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.

Hundreds of gallons of heating oil spill across the parking lot of Ketchikan’s rec center; a glitch causes some Juneau voters to be sent an extra municipal ballot; licensing for some Alaska food products gets a little looser; and an underwater anthropologist discusses her work exploring the submerged caves of Southeast Alaska. 

Alaska's Congressional Delegation addresses Russian jets entering Alaska's airspace over the weekend. Juneau also grapples with loss of behavioral health resources. Whooping cough and housing costs across the state.

Scientists, business leaders, and advocates convened in Ketchikan last week to talk kelp. The long-term impacts of Ketchikan’s landslide. The Borough set to discuss opening a warming shelter for the local homeless population. Fall fishing on Prince of Wales Island.

Ketchikan police are investigating a complaint of sexual assault by a guest high school instructor; the body of a 72-year-old man was recovered from Ketchikan’s Thomas Basin over the weekend; the two law enforcement officers who shot and killed a man in Juneau this summer will not face criminal charges; Ketchikan’s Landing Hotel has a new owner; and a Petersburg hospital looks to improve its cybersecurity. 

Members of the Ketchikan American Legion remember Post 3, a year after it was burned down. A recall on Safeway chicken. A documentary on cruise tourism debuts. The Tongass unveils a subsistence dashboard. 

U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola visits Ketchikan to tour the landslide zone; Sitka’s broken fiber optic cable is being repaired but could take another week; new research hopes to help Juneau residents live more harmoniously with black bears; and a reflection on the unexpected upsides of being offline.

Ketchikan officials say the Third Avenue Bypass should reopen by the end of the month; we talk to the Alaska Beacon’s James Brooks about the case to remove a candidate from the congressional ballot; and one of the families whose home was destroyed by the Ketchikan landslide is reunited with their pet dogs.

Juneau voters discuss the ballot proposition to have “ship-free Saturdays”; the Alaska Democratic Party asks a judge to remove a convicted felon from the November ballot; Kotzebue’s commercial salmon fishery faces a 30 year low; and a pair of furry companions are deployed to Ketchikan to comfort residents in the wake of a fatal landslide.