Yakutat News

The community of Seward once again made possible the success of last year's "Seward Winter Film Series" From the wet chilly month of November onto the delightful breakup of April we have been graced with the opportunity to provide the public a chance to share their experiences in the great Alaskan outdoors.

Residents of rural Alaska may find it difficult enough to keep up with their shopping, let alone stay current with their preventative medical care.

Holland America Line's Rotterdam, the flagship of its fleet, will begin visiting Juneau for the first time in 2010, the company announced Tuesday.

Yakutat-area mine claims trigger Native, fishery worries Published: September 29th, 2009 09:24 AM Last Modified: September 29th, 2009 09:32 AM Link: Juneau Empire An Oklahoma City company's mining claims on almost 60,000 acres in the Yakutat area for what it believes is a huge gold deposit is raising lots of concerns among local residents, Native ...

Southeast Senior Services welcomes Marianne Newlun as our new Site Manager/Cook for the Yakutat Senior Center.

Recent births at Bartlett Regional Hospital: On Aug. 24, 2009, a daughter, Koree Lynn Marshall, weighing 7 pounds, 7 ounces, to Cassandra Lynn Smith, of Juneau.

About five years ago, Kevin Fox was flying over the Selawik National Wildlife Refuge in northwest Alaska when he noticed the upper portion of the clear-running Selawik River looked cloudy.

Tlingit & Haida Head Start, located at 9109 Mendenhall Mall Road, Suite 8B, is now accepting applications for the 2009-2010 school year.

Everything is bigger in Alaska, including barn door sized halibut caught near the remote village of Yakutat.

Despite having several vacant positions, the Juneau Police Department did not qualify for any of the $5 million in federal stimulus money announced Tuesday to go to Alaska for police staffing.

Recently, several people have contacted an editor at the daily newspaper in Fairbanks about Alaska glaciers.

JUNEAU, ALASKA Fish as well as people are expected to benefit from another round of federal stimulus funding that's headed to Alaska.

The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities has exceeded its mid-June deadline to obligate at least half of the $176 million provided to the state under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the department announced Wednesday.

It was a beautiful weekend to be on the water and harvest rates improved for king salmon in the Juneau area, taking 31 rod hours to harvest a king last week.

Jim Thomas, a Tlingit formerly of Yakutat, was recently elected president of the Potlatch Fund, an American Indian/Alaska Native philanthropic foundation headquartered in Seattle, Wash.

Recent births at Bartlett Regional Hospital: * On May 14, 2009, a son, Leland Randel Black, weighing 5 pounds, 5 ounces, to Alexandra Leslie Crider and Randel Dale Black, of Yakutat.

Why travel to a frozen landscape, rather than bask in a tropical paradise? Why travel to a frozen landscape, rather than bask in a tropical paradise? For the uplifting feeling of being at the northernmost extremity of the globe, of having reached somewhere otherworldly.

Recent births at Bartlett Regional Hospital: * On May 5, 2009, a son, Isaac Kent Hill, weighing 8 pounds, 10 ounces, to Kendra B. and Trevor Tompeo Hill, of Hoonah.

King salmon have moved into local waters and are being caught at the traditional fishing spots.

This past week, I received a literally astounding report from Yakutat, Alaska's city manager, Skip Ryman, forwarded to me by Kerri Thoreson, concerning the rapid advancement of the Hubbard Glacier towards Gilbert Point near Yakutat at the astonishing rate of two meters per day! Skip gave me the Army Corp of Engineers special Web site for the ...