Last month, the state development agency said it would kick Vigor out of the Ketchikan Shipyard. Now, AIDEA and Vigor say they’re working to resolve the dispute.
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Trump’s executive orders to stimulate logging could fall flat in the Tongass
President Trump issued two new executive orders on March 1 to expand logging in national forests. They could affect Tongass National Forest, but some locals are skeptical.
Alaska fisher gets six months in federal prison for attempting to kill endangered whale
A federal judge in Juneau has sentenced a Southeast Alaska fisher to six months in federal prison after pleading guilty last year to directing his crew to kill a sperm whale.
Once again, Alaska will study building a road to Juneau
The state has repeatedly studied and pitched such proposals before, including in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s.
Skagway mayor causes ‘consternation’ with refusal to sign Assembly correspondence
Mayor Sam Bass announced he had not – and would not – sign correspondence that was approved at the previous Assembly meeting, including letters concerning recent federal firings and tariffs with Canada.
Alaska woman submits Guinness bid for world’s largest mouth
Marie Pearl Zellmer Robinson of Ketchikan can easily fit a 12-oz. aluminum can between her teeth.