Some Alaska legislators and staff who have dealt with former Gov. Sarah Palin extensively are saying that to understand what went on in Alaska before, during and after the 2008 presidential campaign, skip the former governor’s much hyped autobiography.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

The prep sports scene is at a virtual standstill right now in Alaska, which seems strange because football and basketball are both being played back home.

Play It Again player Patrick Race shoots as D.K. Miners goalie Peter Sommers defends during a Juneau Adult Hockey League game Sunday at Treadwell Arena.

WASHINGTON, Pa. – When Sarah Palin made her first trip to western Pennsylvania as GOP presidential candidate John McCain’s fresh-faced running mate, the Arizona senator warned locals that she “doesn’t let anyone tell her to sit down.”

ANCHORAGE – On a recent Tuesday night, Anchorage police sergeant Dennis Allen came upon a familiar face at a bus stop. It was Paul, one of Anchorage’s 400 or so homeless alcoholics who chronically get drunk in public.

FAIRBANKS – A climate neutral policy is not realistic for the Fairbanks campus, according to University of Alaska Fairbanks administrators.

Alaska’s unemployment rate rose in October to 8.9 percent, but remained significantly below the U.S. rate, according to the latest Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development figures released last week.

If not for the immobile lift chairs, Eaglecrest Ski Area nearly seemed open Saturday with dozens of cars in the parking lot and crowds of people skiing, sledding and skinning near the lodge.

JUNEAU – A 45-year-old woman was transported to Bartlett Regional Hospital Sunday for precautionary evaluation after a two-vehicle accident on Glacier Highway near Central Avenue.