Alaska House of Representatives passes House Joint Resolution 5 in support of the Southeast Alaska Troll Fishery, Yukon River Chum and KIng runs at record low levels and the Board of Fish passes some restrictions on the fishery, Juneau School District loses $270,000 to scammer posing as a vendor last year, Sitka is proposing to establish a Tourism Task Force, Petersburg Borough Assembly meets on Monday, March 6 at noon

Biden Administration expects to announce soon whether the Willow oil drilling project will advance in the National Petroleum Reserve; The State of Alaska plans to see more old growth trees in Southern Southeast; The Aurora Borealis shone bright over the Kenai last weekend to the delight of local photographers; Wrangell's Assembly spoke out against a petition to put Southeast Alaska Wolves of the federal endangered species list; PFAS forever chemicals appear in 16 lakes and other waters of the Fairbanks North Star Borough and Municipality of Anchorage.

Fishermen in Kodiak struggling to find markets for their Red King Crab; The Southeast Alaska Farmers Summit convened in Petersburg over the weekend; Wrangell's swimming pool is out of commission waiting for repairs; High winds predicted for Kodiak

Board of Fisheries sides with Chignik fishermen in their vote to maintain separate quotas for early and late sockeye runs; Vikings and Lady Vikings faced their rivals the Wolves and Lady Wolves in Wrangell Homecoming last week; Senator Bjorkman introduces SB82 a buyback program for Cook Inlet setnetters; Alaska Native Sisterhood elects Millie Schoonover Grand President Emeritus, The U.S, Army proposes replacing the coal fired power plant at Fort Wainwright with natural gas boilers

The Alaska Senate Finance Committee institutes a new Covid Testing policy in the wake of legislators and staff being diagnosed with Covid, A popular recreation cabin at Anan Creek near Wrangell is flattened by a fallen spruce tree; The State of Alaska joined a lawsuit to ban abortion pills for sale; the State is startinga year-long process of reviewing Medicaid recipients in Alaska; Middle School students in Sitka takea turn practicing as baristas as part of "Discover Your Potential" week

Petersburg Medical Center is having the largest Covid outbreak yet among Long -Term Care residents; Representative Himschoot discusses House Joint Resolution 5 in support of the Southeast Alaska Troll Fleet, and its progress through the leislature; A Juneau resident wins the Spruce Root "Path to Prosperity" Prize for her efforts to promote mushroom farming in Southeast Alaska;The Alaska Department of Safety Trooper Boat Enforcer has been decommissioned for a wide range of problems; The American Civil Liberties Union has sued the Alaska Department of Corrections

Trident Fish processing plant will reopen in Wrangell this summer; Senator Lisa Murkowski addresses the legislature yesterday, Petersburg Borough Assembly moves towards taking over the dock at Papke's Landing south of Petersburg; A Wrangell man is killed in a logging accident yesterday; and a Commentary by Gary Treffrey

Alaska Department of Fish and Game ocean ecologist shares data at Board of Fish meeting indicating low chum returns may be tied to warmer than normal waters in the Bering Sea and North Pacific; Metlakatla creates a historical archive; A Sitka chef is one of the finalists for the prestigious James Beard award; Maternal deaths have increased in Alaska in 2021 compared to recent years; a 5.5 magnitude earthquake struck near a village near Kodiak Monday

Petersburg Borough Assembly meets at 6pm tonight: a look st the agenda; Wrangell speaks out on a lawsuit targeting the Southeast Alaska King SalmonTroll Fishery; U.S. Representative Mary Peltola addresses the legislature in Juneau; Vikings and Lady Vikings compete in a tournament last week with teams from across Alaska; Methamphetamines seized last week in Ketchikan in one of the largest drug busts in recent years

The Bluegrass Band Gold Dust Rising from Nome is coming to Petersburg; Governor Dunleavy added 9 million dollars to the budget to help with the backlog of foodstamps and Medicaid; Alaska explores ways to come up with matching funds for the Federal money to help modernize the ferry fleet. Residents in Yakutat are in conflict over logging on tribal lands