Alix Soliman

1 month ago | ktoo.org | Alix Soliman

Listen to this story:https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/20FedReinstated_web.wavSome of the federal employees in Juneau who were fired as part of President Donald Trump’s federal staffing purge have been reinstated because federal judges in two separate cases recently ruled the mass layoffs unlawful. Reinstatements have reached the National Park Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and U.S. Forest Service in Juneau this week.

1 month ago | ktoo.org | Alix Soliman

Some of the funding needed to study long-term solutions to glacial outburst flooding in Juneau has arrived. Last Friday the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers received $4.75 million to start working on a technical report that will inform a later, fleshed-out feasibility study of potential solutions to annual flooding in Mendenhall Valley. The funding came from the federal American Relief Act and will be disbursed over the next four years.

1 month ago | savingseafood.org | Alix Soliman

March 18, 2025 — A half-century ago, Angoon’s harbor was packed with small, family-operated fishing vessels. Salmon and halibut fed mouths and bank accounts. Peter Duncan, Mayor of Angoon, remembers those days. But it’s not the same anymore. Fisheries limitation regulations have caused “devastating changes,” he said. “You just don’t find a troller in our harbors anymore.” That’s caused his village to depend more on government assistance programs, including food stamps, he said.

1 month ago | alaskapublic.org | Alix Soliman

A half-century ago, Angoon’s harbor was packed with small, family-operated fishing vessels. Salmon and halibut fed mouths and bank accounts. Peter Duncan, Mayor of Angoon, remembers those days. But it’s not the same anymore. Fisheries limitation regulations have caused “devastating changes,” he said. “You just don’t find a troller in our harbors anymore.” That’s caused his village to depend more on government assistance programs, including food stamps, he said.

1 month ago | ktoo.org | Alix Soliman

Listen to this story:https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/17FisheriesLimit_web-audio.wavA half-century ago, Angoon’s harbor was packed with small, family-operated fishing vessels. Salmon and halibut fed mouths and bank accounts. Peter Duncan, Mayor of Angoon, remembers those days. But it’s not the same anymore. Fisheries limitation regulations have caused “devastating changes,” he said.