KFSK Southeast News Stories http://kfsk.org 05/09/2008 WRANGELL, ALASKA (05/07/2008) According to unofficial results, Wrangell will become a borough. The over-two year process came to a tentative end the evening of Tuesday, May 6, when a state board convened and counted the election ballots. But, it will still be another three weeks until boroughhood for Wrangell is finalized. http://kfsk.org/modules/local_news/index.php?op=sideBlock&syndicated=true&ID=211 05/07/2008 SITKA, ALASKA (05/07/2008) Alaska kids are walking across Asia. Well, they’re actually walking across a very large map of Asia. National Geographic’s “Traveling Map of Asia” has come to Alaska, and it’s touring the state’s schools. It’s a hands- and feet-on approach to geography, and its visit is just about over. Melissa Marconi Wentzel stopped by Sitka’s Blatchley Middle School, where 7th graders were using the map to explore some complex ideas. http://kfsk.org/modules/local_news/index.php?op=sideBlock&syndicated=true&ID=212 05/07/2008 Ketchikan, AK (05/07/2008) A team of researchers from the University of Portland is conducting a comprehensive study of pacific herring in Southeast Alaska. KRBD’s Alec Dickinson spoke with researcher Tom Thornton about the two-year project and filed this report. http://kfsk.org/modules/local_news/index.php?op=sideBlock&syndicated=true&ID=210 05/07/2008 JUNEAU, ALASKA (05/06/2008) Alaska’s first Ocean Rangers are in action. The cruise-ship pollution monitors began their work when the first large vessel arrived in Alaska waters late last month. Program managers say they are having no trouble recruiting marine engineers to be rangers. But so far, they haven’t hired any Alaskans. http://kfsk.org/modules/local_news/index.php?op=sideBlock&syndicated=true&ID=209 05/06/2008 WRANGELL, ALASKA (05/06/2008) The southeast Alaska drift gillnet season kicked off Monday with the first opening of the Stikine River king salmon fishery. http://kfsk.org/modules/local_news/index.php?op=sideBlock&syndicated=true&ID=208 05/06/2008 JUNEAU, ALASKA (05/05/2008) Alaska’s Marine Highway System is trying to get its fall-winter-spring schedule out early. The draft operating plan shows four of Alaska’s 11 ferries will be laid up for most of the winter: three for repairs and one to save money. Click on "more" to take a look at the proposed schedule and to learn about public meetings in Kodiak and Juneau. http://kfsk.org/modules/local_news/index.php?op=sideBlock&syndicated=true&ID=206 05/05/2008 WRANGELL, ALASKA (05/05/2008) Wrangell's timber industry may get another chance at life with the help of Polaris Management. Since last year, representatives of Polaris have been in discussion with Dick Buhler about buying the Wrangell sawmill. And they approached the city council at a special meeting last Thursday with a request for financial assistance. http://kfsk.org/modules/local_news/index.php?op=sideBlock&syndicated=true&ID=207 05/05/2008 SITKA, ALASKA (05/02/2008) The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has canceled the Yakutat Bay spring troll fishery for the third year running. As Melissa Marconi Wentzel reports, low king returns to the Situk River are again standing in the way of this fledgling commercial fishery. http://kfsk.org/modules/local_news/index.php?op=sideBlock&syndicated=true&ID=205 05/02/2008 WRANGELL, ALASKA (05/02/2008) Two years after Kodiak first proposed their exit from the Four Dam Pool during a board meeting in Wrangell, the power agency met up again in Wrangell to discuss what progress has been made toward the restructuring. http://kfsk.org/modules/local_news/index.php?op=sideBlock&syndicated=true&ID=204 05/02/2008 JUNEAU, ALASKA (05/01/2008) Alaska’s cruise-ship season has begun without a decision on a federal rule that could limit visits by about a third of the fleet. Officials say they’re not sure when the Passenger Vessel Services Act rule will be finalized. But those following the situation say Alaska will not be affected. http://kfsk.org/modules/local_news/index.php?op=sideBlock&syndicated=true&ID=202 05/01/2008 WRANGELL, ALASKA (05/01/2008) Wrangell Seafoods, Inc. says an arbitrator has granted the company a substantial award that could help with its ongoing financial difficulties. The award stems from a lengthy arbitration involving seafood company royal Greenland. http://kfsk.org/modules/local_news/index.php?op=sideBlock&syndicated=true&ID=203 05/01/2008 JUNEAU, ALASKA (04/30/2008) Remains of a centuries-old man found in a receding Canadian icefield have been linked to Southeast Alaska Natives. Organizations based in the Yukon and Juneau say DNA testing demonstrates the close historic connections between tribal groups on both sides of the border. Click on "more" to hear an extended interview with Chief Diane Strand of the Haines Junction-based Champagne and Aishihik First Nations and to read more about Kwaday Dan Ts'inchi', known in English as Long Ago Person Found. . http://kfsk.org/modules/local_news/index.php?op=sideBlock&syndicated=true&ID=199 04/30/2008 WRANGELL, ALASKA (04/30/2008) Earlier this month, the Wrangell city council approved a collective bargaining agreement between the city of Wrangell and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, or IBEW. This means that over 20 city workers are now part of a union. http://kfsk.org/modules/local_news/index.php?op=sideBlock&syndicated=true&ID=198 04/30/2008 SITKA, ALASKA (04/29/2008) Filming for the Sitka-based Disney movie “The Proposal” almost began here in Sitka this spring, that is until Hollywood found Rockport …Sitka’s stand in. (Click on "More" once you open the news story for links to pictures and articles.) http://kfsk.org/modules/local_news/index.php?op=sideBlock&syndicated=true&ID=197 04/29/2008 WRANGELL, ALASKA (04/28/2008) The dedication of Wrangell's Heritage Harbor took place on April 25. A crowd of about fifty people were present including members of city staff and city officials. Representatives from the Army Corps of Engineers and the Department of Transportation were on hand to give speeches, as were representative Peggy Wilson, senator Bert Stedman, and former governor Frank Murkowski. KSTK's Lisa Phu reports. http://kfsk.org/modules/local_news/index.php?op=sideBlock&syndicated=true&ID=194 04/28/2008