Southeast’s top 2016 stories: Ferries, elections, forests, rivers

The new bipartisan House majority caucus holds a press conference after forming in November. Southeast members are Juneau’s Sam Kito III, far left, Juneau’s Justin Parish, third from left, Sitka’s Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, center, and Ketchikan’s Dan Ortiz, second from right. (Photo by Andrew Kitchenman/KTOO/APRN)
The legislature, transboundary mining, timber harvest plans and a shrinking ferry system are among Southeast Alaska’s top stories of 2016.http://