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Corroded steel delays Matanuska return by two weeks
The 58-year-old state ferry Matanuska will spend an additional two weeks in a Ketchikan shipyard so that workers can repair and replace corroded steel...
Just as bad an idea now as it was last time
The Alaska Constitution requires that every 10 years voters consider whether it’s time to elect and convene a group of several dozen Alaskans to...
Juneau may extend tax collection to sales aboard cruise ships
The Juneau assembly will consider an ordinance that would amend the borough’s sales tax code to collect on goods and services sold aboard cruise...
State psychiatric doctors are not political appointees
Editorial from this week’s Wrangell Sentinel Doctors at the Alaska Psychiatric Institute are there to help make people think and feel better about...
Haines amongst most pessimistic on future economic outlook
Haines business owners and managers who responded this past spring to a Southeast-wide economic outlook survey were among the most pessimistic in the...
Legislators pass $1,100 PFD; governor wants more
Not content with the $1,100 Permanent Fund dividend adopted on the final day of the special legislative session that ended Tuesday, Gov. Mike...
Southeast visitor industry looks forward to 2022
More than 150 officials convened in Haines this week for the annual Southeast Conference — with more participating online — and much of the...
Columbia might come back for summer 2022 ferry service
The Alaska Marine Highway System has put out its summer 2022 draft schedule for public comment, with two potentially big changes from this year: the...
State trying to solve ferry crew shortage
The Alaska Marine Highway System is not alone in trying to manage with a crew shortage, nor is it a new problem. But the fear of COVID-19 is making...
Federal legislation could help state ferry system
The 2,700-page, trillion-dollar infrastructure bill that passed the U.S. Senate on Tuesday could provide tens of millions of dollars, maybe more, to...
Governor says Alaskans need cash, OK to take it from Permanent Fund
By Larry Persily Sentinel writer As legislators meet in special session this week, Gov. Mike Dunleavy continues to push his plan for much larger...
Half of renters receive covid relief
Using federal pandemic relief funds, the state has paid more than $179,000 toward past-due and future rent and utility bills in Haines, part of $85.2...
Donate to a nonprofit, not national politics
As if national campaigns haven’t turned nasty enough in recent years, the billions of dollars at stake in political fundraising is making it worse....
Regional, economic divides hinder compomise on state's fiscal future
Some of the key players in legislative efforts to reach a compromise on a long-term fiscal plan for the state — in addition to settling on an...
Bad time to rewrite the state constitution
The list of escalating Alaska political divides is growing faster than skunk cabbage in a rainforest. And it smells just as bad. The line-up for the...
Cruise ship COVID-19 case count rises to 10
The COVID-19 case count among the 214 passengers and crew who were aboard the American Constellation’s Southeast Alaska cruise the second week of... Full story
Assembly schedules public interviews tonight of 2 finalists for borough manager
The borough assembly is scheduled to interview its two finalists for the manager job in a public meeting starting at 6:30 p.m. this evening. The...
COVID cases climbing back up in Alaska
State officials say the highly contagious delta variant is likely driving the increase in COVID-19 cases reported in Alaska, plus the fact that more...
Haines scheduled for one ferry a week January and February
Haines would see just one ferry a week in January and February under the draft winter schedule released Tuesday evening by the Alaska Marine Highway...
COVID cases send ship into quarantine in Juneau
The first cruise ship to cancel runs through Southeast Alaska this summer due to COVID-19 cases on board is tied up in Juneau, waiting for a 10-day...
PFD is the deadline as lawmakers work on a state fiscal plan
Alaska lawmakers are scheduled to reconvene in another special session in just over two weeks to consider a long-term fiscal plan for the state ...
Legislators hear strong objections to ferry terminal at Cascade Point
The Alaska Department of Transportation has been working more than two years on the idea of building a new state ferry terminal at Cascade Point, almo...
Alaskans need to hear real facts about budget
Could anything be more difficult than getting the Alaska Legislature to settle on a workable, affordable, sustainable fiscal plan for the state? Yes....
Governor vetoes legislative attempt to bolster ferry budget
Gov. Mike Dunleavy has used his veto power to thwart a legislative effort to boost the state ferry system budget. The governor cut almost $8.5...
Borough manager attracts 10 applicants
The borough has been without a permanent manager since last May, and the mayor is hoping the latest round of applications will produce a successful...
