Wal-Mart denounced wide-circulating rumors Monday that it would be closing its Juneau store next month.
The local Toyota dealership owner said the service center is ready to handle Juneau's portion of a massive manufacturer recall announced last week.
The gray wall of the Juneau-Douglas Treatment Plant's incinerator is speckled with numbers. The wall reads ".198," ".159," ".082," ".096," ".203."
Ralph Samuels wants to be governor to boost the state's economy, including the oil and gas industries he championed in four terms in the Alaska Legislature, the cruise ship industry for which he now works, as well as the locally important mining and fishing industries.
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STATE OF ALASKA AP NEWS
Updated 1:15 PM ET• S&P rates Anchorage bonds high for borrowing
• Death penalty bill in Alaska Legislature
• First car heads to antique museum
• More than $1 million available for salmon research
• World's largest aircraft to land in Fairbanks
• Alaska town council votes to keep officer
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Updated 1:43 PM ET• Toyota recalls 437,000 Priuses, hybrids globally
• US Army closes in on targeted southern Afghan town
• GOP wary of pitfalls in Obama's health care summit
• Another major storm headed to snowy Mid-Atlantic
• Defiant Iran accelerates nuclear program
• UN slams Haitian hospitals for charging patients
• Job openings plunged by one-quarter last year
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Arts & Culture
Animated characters are usually geared toward children, and for this reason, a quick glance at the cartoonish images of "A Klondike Tale," Avery Veliz's planned feature length film set in Skagway, may lead viewers to a false conclusion. Namely, that this is a gentle story, one that willingly covers over the harsh realities of greed, corruption and prostitution rampant in Skagway in the 1890s, or at least one that treats them with disparaging humor.
Neighbors
I stretch out with a big yawn before turning on my personal television. After a few flips through a couple channels, I debate between the newest "Fast and the Furious" film, or Eddie Murphy's "Imagine That." I settle on the latter, snuggling down into my comfy seat with my warm blanket pulled up tight. After a few minutes, I'm gently awoken with an inviting question:
From the Capital City Weekly
Since 1986, Ketchikan residents have made a tradition of strutting their stuff. Alaska's "First City" was the first in the region to celebrate wearable arts with the Ketchikan Wearable Art Show. Twenty-four years later, many of the event's original members are still involved and remain as excited as ever.
Weddings / Anniversaries
Lou Taylor Faris and David Thomas are engaged to be married in an autumn wedding at the home of the groom's family.
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Slideshow: JDHS vs TMHS Showdown
2-08-10
Juneau-Douglas exploded for 28 second-quarter points en route to a 72-60 Southeast Conference victory over Thunder Mountain at TMHS in the second of a two-day, two-game double dip between Juneau's old and new high schools.Read more
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