Ketchikan’s shipyard lands a nearly $100 million contract with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Plus, some LGBTQ+ people in Skagway say a policy at a local saloon could put them at risk, and a marine debris cleanup crew in Sitka discovers a mysterious message in a bottle.

How one school district on Prince of Wales is helping students become safe and ethical hunters

A highway project in Haines has led to an invasive species infestation

Harmful toxins that cause paralytic shellfish poisoning are once again present in Southeast waters

Commercial fishing boot camp in Petersburg works to recruit deckhands

An eye care clinic in Ketchikan is now offering laser procedures, the first of its kind for southern Southeast Alaska. Plus, a new public use cabin opens in Juneau, and a clown entertains visitors to downtown Sitka.

Tribal organizations across Southeast speak out against a social media trend of people dancing around Alaska Native totem poles. Plus, a critical deep ocean observation network off the coast of Alaska has been saved from getting dismantled, and a U.S. Department of Defense agency is exhuming the remains of an unidentified WWII soldier buried in the Sitka National Cemetery.

The Race to Alaska’s winning team crosses the finish line in Ketchikan. Plus, a bear monitoring program in Haines is being revived, and Petersburg hosts its first-ever classical music festival.

Ketchikan hires a new city manager

Coast Guard helicopter crashes in Sitka

The Ketchikan Visitors Bureau looks for feedback on how tourism affects residents

A local jeweler will have to pay a settlement to the state for misrepresenting their products

A look at what could be next for Ketchikan’s now-closed Point Higgins and Fawn Mountain elementary schools. Plus, the state will assess oil pollution near a popular Juneau park, and Haines residents have mixed feelings about the state’s decision to reopen a king salmon sport fishery. 

A Juneau artist creates a magazine for Indigenous writers and creatives. Plus, high school students in Petersburg get a taste of the real world through a simulated “financial reality fair,” and an underwater academy in Sitka teaches the ins and outs of mermaiding.