Author: Ed Schoenfeld

Low oil prices hit Sealaska dividends

Southeast’s regional Native corporation will pay out $10.6 million to its more than 22,000 members mid-month. That’s a third less than last spring.

A Washington, D.C., environmental group is accusing the Tongass National Forest of breaking its own timber-sale rules.

Southeast Alaska’s independent ferry system is working its way out of a ridership slump. Numbers are up on the Hollis-to-Ketchikan route.

The state ferry Taku is for sale to the highest bidder. The minimum price for the 54-year-old ship is $1.5 million.

The state ferry Kennicott will return to service March 30, two weeks later than planned. Several Southwest Alaska communities will lose port calls.