Southeast

Metlakatla station records 87 mph gust before Thursday high wind warning

High wind warning hits Annette Island, Ketchikan and Prince of Wales Island Thursday, gusts up to 75 mph. A Metlakatla-area station already clocked 87 mph Wednesday.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

Snow advisory for White Pass expires Wednesday, with more snow possible Thursday night

The winter weather advisory for White Pass on the Klondike Highway expired Wednesday morning. Forecasters warn up to 4 inches more snow could hit Thursday night, so check 511 before driving.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

Sitka shoppers will pay no city sales tax Nov. 27 and 28, the days after Thanksgiving

Sitka is skipping its sales tax the Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving, a yearly break expected to cost the city $32,500. Fuel and booze still get taxed.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read

Consultant's plan says Eaglecrest should publicly address its canceled gondola

A consultant says Eaglecrest should explain its canceled gondola, what it calls a $12.2 million write-off at a ski area taking in about $2 million a year.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago3 min read

Greens Creek sets record $147 million quarter as Hecla weighs three paths for tailings

Greens Creek set a record for free cash flow, and Hecla is weighing three ways to get silver and gold from its tailings, which it values at $6.4 billion gross.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago3 min read

Juneau talk ties an 1880 sea otter dispute to Tlingit offshore rights claims

In 1880, Hoonah chiefs asked the Navy to drive off British Columbia sea otter hunters or let them do it. A Juneau talk asks what it means for Tlingit claims.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago3 min read

University of Alaska seeks bids to reline UAS Juneau campus water main

University of Alaska wants bids to reline nearly half a mile of UAS water main in Juneau by sliding new plastic pipe inside the existing iron. Bids due Nov. 25.

by Melinda Communities.News1w ago1 min read

Ketchikan council to vote on $1.9 million to start designing a new water line

Ketchikan's water shares 1926 tunnels with its hydro plant, so fixing them means shutting off the tap. The council votes Thursday on $1.9M toward a bypass.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago3 min read

Juneau planners to decide permit for Guardian Flight hangar already standing

Juneau planners take up a permit Nov. 10 for a Guardian Flight medical jet hangar that's already standing. A city note says a permit was issued by mistake.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

AFN delegates send Klukwan tribe's hardrock mining consent resolution to committee

AFN delegates sent Klukwan's resolution on tribal consent over hardrock mining to a committee, at the tribe's own request. They passed the other 49.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readFrom Oct 21

Petersburg Assembly advances pause on some data centers, rejects a wider one

Petersburg's Assembly advanced a pause on some data centers through September 2027. A push to pause all of them, closed-loop or not, failed on a 3-3 tie.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

Petersburg Assembly awards $13.5 million Scow Bay haul-out contract to lone bidder

Petersburg Assembly awarded Rock-n-Road Construction up to $13.5 million to build the Scow Bay boat haul-out. Work starts Dec. 7, funded mainly by an $8.9 million federal grant.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

Ferry Columbia sidelined in Ketchikan for engine repairs, due back Nov. 8

The ferry Columbia is laid up in Ketchikan, due back Sunday, while a Wärtsilä technician and crew replace a piston and cylinder liner in its port main engine.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

Juneau staff seek $3.5 million toward new Glacier Highway water main before road rebuild

Juneau utility staff want $3.5 million to start replacing an old water main under Glacier Highway, so it's in the ground before the state rebuilds the road.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

Follows: Juneau Assembly to consider $10 million loan for Glacier Highway water main

Juneau staff seek approval to remove closed Calhoun Avenue pedestrian bridge

Juneau staff asked a committee to approve removing the closed Calhoun Avenue bridge for $150,000. The 1977 structure is unsafe and no replacement is planned.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

State will drill test holes on Glacier Highway in Juneau for planned lighting

The state will drill 20-foot holes in Glacier Highway's shoulder Nov. 9-20 to test the ground for planned lighting, which has slipped to a 2027 bid date.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

Geoduck divers near Ketchikan get two more days, with a 400-pound limit each

Divers get two more days to dig geoducks near Ketchikan, but only 400 pounds each of a clam that can live past 100. Up to four can share a boat.

by Bill AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

Sitka brewery and coffee shop vie for the last available restaurant liquor license

A Sitka brewery and a coffee shop both want the last restaurant liquor license available. The Assembly backed both, and the state board takes them up Nov. 10.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

Equipment arrives at Cascade Point ferry site before construction is authorized

The state has started hauling equipment to its Cascade Point ferry terminal site north of Juneau. It still hasn't cleared anyone to start digging.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

Skagway clinic projects $394,000 overrun tied to a doctor's contract

Skagway's Dahl Memorial Clinic expects a $394,000 budget overrun from a costly doctor contract. The clinic faces a larger deficit if pending grants fail to arrive.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readFrom Oct 29

Juneau's last budget year ended $8.6 million better than forecast, city slides show

Juneau ended its budget year with $8.6 million more in savings than the Assembly expected. It still spent $13 million more than it took in, new slides show.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

Troopers issue Silver Alert for Karen Igo, 65, missing from her Naukati Bay home

Troopers issued a Silver Alert Monday for Karen Igo, 65, a vulnerable adult reported missing from her home in Naukati Bay on Prince of Wales Island.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read

Juneau could sell Indian Village lots to Tlingit & Haida below market value

Tlingit & Haida applied to acquire four city-owned lots in Juneau's Indian Village, and city staff want the Assembly to weigh selling them below market value.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago3 min readFrom Sep 4

Alaska Power seeks federal OK for a gate on Gustavus hydro road at center of access dispute

Alaska Power wants federal approval for a road plan with one gate on the Gustavus hydro road, where the town has insisted on unfettered public access.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

Juneau draft resolution would round cash payments to the city to the nearest nickel

Juneau's bank quit supplying rolled pennies, so city staff want cash payments rounded to the nearest nickel. Pay by card and you still owe every cent.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

Juneau residents can compost pumpkins free at Juneau Composts through Nov. 30

Juneau's jack-o'-lanterns can skip the landfill. Juneau Composts takes undecorated pumpkins free, 24/7, through Nov. 30, in the program's sixth year.

by Alaska News1w ago1 min readFrom Oct 28

AIDEA board weighs Wrangell shipyard loans and a stake in Augustine geothermal

AIDEA's board weighs lending Wrangell up to $22.8M for a shipyard and buying up to $10M of a company chasing geothermal power on Augustine volcano.

by Melinda Communities.News1w ago3 min read

State estimates more legal-size king crab in Southeast, but the catch limit barely moved

The state says Southeast has 25% more keeper-size red king crab this year. The catch limit barely budged and still just clears the bar for a season.

by Bill AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readFrom Sep 11

Ketchikan borough manager proposes paying less for city library as deal nears end

Ketchikan borough manager wants to cap the city's library payment below the city's request. Assembly votes Monday, with the current deal ending Dec. 31 and access unclear after that.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

Draft deal would renovate Haines' preschool building and give it to the tribe

A draft Haines deal would spend a $1 million federal grant fixing up the borough's preschool building, then hand it to the tribe. Two other groups want it too.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago3 min readFrom Oct 27

Juneau's all-winter recreation pass goes on sale at $250, up $50

Juneau's all-you-can-swim-and-skate Winter Pass is back, now $250 plus tax, $50 more than last year. A regular adult swimmer breaks even in about 30 visits.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

Wind and rain forecast for southern Southeast a day after gusts up north

Ketchikan and Prince of Wales were under wind advisories Sunday as a storm headed their way, a day after gusts topped 40 mph from Skagway to Yakutat.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

Juneau memo puts glacial flood fight at $933,965 a year, plus barrier upkeep

Juneau's glacial flood response will cost $933,965 a year, plus $1.2 million for HESCO barrier upkeep, a city memo says.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago3 min read

Sitka School Board extends Superintendent Deidre Jenson's contract through June 2029

Sitka's school board voted to keep Superintendent Deidre Jenson through June 2029, giving her a shot at beating Alaska's average three-year superintendent run.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read

Up to 14 inches of snow possible on the Klondike Highway through Sunday morning

p to 14 inches of snow and 40 mph gusts could make the Klondike Highway over White Pass very difficult to impossible to drive until Sunday morning.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read

Mental Health Trust OKs old-growth logging above Hollis' historic Wolf Creek Boatworks

The Mental Health Trust approved a timber sale with 800 acres of old growth on the hillside above Prince of Wales' historic Wolf Creek Boatworks.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read

Craig police chief expects slower prosecutions after Ketchikan DA's departure

The office that prosecutes crimes on Prince of Wales Island has lost its district attorney, and Craig's police chief says prosecutions will slow.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read

Coast Guard's top enlisted leader tells Congress he's unfamiliar with any housing bonus plan

Asked about a housing bonus for Coast Guard members in pricey posts like Sitka, the service's top enlisted member told Congress he hadn't heard of one.

by Alaska News1w ago2 min readFrom Sep 16

Skagway police warn that fake city invoices are reaching residents

Fake bills dressed up as Skagway city invoices are landing in town. Police say call City Hall to check, and they've said the city never asks for wire transfers.

by Alaska News2w ago2 min read

Aging commission will hear Juneau seniors Nov. 4 on the next state senior plan

Alaska's aging commission will hear from Juneau seniors over lunch Wednesday at Centennial Hall, and what they say helps steer four years of senior services.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read