The South Mitkof Subdivision in Petersburg could be a good fit for a proposed infrastructure development program; scientists in Homer are using AI technology to improve the way they study sea otters; a mother - daughter duo won best in show earlier this month at Celebration's Juried Arts show.

A Petersburg seiner overturned in Anita Bay just south of Wrangell yesterday morning. The crew was mostly unharmed; climate change is allowing salmon to expand their habitat into the Arctic; a group of teenagers competed in the motorless Race to Alaska earlier this month, sailing from Port Townsend to Ketchikan.

The body of Christiana Watt, a Ketchikan resident who went missing earlier this month, has been found; the commercial salmon season is under way in Southeast Alaska and some salmon runs are expected to be fairly good this year; the state has released its draft schedule and the comment period is open through the end of the day.

Petersburg Utility Director Karl Hagerman says he's extremely confident that Petersburg's water distribution system is safe; six Viking Swim Club members took home state titles last month; the Alaska Department of Fish and Game closed king salmon sport fishing in Juneau last week due to low projected returns.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy has appointed Karen Morrison as deputy commissioner to the Department of Education and Early Development; laser technology is being used in an environmental cleanup project; new regulations for electronic monitoring on board pollock trawlers may go into effect this summer.

Researchers have noted high levels of paralytic shellfish toxin in Ketchikan; a new loan program in Juneau will help families purchase mobile homes in a tight housing market; a conversation about a canoe journey to Celebration in Juneau.

A Petersburg hunting guide appeared on the Netflix series "Meateaters;" a regional economic development organization announced last month that they'd received funding to install heat pumps on Prince of Wales Island; former President Donald Trump has endorsed Republican candidate Nancy Dahlstrom in the race for Alaska's one seat in the U.S. House.

A Petersburg-based commercial crab boat capsized in Duncan Canal on Sunday morning; it was a colder and wetter May for nearly all of Southeast Alaska, but meteorologists say there's no clear answers to why; the Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced Friday that shells of the invasive European green crab have been spotted near Ketchikan

The Petersburg Borough Assembly will take comment tonight on a proposed change to how the Assembly makes sales tax exemptions; a team of experts in forensics is visiting Petersburg and other towns in Southeast this week; a hydroelectric project in Angoon finally has the funds to launch after more than 40 years.

Anglers fishing for king salmon in the saltwater near Blind Slough will only be able to keep one fish, starting tomorrow; a mountain lion was shot and killed on Wrangell Island recently; Mary Peltola introduced two bills in the House aimed at addressing bycatch in federal trawl fisheries.