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Southeast’s regional Native corporation is using some of its lands for carbon sequestration. It’s the first carbon bank in the state to be approved for the California cap-and-trade market.

Timothy Hayes, 60, was arrested after he allegedly broke into a South Anchorage antique store and walked away with tens of thousands of dollars worth of ivory and other Alaska Native artifacts.

Noatak is a northwest Arctic village of about 500 people that’s got a lot going for it. People look out for each other. Families go fishing, hunting and berry-picking, then share with neighbors. And within this community safety net, family ties help people who are considering suicide decide to live instead.

During a weeklong program, several teenage residents of a Juneau youth facility worked on life skills, such as creating resumés and establishing good credit. The annual Transition Camp presented a series of speakers and workshops last week aimed at easing the return home for the young men at Johnson Youth Center.

Emry and Casey Harris started Game On with a vision to make the gaming industry more welcoming and inclusive for everyone. Their store was recently named a finalist in a national small business competition.

Both parties in a cruise ship murder case have agreed on how to handle blood evidence in the case, according to a notice the Public Defender’s Office entered Friday into U.S. District Court.

What makes a healthy community? What makes young people in a village thrive? The young people in Noatak have some good ideas.

The Legislature is on track to break the record for fewest bills passed in a year, with only five so far this year compared with the current record-low of 32 last year.

“We hope that this tool will be useful for engineers who [are] doing some projects in this area, for government thinking about what they should expect, and also for any people who live in Alaska,” Vladimir Romanovsky said.

The volume of Alaska-bound cruise ship visitors is projected to shatter records this season and next. That’s led to a revived conversation over the carrying capacity of visitors to Alaska’s capital city.

David Evenson, 52, was charged in connection with the last summer’s death of Aaron Monette, 56, which stemmed from an assault at the Downtown Transit Center.

Retiring Public Works and Engineering chief Roger Healy is being replaced by a senior manager at Alaska Department of Transportation. Mike Vigue is being tapped to lead the 130-employee department starting April 30.

The killing of 10 wolves by a single hunter north of the Denali Highway, has raised new calls for protection of the animals in the Denali National Park region. Photos of an unidentified hunter with an AR-style rifle and a snow machine, surrounded by 10 wolf carcasses have circulated online.

Wrangell canceled its annual king salmon derby for the first time because of record low chinook forecasts and state restrictions. Wrangell has held the longest king derby in Southeast Alaska, lasting a whole month. The local Chamber of Commerce will hold a silver salmon derby instead. 

Haines Borough School Board addressed allegations of sexual abuse briefly at a regular meeting Tuesday. Interim Superintendent Rich Carlson said the district is focusing on providing support for students.

Commercial salmon trollers in Southeast Alaska are tied up to the dock this month after a shortened winter season, closed early because of conservation concerns for king salmon stocks. They’ll be getting only a limited shot at fishing around hatchery king runs this spring and are feeling the impact of fishing restrictions.

Juneau emergency responders trained for a simulated a terrorist threat with a nuclear device aboard a ferry. About 30 Juneau residents got to ride along for the exercise.

The Senate Finance Committee draft budget would cut $98 million to fund the operations of state government from the House’s version of the budget.

A plea agreement entered Wednesday for a former Bergmann Hotel manager outlines the 2017 drug deals that led to his arrest. In the agreement, Charles Edward Cotten Jr. will plead guilty to all four counts of federal felony drug distribution. He admits to selling 112 grams of methamphetamine.

Alaska officials have no plans to convert state ferries to electrical power. But they’re installing engines that could use natural gas as well as diesel.