Matt Lichtenstein

PETERSBURG-AK (2010-09-02) A Superior court judge has dismissed a former city councilor’s lawsuit against two city employees in Petersburg. The suit alleged invasion of privacy and defamation. It was set for a jury trial this month. However, after hearing pre-trial arguments last week, the judge granted a defense motion to dismiss the whole thing and ordered the plaintiff to pay the defendant’s legal expenses.

Matt Lichtenstein

PETERSBURG-AK (2010-09-01) Ocean Beauty Seafoods will resume full operations in Petersburg next year. That’s according to company officials who point to early indications of a strong pink salmon return.

Matt Lichtenstein

PETERSBURG-AK (2010-08-31) The head of the United States Forest Service says the proposed transition to more forest restoration and second-growth logging will not require a special amendment to the Tongass Land Management Plan. On his recent trip to Petersburg, Chief Tom Tidwell talked about the transition as well as the status of the national Roadless Rule in an interview with Matt Lichtenstein, who has the second of our two reports on their conversation.

Matt Lichtenstein

PETERSBURG-AK (2010-08-30) A three-month investigation lead to the arrest of four people in Petersburg this week on felony drug charges. Police allege the suspects sold small quantities of a variety of drugs, including cocaine, morphine and methamphetamine, to a person working undercover for law enforcement. All four suspects have pleaded Not Guilty and the first of their trials is slated for mid-November. The operation was a joint effort of Petersburg police, State Troopers, and the group Southeast Alaska Cities Against Drugs or SEACAD.

Matt Lichtenstein

PETERSBURG-AK (2010-08-27) The Chief of the US Forest Service visited several Alaska towns this past week to meet with agency staff in Southeast and Southcentral. In Petersburg, the agency’s top official also sat down Tuesday for an interview with Matt Lichtenstein, who has the first of two reports:

Matt Lichtenstein

PETERSBURG-AK (2010-08-27) The 61-foot salmon tender Emily Jane sank in shallow water at the north end of the Wrangell Narrows outside Petersburg early Friday morning.

Matt Lichtenstein

PETERSBURG-AK (2010-08-26) It looks like building Petersburgs new fire hall on Haugen drive will cost substantially less than expected. City officials opened five contractor bids this week for the 18 thousand square foot building. All the bids were well below cost estimates and available funding for the project.

Matt Lichtenstein

PETERSBURG-AK (2010-08-26) A better-than-expected pink salmon season has been winding down in Southeast Alaska. As of early this week (Aug 25th), the Seine Fleet had harvested about 20 million pinks which is about on par with projections. But the fish have been bigger than average and they’ve been worth more than last year on the dock. Meanwhile, there are signs of a big pink run next year.

Ed Ronco

SITKA, ALASKA (2010-09-02) Democratic Senate candidate (and Sitka Mayor) Scott McAdams had his first nationally televised interview on Wednesday night, with MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow. In it, he called Republican Joe Miller "exactly the wrong person for Alaska." (KCAW has requested an interview with the Miller campaign.) In a separate interview McAdams told KCAW that by calling for less involvement from the federal government, Miller is showing that he doesn’t support one third of the Alaskan economy.

Ed Schoenfeld

SITKA, ALASKA (2010-09-01) Lisa Murkowski’s defeat could impact the chances of Sealaska’s lands legislation passing. The Republican U.S. senator was the bill’s main backer in Congress. And primary winner Joe Miller has spoken against it. But the other two members of Alaska’s Congressional delegation say they’ll keep the measure in play.

Ed Ronco

SITKA, ALASKA (2010-09-01) The first poll taken after Senator Lisa Murkowski conceded the Republican senate primary to Joe Miller shows a tightening race between Miller and Democratic candidate Scott McAdams. Since the August 24th primary, McAdams has focused on Miller as his opponent. KCAW’s Ed Ronco spoke to McAdams a few hours before Murkowski’s concession about the campaign ahead.

Tony Gorman

WRANGELL (2010-09-01) The deadline to declare candidacy for this year's Wrangell Borough Election has come and gone. This year's list of candidates was announced during this week's Wrangell Assembly meeting. KSTK's Tony Gorman reports.

Casey Kelly, KTOO

JUNEAU, ALASKA (2010-09-01) A memorial service has been scheduled for the Hoonah Police officers killed last weekend in what authorities say was an ambush by a lone gunman.

Dave Donaldson, APRN

JUNEAU, ALASKA (2010-09-01) Alaskans reacted to Lisa Murkowski’s decision to concede her campaign for re-election to a second full term Tuesday night.