Southeast Alaska news media 3/17

May 1 fare increase on state ferries, first since 2022

Tickets to ride the Alaska Marine Highway System will go up a little more than 2% effective May 1, the first fare increase since 2019.

Apr 73 min read

One of Haines’ few year-round restaurants closes

Owner of Alpenglow Woodfired Pizza points to costs, landlord cites unpaid rent; alcohol license effort halted.

Apr 37 min read

Nearly a year after the raid, 20 animals remain at Kroschel’s wildlife facility

State says efforts to retrieve them will resume, likely in April.

Apr 23 min read

Goat disease resurfaces in Juneau, officials urge caution

State wildlife officials are raising the alarm in Juneau, which has seen three dead mountain goats and at least five reports of animals showing the disease since the beginning of winter.

Apr 13 min read

Wrangell moves to repeal 60-year-old ban on door-to-door solicitors

The Wrangell borough assembly is moving to repeal a 60-year-old ordinance governing traveling merchants and door-to-door solicitors.

Apr 12 min read

Four people died in B.C. avalanches Sunday, including one in Haines Pass

A group of skiers triggered a wind-slab avalanche Sunday just northwest of Mount McDonell in the Haines Pass, killing one person and injuring another, according to a preliminary report released by Avalanche Canada.

Mar 253 min read

One dead in an avalanche north of Haines near Canadian border

Atlin Royal Canadian Mounted Police received a Garmin SOS alert from a remote location near the Klehini River and Pleasant Camp, according to a news release. When they got the call, one person was reported unconscious and receiving CPR. Atlin Search and Rescue responded with a helicopter and flew out four people who were uninjured, and a fifth who had died.

Mar 242 min read

For second year, Canadian participation dips in Haines events

At least one Canadian brewery, Yukon Brewing, is skipping this year’s Great Alaska Craft Beer and Home Brew Festival.

Mar 202 min read

Use AI to draft Assembly regs? Two Haines members say despite errors in drafts, they see promise

Two Haines assembly members say their use of Google’s Gemini artificial intelligence engine could be a model for future local government use; others have raised questions about errors in the document.

Mar 195 min read

Princeton students in SE to study Tlingit art, history

A group of Princeton University students visited Southeast Alaska last week to learn about the Tlingit clans and federally-recognized tribal governments working to repatriate precious cultural objects that have been taken from this region.

Mar 194 min read

Citing war and fuel prices, Alaska Seaplanes announces a fuel surcharge

Beginning Friday, Alaska Seaplanes and Island Air Express will add a 6% surcharge to customer fares, the company announced Monday in a media release. That surcharge will not apply to freight customers.

Mar 172 min read