Author: Leila Kheiry

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.

Update: Conservation groups lose Big Thorne ruling

Alaska U.S. District Court Judge Ralph Beistline granted summary judgment Friday in favor of the defendants, and quite decidedly rejected every argument brought forward by the plaintiffs.