Sitka, Alaska (AP)
A proposed one-year pilot project would re-establish direct passenger and freight ferry service between Sitka and the villages of Angoon, Kake, Tenakee Springs and Hoonah.
The new ferry runs would supplement the Sitka Marine Highway System, which dropped direct service between Sitka and the villages in recent years. Travelers currently have to go through Juneau.
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By Rachel La Corte
Olypia, Washington (AP)
The U.S. and Canada have reached a new 10-year agreement aimed at preventing overfishing of salmon off the western coast of Canada and southeast Alaska.
The plan announced during May by the Pacific Salmon Commission could...05-28-2008, 02:08 PM -
Anchorage, Alaska
The clinic in the Western Alaska village of Nunam Iqua is closing because the three workers – two health aides and an office assistant – are quitting due to threats and a hostile environment.
The Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corp. says the village of 200...04-19-2010, 04:54 PM -
Anchorage, Alaska
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study links the lack of indoor plumbing in Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta villages to higher rates of pneumonia and other diseases in children.
The Anchorage Daily News reports the study found disease rates three times...04-20-2010, 05:24 PM -
By Alex Demarban
Anchorage, Alaska (AP)
Workers in a southwest Alaska village are building a prototype house designed to shrug off painful heating costs and the wet winds that rot walls.
Builders with the Cold Climate Housing Research Center in Fairbanks last week...10-07-2010, 08:03 PM -
By Alex, DeMarban
(The Artice Sounder)
A Northwest Alaska village with a rich archaeological history stopped a quarry project that would have brought much-needed jobs and money.
The reason? Mysterious rock arrangements some call the remains of an ancient culture....07-03-2008, 02:28 PM