Stroller White Pipes & Drums bass drummer Pete Whitehead pounds away Wednesday at “Louie’s” Douglas Inn during the band’s annual St. Patrick’s Day performances. The band also performed at the Juneau Pioneers’ Home, Red Dog Saloon and Lucky Lady.

Editor’s note: This is the first part of a series focussing on nutrition that will run every other Thursday. Part two will run April 1.

JUNEAU – During the 15th annual Kick Butts Day on March 24, SEARHC Tobacco Quit Program Health Educator Rowena J. Reeves and Juneau-Douglas High School students are spreading the word about the dangers of youth tobacco use and providing information about resources available to those wanting to quit using tobacco.

Three little words. That’s what keeps bringing us back to this intersection of low comedy and pathos. Three words, none longer than three letters – and yet, some of us still find them nearly impossible to say.

My Inupiat family has lived in the northwest arctic for generations. I am a NANA shareholder and I am employed by Teck Alaska. That makes me a landowner and operator.

Bankers should be a humble crew. Their reckless trading almost ruined the world economy. But they are as arrogant as ever.

Here’s a question that’s not being asked in the health-care debate: How much medical care do we want in our lives? It’s something we should be discussing.

KETCHIKAN – A scheduled blast at a Ketchikan construction site sent rock flying into a neighborhood, punching holes in houses and shattering windows.

NOME – Lance Mackey picked up a few rewards on his way to winning an unprecedented fourth consecutive win in the 1,100-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.