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.

Officials and tour operators meet about tourism traffic in the wake of Ketchikan’s landslide. A memorial for the man that died in that slide. Updates on Sitka’s power cable outage and orcas and fishermen clashing in the Bering Sea. 

A widespread internet and cellular outage continues in Sitka; a man running for Alaska’s House seat from prison will appear on the November ballot; we hear from a biologist about the diversity of Ketchikan’s tidepools; and a master totem pole carver is guiding carvers in Wrangell.

Ketchikan Police Chief Jeff Walls agrees to step down in exchange for the dismissal of the assault charges against him; US Sen. Lisa Murkowski visits Ketchikan’s slide site and pledges federal support; heavy rainfall is forecast for parts of Southeast this weekend; a group in Petersburg is working to set up a landslide warning system; and Sitka is two days into a widespread internet outage, but a search and rescue there ended successfully. 

Most of Ketchikan lost power for a couple hours this afternoon; a panel of experts answer the community’s questions about landslide risks; downtown Juneau gets upgraded internet; and critics are concerned about the “scrubbers” meant to clean up cruise ship exhaust.