Alaska State Troopers have identified the person who died in a boating accident near Petersburg last week; next year's school budget is up for approval at the Petersburg School board meeting tonight; a conversation with a member of Celebration's lead Indigenous dance group.

A look at what it could mean for Alaskans if the federal government grants Gulf of Alaska king salmon Endangered Species Act protections; a conversation with Sitka Republican Senator Bert Stedman about this session's budget process and the outlook for next year.

One person has died and another was take to a local hospital after two boats collided south of Petersburg yesterday; the owner of a downtown Ketchikan property has agreed not to raise inauthentic totem poles carved by a convicted murderer next to his new shops; Lisa Murkowski was one of only two Republican senators to vote for a bill that would put the right to contraception into federal law.

Klawock welcomed its first cruise ship;

traditional canoes landed in Juneau for the biennial Celebration festival;

and a little look at Little Norway's culinary history.

For the first time, Petersburg's Borough is giving its school district the maximum amount of funding allowed by law; three candidates are now running to replace Dan Ortiz for House District 1; Ketchikan's utility department is facing decades-long issues that could get much worse/

Six canoes holding dozens of paddlers landed in Petersburg on Wednesday evening; a Petersburg jury has found two residents liable for defaming a former police officer; Bristol Bay processors have a new competitor this season - a 400 foot floating processor named the Hannah.

Brent Sass announced yesterday he is stepping away from racing sled dogs; Petersburg High School's graduating seniors turned their tassels on Tuesday night; Ketchikan Independent Representative Dan Ortiz says he won't seek reelection this fall.

An organization working to reduce the cost of trash disposal in Southeast Alaska has won a $500,000 grant;

a federal grand jury has indicted a man who allegedly stabbed multiple people aboard a cruise ship passing through the region;

and an Indigenous-led group in Sitka celebrated after being gifted a few parcels of land outside town.

The Petersburg School District and the teachers union reached a tentative agreement earlier this month; a bill that aims to help ease Alaska's teacher shortage is awaiting Gov. Mike Dunleavy's signature; dozens of people visiting Haines this weekend for Beerfest were stranded when the LeConte ferry canceled two sailings due to mechanical issues.

The U.S. Coast Guard shared their report on a charter vessel that went down in Sitka Sound last year; Kodiak Island fishermen can expect a smaller pink salmon harvest and mixed sockeye runs compared to last year; folks from Kasaan are paddling to Celebration in Juneau using paddles and canoes they carved themselves.