All Max 09 airplanes in the U.S. are now grounded after a wall blew out on an Alaska Airlines flight last Friday; Petersburg Indian Association results are in and all four candidates challenging incumbents won; a bill in the Alaska Legislature aims to help families move off of food stamps by allowing their incomes to rise while benefiting from the program.

Petersburg's Borough Assembly finalized two priority lists of capital projects at its meeting last week; retreating glaciers are uncovering land that could be new habitat for salmon, but mining companies are also eager to explore the land; Ketchikan's public library is receiving more challenges to books this year.

Petersburg Medical Center is training community members to help youth in crisis amid rising rates of anxiety, depression, and suicide; Wrangell looks back at the help that the community received after their deadly November landslide; Ray Troll's Soho Coho gallery closes after three decades in Ketchikan.

The Alaska State Capitol received a bomb threat;

Sealaska is seeking Alaska Native artists to pitch designs for an upcoming gathering;

and volunteers spent New Year's Day working on trails for Petersburg's bike park.

CoastAlaska reporters from Petersburg, Wrangell, Sitka and Ketchikan look back at 2023; a commentary from submitted by Rebecca Knight.

A Washington man has plead guilty to selling fake Alaska Native art in Ketchikan;

Juneau police arrested a man after a three-hour standoff;

KFSK took a look back on 2023.

Reporters in Petersburg and Wrangell tag along for the Audubon Society's annual Christmas bird count; an Alaskan public corporation has offered Ketchikan millions of dollars to build eight affordable housing units; health officials are encouraging Alaskans to take precautions against seasonal respiratory viruses.

The Petersburg School District has a lot more students this year, pulling it away from the funding cliff it's hovered near for the last few years; Alaska's teacher salaries are lagging significantly behind the state's cost of living; Eaglecrest Ski Resort in Juneau opened last week after getting some much needed snow.

President Biden signed an executive order to close a loophole that allowed Russia to sell seafood to U.S. markets;

Petersburg's Borough Assembly voted to auction off a decommissioned fire truck;

and SEARHC opened an urgent care center in Juneau, which got booked up fast.

United States Senator Lisa Murkowski traveled to Wrangell to offer words of comfort after the November 20th landslide;

Petersburg crowned the winners of its 2023 Pickled Herring Contest;

and tourism is growing exponentially in Sitka -- and locals are suffering growing pains.