Around Town

Recovery Coach Training, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Gruening Park Recreation Center.Women, Infants and Children walk-in clinic, 9 a.m.-6 p.m., SEARHC Juneau WIC Clinic, 3245 Hospital Drive,… Continue reading

Expert recommends consolidation for Southeast hospitals

SITKA — Two Alaska hospitals that are grappling with financial challenges will consider consolidation.The Sitka Community Hospital board plans to discuss possible courses of action… Continue reading

Four-time Iditarod champ Mackey out of 2017 race

ANCHORAGE— Four-time Iditarod champion and cancer survivor Lance Mackey has dropped out of next year's nearly 1,000-mile race for health reasons, organizers said Monday.Mackey said… Continue reading

Bethel schools get $1.5M language proficiency grant

BETHEL — A Bethel school district has received federal funds to improve the language proficiency of Alaska Native students in both English and their native… Continue reading

Passenger dies when car crashes into median, guardrail

ANCHORAGE — An Anchorage man in the back seat of a car died early Sunday when the car crashed into a median and guardrail.Anchorage police… Continue reading

Suspect in trooper dog shooting charged with four felonies

ANCHORAGE — A man suspected of fatally shooting an Alaska State Trooper dog was charged Monday with four felonies, including two counts of assault.The dog… Continue reading

A haul rope is returned to the Silver Arrow after a fiber optic cable was brought to shore in Haines for the Alaska Power and Telephone Company on Friday. The cable will bring more bandwidth to the upper Lynn Canal communities of Haines and Skagway.

‘Road’ connects Juneau and Haines with 28,800 lanes

HAINES — On a cloudy Friday morning, in a tent on a windblown beach near the ferry terminal here, Rick Chislett delicately fed a glass… Continue reading

A haul rope is returned to the Silver Arrow after a fiber optic cable was brought to shore in Haines for the Alaska Power and Telephone Company on Friday. The cable will bring more bandwidth to the upper Lynn Canal communities of Haines and Skagway.

Around Town

Women, Infants and Children walk-in clinic, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., SEARHC Juneau WIC Clinic, 3245 Hospital Drive, first floor. Free nutrition services for income-eligible women who… Continue reading

Woman critically injured in shooting at Anchorage home

ANCHORAGE — Anchorage police are investigating a shooting that left a woman critically injured on the city’s east side.Police just before 11 p.m. Thursday took… Continue reading

US rig count up 5 this week to 511

HOUSTON — The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. increased by five this week to 511.A year ago, 838… Continue reading

Sitka group wants plastic bag fee

SITKA — A group is exploring a possible plastic and paper bag fee in Sitka.The Sitka Sentinel reported the first Bags for Change meeting brought… Continue reading

In this Sept. 22 photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Aston, Pennsylvania. The most telling moments in presidential debates often come out of the blue, an offhand remark or unrehearsed gesture that helps to reveal the essence of a candidate who's already been poked, prodded and inspected for years.

Viewers’ guide: Look for trust, temperament themes in debate

WASHINGTON — The most telling moments in presidential debates often come out of the blue — an offhand remark or unrehearsed gesture that helps to… Continue reading

In this Sept. 22 photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Aston, Pennsylvania. The most telling moments in presidential debates often come out of the blue, an offhand remark or unrehearsed gesture that helps to reveal the essence of a candidate who's already been poked, prodded and inspected for years.

Kenai postpones cat leash ordinance

KENAI — Kenai cats could join dogs on the list of animals that city code requires to be restrained either by a leash, fence or… Continue reading

Native Hawaiians given way to create ties with US government

HONOLULU — Native American communities with their own governments have long had a way to establish a relationship with the United States, but until now… Continue reading

City to help with mobile home down payments

When Margaret O’Neal, chair of the city’s Affordable Housing Commission, first moved to Juneau in the early ‘70s she found that many people who owned… Continue reading

Voices of recovery in Juneau

A story that so many people will tell about their battle with substance abuse is how at one point, they couldn’t bear to tell their… Continue reading

Fort Wainwright army band prepares for move to Anchorage

FAIRBANKS — The U.S. Army has announced plans to move interior Alaska’s 9th Army Band to Anchorage next month.Officials said the Fort Wainwright band will… Continue reading

Southern fisheries earn win in federal court

ANCHORAGE — A federal appeals court has ruled in favor of a state commercial fishing organization that challenged a decision to move several southern Alaska… Continue reading

New dental health facility opening in Dillingham

ANCHORAGE — A new dental health facility is set to be unveiled Friday in Dillingham.Representatives said the Bristol Bay Area Health Corp. is set to… Continue reading

Grand jury indicts man on murder charge in fatal hit-and-run

ANCHORAGE — A grand jury has indicted an Anchorage man suspected of a fatal hit-and-run crash.The grand jury Thursday indicted 20-year-old Quinton Molinar on counts… Continue reading