Removal operations for a tug partially submerged at the National Guard Dock in Gastineau Channel, Alaska, are scheduled, weather pending, to be conducted later this week and into the weekend.

The Kenai River Special Management Citizen Advisory will hold its regularly scheduled meeting on Thursday, February 9th at 5:30 p.m. at the Gilman River Center on Funny River Road.

Millions in federal funds could be granted to help Tribal Nations, and local Alaska communities, businesses, and groups expand the use of wood products and strengthen emerging wood energy markets from materials removed from unhealthy, overgrown forests.

The Department of Justice on Friday unsealed a January indictment charging two Anchorage women with conspiracy, fraud, aggravated identity theft, and money laundering for perpetrating a lengthy scheme to steal identities and defraud elderly victims and Habitat for Humanity.

Borough Assembly to consider Borough Mayor salary compensation and proposed salary adjustments.

A female fur seal pup, estimated to be around six months old, was transported from near Sitka to the Alaska SeaLife Center for treatment.

A federal grand jury in Alaska returned an indictment charging a Homer woman with attempted interference with the navigation of a seaplane and negligent operations of a vessel.

Five individuals were recognized as Leadership Award recipients in the categories of: Lifetime Achievement, Marine Research, Marine Science Outreach, Stewardship and Sustainability and Ocean Youth Award.

The National Weather Service Forecast Offices in Alaska have realigned Alaska’s marine forecast zones, due to be implemented on March 8, 2023, in an effort to provide more specific marine weather information to their partners and the public.