Juneau Independent

The Chilkat Valley’s state legislative delegation held three local, question-and-answer sessions recently.  The visit came during an eventful time in the state capital, just after Gov. Mike Dunleavy last week called a surprise legislative session, asking legislative allies to help him avoid overrides of his controversial veto choices this spring. 

A plane built in the 1960s has flown away with the interests of several Haines residents, even after a debilitating crash left it grounded. 

Fish and Game commissioner says animals are evidence in a potential criminal case against owner Steve Kroschel, and as such may have to be returned to him.

Vigor Alaska laid off about 40 union-represented Ketchikan Shipyard workers last Monday and Tuesday, according to representatives of Sheet Metal Workers Local Union 23.

For the first time in 38 years, the Wrangell Native community will raise new totem poles in town, with four days of events planned for Thursday through Sunday, July 17-20.

Clean-up of so-called forever chemicals at Tanani Point remains unfunded and unscheduled, said U.S. Army representatives during a meeting last Monday evening with Haines residents.

The Alaska Board of Game passed a new statewide requirement to quiz mountain goat hunters, which went into effect on July 1. The requirement has been in effect in Southeast since 2023.

A few hundred spectators crowded into Chilkoot Lake State Recreation Site on the Fourth of July to watch a rafting race down the Chilkoot River that has become a staple of the community’s celebration of the holiday. But some are now facing tickets and fines from state parks staff who said the event was dangerously crowded and left parts of the river full of trash.

City Hall and American Cruise Lines continue negotiating the details of a development plan for the borough to fill in about two acres on the waterfront near the Nolan Center and for the company to spend $3 million building a new floating dock to accommodate its ships for overnight stays.

What’s working well right now for WCA tourism efforts? What could be improved upon? These were the primary questions asked by the tribal council’s contractor at a public session at the Nolan Center on June 26.

The Southeast and Yakutat commercial troll fishery for king salmon closed on Friday, July 4, as the Alaska Department of Fish and Game projected that the fleet would hit the harvest limit for the season’s first opener in just four days.

The rhythmic tap of carving tools and the scent of fresh-cut cedar fill the Wrangell Cooperative Association carving shed, where dozens of visitors gather, cameras clicking and questions flowing.