TAKOTNA – In a flat, piney river valley deep in the Interior, the village of Takotna is marked by a dozen or so houses, a shop, a tiny post office and a school. Intrepid gold miners ventured here decades ago. A small tribe of Athabascan Indians has hunted and fished the woods and river banks for generations.

High school cliques used to be made up of the “jocks” and the “druggies.” The School Board heard Tuesday that in Juneau, the cliques are one in the same.

A National Park Service law enforcement ranger working in Glacier Bay for the summer has been arrested on two counts of felony sexual assault.

Two teens charged with distributing OxyContin in Juneau pleaded not guilty in court Tuesday.

KENAI – Salmon aren’t alone in being snagged during this busy summer fishing season in Alaska. Anglers get the hook, too.

ANCHORAGE – With the Goose Creek Correctional Center still three years from completion, Alaska is shifting 800 of its overflow inmates from a private prison in Arizona to one in Colorado.

ANCHORAGE – Federal prosecutors said they have complied with a court order handing over trial evidence to two former Alaska lawmakers convicted on corruption charges.

Juneau Dance Unlimited is holding a two week dance intensive with the Weber Dance Company of Boston, MA. Classes started Monday and continue through Aug. 21. Culminating the intensive is a performance of “Sprout” with the Weber Dance Company Friday, August 21 at 8 p.m. at the Juneau Arts & Culture Center.

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. – For 20 years, Live Oak, Calif. resident James Nee was determined to hike the entire 2,650 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail that stretches from Mexico to Canada through three western states.

FAIRBANKS – The owner of the Wendy’s restaurant in North Pole is trying to figure out why he has a whopper of a water bill.