A regional landslide warning system for communities large and small. A new way to track fish. USDA funding to improve locally grown food. Troubles in the Sitka Sac Roe herring fishery. 

A major Alaska utility provider is moving its headquarters to Ketchikan, an onsite marijuana consumption business gets approved in Juneau, Sitka considers creating a Tourism commission, and leaders of a federal agency discuss resource development along Alaska coastlines.

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.