A decades-old proposal to build a controversial road in Southeast is being resurrected; Alaska House lawmakers made some amendments to a high-priority education bill; and all recently fired USDA employees will be temporarily rehired, with back pay.

Department heads in Sitka's municipal government look for ways to trim spending; a woman in Ketchikan is going for a Guinness World record; and Petersburg's high school basketball teams finished up the season in Ketchikan last week.

Juneau residents protested funding cuts to scientific research; a delegation from Ketchikan advocated in Washington D.C. for restoring ferry service to Prince Rupert; and a commentary from Petersburg's Ivy Worhatch in recognition of Women's History Month.

Anglers will be able to fish for king salmon at a popular slough near Petersburg this summer; though President Donald Trump voiced support for an unbuilt Alaska LNG project, it still has some major hurdles; and a Petersburg fishing boat caught fire yesterday in Chatham Strait, but all of its crew are safe.

Residents protested in Soldotna about the recent federal actions by the Trump administration; a Petersburg man was sentenced to a decade of incarceration for sexual assault; and a high-priority education funding bill will be debated in the State House next week.

Local leaders in Juneau say they're committed to maintaining a good relationship with their Canadian sister city, despite tariff-relation tensions; a nonprofit in Sitka hopes to put displaced federal Forest Service crew back to work; and the Petersburg Borough is sending a letter to Alaska's congressional delegation about the impact that federal funding cuts could have on local services.

Only two Visitor Center staff are left to monitor the roughly one million visitors coming to the Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau this summer; Alaskan border towns are bracing for the impact of tariffs; and the state legislature is reviewing a bill that would fund free breakfast and lunch for all public school students.

Alaska Senate leaders are reviving options for raising revenue as the state faces a steep dollar deficit; a state-run trust that owns land around a mining project near Haines decided not to buy federal mining claims in the area; and all felony charges against three Wrangell residents were dropped earlier this month.

The U.S Coast Guard called off the search for a missing fishing boat near Prince of Whales Island; the U.S. House passed a spending blueprint that would reduce Medicaid; and elementary students in Petersburg won't get as much physical education next year due to limited education funding.

A 27 year old man in Petersburg was arrested last week after a string of overnight break-ins; a new report by the Foraker Group paints a bleak picture of the impacts of frozen and cancelled federal funds in Alaska; flu cases are spiking in Alaska, according to data from the state's division of public health.