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Yesterday's News
November 18, 1921 There’s been an almost unbelievable rapid growth of the fox fur farming business in Southeastern Alaska since the first permit w...
By Guest Commentary
Former and current secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Thomas Vilsack, who was instrumental in reimposing the 2001 roadless rule on the...
USFS proposes to merge South Tongass RACs
The United States Forest Service is proposing to combine three Resource Advisory Committees in the S...
Composting offers second life to food waste
Tongass Botanicals & Soils has started a composting program to reduce the amount of waste in...
Yesterday's News
July 15, 1921 Buschmann’s first addition to Petersburg will be placed on the market within the next few weeks, according to John Thormadsater who is i...
All aboard for Spain
The heavy-lift vessel Red Zed I resurfaces with the former Alaska Marine Highway System fast...
US will revisit Trump-era decision for Alaska rainforest
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The federal government announced plans Friday to “repeal or replace” a decision by the Trump administration last fall to lift...
Assembly, public weigh in on landless legislation
The Borough Assembly held a work session with staff from Alaska's federal delegation to discuss...
Editorial: Land bill must give details
Despite the fact that there were specific reasons why the five landless communities of Haines, Ketch...
Assembly neutral in roadless exemption battle
A motion to support the 2020 Tongass Exemption Rule failed to gain a second at a Borough Assembly me...
Concerns continue over access across future native lands
Six people addressed the Borough Assembly at a work session on March 10 to express their support...
Audit finds Tongass timber sales mishandled
A 2020 audit of the Alaska Region timber sales program by the Forest Service Financial Compliance &...
Yesterday's News
January 28, 1921 A search of the records of births and deaths in the office of Commissioner Perkins shows that during the year of 1920 there were 25...
New fund will help jump-start ocean businesses
New ocean-related jobs, investments and opportunities will be seeded by an ambitious Blue Pipeline Venture Studio that connects marine business...
Artifact Archive
By 1923, the U. S. Forest Service managed 140 fox farm permits on the Tongass National Forest, covering 78,000 acres. Petersburg along with...
Dunleavy plans appeal of mine project denial
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy said the state will appeal the U.S. Army Corps of...
To the Editor
Thank you To the Editor: Thanks to you my wonderful friends and family of Petersburg for being...
2021 marks 30th year weekly Fish Factor column has appeared in newspapers across Alaska and nationally
This year marks the 30th year that the weekly Fish Factor column has appeared in newspapers across Alaska and nationally. Every year it features...
ANWL answers landless questions
Cecilia Tavoliero, with Alaska Natives Without Land, addressed the Borough Assembly at their...
Assembly requests delay of ANCSA land claims
The Borough Assembly approved a letter on Wednesday to Alaska's congressional delegation asking...
Kake turns to biomass heating for cheaper energy
SITKA, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska island village plans to use an advanced version of an ancient renewable energy system to lower its high energy costs. T...
USDA Exempts Tongass National Forest from the 2001 Roadless Rule
WASHINGTON, Oct. 28, 2020 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a final Alaska Roadless Rule that exempts the Tongass National F...
Alaska tribes say agency ignored Tongass exemption request
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. government ignored the requests of some Alaska Native groups to uphold national Roadless Rule restrictions in the T...
Loesch wins national award for editorial
Pilot publisher Ron Loesch won a 2nd place award from the National Newspaper Association for his...
Alaska conservationists urge officials to halt wolf hunting
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska conservationists are urging state and federal officials not to reopen wolf hunting season around Prince of Wales I...
