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The first ever womens’ main event at Roughouse Fridays at Marlintini’s Lounge was declared a ‘no decision’ when Sitka’s Selina Slack, 26, accidentally elbowed her opponent in the eye.

Three-time Alaska state girls’ cross country champion Leah Francis will be trading her Juneau-Douglas crimson for Stanford cardinal red next year.

FAIRBANKS – A state analysis says the practice of using a mix of low-risk mortgages has helped Alaska fend off the housing troubles plaguing the rest of the nation.

ANCHORAGE – The state Supreme Court has ruled against a man’s effort to change the Alaska constitution so that he could call for secession from the United States.

Juneau’s unemployment rate climbed to 6.6 percent in December, with 100 more jobless people in town compared to last year at this time, according to Department of Labor and Workforce Development numbers released Friday.

A bankruptcy filing by a mine company proposing to run a hoverbarge on the Taku River laid the controversial request to rest for the time being, but fishermen and environmentalists who fought the proposal are not sitting on their heels.

Students paint free-style as they interpret live music Saturday during a fundraiser for the Haitian School Art Creation Foundation for Children at Thunder Mountain High School.

FAIRBANKS – A voluntary furlough saved the University of Alaska Fairbanks tens of thousands of dollars.

PORTLAND, Ore. – If any Americans are willing to fork over more to state governments in 2010, it might just be those of Oregon, where voters are deciding the fate of two proposed tax increases that target the wealthy and corporations.