A Ketchikan jeweler is sued by the state for selling fake gold. Dozens of festival goers were stranded in Haines over the weekend when an AMHS ferry broke down. A petition seeks to list Alaska king salmon as endangered. Protesters target Denali National Park over what officials say was a bogus rumor. 

The governor eyes establishing a task force to look at the states seafood industry turmoil. Solving the mystery of a shipwrecked charter vessel. 

The Ketchikan School Board recalls some pink slips. Mary Peltola attempts to tackle bycatch. A Southeast Alaska Coast Guard pilot makes his Jepoardy! debut.

The village of Kasaan prepares to paddle to Juneau for Celebration, for the first time ever. A bill affecting marijuana sales dies on the floor. A Southeast Alaska-centric update from Senator Lisa Murkowski. Petersburg puts the pieces together. 

The Ketchikan Borough Assembly voted last night to approve the school district’s budget with additional funding; Indigenous leaders speak out against fake totem poles in downtown Ketchikan; and state Sen. Bert Stedman, who represents most of Southeast Alaska including Ketchikan, reflects on this year’s budget process.

Ketchikan’s public electric utility is grappling with aging infrastructure, short staffing, and underfunding; the family of a man fatally shot by Anchorage police is calling on the city to release body camera footage; and repatriated Native objects are unveiled at the Nolan Center in Wrangell.

State government reporter Eric Stone breaks down what happened this session with education funding and what it means for Ketchikan; Troopers charge two juveniles who allegedly stole a vehicle after running away from a Prince of Wales-based camp for troubled youths; a Sitka aquaculture organization looks to expand its footprint; and a bill to ban “forever chemicals” in firefighting foams is headed to the Governor’s desk.

The Ketchikan School District notifies 52 teachers and administrators of potential layoffs; the Juneau School District changes start times to accommodate their consolidation plan; Sitka high schoolers are awarded for their work in Indigenous science; and a new study examines the threat avalanches present to mountain goats. 

An elderly tourist sues the borough for injuries he says he sustained on a public bus in Ketchikan. Klawock gets its first cruise ship. The US Forest Service plans to raise cabin fees in the Tongass, in exchange for building a few more cabins. The subsistence fishery for chinooks in the Stikine River closes for the eighth year in a row. 

The Prince of Wales city of Craig is considering raising sales taxes to help cover education budget shortfalls; Alaska lawmakers add several Indigenous languages to the state’s official list of languages; a bill regulating community solar projects is poised to pass in the Legislature; and a look at why the pre-statehood executions of two Black men should be remembered.