Sitka Dock welcomed Royal Caribbean International’s Ovation of the Seas and Princess Cruises’ Royal Princess, two of the largest cruise ships to visit Alaska, to port on Saturday, May 7, marking the start of a full cruise season after two years of pandemic interruptions. Ready to greet this season’s cruise travelers is the newly constructed Sitka Sound Cruise […]
Talent, OR and Falmouth, MA –Scientists from Wild Heritage and Woodwell Climate Research Center used the latest data on carbon stored in forests to document the importance of the Tongass rainforest in southeast Alaska as a natural climate solution. This single 16.5 million-acre national forest, the largest of the national forests, stores approximately 20% of […]
Residents of Southeast Alaska are used to lots of rain and snow. Although precipitation varies greatly across the region, less than 30 inches of precipitation a year is highly unusual. As the climate changes, however, the region has experienced hotter and drier conditions, as well as other unusual weather events. Extreme heat and drought conditions […]
On Wednesday night at approximately 9 pm, a Saxman VPSO and Alaska State Troopers responded to a routine trespassing call at the Saxman Seaport parking lot where trespassers were staying on a boat there without permission. But, that call would quickly turn into a drug bust after making contact with the suspects with the assistance […]