Joe Viechnicki

Researchers are looking for ways that crab and fish in Alaska may be able to adapt to more acidic ocean water.With carbon dioxide levels rising on the…

The Southeast Alaska Power Agency’s hydro plants at Swan Lake and Tyee Lake provide some of the electricity for Ketchikan, Wrangell and Petersburg.

The National Marine Fisheries Service has proposed a rule to designate critical habitat for some populations of humpback whales, a move that could have wide impacts for crabbers, gillnetters and others in Southeast Alaska.

The record harvest for this hunt was set two years ago with 117 moose killed.

Alaska Airlines confirms that flights 64 and 65 both had lightning strikes from storms that moved through the northern panhandle and also knocked out power in the capital city Sunday.

The state sent a letter to the more than 400 striking workers represented by the Inlandboatmen’s Union of the Pacific warning employees that the state would not be paying health insurance premiums or unemployment compensation if the strike lasts past August 1.

Governor Mike Dunleavy’s vetoed half of the state’s contribution towards debt service for school projects. Local governments will likely dip into reserves, or raise taxes, to make up for the nearly $49 million shortfall.

State and federal law enforcement officers killed a brown bear Sunday on the mainland southeast of Wrangell. They believe it was the same bear that was threatening some campers in the area.

Petersburg’s utility director doesn’t foresee the need for more diesel power generation this spring but says the community’s conservation measures will continue to help hydroelectric reservoirs refill this spring.

The state legislature is considering a ban on plastic shopping bags.