Yakutat News

Chunks of foam and plastic objects from the 2011 tsunami in Japan are washing up on Alaska's Pacific shoreline.

Ever wondered about someone you pass on the sidewalk, see in the grocery store, or heard mentioned in stories? This is our attempt to track those people down, and grill them, lightly.

The second Annual Yakutat Tern Festival is on May 31-June 3 with the theme "Celebrating Birds in Culture." There will be children's activities, cultural events, art, seminars, birding field-trips and a banquet to name a few of the activities offered this year.

The nearly 9 inches of rain that fell at the Ketchikan airport Sunday and Monday swamped the monthly average of 8.2 inches.

Throughout the year, Congregation Beth Sholom and its members strive to live by the Jewish philosophy of tikkun olam, "repair of the world." According to one version of this philosophy's origin, at one time a perfect world shattered and sent shards of creation all over.