Ketchikan welcomes the first cruise ship of a busy season. Plus, the Ketchikan School Board moves ahead with a contested cost-cutting plan. And a look at the state of the University of Alaska Southeast amid federal funding uncertainty.

A Ketchikan woman now holds the world record for the height of her mouth gape. Plus, cruise ship tourism will pay for infrastructure upgrade in Juneau. And Alaska scientists protest threats to research funding.

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A new license plate-based parking payment system is being installed and tested at the Ketchikan International Airport next week, the first cruise ship of the 2025 season arrives in Southeast next week, and the Forest Service has a plan for staffing the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor for the tourism season following dozens of firings in February. Those stories and more coming up…

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Juneau has taken steps to move forward with a 5th downtown cruise ship dock, flood barriers are being built along the Mendenhall River, and a Tlingit linguist works to preserve the language. Those stories coming up…

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A man is rescued from frigid waters in Wrangell Narrows Monday evening, Juneau’s Assembly urges Alaska’s congressional delegation to oppose cuts to federal agencies, and the 50th annual Alaska Folk Festival kicked off Monday night. Those stories and more coming up…

Efforts continue to limit cruise tourism in parts of Southeast Alaska. A mine in British Columbia upstream of Ketchikan is expedited. Making music in Southeast Alaska.

Residents hold a protest of the Trump Administration over the weekend. A Ketchikan-born filmmaker takes home an award at the Phoenix Film Festival. The king salmon allocation in SE Alaska is much smaller this year. 

A highly anticipated Ketchikan trial set to begin this week is now on hold. Plus, Juneau considers hiring staff to fill roles previously filled by federal workers. And we hear from a Sitka centenarian on her concerns about tuberculosis.

An update on the road conditions in the Wolfe Point rockslide area. Plus, Alaska’s food policy council holds a statewide festival outside the road system for the first time. And after half a century of service, a Sitka veterinarian closes his doors.

A looming volcano eruption near Anchorage could have impacts reaching as far as Southeast Alaska. Plus, more from the Kayhi principal’s testimony in Juneau, and a youth snowmachine race in Nome.