CBJ wants the LBC to redraw the northern boundary for the recently-formed Petersburg Borough further south
Fisheries
Judge hears Juneau’s annexation case
CBJ argues that Local Boundary Commission did not properly consider their petition
Tangled whale reaches Juneau waters
The humpback whale that was tangled up in a gillnet near Petersburg earlier this week has made its way to Juneau waters.
Southeast divers must travel far for emergency care
Scubua diving emergencies can no longer be treated at Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau. After more than 30 years, the facility discontinued its hyperbaric chamber program and recently removed the 13-foot chamber.
35,000 sockeye caught in first six hours of Snettisham fishery
50,000 sockeye salmon is the early catch estimate for a 3-day gillnet opening at Port Snettisham and the Speel Arm near Juneau, with 35,000 of those fish caught in the first six hours.
Ted Stevens Day at NOAA honors and educates
Hundreds of people poured into Juneau’s Ted Stevens Marine Research Institute, or Auke Bay Laboratories, on Friday, a day set aside to honor its namesake and his legacy in Alaska.
Tragedy and Courage on the Bering Sea
One of the most riveting stories of disaster and bravery at sea is now a television documentary, being broadcast this week on KTOO’s 360 North. Tragedy and Courage on the Bering Sea, by filmmaker John Sabella, recounts the fire that destroyed the Fishing / Processing Vessel Galaxy in 2002. The story is told entirely by…
DIPAC spreads the wealth of chum salmon
For the first time since it started in 1976, Douglas Island Pink and Chum (DIPAC) is operating in the black.
Sockeye run brings bears; Steep Creek trail closed
Sockeye began running over the weekend and the black bears are feasting.
Steep Creek salmon cam now live
Forest Service is livestreaming an underwater camera from near the Mendenhall Glacier Visitors Center