Tenakee-Springs News

This past winter, the Forest Service did a commendable thing. Following the lead of Gustavus residents, the Forest Service scrapped its plan for another massive clear-cut in the Couverden area and offered a ... via Juneau Empire

“We're trying to have something positive out of something as horrific as a young girl's murder”

Five years later, the murder of Maggie Wigen still haunts Tenakee Springs. Now her memory may be invoked in the rescue of others. via Juneau Empire

“When that April with its sweet showers has pierced the drought of March to the root.”

It seems we've had plenty of winter, even though really cold only a few times, but still with lots of blustery wind and rain and snow. via Juneau Empire

“You have to be able to trust your superintendent as a board member because they're the ones that give you information.”

The Chatham School Board replaced its superintendent earlier this month. Vance Cortez-Rucker said his attorney and the School Board's attorney had developed an "exit strategy" that allows him to step aside with ... via Juneau Empire

Hoonah and Tenakee Springs resident Benjamin "Ben" J. Nelson died April 12, 2008, in a snowmobile accident in Sitka. via Juneau Empire

O ld Sourdoughs once had a list of things Cheechakos needed to have accomplished in order to call themselves real Alaskans. via Juneau Empire

Alaska's first family is a bit bigger. Governor Sarah Palin delivered her fifth child Friday morning. via KTVA Anchorage

In 1897 and 1898, the Klondike Gold Rush brought thousands of intrepid souls to Alaska and the Yukon. via Juneau Empire

An HH-60J "Jayhawk" helicopter was launched from Air Station Sitka just before 9 p.m. Saturday to medevac a 52- year-old man suffering from a diving injury in Tenakee Springs. via Rotor.com

“This affects their judgment; it affects their timing. They might do things they wouldn't normally do, or not do things that they would normally do. The marine environment can get pretty rough, pretty quick”

There are new questions about last week's Alaska Ranger shipwreck and what role alcohol could have played at sea. via KTVA Anchorage

“They've been very well received wherever they've gone in”

Council 'Committee of the Whole' to discuss APOC, police pay scale PHIL HERMANEK Peninsula Clarion Under a new format added to Soldotna City Council meetings, the group will meet as the "Committee of the Whole" ... via Clarion Dispatch

Lawmakers are once again looking closely at Alaska's predator control program. On Tuesday, House Joint Resolution 31 passed the Alaska State House by a vote of 30 to 6, asserting the state's right for the ... via KTVA Anchorage

“There's a whole different set of critters that come out here at night”

From Annette Smith's window at the top of the State Office Building, the gray, flat, opaque water sitting between downtown Juneau and Douglas Island appears impenetrable. via Juneau Empire

There is a consumer warning about frozen chicken. Retail giant Costco is recalling more than 10,000 pounds of chicken entrees that are here in Alaska. via KTVA Anchorage

Southeast Alaska's rain forest is alive with the chirps and trills of more than 300 species of birds that flutter along the flyways of the state's panhandle. via Juneau Empire

“Well, thanks for your interest, but we think we'll just sit tight for a decade or two and see what it may be worth then.”

There is something about all this oil revenue talk that I don't get. Let me say right up front that I am not an economist, scientist or politician - unless you count being on the Tenakee Springs City Council. via Juneau Empire

“You know Alaskans are always different”

"We have been a caucus state since we became a state," said Alaska Republican Party Chair Randy Ruedrich. via KTVA Anchorage

“We changed the routing so that the trip between Juneau and Hoonah is always direct”

The new summer ferry schedule released this week by the Alaska Marine Highway System includes direct LeConte runs between Hoonah and Juneau, said Roger Wetherell, spokesman for the Department of Transportation ... via Juneau Empire

“It leaves 2.4 million acres of wild, roadless backcountry areas open to clear cutting and new logging roads”

More than 3 million acres in Alaska's Tongass National Forest would remain open to logging and road building under a Bush administration decision that supporters believe will keep Alaska's timber industry ... via Anchorage Daily News