The state is investigating whether Dan Sullivan of Petersburg is running for U.S. Senate to intentionally confuse voters; scientists are looking at the relationship between grey whales and herring around Sitka; and 30 high school seniors graduated in Petersburg last week.

Some fishermen are concerned how high fuel prices could impact the summer season; a gubernatorial candidate unveils his plan to change or end the Permanent Fund dividend; and a look back on the state's legislative session with Independent Rep. Rebecca Himschoot.

The National Science Foundation is dismantling ocean monitoring programs; a proposed timber project on Prince of Wales Island may threaten subsistence uses; and Petersburg voters could be asked a sales tax question in October.

State health officials aren't worried about Hantavirus on Alaska cruises; a look at the office that intercepts trafficked wildlife; and a Dan Sullivan from Petersburg is challenging Alaska's Senator with the same name.

Dozens of Alaskan candidates kicked off their campaigns Monday; Humpback Whale populations near Glacier Bay National Park are slowly recovering; and Petersburg's Borough Assembly approved several financial changes.

A look at transboundary mining projects; Ketchikan's school district has more time to pay back millions to the borough; and Petersburg's residents are giving items at the dump a second life.

Former governor Bill Walker is considering another run for governor of Alaska, a federally funded program to install thousands of heat pumps has only a few hundred applicants; and a group of canoes launched from Petersburg last weekend, embarking on a Journey to Celebration in Juneau.

State lawmakers voted to increase state unemployment benefits; Alaska Airlines may add a flight from Juneau to Portland; and former Alaska Congresswoman Mary Peltola visited Petersburg this week.

Juneau's Assembly looks at cuts as it tries to balance the city's next budget; state lawmakers passed bills to fulfill federal health care expansion requirements; and an interview with Republican gubernatorial candidate Matt Heilala during his visit to Petersburg.

The Alaska Department of Law has voided regulations aimed at restricting the commercial salmon fishery in the South Alaska Peninsula, or Area M; people living outside of Ketchikan's city limits may lost library access; and the Petersburg Community Foundation this spring awarded the highest dollar amount of grants that it ever has.