The U.S. Coast Guard is 223 years old. The maritime service was created on Aug. 4, 1790 as the Revenue Cutter Service under the U.S. Department of Treasury. Juneau is headquarters of the 17th Coast Guard District, which includes the Arctic. Part of Juneau’s weekend celebration included a visit by the heavy ice breaker Polar…
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Search called off for missing boater, one body found, another man found alive
Aluminum drop bow landing craft reportedly sank near Cape Ommaney Thursday evening
Groundbreaking held for Walter Soboleff Center
Building will fill vacant lot and be devoted to the research and study of the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian cultures
Wrangell sawmill burns
One of the last major sawmill operations in Wrangell has been destroyed by fire. Mike Allen Enterprizes burned to the ground in Tuesday’s mid-afternoon fire at 13 Mile Zimovia Highway. The distance as well as unreliable phone service made firefighting a challenge. That portion of Zimovia Highway was under heavy construction and down to a…
Grad student discovers new insect species on POW
Jurassic-age Caurinus Tlagu discovered by UAF’s Jill Stockbridge
Will a marine shipping merger pit David against Goliath?
A state antitrust lawyer says a proposed merger may pit the commercial shipping equivalents of David against Goliath in Southeast Alaska. The plan, announced in April, involves three shipping companies: Seattle-based Alaska Marine Lines, Seattle-based Northland Services, and Sitka-based Samson Tug and Barge. AML’s parent company, Lynden Inc., wants to buy AML competitor Northland Services.…