In a landmark decision, Ketchikan becomes classified as rural in the eyes of federal subsistence regulations. Plus, Southeast Alaska won’t be getting a new commercial fishery for magister squid just yet, and geologists present findings from 2023's deadly landslide in Wrangell.

Ketchikan’s local governments are pursuing a new sales tax on cruise passengers, and Alaska nonprofits face federal funding uncertainty in a state that relies heavily on them. Plus, Southeast Alaskans will be able to fish for yelloweye rockfish for the first time in years.

The Alaska Board of Fisheries enters its second week, with controversial proposals on salmon and herring to be decided. Plus, we talk to the newly elected Ketchikan Indian Community president about her priorities for the coming year.

State data on herring is called into question as the Board of Fish considers changes to the fishery; and Alaskans testify in favor of a bill to boost state education funding; plus, three Wrangell residents are charged with possessing and selling opioids following a drug bust this week.

A rundown on the proposals the Board of Fish are voting on this week. The Ketchikan Salvation Army could soon reopen. Haines is devastated by another fire. 

The Alaska Board of Fisheries begins its highly anticipated regulatory meeting in Ketchikan; a team of researchers receives funding to study glacial outburst flooding in Juneau; Native leaders react to Trump’s move to rename Denali; and, the new owner of a Haines newspaper is helping modernize local news in Alaska. 

A proposals going before the Board of Fisheries in Ketchikan this week seeks to open up more opportunities for red king crabbing in Southeast Alaska. Another would slash regional salmon hatchery production by 25%. Education in Alaska faces more challenges and those effects extend beyond the classroom. 

Delta Airlines pulls out of Ketchikan. The state looks at banning cellphones in school. Craig high school basketballers attend an invitational in Petersburg. 

KIC announces its newly elected Tribal Council and Advisory Health Board members; plus, a sci-fi film set in Ketchikan and starring locals is selected for its first film festival; the City and Borough of Juneau warns of a potential measles exposure that could affect Southeast residents; and, the stories of two Juneau residents affected by the fires in Los Angeles.

Regional stakeholders react to President Trump’s move to roll back protections of the Tongass National Forest; an update on last week’s drug bust and car chase in Sitka; and public sector employees in Alaska await their retirement contributions after a hacking attempt pushed systems offline.