Juneau Independent

Haines newspaper reports package deliveries to town from Lower 48 range from three days for priority shipping to 18 days for ground transport from the Northeast.

It was windy and the temperature was in the single digits on Sunday as Nate Arrants stood on thin ice at Chilkoot Lake. 

The Wrangell borough assembly on Feb. 24 unanimously approved a three-year lease with JAG Marine Group, giving the company time to decide if it will proceed with development of a shipyard at the 6-Mile Mill property.

In a five-hour regular meeting Thursday, the Mt. Edgecumbe High School Advisory Board voted to recommend and request that the state re-open hiring for the superintendent position at the state-run boarding school, allowing for "a thorough, rigorous and complete hiring process with input from Advisory Board members and stakeholders."

A three-tiered raven hat. A life-sized wooden beaver bowl. A blanket with designs representing important locations like Basket Bay. These are a few of the items displayed on stage during a Sealaska Heritage Institute lecture on the history of the Angoon Tlingit beaver crest on Wednesday, Feb. 18.

The Alaska Marine Highway System has been struggling with less than full staffing since 2019, with last month’s numbers showing the state ferries were short 59 workers to fill jobs as masters, mates, engineers, seaman and stewards.

Volunteers are working with Mt. Edgecumbe High School students, staff and administrators to enrich the quality of life at the school and support students’ mental health by way of Alaska Native art forms, traditional foods and community connections. 

James Sturm, 45, of Sitka was arrested Thursday and charged with manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide and felony assault in the deaths of two young men in a boat sinking near Sitka two years ago.

Over the past two months Minneapolis has seen a surge of federal immigration enforcement activity. The Chilkat Valley News spoke to Jasper and Skye Posey, and Sydney Mintz — three individuals with Chilkat Valley ties — about their recent experiences in Minneapolis. The Poseys, who grew up in Haines, now live in Minneapolis. Mintz, a rabbi and seasonal Haines resident, participated in clergy protests last month in Minneapolis. 

Tuesday’s Elizabeth Peratrovich Day celebration brought a new first, at least in recent memory: the Haines and Klukwan schools joining together to celebrate the Alaska Native civil rights pioneer. But by and large, much of the celebration has become familiar, and a yearly tradition for the current generation of students.

A distressed bald eagle was taken to the Alaska Raptor Center for care on Valentine’s Day Saturday fter a good Samaritan spotted it hanging upside down in a tree then falling to the ground, on Jarvis Street.

The Departments of Agriculture and Interior announced Thursday they're extending the deadline for public comments on changes proposed to the Federal Subsistence Management Program. The deadline to submit public comments was changed from Feb. 13 to March 30, six weeks away.