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SHI opens art contest for Celebration 2026 design
Southeast Alaska Native artists invited to submit designs based on theme “Enduring Strength” Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) is calling...
Aug 282 min read


Police blotter for Aug. 26
This report contains public information available from local emergency response and law enforcement organizations.
Aug 282 min read


Trump administration advances plan to reverse federal rule that limits logging in national forests
The ‘Roadless Rule’ has prohibited new road construction, a prerequisite for large-scale logging, on vast swaths of federal land since 2001.
Aug 275 min read


Spirits high at The Alaskan Hotel & Bar, nominated for USA Today’s ‘Best Haunted Hotel’ competition
112-year-old Juneau landmark third in online voting as of Wednesday; voting continues until Sept. 22.
Aug 274 min read


Trump administration orders states to strip gender from sex ed
Alaska was one of 40 states, the District of Columbia and several territories sent warning letters by US Health and Human Services stating they risk losing federal funding.
Aug 273 min read


Police blotter for Aug. 25
This report contains public information available from local emergency response and law enforcement organizations.
Aug 271 min read


Police blotter for Aug. 24
This report contains public information available from local emergency response and law enforcement organizations.
Aug 271 min read


The upcoming municipal election
I'm encouraging my friends and neighbors to vote no on Propositions 1 and 2, and yes on Proposition 3.
Aug 272 min read


It’s the exact opposite of what we teach children
Forget the notion of one person, one vote. Election map makers have a new slogan: One person, one favored voter, the others don’t count.
Aug 273 min read


Planning commission denies Tlingit and Haida’s permit for wireless tower near Wrangell
Tidal Network, which is looking to expand the reach of its wireless internet service in town, is considering its next steps after the planning and zoning commission unanimously rejected the tribal nonprofit’s permit application to install a 250-foot-tall signal tower back from the highway near 13-Mile.
Aug 273 min read


US House delegation visits Alaska this week, with focus on mining, timber and drilling
Ten members of the US House Committee on Natural Resources are visiting Southeast and Southcentral Alaska, including addressing the annual conference of the Alaska Oil and Gas Association.
Aug 273 min read


Fall dungeness will get full-length season
Fisheries managers cut short this summer’s Southeast Alaska commercial dungeness crab season by six days because initial harvest projections fell below the required threshold for a full season. But now, after determining that a high number of soft-shelled crabs contributed to low harvest projections, managers have opted to open fall dungeness fishing for its full length.
Aug 263 min read
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