Researchers look into the possibility of a hatchery-only king salmon sports fishery in Southeast, with input from a Ketchikan fisherman; Petersburg high schoolers take part in a “Financial Reality Fair”; and Kodiak’s Filipino community celebrates a prominent holiday.

Ketchikan’s First City Haven homeless shelter will stop offering a place to sleep next week; a cruise ship employee in Juneau is arrested for allegedly stabbing multiple people; Alaska launches a fentanyl education campaign; the FEMA deadline for the Wrangell landslide is approaching; and Petersburg residents march for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People awareness.

State lawmakers race to craft a bill to protect homeschool programs; Wrangell students have the opportunity to present at a national conference; and one woman’s killer whale encounter reminds us that we live amongst the natural world.

A Ketchikan high school volleyball coach is convicted of misdemeanor assault and harassment for a 2022 incident involving one of his players; the supplemental nutrition program known as WIC will now include more low-mercury fish; and the Petersburg school district is taking steps to try to prevent an outbreak of Measles.

Opening statements were made today in the trial of a local volleyball coach; Sitka’s tourism task force has completed its work and offered recommendations; and a look at Petersburg’s response to opioid crisis and the effectiveness of overdose reversal medication. 

The U.S. Forest Service is revising its plan for the Tongass National Forest; state lawmakers work to push forward a pension system for public workers; and the Juneau Assembly rejects a resolution calling for a peace agreement between Israel and Palestine. 

The Ketchikan School Board upholds a decision to keep a book in the high school library; the Sitka School Board prepares to adopt a budget that would cut 18 positions; and a national coalition comes to Alaska to hear from boarding school survivors. Plus, a compilation of our Poetry Month readings!

Ketchikan police confirm that a man was found dead Saturday in the water downtown; the Petersburg School District joins a group planning to sue the state of Alaska; a commission of Juneau residents aims to address the pressures of tourism; and Alaskans compete in the annual Battle of the Books.

The Ketchikan School District faces a $6 million budget deficit; a Metlakatla man is indicted for a deadly car crash; the state House passes a bill to regulate property assessments; and Alaska passes a grim milestone for opioid overdoses.

Three southeast cities lost power today when a fire sparked on an electrical pole in Ketchikan; Ketchikan gets an upgraded baseball field; three crabbers are charged for trying to sell Alaska crab out of state; and a call for ornaments for this year’s U.S. Capitol Christmas tree, which is set to come from the Tongass National Forest.