The Kodiak man killed while trying to pilot his small plane from Ketchikan to the Lower 48 apparently ran out of fuel a few miles from an airport.
Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska
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Dunleavy taps real estate executive for fisheries commission
The Governor’s office didn’t announce the appointment, nor was the vacancy advertised. Smith’s name only surfaced after it was transmitted on February 3 to the state Senate for consideration.
8 months later, family of Kodiak man killed at naval base is still seeking answers
The family says they’re willing to accept the truth, however unpleasant — but they want to know what happened that night.
Emergency VHF radio channel unreliable across Southeast Alaska, Coast Guard says
Coast Guard Commander Lyle Kessler said mariners calling on Channel 16 may have trouble getting through to watchstanders. That’s because the region’s VHF repeaters are either inoperable or are unreliable due to a network failure in a swathe from Yakutat to south of Ketchikan.
Alaska tribes apply for broadband licenses to improve internet access
A startup called Alaska Tribal Spectrum received a $100,000 grant from the Denali Commission to register as many Alaska Native tribes during the final months of last year’s application period. The initiative has signed up nearly 70 tribes.
Bomb scare in Juneau postpones state ferry sailing to Pelican
The LeConte was loading around 6:15 a.m. at the Auke Bay terminal for a round-trip sailing to Pelican. That’s when a man drove around the line of cars and boarded the vessel and told crew members he was armed and mentioned a bomb.