The Ketchikan School Board approves new cost-cutting measures, but the grade restructuring plan is still moving ahead. Plus, we have the second in a three part investigative series about Alaska schools. And a German Shepherd evades animal control in Juneau.

US Forest Service employees terminated by the Trump administration are being hired back tomorrow. Ketchikan’s American Legion finds a new home. An archaeological mystery is solved in the Aleutians.

A Ketchikan woman may soon hold the world record for "largest female mouth gape." Plus, long wait times for Alaska trials leave victims and defendants in limbo, and the University of Alaska Southeast removes DEI mentions from its website. 

Ketchikan borough officials are in the nation's capital this week advocating for a restored ferry route to Prince Rupert's, BC. State lawmakers revise a new education funding bill. Juneau residents prepare to erect flood barriers.

The state ends a two-decade partnership with Vigor Alaska, which operates Ketchikan’s shipyard, and Ketchikan’s iconic federal building is being targeted for “disposal”. Plus, Sitka’s Mt. Edgecumbe High School is facing a 50% reduction in teaching staff. And a couple is trying to bring senior services to Skagway.

A Saxman man is sentenced for a decades-old sexual assault in Ketchikan. Plus, the Alaska mining industry is optimistic about resource development under Trump. And Juneau residents are divided over a proposal to add another cruise ship dock downtown.

The city council has an open seat after Mark Flora resigns. Flu cases have spiked in Alaska in the last three weeks. Red King crabbers will have more fishing opportunities in coming seasons. 

How Trump’s immigration policy could affect Alaskans. Dispatches on how the administration’s mass firing of federal workers are affecting other Southeast Alaska communities.

The Ketchikan School District shares an update on its grade level restructuring plan. Plus, new data shows fewer Alaska high schoolers are vaping. And a group of Petersburg robotics students gain national recognition for an invention to help with glacier research.

Ketchikan joins communities around the country in protesting mass firings of federal employees. Plus, a bill to boost state education funding moves forward. And a new report from Haines looks at which local areas are prone to future landslides.