The owner of the Niblack mining project on Prince of Wales Island continues to explore the possibility of a minerals processing plant on Gravina Island near Ketchikan.
State Government
State expects unemployment filings to rise due to shutdown
The Department of Labor started receiving calls from furloughed federal workers the first day of the shutdown.
Ferry staff repairing LeConte generator
The ferry LeConte is on schedule to return to service Tuesday, Oct. 8. The small ship was out of service Oct. 6-7 due to a generator failure.
Treadwell calls for more aggressive tack on state sovereignty
When the Citizens’ Advisory Commission on Federal Areas last met, the theme was overreach from Washington. But this go-round, it seems the group is unexpectedly dealing with federal underreach.
Signature Gathering: A budding business
A paid petitioner who’s working on the campaign to regulate marijuana talks about what goes into the job.
Alaska’s high court first supreme court in the nation to hear climate change case
The lead plaintiff’s home in Kipnuk is uninhabitable because of spring floods, melting permafrost and erosion.