Coffman-Cove News

Alaska Regional Forester Denny Bschor upheld a timber sale on Prince of Wales Island that will allow 73 million board-feet of timber to be sold in the Tongass National Forest.

It was with interest I browsed the reader comments regarding the Prince of Wales Island northern intertie.

An attempt to bring inexpensive hydroelectric power to two struggling Prince of Wales Island communities has hit a snag, after Alaska Power and Telephone failed to obtain a permit to run a powerline down a Forest Service road on the island.

As the family of Sam Butler, we would like to thank everyone who helped us look for Sam.

Officials have suspended the search for a man whose partially submerged canoe was discovered near Snow Passage earlier this week, Alaska State Troopers said Wednesday.

The Coast Guard is continuing its search for Samuel Butler after his partially submerged powered canoe was located by a good Samaritan in Clarence Strait at 10:15 a.m. Monday.

The Coast Guard was searching Monday for a Coffman Cove man who was missing after his powered canoe turned up with no sign of him.

Summer of 2008 was unlike '09 in more than just the weather reports. Read more... Letters/POVs Hickel says no Send us your opinion Obituaries None today Robert Gregory Igo Robert Gregory "Greg" Igo, 54, of Coffman Cove, died May 29, 2009, in Coffman Cove.

The ink had barely dried on U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack's May 28 announcement about timber and other resource projects in roadless areas of national forests before some environmentalists pounced.

You need to hear and understand the story of two little boys in Coffman Cove. These two little boys are supported by a logger, a "faller" to be exact.

Next summer could be the first tourist season with a limited fleet of charter vessels.