Five Left Out: A Generational Fight for Southeast Land Claims
The fight to amend the exclusion of five Southeast communities from Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act continues today, fifty years after the act passed.
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ChatGPT and DALL-E vs. the Alaska Business Team
Alaska Business provided identical image and text prompts to a human team and AI content generators: you read the results and decide who or what did it better.
Improvements Ahead for the Alaska Marine Highway System
In 2023 the Alaska Marine Highway System is undergoing changes to to serve coastal communities more efficiently, including replacing and modernizing vessels and potential updates to ferry dock infrastructure.
Tongass FCU Serves Southeast with Community Microsites
Tongass Federal Credit Union has pioneered creating community financial microsites to better serve its members in Southeast Alaska.
John O’Connell Memorial Bridge: How the iconic cable-stayed bridge supports Sitka
In 2022, the American Society of Civil Engineers designated the John O’Connell memorial bridge as an Alaska Historic Civil Engineering Landmark.
Lynden Moves Alpine Gondola from Austria to Juneau
An elevated gondola being installed at Juneau’s Eaglecrest Ski Area had to be transported from a mountaintop in Austria by Lynden Logistics.
Klawock to Host Cruise Stop in 2023
A joint venture of Huna Totem and Doyon is preparing Klawock for port calls next season by Oceania Cruises.
Exploration Season Opens for Prince of Wales Prospects
Developers of the Bokan-Dotson Ridge rare earth element mine and the Niblack gold-silver-copper mine are sending exploration workers out in the field for the summer.
Native Groups Push Alternatives to Eliminating UAS as Separate Entity
Three major Southeast Alaska Native groups are pushing two parallel alternatives to a proposal to merge the University of Alaska Southeast into another UA university to alleviate the institution’s financial pressures.
Charting a Course for Prosperity in Isolated Rural Alaska
Dennis Gray Jr. sets his fishing gear with a calm and practiced rhythm in the Gulf of Alaska, south of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.