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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...
Groups decry Roadless Rule rollback for the Tongass
The U.S. Forest Service is proposing to exempt the country’s largest national forest from a ban on timber harvests and road building in roadless areas...
Owner of historic boat shop in dispute with Forest Service
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service issued a deadline to the operator of an Alaska island boat shop to tear down the historic complex and l...
Federal policy change sparks debate over Alaska's Tongass
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Critics and proponents are debating the merits of changes to federal environmental policy, including the effects on m...
Letters to the Editor
Can't afford boondoggle To the Editor: Senator Stedman's diatribe defending his second road to...
Colorado company agrees to $7M cleanup of former Alaska mine
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A Colorado company agreed to a $7 million cleanup plan for Alaska’s only uranium mine, which has left radioactive waste in the...
To the Editor
Turbulent Times To the Editor: We live in turbulent times. Everywhere in the lower 48 it seems...
Groups request federal protection for AK wolf population
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Conservationists have asked the federal government to provide better protection for a wolf population in Southeast Alaska. A l...
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USFS explains Tongass watershed
Heath Whitacre, of the Petersburg Forest Service, went into detail on the Forest Service's efforts...
New thalattosaur species discovered near Kake
Scientists at the University of Alaska Fairbanks have identified a new species of thalattosaur, a...
Alaska Fish Factor
It’s been a long time coming but payments should soon be in hand for Alaska fishermen, processors and coastal communities hurt by the 2016 pink s...
$40 million for a road? Some Kupreanof Island residents want that money for ferries
A patchwork of logging roads already exists, and the project would connect those roads to make a 35-...
Yesterday's News
January 23, 1920 The Petersburg members of the Boy Scouts of America have offered their services to the Petersburg Fire Department to assist in keepin...
Alaska Fish Factor: Fish Factor's annual Fishing Picks and Pans for 2019
Every year since 1991 Fish Factor has selected “picks and pans” for Alaska’s seafood industry - a no-holds-barred look back at some of the year’s best...
2019: Year in Review
January Following the shutdown of the U.S. government on Dec. 22, 2018, the U.S. Coast Guard stated...
Dead trees could bring new life to SE Alaska lumber mills
JUNEAU – As climate change rapidly alters conditions in southeast Alaska, lower snowpack levels h...
Assembly strikes down letter of dissatisfaction to Forest Service
The borough assembly failed to pass a letter to the Secretary of Agriculture and the United States...
Borough assembly votes against supporting, repealing Roadless Rule
The borough assembly took a neutral position on the future of the Roadless Rule at Monday's assembly...
To the Editor
The roadless rule should remain intact To the Editor: The proposed Tongass exemption from the 2001...
Alaska Fish Factor: Alaska salmon permit values ticked upwards in regions with good fisheries this year while others tanked
The value of Alaska salmon permits has ticked upwards in regions that experienced a good fishery this year while others have tanked. Not...
Wrangell Mayor goes to Washington
WRANGELL - Mayor Steve Prysunka travelled to Washington D.C. last week to speak before the Senate...
Plans in motion to subdivide old mill property in Wrangell
WRANGELL - Plans are in motion to subdivide the old mill property around 6.5 mile Zimovia Highway,...
