A group of parents are asking the Haines Borough school board to review the school administration’s response to an explicit document created by students depicting some of their classmates.

The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority board of directors has voted to give the borough $7.8 million toward site preparation costs at the 6-Mile deepwater industrial property and also loan the borough $15 million toward design expenses for a possible privately owned shipyard on the borough-owned land.

Sitka Republican says he expects leftward legislative push by new majority with JKT as governor; predicts 11-9 majority-minority caucus split.

Revocation of D-1 land withdrawals likely to happen with little public notice; SE areas at northern part of Panhandle, most of land is in western region of state.

The Haines Borough police department is looking to create a bear and wildlife policy, as the department doesn’t have one formally written.

The Republican trio served together in Congress for more than two decades, and while the Anchorage port is named for the late Rep. Don Young and the Anchorage airport is named for the late Sen. Ted Stevens, their congressional colleague, Sen. Frank Murkowski, is more at home in Southeast.

This week the Alaska Bald Eagle Festival comes together as eagles congregate in the Chilkat Valley looking to dine on the Chilkat River’s late chum run.

Parents in the Haines Borough School District are questioning the district’s response to an incident last month in which school staff learned that three students had created a document depicting one of their classmates as convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The document portrayed the classmate committing sexual crimes against other students at the school and against at least one student with a disability from a program outside of the school, according to parents of studen

As data center developers show interest in Alaska, city leaders are taking steps to keep data centers out of Sitka until proper local protections are in place.

‘Bridging Our Stories’ film released earlier this year explores rediscovery of culture, transmission to younger generations.

The next biennial Celebration is scheduled from June 7-10, 2028, according to Sealaska Heritage Institute, which organizes the Alaska Native dance-and-culture festival.

A coalition of Alaska commercial seafood industry organizations is giving fishermen and processors tools to boost voter turnout in the governor’s race.

Equipped with nothing more sophisticated than standard iPads and basic iMovie software, two Wrangell freshmen spent their summer turning personal curiosities into cinema. Now, their work is headed for the big screen.

Total votes for District 3 were the second-highest statewide.

Hospital infection preventionist attributes this largely to tourism; recommends residents get flu shot before exposure.

The Ketchikan Gateway Borough and the City of Ketchikan have declared a state of emergency following an Oct. 15 landslide that "catastrophically" disabled a Ketchikan Public Utilities electrical substation in Ward Cove.

The Haines Borough Assembly will begin considering two proposals for private management of Haines’ Port Chilkoot cruise ship dock.

Global Ports Holding last week asked the borough to redact information revealing which cruise lines support its dock management proposal.