Union workers at the Sheraton in downtown Anchorage are asking visitors to boycott the hotel because management have imposed a sharp cost increase on family health coverage.

A hearing was held in federal court to hear arguments from former state legislator Pete Kott to throw out his conviction on corruption charges.

University of Alaska Fairbanks administrator Bernice Joseph is one of five finalists to be the new president of Alaska Pacific University.

Pushing, profanity, name-calling and cheating: The Juneau School District has a new tool to measure these types of behaviors and the disciplinary and intervention measures undertaken to curb them.

Lifelong Juneau resident Anne Lois (Pusich) Lafavour died Friday, Nov. 13, 2009, in Peoria, Ariz. She was 71.

Former Juneau resident Cecil Wallace “Wally” Greer Jr., of Boardman, Ore., died Nov. 12, 2009, at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle. He was 67.

Veterans Day has come and gone. We were amply reminded throughout the day by numerous individuals and organizations that “freedom is not free.”

I applied for the 2008 Alaska Permanent Fund dividend check for my minor child in March. When the check was mailed to me, I endorsed it for my child, just as I had in all the years prior.

I would like to extend my congratulations to Bob Banghart on his appointment as the new chief curator of the Alaska State Museum.

Gov. Sean Parnell has re-appointed Robert Peterson of Juneau to the Alaska Safety Advisory Council.