The Organized Village of Kake is building Alaska's first modern clam garden;

A Wrangell nonprofit is hosting its annual golf tournament in support of cancer patients this weekend;

and a drag performance made waves at the Southeast Alaska State Fair.

A crewman on the Petersburg seiner, Legacy, died Tuesday morning;

the Kake Dog Salmon Festival returned last weekend;

and a seafood donation program is helping families whose traditional salmon runs have crashed.

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.