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Bait allowed again on lower Klawock River as fall coho move in
Bait fishing reopened on lower Klawock River from September 15 through October 15 as fall coho arrive, though upstream areas remain lure-only year round.
by Bill AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read
Juneau taxpayers at large would carry $4.7 million of the Mendenhall barrier bill as a quarter of the district objects
Juneau Assembly appropriated about $1 million in tribal and FEMA grants for additional phases of Mendenhall River flood barriers and 2024 flood response after an August 2024 glacial outburst flood damaged roughly 290 residences.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
Nonresident rockfish retention stays closed in Ketchikan waters
Nonresident anglers in Ketchikan cannot keep yelloweye, quillback, canary, China, copper, tiger or rosethorn rockfish through year-end, though Alaska residents may keep one a day.
by Bill AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read
Fish board committee to review Traditional Knowledge report process Sept. 25
Fish board members will review how Traditional Knowledge reports are handled Sept. 25. The notice proposes no change to Traditional Knowledge's place in regulation.
by Bill AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read
Remains of at least 10 and an 1895 mortuary pole can return to Sitka Tribe after Oct. 16
Tongass National Forest cleared remains of at least 10 Native individuals for return to Sitka Tribe of Alaska starting October 16, including a mortuary pole held since 1895.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
State approves 183-acre Heceta Island clearcut with 300-foot beach buffer
Alaska approved clear-cutting 183 acres on Heceta Island with a 300-foot beach buffer, rejecting the state's own habitat biologist's recommendation for 1,000 feet to protect winter deer habitat.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago3 min read
Air taxi operators said they overpaid. Juneau is redoing its fees.
Juneau's airport would cut fuel fees by two-thirds and raise landing fees, after air taxi operators said a 2019 error had them overpaying for years.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
Dense fog cuts Annette Island visibility to a quarter mile
Dense fog has visibility down to a quarter mile on Annette Island through Wednesday morning, the third such advisory in the southern panhandle in a day.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read
Four miles of Skagway's only road out have no money in the state's plan
Four miles of Skagway's only road out carry no money in Alaska's draft transportation plan. The stages on either side of them carry $78 million.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
Bear Mountain goat zone on Baranof closes Sept. 18 after quota fills
Bear Mountain is the fourth Baranof goat zone closed this season — on quotas built from surveys the state hasn't flown island-wide since 2023.
by Bill AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read
Haines voters face five ballot measures, four of them about taxes
Haines voters face five ballot measures Oct. 6, four about taxes, including a new severance tax on gravel, timber and mining.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
Juneau commission to weigh second tenant on Clinton Drive Domino's lot with no added parking
A second business wants into the Domino's building on Clinton Drive with no new parking, and the neighbors who fought the 2024 permit are back.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
Sitka's sales tax drops a point Oct. 1, the one that funds schools
Sitka's sales tax drops from 6 percent to 5 on Oct. 1 through March. The summer point that comes off is the one dedicated to funding school buildings.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read
Suicide Basin levels drop, signaling a possible new release above Mendenhall
Suicide Basin's water level dropped sharply Tuesday, possibly signaling another release. Nothing is flooding, and secondary releases run far smaller.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Former Ketchikan church elder pleads guilty to federal child sexual abuse material charge
A 74-year-old former Ketchikan church elder pleaded guilty to possessing over 1,000 images of child sexual abuse material and faces at least 10 years in federal prison
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
Two Southeast geoduck beds stay closed until biomass recovers past 30% threshold
Two Southeast geoduck beds stay closed after surveys found less than a third of the clams left. Sea otters are eating them, and the quota fell 40 percent.
by Bill AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Alaska would drop its claim to 480 acres for three Native Vietnam veterans
Alaska is giving up its claim to 480 acres near Haines so that three Alaska Native Vietnam veterans can get the allotments they applied for.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Juneau youth board reviews $3,605 in travel requests from two teen athletes
Two Juneau teenagers earned spots at competitions Outside and are asking the city for airfare. The fund they are asking from ended last year with $1,237 left.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Juneau Assembly votes 6-2 to table nonprofit sales tax ordinance indefinitely
Juneau Assembly voted 6-2 Monday to table a nonprofit sales tax ordinance indefinitely, blocking a measure that would have narrowed tax exemptions starting January 2027.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Juneau aging commission chair asks Assembly to fix or cancel paratransit contract
Juneau seniors and wheelchair riders are missing paratransit pickups under Ground Transportation Solutions. The aging commission chair asked the Assembly to fix or cancel the contract before winter.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Juneau's city-owned ski area has carried EPA's most urgent water violation for six months
Juneau's city-owned Eaglecrest Ski Area has carried the EPA's most urgent drinking water violation for six months, with no record of it being resolved.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Ketchikan council to vote Thursday on $30,000 landslide grant
Ketchikan votes Thursday on $30,000 to work out how much rain makes the slopes above town dangerous. The work already started two weeks ago.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
A dam licensed near Juneau 10 years ago still isn't built, and its deadline just passed
A dam licensed near Juneau a decade ago was never built, its construction deadline just expired, and the local utility says the town doesn't need the power.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Haines votes on whether to stop electing its planning commission
Haines voters elect four planning commissioners Oct. 6 and, on the same ballot, decide whether the borough should go back to appointing them instead.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Alaska's new ethics law names the wrong person in a complaint
Alaska's new ethics law tells the committee to meet with the wrong person in a complaint. The ethics committee voted to ask for a fix.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
A free Juneau talk on how a manuscript becomes a book
Two editors from the press that publishes the University of Alaska's books will explain how a manuscript becomes a book, at a free Juneau talk Saturday.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
A stolen pickup went through the doors of three Tongass Avenue businesses
A stolen pickup went through the doors of McDonald's, Madison Lumber and Tongass Marine in one night. The damage estimate runs near $100,000.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Juneau's Fourth of July parade committee disbands after free-speech flap
Juneau's July 4th parade has no organizer for 2027 — the committee disbanded weeks after barring a veteran's anti-war banner. The record doesn't say why.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Four Southeast shrimp areas open Oct. 1, including one the department had ruled out
Fish and Game told District 15-East in July that its shrimp season was over. It opens Oct. 1 after all. Two areas it said might reopen will not.
by Bill AlaskaNewsadded 2w ago2 min read
Southeast's shrimp season opens small as the harvest keeps shrinking
Four Southeast shrimp pot areas open Oct. 1 with little quota left, as the region's overall shrimp harvest keeps shrinking and young shrimp fail to appear.
by Bill AlaskaNewsadded 2w ago1 min read
Test flash flood warning to air in Juneau Sept. 23 for Salmon Creek Dam
Juneau's weather radios and broadcasts will sound a "Flash Flood Warning" on Sept. 23 — but it's only a test of the Salmon Creek Dam alert system.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Craig council backs speed humps, ties removal to studded tire dates
Craig City Council voted to keep speed humps on Tanner Crab Court and Teenage Street, removing them each fall when the state lifts its studded tire ban.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2w ago2 min read
Craig homeowner asks council to drop Port St. Nicholas tower site
A Craig homeowner asked the council to reject a proposed cell tower near her house on Port St. Nicholas Road, but the mayor said the site is outside city limits and the council is still reviewing.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2w ago2 min read
Southeast king crab quota rests on a figure the state's own report gives two ways
The assessment gives two rates for unsurveyed water. One clears the opening threshold; the other does not, and the report does not explain which was intended.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago3 min read
Ketchikan council to vote on seventh amendment to water consulting deal
Ketchikan avoided a $70 million filtration plant by proving its mountain-lake water meets federal conditions for filtration avoidance.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Southeast king crab registration closes Oct. 2 ahead of a Nov. 1 opening
Southeast Alaska crabbers have until Oct. 2 to register for the red and blue king crab season, which opens Nov. 1 with a quota of about 213,000 pounds.
by Bill AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Alaska's labor board needs a public member, a job of 15 to 20 days a year
Alaska's labor relations board is accepting applications to fill one vacant public seat, requiring labor relations background and about two hours monthly.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Petersburg planning commission recommends one-year data center moratorium; developer threatens suit
Petersburg may pause data center permits for a year. The developer says a year would kill the project, and has threatened to sue the borough.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Petersburg rejects a wireless tower next to its only fire hall over collapse fears
Petersburg's planning commission rejected a wireless tower next to the borough's only fire hall over fears it could collapse onto the station.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Sitka loses coho fishing as weak returns leave the hatchery short
Sitka anglers lose coho fishing in Bear Cove and Deep Inlet through October after this year's silvers came back too weak for the local hatchery to spawn.
by Bill AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
