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.

Ketchikan’s Trident processing plant officially changed hands today, a new Tlingit and Haida culture campus is coming to Juneau, a seafood co-op in Sitka is upgrading its energy systems, and a look at the many options for treating alcohol use disorder, including medications.

Alaska tightens residency requirements for hunting and fishing licenses. University of Alaska tackles climate change’s economic impact on fishing in the Gulf of Alaska. Getting to the root of silverweed.

A Ketchikan man receives an award from the FBI, a tragedy in the personal life of Juneau Mayor Beth Weldon, a closer look at the court decision on Alaska’s homeschool program, and an update from the state’s first Amazon ground-delivery station.