A group of local Indigenous fishermen fight for human rights from the Canadian government; Juneau voters will consider banning large cruise ships on Saturdays; Wrangell receives federal money to rebuild its harbor; and Iditarod registrations get off to a hot start.

A 52-foot seiner sinks near Metlakatla; Gov. Mike Dunleavy signs the state’s budget with education funding; the Alaska Supreme Court rules in favor of the state’s homeschooling system; Juneau’s city-owned hospital seeks funding to stay open; and a Juneau artist is donating old photos from a remote island in the Bering Sea.

Ketchikan passes an ordinance to increase penalties for disorderly conduct; the deadline has been extended for public comment about the king salmon endangered species designation; the Alaska Supreme Court hears arguments over homeschooling; and Sitka holds a Bear Awareness Day.

The Ketchikan city council votes to increase sewer rates. A Sitka group makes a third attempt at putting a cruise ship limit out to voters. Managers discuss new regulations coming down the pike for electronic monitoring of Bering Sea trawlers. 

Teams finish their Race to Alaska this week in Ketchikan. Trail crews in Southeast try to keep up with more mud. We’ll hear from someone who paddled to Celebration. 

Passengers survive a capsized crab boat near Petersburg; dangerous levels of paralytic shellfish toxins were found at Settler’s Cove; the Juneau Assembly increases funding for a mobile home loan program; and a long-planned hydroelectric project in Angoon is finally moving forward.

Invasive green crabs have expanded from the waters off Metlakatla; Southeast Alaska’s May weather was a little wetter and colder than some were hoping for; and a look at local farming in Wrangell.

Training Southeast Alaska healthcare professionals on handling assault. The saltwater king sport fishery south of Petersburg is limited to one fish this weekend. Chemists, museum curators, and Alaska Native weavers team up to solve an ancient mystery.

Day 3 of the search for a missing Ketchikan woman but no leads. A regional economic development organization secures funding to install heat pumps on Prince of Wales Island. A mountain lion shows up in Wrangell. 

The search continues for a missing Ketchikan woman. Silver Bay seafoods acquires another former Trident processing plant. And an animal rescue in Juneau acquires a lot of cats.