Juneau Independent

Each Southeast troll fisherman can harvest another 15 chinook salmon during a “limited harvest fishery" opening that’s set to begin Thursday, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced Monday.

A Juneau man was charged with two felony assaults, theft, criminal mischief and robbery Saturday, Aug. 30, afternoon following a fight during a protest at the roundabout that sent one man to the hospital.

Revisions to the management plan for the Haines State Forest could be available for public review as early as this winter and could lead to significant changes in land use and management. 

Saxman master carver Lee Wallace hopes to send totem to Juneau this month as one of 30 planned for Kootéeyaa Deiyí along the waterfront.

The Haines Animal Rescue Kennel can no longer perform a difficult, but necessary, task in animal care: euthanasia. Without staff certified to administer the drugs, the community’s only shelter is unable to help pet owners facing end-of-life decisions or emergencies involving fatally injured animals. 

The Anan Wildlife Observatory won an Award of Excellence from the Alaska chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects, joining the Wrangell Mariners’ Memorial in receiving the honor for 2025.

The ‘Roadless Rule’ has prohibited new road construction, a prerequisite for large-scale logging, on vast swaths of federal land since 2001.

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.

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.

Pickup using helicopter occurs two hours after emergency transmission from Chilkat mountains.

Close call in Tracy Arm 50 miles south of Juneau on Aug. 10 is the latest sign that as glaciers melt, risks may rise.

A plan to upgrade the early warning and alert systems in Haines and Skagway is on hold after a federal grant program issued a stop work order to KHNS, which was in the middle of ordering equipment for the upgrades.