The annual Taku flood peaked yesterday evening, and cabin owners say it wasn’t too bad.

Recently disseminated via e-mail to all State of Alaska employees, an “Invitation to Governor’s Picnics”:
Dear State Employee:
You are cordially invited to attend the 2009 Governor’s Annual Picnics. The picnics will feature free food, live entertainment, games and activities for children and much more.
Come and join Governor Sarah Palin, Lieutenant Governor [...]

Gov. Sarah Palin appointed Janet Woods of Fairbanks to the Alaska Board of Fisheries, replacing Bonnie Williams of Fairbanks.

JUNEAU – From Crimson Bear to fledgling Falcon. Born and raised in Juneau, Jason Wilson was a member of the 1985 Juneau-Douglas High School state champion boys’ swim team and was an assistant coach at JDHS last year. Now, he’s taking over as the head swim coach at Thunder Mountain, an interesting dynamic not lost on Wilson.

Juneau West 7, Juneau East 2

The world, and America in particular, are awash with resources. The gross domestic product is largely derived from technology handed down freely from previous generations. (This letter could not be written and you could not read it but for the gift of language from our ancestors.)

I have just read the latest news on the Kensington mine and I have been following the story all along.

Are you better off than you were 40 years ago? Not if you’re a minimum-wage worker.

Megan Stidolph, left, and Dawn Walsh, right, carry Naughty Monkey on a downtown shopping excursion Thursday. Walsh, who co-owns shoe store Shoefly with Sydney Mitchell, uses the monkey for marketing. ‘I have a monkey on my back,’ Walsh stated. Added Stidolph, ‘The monkey and I have been dating for a year now.’

The Assembly Finance Committee voted Thursday night to let voters decide in October whether or not to raise taxes on cigarettes and tobacco products.