city grant over spending rules, wanting to shift money from pass-through grants to staff and youth programming instead.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Juneau would shift $4.5 million from barrier construction to repairs and debt

Juneau would move $4.5 million out of flood barrier construction into two reserves, one for riverbank repairs and one to start repaying the state loan.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Juneau Crime Count Falls Again as Assaults Rise a Third Year

Reported crime in Juneau fell for a second straight year. Aggravated assault rose for a third, driven by assaults with weapons other than knives.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago2 min read

Follows: Reported crime in Alaska rose 7.2% in 2025, driven by Anchorage increases

Sitka's Planning Office will be closed for a full week in September

Sitka Planning Office closes Sept. 8-11 for internal work on code updates and land management, with no walk-in, phone, or email service during those four days.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Undercover investigation found some Craig and Klawock establishmentssold to underage buyers

Every bar and marijuana shop checked around Craig and Klawock sold to underage buyers, and the office running the checks is short three investigators.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Researchers get $812,016 to study Glacier Bay's iceberg seal habitat

Glacier Bay's harbor seals pup on icebergs. The glacier making those icebergs slowed 45 percent, and researchers got $812,016 to study what that means.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago2 min read

First Tlingit opera moves to Thunder Mountain Middle School after lighting failure

A power outage killed the stage lighting at Juneau-Douglas High School, moving the first Tlingit opera in recorded history to a middle school auditorium.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago1 min read

Two of Juneau's most accessible coho streams close to fishing to protect weak runs

Two of Juneau's most accessible coho streams, Montana and Peterson creeks, close to coho fishing Sept. 1 through Dec. 31 to protect weak salmon returns.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Ketchikan's city filing window has closed, and voter registration ends Sept. 6

Ketchikan's candidate filing window closed Monday and the city hasn't published who is running for council. Three filings are on the record so far.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Ketchikan City Council advances resolution marking two years since fatal landslide

Ketchikan marked two years since the White Cliff landslide with a plaque. The slide killed one person and destroyed homes above the Third Avenue Bypass.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago1 min read

Southeast wolf hunters will be asked to leave a little of the animal behind

Southeast wolf hunters will be asked to leave a strip of hide, a bit of muscle, and on Prince of Wales, the foreleg bones. Season opens Sept. 1.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

The Inter-Island Ferry Authority's first boat is getting a refit

The Inter-Island Ferry Authority's original boat, the MV Prince of Wales, is getting a $658,041 refit. It has been the backup since the Stikine took over.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago1 min read

Five Alaska bridges are getting new lights, above and below

Five Alaska bridges are getting new lights, for the aircraft passing above them and the boats passing below. The whole project costs $170,000.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago1 min read

Juneau loses two months of fishing to a 2020 landslide

Juneau loses the north end of Gastineau Channel to all fishing for two months. A 2020 landslide cut hatchery production and the coho aren't returning.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Hecla is hiring for six jobs at the Greens Creek mine near Juneau

Hecla is hiring for six jobs at Greens Creek, the round-the-clock silver mine on Admiralty Island near Juneau — from mining engineer to mill operator.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Resident king salmon limit near Petersburg is three a day in state waters

Anglers around Petersburg can keep more king salmon now after a low harvest and strong hatchery return — but the fish are few and far between.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Bronson takes the last spot on Alaska's four-way November governor ballot

Dave Bronson, the former Anchorage mayor, advanced from Alaska's August governor primary to the November ranked-choice general election, joining three other candidates in the top-four system.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

A Juneau task force wants congestion data to support limiting cruise calls

A Juneau task force wants a congestion study, partly to support a case for limiting cruise ship port calls. A cap ordinance is already pending.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago2 min read

Follows: Juneau's task force weighs crowding fixes amid a bigger question on how much tourism is enough

Juneau task force weighs reviving 2001 heliport study that projected 6,037 homes out of noise corridors

Juneau's Visitor Industry Task Force will decide Thursday whether to update a 2001 study that found moving helicopter tours could remove 6,037 homes from noise corridors.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago2 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 AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Central Aleutian perch fishery closes early for a second straight year

Central Aleutian trawlers lose Pacific ocean perch at noon Thursday, four months early — the second straight year the fishery has closed ahead of schedule, and faster than last year.

by Alaska News2mo ago1 min read

State begins emergency repairs at Skagway ferry terminal with no reopening date

Skagway still has no state ferry service and no reopening date as crews race emergency repairs on its cracked ferry terminal, with chain work set this weekend.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago2 min read

Sitka will test its ballot machines in public before the October election

Sitka residents can watch the ballot-counting machines get tested Sept. 3. The city's pages don't say whether its equipment matches the state's.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Ketchikan voters decide who owns the library and who pays for it

Ketchikan voters decide Oct. 6 whether the borough takes over the public library and whether people outside city limits pay twice as much for it.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Heads up, Sitka flyers: the airport's pre-security restrooms close for six weeks in September

Sitka's airport closes its pre-security restrooms for about six weeks starting in September for a remodel — part of a $40M terminal expansion. Temporary restrooms will sit outside in the loading zone.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Nonresidents can't keep yelloweye around Prince of Wales anymore

Nonresidents can't keep yelloweye or other demersal shelf rockfish around Prince of Wales as of Wednesday. Alaska residents still get one a day.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Petersburg-area gillnetters get one more day before the fishery closes

Drift gillnet fishermen near Petersburg get one more day before Districts 6 and 8 close Thursday — the second short extension this month for the fishery.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

The Legislature will spend $675,000 to renovate its own Capitol parking garage

The Alaska Legislature is spending $675,000 to renovate its own parking garage at the Capitol — though the winning bid came in under the engineer's estimate.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Yakutat scallop fishery closes as harvest reaches 145,000-pound cap

Yakutat's commercial scallop fishery closes Wednesday as the fleet hits its 145,000-pound limit — a small statewide fishery worked by just two boats.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Juvenile charged with attempted murder after Klawock standoff

A juvenile fired a rifle at a Klawock police officer Monday night and kept shooting from inside a home before surrendering to troopers. He was charged with attempted murder.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 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 News2mo ago1 min read

Juneau donors are giving the Legislature 16 more apartments for lawmakers

Juneau donors are giving the Alaska Legislature 16 more apartments for lawmakers to live in during session, in a capital where housing is scarce and costly.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago2 min read

Three lawmakers get paid for late travel claims, and one filed most of them

Three lawmakers will be repaid about $5,970 for late travel claims. One accounts for $4,990 of it, and colleagues' questions drew trip-specific answers.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago2 min read

The Alaska Legislature weighs new rules on animals in the Capitol

The Alaska Legislature is weighing new rules on animals in its buildings, banning most pets but keeping ADA protections for service dogs.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Alaska Legislative Council approves $851,400 for KTOO's Gavel Alaska coverage

Alaska lawmakers voted 8-0 to pay KTOO up to $851,400 to keep streaming their own floor sessions after federal public broadcasting funds were cut.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read