The Alaska Board of Fisheries begins its highly anticipated regulatory meeting in Ketchikan; a team of researchers receives funding to study glacial outburst flooding in Juneau; Native leaders react to Trump’s move to rename Denali; and, the new owner of a Haines newspaper is helping modernize local news in Alaska. 

A proposals going before the Board of Fisheries in Ketchikan this week seeks to open up more opportunities for red king crabbing in Southeast Alaska. Another would slash regional salmon hatchery production by 25%. Education in Alaska faces more challenges and those effects extend beyond the classroom. 

Delta Airlines pulls out of Ketchikan. The state looks at banning cellphones in school. Craig high school basketballers attend an invitational in Petersburg. 

KIC announces its newly elected Tribal Council and Advisory Health Board members; plus, a sci-fi film set in Ketchikan and starring locals is selected for its first film festival; the City and Borough of Juneau warns of a potential measles exposure that could affect Southeast residents; and, the stories of two Juneau residents affected by the fires in Los Angeles.

Regional stakeholders react to President Trump’s move to roll back protections of the Tongass National Forest; an update on last week’s drug bust and car chase in Sitka; and public sector employees in Alaska await their retirement contributions after a hacking attempt pushed systems offline.

Tensions continue in Ketchikan around the dismissal of Kayhi teacher Clint McClennan. The National Weather Service tweaks its threshold for cold weather advisories. The US Forest Service plans to raise new totem poles at the Mendenhall Glacier. 

Ketchikan High School students protest the termination of an auto shop teacher; plus, the Ketchikan City Council votes to raise electric rates; police arrest two Sitka residents in a drug bust turned car chase; and, data from Juneau offers a preview of what removing fluoride from public water might mean for dental health.

Alaska tribal organizations locally and across the state receive funding for housing projects; plus, the Petersburg borough approves a deal to build utilities on public-owned lots; and, a student workshop in Sitka is constructing storage sheds for land trust cottages.

Saxman residents are again boiling their drinking water. Ketchikan's representative in the state senate pushes for new ways to insure local homeowners against landslides. 

Local tribes mount legal challenges against Canadian mining operations; plus, new data shows an increase in substance use among girls in Sitka; and, Juneau changes zoning laws in attempt to get more homes built.