Juneau Police Department officers are negotiating with a 49-year-old man that has barricaded himself and his wife inside a downtown apartment.

WASHINGTON – The top federal prosecutor in New Jersey is facing an internal ethics investigation over public comments that may have helped his ex-boss’ campaign for governor, law enforcement officials told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

ANCHORAGE – Former state Sen. Tim Kelly died Monday at his home in Anchorage, just two days after turning 65.

ANCHORAGE – Salmon-producing streams near a proposed coal mine will never fully recover if the mine is developed, according to three reports commissioned by a public interest law firm.

EDMONTON, Alberta – Somewhere, the ghost of Robert W. Service is smiling.

The rancorous debate over health reform has given voice to considerable uneasiness among Americans. Many are worried about how a new system will be paid for in an economy that has unraveled, and they are anxious about a kudzu-like expansion of an already unwieldy bureaucracy.

Lloyd Coogan, right, and Trenton English, both of Coogan Construction, paint crosswalk lines on Main Street. The existing crosswalk will be out of service for several weeks.

The state of Alaska has announced it will begin requiring state employees to use only state e-mail systems to conduct state business, just days after its attorneys went to court to defend former Gov. Sarah Palin’s use of a Yahoo e-mail account to avoid public scrutiny of her actions as governor.

Juneau’s troubled Alaska Pacific Bank has squeaked out a slim profit in the quarter that ended June 30, despite falling loan revenue and some other difficulties.

Teachers and staff at two elementary schools begin moving into new classrooms this week as remodeling projects near completion.