Alaska’s new governor, Sean Parnell, says he’ll push many of Sarah Palin’s higher profile initiatives, like the natural gas pipeline.

Sarah Palin stepped down Sunday as Alaska governor to write a book and build a right-of-center coalition, but she left her long-term political plans unclear and refused to address speculation she would seek a 2012 presidential bid

Juneau resident Kevin James Walkenford died in Phoenix, Ariz. on July 19, 2009. He was 14.

Francelia May “Frankie” Howard died July 19, 2009, in Juneau at the age of 92.

Anchorage – Geologists say a small earthquake has rattled southern Alaska in the Prince William Sound area. There were no immediate reports of damage.

ANCHORAGE – Police in Anchorage say a motorist struck the side of a train while fishing for his cell phone.

FAIRBANKS – It took a jury less than three hours to convict a man of attempted murder for gunning down his ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend at a Fairbanks bar.

JUNEAU – The vehicle ramp and fishing float at Wayside Park on Channel Drive will close for ramp bearing repairs beginning Monday. It will remain closed until the Juneau Docks and Harbors department completes the project.

JUNEAU – A grand jury indicted a registered nurse Friday charged with stealing a vial of a prescription narcotic from Bartlett Regional Hospital.

ANCHORAGE – Two Juneau men were indicted Friday on charges of violating the Lacey Act by commercializing subsistence halibut.