Daily Sitka Sentinel

Alaska Department of Public Health testing shows the spread of influenza A is running ahead of schedule in Southeast and across Alaska this year.

All who testified in the Alaska subsistence hearings the U.S. Forest Service held via teleconference Wednesday said the 2001 Roadless Rule should be kept in place to protect subsistence harvest opportunities, particularly on the Tongass National Forest.

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.