Forest Service Paying Timber Industry to Pick Which Trees It Wants in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest
Documents obtained via Freedom of Information Act detail close collaboration linking logging interests, Forest Service, and State of Alaska JUNEAU – Up to $1.3 million in U.S. Forest Service…
Salmon Beyond Borders, Alaskans: We’re Watching, Governor Dunleavy
JUNEAU—It was with interest that Salmon Beyond Borders learned Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy is in Vancouver for the Association for Mineral Exploration conference this week to tout Alaska mining,…
Ketchikan Driver Arrested for Felony DUI on North Tongass
After receiving several calls reporting a vehicle in the ditch at mile 7 of the North Tongass Highway, troopers responded to the location at 10:07 pm Saturday night and…
Coast Guard Station Juneau Boat Crew Rescues Stranded Hunter on Coghlan Island
KODIAK, Alaska – A Coast Guard Station Juneau boat crew rescued a stranded hunter from Coghlan Island, in the vicinity of Auke Bay Thursday. The man was transported safely…
Coast Guard Suspends Search for Overdue Boater near Sitka
SITKA, Alaska — The Coast Guard suspended the search Monday for an overdue kayaker near Sitka. Missing is 36-year-old Kale Pastel. The search spanned more than 45 hours, 111 square miles, and included…
Coast Guard, Sitka Mountain Rescue searching for overdue kayaker near Sitka
SITKA, Alaska — The Coast Guard and Sitka Mountain Rescue are searching for an overdue kayaker near Sitka, Sunday. Missing is 36-year-old Kale Pastel. Pastel was last seen wearing…
Dead Trees Could Bring New Life to Southeast Alaska Lumber Mills
JUNEAU – As climate change rapidly alters conditions in southeast Alaska, lower snowpack levels have caused a massive decline of yellow-cedar trees. Without an insulating blanket of snow, the…
99-Year Sentence in Klawock Murder
(Sitka, AK) – Sitka Superior Court Judge Jude Pate sentenced Prince of Wales resident Albert Macasaet to a 99-year sentence in the 2016 strangulation death of Judylee Guthrie, his girlfriend…
Tlingit & Haida Selected for Tribal Access Program
JUNEAU, AK –The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) recently selected Central Council of Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska (Tlingit & Haida) as one of 30 tribes…
