Petersburg's Dan J. Sullivan has filed suit after the Alaska Division of Elections removed him from this year's ballot; looking at what's next for the two schools in Ketchikan that closed; and Fish and Game has hired a new position in Haines meant to keep bears and people safer.

Alaska advanced hundreds of projects to the next step of the Rural Health Transformation Program application process; state lawmakers convened a new special session in Juneau on Saturday; and Petersburg had its first classical Devil's Thumb Chamber music festival last month.

Sitka officials brainstorm how to relieve the City's childcare shortage; biologists and birders discuss the threats loons face from some fishing gear; and Petersburg locals take a hike to learn how to deal with invasive plant species.

A growing number of Alaskans are allergic to parasites in fish; Sitka's school district will receive over a million dollars in federal funding; and Alaska's Division of Elections likely lacked justification for taking Dan Sullivan of Petersburg off the ballot.

Republican lawmakers in Congress are working to repeal the Roadless Rule; a Supreme Court ruling could complicate rural mail-in voting in Alaska; and the Juneau Assembly has undone a controversial flood wall funding scheme.

The Alaska Division of Elections made a final determination on Petersburg Dan Sullivan's senate run; two Ketchikan elementary schools closed this year; and Petersburg high schoolers learned about adult expenses through a simulation.

Two new Coast Guard icebreakers will be homeported in Kodiak; Gulf of Alaska waters may be a lifeline for grey whales; and two communication tower issues are returning to the Petersburg Borough Assembly tonight.

The Alaska Division of Elections says Dan Sullivan of Petersburg is not eligible to run for Senate; Sitka residents learned how to become mermaids; and Senator Lisa Murkowski toured the Petersburg Medical Center's newest building last month.

Alaska saw increased participation in SNAP last year; sport fishermen will be able to catch and keep Haines king salmon for the first time in a decade; and U.S. Senate candidate Dan Sullivan from Petersburg says an investigation into him is baseless.

The minimum wage in Alaska will increase in July; City and Borough of Juneau has finalized a difficult budget; and Petersburg's first traditional canoe in a century completed its maiden voyage.