A small-dollar collections suit has made a Lutak Road property one front in an unresolved, statewide conflict over land sovereignty. And despite losing the lawsuit — in which a tribal government defendant argued the borough’s tax policy ran afoul of federal law — the borough says its stance on the issue remains unchanged.

We’ve heard of seismometers identifying earthquakes, but what about them being used to identify and track landslides? This is something that students with the University of Oregon are working with, in conjunction with a slew of other devices to better understand the landslides in the Chilkat Valley.

Haines resident Sue Libenson surprised a bear while hiking on the Jones Point trail on Monday afternoon.

Alaska’s mariculture industry turned over a new leaf Friday when the tugboat Ethan B towed a floating mariculture laboratory into Sitka Channel, completing a three-day journey from Ketchikan.

The early morning fire Sept. 15 that destroyed much of the Marine Bar building was started by an “electric heating element” underneath the building, according to a preliminary investigation two days later by the state fire marshal’s office.

Public given an additional 15 days to give input on proposed rule and draft environmental statement.

Encounter on mountain near Chilkat Lake leaves one wolf dead, many unanswered questions.

A dead fin whale was pulled from the bulbous bow of the cruise ship Norwegian Joy this morning as the ship made its way toward the Sitka Sound Cruise Terminal for its port call in Sitka.

A sow and cub were killed on the Haines Highway after being hit by a large vehicle in the upper Chilkat Valley on Tuesday night. A second cub was injured, but responding officers said they are hopeful it will survive.

The Mendenhall Glacier in November 2025. (Jasz Garrett / Juneau Independent file photo) By Leilani Combs Wrangell Sentinel Glaciers are in the public eye following the glacier collapse in Nepal and flooding in Juneau last month. These ice giants are as part of the Alaska landscape as salmon or bears, but their scale and remote nature make them difficult to study, leaving them as one of the more mysterious natural phenomena. On Sept. 9, student scientists from the Wrangell Hi

Glaciers are in the public eye following the glacier collapse in Nepal and flooding in Juneau last month. These ice giants are as part of the Alaska landscape as salmon or bears, but their scale and remote nature make them difficult to study, leaving them as one of the more mysterious natural phenomena.

Building also houses apartments and town’s only table-service restaurant open year-round for lunch and dinner.