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Skagway’s Traditional Council is the most recent member of a statewide tribal network that measures ocean acidification. Samples from Nahku Bay in the Upper Lynn Canal will be part of a regional data set that helps scientists make a plan for adaption. Reuben Cash...

Seven communities in Southeast Alaska had their ferry service slashed earlier this month. Today the Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) restored service to some of the affected communities. The ferry Tazlina will be brought back online to make up for previously...

Skagway’s ore terminal will be doing business again after Minto Mine resumed production in the Yukon last month. That will boost the local economy, but it may slow the city’s efforts to clean legacy contamination under the dock. Pembridge Resources bought the Minto...

Popular tourist train company White Pass and Yukon Route Railroad warned Skagway to renew its waterfront lease or be prepared to pay compensation. A letter from White Pass and Yukon Route Railroad’s attorney to the municipality says Skagway should halt its work to...

Brewers and distillers can continue to host parties, classes, and festivals such as First Friday in their tasting rooms. On Tuesday, Alaska’s Alcoholic Beverage Control Board rejected a regulation change that would have prohibited the use of breweries and distilleries...

Skagway was added to the list of communities the U.S. Forest Service will visit to talk about why it is pursuing a full exemption to the Roadless Rule in the Tongass National Forest. All Skagway had to do was ask. The eastern shores of the Lynn Canal are lined by the...

Several communities in Southeast Alaska lost ferry service this winter when the Alaska Marine Highway System docked the M/V Leconte for expensive repairs. Some elected officials and advocacy groups in Southeast are pushing the state to deploy the M/V Tazlina to make...

Haines High School Senior Cade Clay returned from a national shooting competition in Nebraska this week. He competed with the varsity team of Alaska Youth Education in Shooting Sports.   The team won the competition overall. Clay placed second in the nation for trap...

The Municipality of Skagway has not yet decided how much rent White Pass and Yukon Route Railroad should pay to lease the waterfront property. A third appraisal of the Tidelands lease did not help the Assembly reach a decision at Thursday’s meeting. Every five years...

Alaska’s Division of Elections rejected a petition to recall Governor Mike Dunleavy on Monday. Organizers of the recall campaign completed an application to begin the official petition process, however, the state’s Attorney General argues that the grounds for the...