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07/07/11 Add sea otters to the list of critters transmitting radio signals in Southeast Alaska. Researchers recently captured and tagged the marine mammals north of Petersburg.
06/30/11 LEILA KHEIRY Ketchikan Daily News KETCHIKAN, Alaska It's pretty clear after just a few minutes of conversation that Amy Gulick has fallen in love with Southeast Alaska. The Washington-based nature photographer spent about two years hiking and boating through the Panhandle's backcountry, taking pictures and conducting research for "Salmon in the Trees," a beautifully illustrated book that details ...
06/15/11 JUNEAU, Alaska - A trial date has been set in Juneau for a 46-year old man accused of fatally ambushing two police officers in the Southeast Alaska town of Hoonah. John Nick Marvin Jr. is schedu...
06/04/11 SCOTT BOWLEN Ketchikan Daily News KETCHIKAN, Alaska InnerSea Discoveries' two small cruise ships made their Ketchikan debuts in May, launching the return of adventure-focused small-ship cruising to southern Southeast Alaska. Ketchikan is the southern turnaround port for the seven-night, one-way voyages that the 169-foot Wilderness Discoverer and 156-foot Wilderness Adventurer are sailing this ...
06/04/11 KETCHIKAN, Alaska - InnerSea Discoveries' two small cruise ships made their Ketchikan debuts in May, launching the return of adventure-focused small-ship cruising to southern Southeast Alaska. K...
05/25/11 White marsh marigolds, one of the forerunners of spring flowers in Southeast Alaska, are finally blossoming profusely along the logging roads, creeks, rivers and ponds on Prince of Wales Island.
05/25/11 What little remains of Southeast Alaska's timber industry won't survive if the Sealaska Native Corp. can't finalize a land deal allowing it access to the timber it wants in the Tongass National Forest, the company warned a Senate committee Wednesday.
05/10/11 HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA--(Marketwire - May 10, 2011) - Ucore Rare Metals Inc. (TSX VENTURE:UCU)(OTCQX:UURAF) ("Ucore" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the 2011 exploration and development agenda for the Bokan-Dotson Ridge rare earth element (REE) project in Southeast Alaska ("Bokan"). The comprehensive program continues under the management of Ucore's wholly-owned U.S. subsidiary Rare Earth ...
04/27/11 Spring seems to be dragging its heels this year. That elusive Southeast Alaska sun had burst forth in February long enough to send us into a delusional state of optimism, but frosty mornings, continued bouts of snow, hail and relentless chilly temperatures have dragged on through April.
04/27/11 JUNEAU - A free drivers training program is being offered in Juneau in April and May for youth from rural Southeast Alaska communities, according to a press release from SERRC, Alaska's Educational Resource Center.
04/27/11 A number of successful commercial gardens existed in Southeast Alaska over the years when fresh produce came north by steamboat. First these enterprising, hard-working farmers searched for and found flat land most often near streams that flooded in the past to enrich the soil.
04/13/11 Editor's note: This is the first article in a series exploring public safety in rural Southeast Alaska communities. JUNEAU - Alaskans across the state rallied on March 31 in support of Gov. Sean Parnell's "Choose Respect" initiative to end domestic violence and sexual assault in the state.
04/01/11 Legislation to allow Natives to organize urban corporations in five Southeast Alaska communities has been introduced by Rep. Don Young, a news release said.
03/30/11 The City and Borough of Juneau will submit two plans to the state redistricting board Thursday in Anchorage for how Southeast Alaska should be divided into House districts.
03/23/11 Traveling in Southeast Alaska in spring is always an adventure, with no guarantees of on-time departure or arrival. This is particularly true when the journey involves a bumpy crossing in a small WWII-era de Havilland Beaver floatplane.
03/16/11 United Way of Southeast Alaska, with its partner agencies, serves community needs throughout Southeast Alaska. More recently United Way of SE Alaska has adopted Literacy by Third Grade as its focus to help ensure children are reading at grade level by the time they complete third grade.
02/26/11 JUNEAU, Alaska - "December and the Meter's Spinning Backwards," Southeast Alaska Conservation Council Energy Coordinator Dan Lesh wrote on the Sustain Angoon blog. He included photographs of the fr...
02/20/11 The arts are big there -- and the mountains are bigger yet. Throw in Russian and Tlingit history of mythic proportions, and you've got Southeast Alaska's most appealing city
02/15/11 A jury deliberating the fate of a Southeast Alaska woman accused of having her mother killed in 2004 told a judge Tuesday they could not reach a unanimous decision on one of seven counts, according to the accused woman's defense attorney.
02/14/11 Southeast Alaska's once-vibrant timber industry is now mostly gone, but state retirement officials think investing millions of dollars in pension money in the timber industry elsewhere will pay off for the state's retirees.
02/04/11 President Ed Thomas of the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indians of Alaska represents 27,000 Alaska Natives, mostly in Southeast Alaska, among other things providing education and employment training programs. |