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Changing ferry system to a state corporation a long voyage
A 45-page bill to restructure the Alaska Marine Highway System as a state-owned corporation, run by an appointed board of directors, similar to the...
Governor proposes new program to replace cruise ship pollution monitors
Almost three years after pulling pollution monitors - called Ocean Rangers - from large cruise...
Citizen scientist looks to Lynn Canal for potential squid fishery
Haines-Lynn Canal fishermen might have an opportunity to diversify if a Juneau-based fishing charter...
Kreiss-Tomkins breaks leg in paragliding accident
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Petersburg's Representative in the State House has broken his leg after crashing a paraglider in Anchorage last weekend. Rep....
State will provide financial aid for homeowners hurt by pandemic
Alaska's state housing agency has distributed more than $243 million in financial aid the past year...
Federal grants will help Southeast mariculture efforts
A state and federally designated economic development organization for Southeast Alaska has...
Ferry system may reconsider charging more when ships are fuller
State ferry management said they are working to be more responsive to community and passenger...
Lack of crew could keep Columbia tied to the dock
Unless the Alaska Marine Highway System can recruit enough workers by March 1 to restaff the unused...
State has money left over to help businesses hurt by pandemic
The state is working through a couple of challenges in its plan to distribute tens of millions of dollars of federal relief funds to municipalities...
Coastal legislators disapprove of governor's spending plan for ferries
Though they say the level of funding for the state ferry system in Gov. Mike Dunleavy's budget for t...
Legislators cautious of overreliance on high oil prices
WRANGELL– In a break from past practice, the Alaska Department of Revenue this year will provide monthly updates to legislators whenever...
Alaska court weighs arguments over new election process
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Political parties “have no right to be gatekeepers to the ballot,’’ an attorney argued Tuesday in urging the Alaska Supr...
Ex-Alaska official claims firing was politically motivated
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – The former head of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. claims her firing was “political retribution” by board members...
State contracts for private ferry operator 'as needed'
WRANGELL – The Alaska Department of Transportation is contracting with Allen Marine to run one of its vessels “as needed” between Ketchikan,...
State advertises for fill-in private ferry service;
With the Matanuska out of service longer than expected for more repair work, and the state uncertain whether it can bring an idled ferry out of a...
Dunleavy appointees fire Permanent Fund director
The board that oversees Alaska's multibillion-dollar investment portfolio has fired Angela Rodell...
Governor proposes spending federal dollars on tourism marketing
JUNEAU (AP) — Gov. Mike Dunleavy said Monday he plans to propose as part of his upcoming budget that the state spend $5 million in federal dollars...
Disney music video features Klukwan songwriter
Haines - Klukwan resident and Diné (Navajo) artist Clara Natonabah wrote and sang a Navajo song...
State extends Kennicott schedule to cover for delayed Matanuska
For the second time in the past 30 days, the state has to shift around the two other ferries...
Judge dismisses Alaska's complaint against subsistence hunt
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A U.S. District judge has rejected a challenge by Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration to a special subsistence hunt...
Statewide salmon fishery doubles in value
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game released its preliminary figures for the total harvest and value of this year’s commercial salmon fishery. 23...
Man arrested in Kake after gunfire lockdown
(AP) – A man was arrested Tuesday in the southeast Alaska community of Kake, which a tribal official earlier said had gone into lockdown. Alaska Sta...
Searchers find body near Kake
ANCHORAGE (AP) — Alaska State Troopers on Monday said a Kake man who reported missing on Saturday was found dead by a canine team searching for...
Alaska activates crisis standards of care for PMC, others
The State of Alaska activated its crisis standards of care document Saturday for 20 health care facilities across the state according to a press...
Covid delays northbound barge
The Alaska Marine Lines barge which departed Seattle on Friday, September 24, has been delayed and all scheduled ports north of Ketchikan will be...