Author: Leila Kheiry

Historic Tsimshian pole donated to Heritage Center

Alaska State Museum conservators from Juneau came to town to help clean and preserve the pole, and find out what kind of stories might be hidden in the wood.

Soggy Beavers paddle 750 miles in first R2AK

Teams continue to arrive at the finish line in Ketchikan for the inaugural Race to Alaska, an engineless boat race that started in Port Townsend, Wash. Until Thursday, all the finishing teams had been on sailboats. But, Team Soggy Beavers relied almost 100 percent on human power.

Tongass Advisory Committee has doubts

At the start of a three-day meeting in Ketchikan, TAC members said they were confident their recommendations could lead to success, but they weren’t confident that the Forest Service will take those recommendations to heart.

PFD program nets $23K for local nonprofits

The filing period for this year’s Permanent Fund Dividend closed last week, and according to Pick.Click.Give. officials, a record 6.1 percent of Alaskans chose to share part of their PFD with Alaska nonprofits.

Sawmill creating biofuel bricks from sawdust

The City of Craig on Prince of Wales Island has teamed up with a sawmill in neighboring Klawock to produce useful products out of what was useless sawmill waste.