The filing period for Petersburg's municipal election is closed, with 15 candidates running for eleven of the 14 open seats; Wrangell plans to replace a remote dock that's deteriorating, but no one has bid on the project; a conversation with Petersburg's new second grade teacher, Noelle Bell.

A coalition of Southeast Alaska tribes want to pause the reopening of a large gold and silver mine near the Canadian border; the filing deadline for Petersburg's municipal election is today, and so far 13 people have filed for 9 seats on various borough boards; Southeast Alaska fisherman can apply for relief funding from the disastrous 2020 salmon season - the first deadline is August 24.

A look at candidates who have filed for Petersburg's municipal election, ahead of tomorrow's filing deadline; Petersburg's Borough Assembly is scheduled to vote whether to sign a letter opposing endangered species protections for king salmon; last year's court ruling ordering the closure of commercial king salmon trolling in Southeast Alaska has been lifted.

The Petersburg Borough Assembly last week accepted Island Refrigerations's application to buy a piece of borough-owned tideland; the Metlakatla Indian Community is receiving $2 million in federal funding for it's tribally-owned salmon hatchery; last month swimmers participated in an open-water race in Sitka Sound.

Summer coho trolling won't close this season, but trolling for king salmon will remain closed; Petersburg's Borough Assembly voted on two ordinances this week that address abandoned boats in local harbors; this year, a tree from Alaska's Tongass National Forest will travel to Washington D.C. to become the Capital Christmas Tree.

There are 14 seats up for grabs in Petersburg's municipal election this fall; wildfire smoke from Canada is making for hazy skies in Southern Southeast Alaska; the City and Borough of Sitka is struggling with widespread job vacancies - more than 40 city positions are unfilled.

Petersburg residents will vote on four ballot propositions this fall; water is receding after a record-breaking glacial outburst flood in Juneau last night; a five-day Scandinavian heritage workshop took place last month at Petersburg's Son's of Norway Hall.

Water levels in Juneau's Suicide Basin have started to drop, with no reported flooding in Mendenhall Lake and River; a lawsuit known as the jet-ski ban has made it's way to the Alaska Supreme Court; a look at why this is such a good year for blueberries in Southeast Alaska.

Hatchery king salmon near Petersburg got a little extra help making it to their spawning grounds this summer; millions of dollars in new federal funding will help families from Ketchikan to Kodiak get heat pumps; kids of all ages will perform Alice in Wonderland tonight in Petersburg.

Alaska has received over $15 million in the last three years to restore fish passages throughout the state; a geologist who has studied Southeast Alaska rocks and minerals for decades is creating a new geologic map of the region; last year, Alaska housing costs were at a nearly 20 year high.