Legislators contemplate the future of Alaska education funding, Alaska’s biggest city considers regulating short-term rentals, humpback whales are going missing, and a Sitka reporter samples sushi in Japan.

A new report lays out the state of Alaska’s aquaculture industry, Wrangell’s old hospital may turn into future housing, the Raptor Center in Sitka seeks a new director, and 16 tarantulas in Juneau find a new home.

EC Phillips is announced as the buyer for Trident’s Petersburg Plant. Alaska reaches a multimillion dollar settlement with CVS for their role in the opioid crisis. We continue our journey through Japan in hot pursuit of Alaska herring. The Alaska legislature plan a task force to the address the seafood industry’s tailspin. The Juneau school district reacts to Gov. Dunleavy’s veto. 

A Sitka-based company is buying a Ketchikan processing plant from Trident Seafoods, the deadline looms for Gov. Dunleavy’s decision on a bipartisan education bill, the Alaska legislature rejects executive orders, and KCAW’s Katherine Rose reports back from Japan.

Mayor Rodney Dial outlines the priorities in his “State of the Borough” address. A Ketchikan-raised weaver helps usher the craft into the next generation. SEADOGS to the rescue. We continue to follow the journey of Alaska herring in Japan. 

The Ketchikan Fire department pushes back at a recent city council meeting. A Sitkan starts a nonprofit to limit cruise passengers. We continue to follow the journey of Alaska herring in Japan. 

Trident Seafoods is finalizing the sale of three processing facilities; borough assembly members consider changing the names of Ketchikan schools; a former Juneau hospital official accepts a plea deal; and a Sitka reporter follows locally caught herring on its journey to Japan.

A way forward for timber sales in Southeast Alaska. Across the state, public schools and parks grapple with new and old names.

Rumors spread in Ketchikan this week about the death of a community member - so it came as a happy shock when he answered the phone. Alaska fishermen face even lower catch limits for halibut. An incredible run-in with a moose on the Iditarod Trail. Things get heated at the most recent meeting of the Sitka Assembly.

Ketchikan gets a new addiction treatment center. The Tongass National Forest gets a new management plan and some new staff positions. The feds say the state may owe millions of dollars in funding to Kenai, Juneau, and North Slope schools. A hydroelectric project on Admiralty Island that is four decades in the making gets the greenlight.