An application to put a cruise limit question before Sitka voters has passed the city's initial legal review; the Ketchikan Indian Community just received a $3 million grant to build dozens of housing units for seniors; Pacific Seafood has purchased the Trident Seafood plant in Kodiak.

The Petersburg wrestlers on on their way to the state tournament in Anchorage today; a shuttered theater in Juneau will be converted into 22 apartments thanks to municipal assistance; an infrequently-used cruise ship port outside of Ketchikan has hew owners.

The Petersburg School District needs to spend down some of its operating balance in the next year and a half; a recent state report found that the Alaska Office of Child Services failed to offer enough support to a foster child with aggressive behaviors; more than a thousand Ukrainians have come to Alaska since Russia invaded their country - but now some worry Trump will deport them.

Petersburg's Borough Assembly will consider a resolution that would let the borough apply for a state loan to fund the replacement of a pump station; Juneau's Planned Parenthood closed in November and won't reopen, leaving the community with less access to reproductive healthcare; Gov. Mike Dunleavy released his proposal for the state budget last week.

The Juneau school district is getting nearly half a million dollars in unexpected funding from the state; Gov. Mike Dunleavy says he plans to roll out an education bill ahead of the legislative session that starts in January; Petersburg's dance troupe will perform their take on the Wizard of Oz this weekend.

A massive sea lion will no longer be terrorizing people and pets in Petersburg's South Harbor; the city of Juneau is recommending changes to the way tour companies use city-owned trails and parks; Alaska's seafood task force looks at the way limited entry affects fishing access.

The bodies of two crew members believed to be from the seiner Wind Walker were found ona beach new Hoonah on Monday; Petersburg's high school wrestling team hosted the final home invitational of the season last weekend; two major Alaska seafood processors have agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit.

A volunteer DJ at Petersburg's public radio station accidentally discharged a handgun during his music show Friday; Sitkans held a vigil in memory of the five fishermen lost aboard the Wind Walker earlier this month; researchers aboard the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Heely discovered an underwater volcano-like feature along the north slope last month

NBA start Chris Herren talked to Peterburg students about substance use last week; the Ketchikan School District is considering reorganizing three elementary school due to insufficient funding; Sitka Fine Arts Camp is going phone free next year.

The Petersburg Borough will negotiate with Skylark Park LLC to sell several plots of borough-owned land, after a vote during the borough assembly meeting this week; a recent study from the University of Alaska Fairbanks found a correlation between king salmon size and their population numbers; there are expected to be a lot fewer people in Southeast Alaska by the year 2050.