Bristol Bay crews say they're frustrated by the lack of transparency between processors and fleets;

a group of twelve Alaska Native Corporations hired their first government affairs director;

and two swimmers successfully crossed the Frederick Sound.

Petersburg residents participated in the annual Peddle-Paddle Battle to raise money for the local hospital foundation;

Young burn survivors spent a week in Ketchikan as part of a traveling summer camp;

and the Alaska Department of Public Safety launched a system that will let survivors track evidence kits used in their sexual assault cases.

The Alaska Ferry Board is drafting a 20-year plan for service across the state;

Kake is gearing up for its annual children's fishing derby;

and the numbers for the first Southeast summer troll fishery opening are in -- with chinook numbers that defy expectations.

The Community Gym portion of Petersburg's Parks and Recreation Center closed Monday for sewer line repairs; The state board of education heard nearly 3 hours of public testimony over a regulation to limit high school girls' sports in Alaska to athletes assigned female at birth; Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor signed a letter supporting states' rights to access medical information about abortion and gender-affirming care; Antiques Roadshow filmed its first ever episode in Alaska; The Mendenhall Glacier has reached its capacity for commercial tours, prompting some tourists to use Juneau city buses instead.

Humpback whales could be growing their own food supply -- with their poo;

Wrangell is urging residents to conserve water after a few dry weeks depleted the community's reservoirs;

Alaska is appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court to resurrect a proposal for the controversial Pebble Mine.

Audobon Alaska has created a free, virtual birding guide to 18 communities around Southeast Alaska; A commercial seiner capsized in Whale Passage near Kodiak Island over the weekend; Bearfest kicks off in Wrangell; Following poor prices in Bristol Bay, younger fishermen are deciding whether to return to the fishery next year; The Biden Administration has carved out 120 million dollars for tribal communities to adapt to climate change.

Petersburg's ranger district hosts a science illustrator from the deserts of Arizona; the budworm infestation that has deforested thousands of acres of the Tongass National Forest is abating; Shishaldin volcano erupts yet again; Master Weaver Lily Hope starts a year long blanket weaving project with LGBTQ-plus youth in Juneau; and the Ninilchik Village is the recipient of a Biden administration grant for tribal small businesses.

Petersburg's Borough is looking to fill 20 seats on several different boards and commissions for the upcoming election;

Sockeye fishermen in Bristol Bay are protesting low prices;

and Senator Lisa Murkowski is considering supporting Democratic Senator Joe Manchin for president next year.

The Petersburg Borough is moving forward on a solid waste contract that is 34% more expensive that its current one; A group of kayakers stopped off in Petersburg this week on their 12-hundred-mile expedition through the Inside Passage; Dozens of family and friends gathered the night of July 19th to hold a candlelight vigil for Paul Jose Rodriguez, who drowned last week when his kayak capsized on the lake; Kodiak police have named Clint Moudy as a suspect in the fatal hit-and-run collision during the tsunami evacuation last weekend; Alaska's predator control programs do not work, according to research by two retired state Fish and Game biologists and a University of Alaska Fairbanks professor; A giant potato is coming to Skagway and the town is embracing the weirdness.

The number of volunteer firefighters across the state has halved over the last year - putting communities at risk.

In the wake of two big seasons, Kodiak Tanner crab fishermen are looking for ways to protect their catch.

Alaska Seaplanes is rebounding from the Pandemic and expanding service across Southeast.