Utility workers in Ketchikan have discovered the body of a young man.

The Board of Game voted to allow Alaskans to own hybrid wild cats if owners can prove the pet is at least four generations removed from a wild ancestor.

A Coast Guard helicopter hoisted a 40-year-old man complaining of chest pains from a fishing boat in the Bering Sea.

JUNEAU – Corporations won’t have to disclose their spending for or against candidates this election year unless lawmakers force them to, a Senate committee concluded Wednesday.

A new gold-bearing vein system has been discovered at the Kensington mine, owner Coeur d’Alene Mines announced Wednesday.

The University of Alaska Southeast has decided to allow students living in co-ed campus housing to remain in their living arrangements through the rest of the semester while officials complete a review of its policies.

The Juneau Assembly decided Wednesday to add $4.1 million to the city budget, potentially avoiding layoffs.

Former Juneau resident Robert William Horton, of Port Orchard, Wash., died Jan. 9, 2010, at Bremerton Naval Hospital. He was 59.

THURSDAY

Picture books for you and your little reader to enjoy together include Jerry Pinckney’s gorgeous Caldecott-winning version of “The Lion and the Mouse,” Kate DiCamillo’s delightful new book, “Louise, the Adventures of a Chicken,” and the funny “I Got Two Dogs,” by John Lithgow (which started its life as a song and includes a CD so you can sing along).