Continuing tremors at Alaska’s Mount Redoubt are prompting speculation that the volcano could be in a dome-building phase.

Juneau has taken a first step in creating a program for reducing its carbon footprint – measuring it.

Huna prevailed over Sitka 69-65 in Monday morning’s C-Bracket matchup in a classic Gold Medal seesaw battle.

Before Monday’s C Bracket semifinal game, Juneau Filipino Community’s player-coach Mike Lim said he wanted to control the tempo of the game by utilizing the team’s size advantage. But the Kake Oldtimers had different plans and cruised into the semifinals with a 100-67 win Monday at the 63rd Gold Medal Basketball Tournament.

The Juneau Green Team chalked up a 90-70 victory against the Yakutat Old Timers by playing hard physical basketball and taking advantage of stamina reaped from a long season of local leagues.

Gov. Sarah Palin appears to be backing off her aggressive stance against accepting some of the federal stimulus money for Alaska, and some lawmakers are disputing whether she “rejected” any money at all.

KENAI – The 166-foot supply vessel Monarch is likely to remain in Cook Inlet after its sinking near Nikiski.

ANCHORAGE – An animal rights group wants Alaska State Troopers to open a criminal investigation into the deaths this year of five Iditarod dogs, including two on the team of a musher who says they froze to death.

ANCHORAGE – It was 20 years ago Tuesday, just after midnight in the calm waters of Prince William Sound, an oil tanker plowed over charted rocks known as Bligh Reef.

Juneau School District officials are looking into the possibility of flipping elementary and high school start times, giving high schoolers an extra hour and 15 minutes before classes begin in the morning.