Today at Bartlett High School in Anchorage:

Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell has declared a state disaster for storm damage last month on Kodiak Island.

The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District is planning to provide free swine flu vaccines for any school-age children in the borough at a series of clinics scheduled to begin Nov. 19.

A statewide survey has found the cost of living gap has widened between larger cities and remote small communities across rural Alaska.

A federal judge in Anchorage has ordered a new public defender for former Wasilla Rep. Vic Kohring.

President Barack Obama will visit Alaska next week, as he begins a longer trip to Japan, China, South Korea and Singapore.

Juneau’s cars, homes and office buildings will be churning out significantly less pollution by 2012, if the city meets its new goal.

Juneau residents will have an opportunity to purchase new and used outdoor gear Saturday at the 56th annual Ski Sale happening at Centennial Hall.

Dance: Roblin Gray Davis, right, leads Jude Reed, left, and his classmates in teacher Rene Walker’s kindergarten and first grade class at Gastineau Elementary School in a rehearsal of their play “How Do Animals Spend the Winter?” Gray Davis has been an artist-in-residence at the school for the past month, working in seven classrooms.

Today, Nov. 6