Legislative leaders are debating whether to use public money to keep the nonprofit Alaska House, New York open, now that the woman who initially funded it can’t afford to keep it open.

The state of Alaska must pay for braces on the teeth of foster children and young people on Medicaid who need them, a superior court judge ruled Monday.

The U.S. Coast Guard rescued two men whose skiff had mechanical trouble on the way from Kalgin Island to Kenai.

The new Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend donation program called “Pick. Click. Give.” raised $550,000 this year, but is expected to cost about $900,000 to administer during the program’s first three years.

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Juneau resident Peter Luther Kline died of respiratory arrest following successful heart surgery, Nov. 3, 2009, in Seattle. He was 74.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

The Crimson Bears volleyball team will be traveling to Anchorage for the second time in the past month, but this time there is much more at stake.

Josie Bird and other members of the Lakota Sioux Indian Dance Theatre perform the first of two shows for students Monday at the Juneau-Douglas High School auditorium. The group performs traditional and sacred songs, narratives and creation stories that celebrates the culture of the Lakota people. The public event is at 7 p.m. today and is presented by the Juneau Arts and Humanities Council.

Juneau police and fire officials reported: