“They’re just so graceful and beautiful. Every time I see a whale I get excited,” says biologist Craig George. “I’ve seen thousands and thousands. It’s always like seeing a bowhead for the first time.”
Community
Akiak loses a mile-long stretch of riverbank to erosion
The city’s administrator says that Akiak has seen erosion problems before, but nothing like this.
Juneau explores using fines to address ‘chronic nuisance properties’
The city is looking into a new way to deal with properties that make frequent appearances on the police blotter.
Two dead after floatplane crashes near Metlakatla
Two people are dead after a floatplane operated by Taquan Air went down near Annette Island late Monday afternoon.
Counting the hooligan swimming through Haines streams
Little is known about the long-loved, oily subsistence fish known as hooligan. The only ongoing research on Southeast Alaska hooligan is the result of a nine-year study by the Chilkoot Indian Association.
Major grant funds end-to-end work on Treadwell Ditch Trail
Trail Mix Executive Director Erik Boraas says the goal is for the trail to be bikeable from end to end in five years.