A new public use cabin opens near Ward Lake. Plus, a new report shows that population growth for humpback whales near Glacier Bay National Park has been slow, and Petersburg’s local tribe launches its first canoe in a century.

How some community members on Metlakatla are fighting food insecurity

Fishermen in Sitka ask city leaders to waive insurance requirements for the marine haulout and shipyard

The Ketchikan school district now has more time to pay off their debt to the borough

Some worry that proposed mines in British Columbia have a lack of tribal consultation and will cause pollution in salmon-bearing streams

A new law permits the transfer of federal land in the Tongass National Forest to the Cape Fox Corporation. Plus, a Lingit leader is remembered for his Alaska Native fishing rights advocacy, and Virgin Voyages sees its inaugural visit to Sitka.

A bill that would change the scope of an Alaska sexual assault law passes in the Legislature. Plus, Sitka High School students shadow radiology technicians, and high school students from Western Alaska who moved because of ex-Typhoon Halong graduate in Anchorage.

The city of Ketchikan gets feedback on establishing downtown restrooms. 

Alaska Airlines considers adding a direct flight from Juneau to Portland. 

The Ketchikan Borough Assembly votes to terminate a library funding agreement 

An Alaska Native Vietnam War veteran from Hoonah receives a proper homecoming decades after his service

People are struggling to keep up with Ketchikan’s rising utility rates.

Career and technical education expands in Sitka’s schools

Kayhi seniors talk about their post-graduate plans. Plus,

a Canadian mining company wants to reopen a gold mine upstream from Southeast Alaska’s most productive salmon stream, and marine heatwaves could make Alaska waters especially warm this summer.

Two people are dead after a structure fire in Ketchikan. Plus, gubernatorial candidate Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins talks about education funding and the state ferry system, and Petersburg’s first MRI machine now has state approval to start operating.