The Alaska Marine Highway System is hammering out the details on their 20-year plan. Alaskans say they want politics to be less polarized. But do they mean it? The ACLU accuses the State of Alaska of a massive breach of HIPAA laws. 

Ketchikan police shoot a bear downtown. Preliminary election results for Prince of Wales Island are in.

A recap on Ketchikan's local election results and Juneau's ship-free Saturdays proposition. The reopening of the Third Avenue Bypass after August’s landslide. Starlink is bringing rural Alaska online in a big way, but there are risks. 

Whooping cough hits Ketchikan. US Forest Service and coast guard remove debris from deer mountain today. Quakers apologize for the cultural erasure of Tlingit people. Juneau votes on ship free Saturdays. 

The state releases Alaska’s winter ferry schedule. Regulators close the Gulf of Alaska Pollock fishery. A Canadian archaeologist searches the depths for our origins. 

Day 2 of Southeast Conference is held in Ketchikan. Banned Books Week. A New York City dance company is set to visit Ketchikan next month. 

The Southeast Conference release their annual report on the regional economy; an addiction treatment center in Juneau closes today; and garbage raiding black bears are costing residents in Petersburg.

The National Weather Service develops a tool for crews working in the Ketchikan landslide zone; a teenage boy is missing in Sitka after his vehicle rolled into a ravine; the Juneau Assembly votes to fund a study on glacial outburst flood prevention; and some takeaways from the extended internet outage in Sitka. 

Ketchikan’s City Council votes to set up a winter warming shelter; two major atmospheric rivers are expected to bring heavy rain to the region in the coming days; and a look at the rising numbers of whooping cough cases in Alaska. 

The Alaska Marine Highway System is awarded more federal money for ferry upgrades; Juneau residents call for disaster preparation following last month’s glacial outburst flood; Sitka’s experiment in affordable housing passes an important test; and new funding aims to expand composting efforts in tribal communities across Southeast Alaska.