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By SHANNON HAUGLAND Sentinel Staff Writer     Jerrick Hope-Lang, director of the local historic preservation nonprofit Katlian Collective, hopes this weekend’s concerts in Juneau and Sitka by …

Sitkans Add Voices For School Funding

By GARLAND KENNEDY Sentinel Staff Writer     Students and adults testified to a legislative committee Wednesday on the importance of increased school funding across the entire …

Fish Board Tackles Rockfish Negotiations

By ANNA LAFFREY Ketchikan Daily News Negotiations over state-managed groundfish harvest, including proposals to open up demersal shelf rockfish fishing, sped by on the third day of the Alaska …

Murkowski Calls FASD Bill Critical

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) announced Wednesday that she and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota) reintroduced the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Respect Act of 2025, legislation which …

By JAMES BROOKS Alaska Beacon     In a series of hearings this week within the Alaska State Capitol, public-school advocates from across the state presented hours of impassioned and often …

By CORINNE SMITH Alaska Beacon     The University of Alaska administration and the union representing nearly 1,100 faculty and postdoctoral fellows have reached a tentative agreement for a …

January 31, 2025, Community Happenings

Climate Connection Geochemical and Biological CO2 Removal Last week’s Climate Connection outlined scientists’ counsel that we need to remove 10 billion metric tons (10 gigatons) of CO2 from …

By SHANNON HAUGLAND Sentinel Staff Writer     The Assembly voted Tuesday night to adopt on final reading an ordinance revising a permit system for commercial operators on city …

By SHANNON HAUGLAND Sentinel Staff Writer     Sitka High School won the sweepstakes awards for drama, debate, forensics and overall categories at the Region V championships held here Friday and …

Fishery Board Hears Crab Quota Protests

By ANNA LAFFREY Ketchikan Daily News     Forty-four public testimonies about Southeast Alaska shellfish and groundfish fisheries filled up a short second day of the Alaska Board of …

By GARLAND KENNEDY Sentinel Staff Writer     Show tunes, from the familiar to the esoteric, will be in the air Friday at Broadway Night, this year starring the largest cast of performers ever …

By JAMES BROOKS Alaska Beacon     A state commission is recommending automatic inflation-driven raises and salary cuts for Alaska’s governor, lieutenant governor, members of the state …

By YERETH ROSEN Alaska Beacon     Alaska’s top environmental regulator was chosen to be the new Pacific Northwestern regional administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, …

By JAMES BROOKS Alaska Beacon     State political campaign regulators issued another heavy penalty this week against the organizers of a failed campaign that sought to repeal Alaska’s …

January 30, 2025, Community Events

ANB Founders Hall Gets Defibrillator A new automatic external defibrillator has been installed at the ANB Founders Hall. The AED can be used by anyone to provide immediate care for someone …

Officials Hear Doubts About Boatyard Fees

By SHANNON HAUGLAND Sentinel Staff Writer     The Assembly gave unanimous approval Tuesday night to issuing an invitation to bid on operation of the marine haulout and boatyard at the Gary Paxton …

City Welcomes News Funding Freeze Lifted

By SHANNON HAUGLAND Sentinel Staff Writer     City staff breathed a sign of relief today with the news an executive order freezing federal funding that would have stopped a number of local …

'Slinky Pot' Viewed As Fish Board Starts Work

By ANNA LAFFREY Ketchikan Daily News During a break in the Alaska Board of Fisheries Southeast Alaska/Yakutat finfish and shellfish regulatory meeting on Tuesday in Ketchikan, Petersburg crab …

Trump's Bid to Freeze Funds Rattles Alaskans

By JAMES BROOKS Alaska Beacon     President Donald Trump’s order to pause the spending of billions of dollars in federal grants triggered a wave of anxiety, fear and uncertainty on Tuesday …

Alaskans Lagging In Meeting Health Goals

By YERETH ROSEN Alaska Beacon     Midway through the decade, Alaskans have failed to make significant progress toward the health targets in numerous categories, according to an annual …

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