Elizabeth Jenkins, Alaska's Energy Desk - Juneau

When President Obama visited Alaska last week, he announced plans to improve rural water systems in the state. Most of the Department of Agriculture’s more than $16 million in grants were offered to remote interior villages. But two were offered to places in Southeast.

One particularly controversial figure in the documents spent half a century advancing Alaska Native causes. He’s the namesake of Sealaska Heritage Institute’s new William Paul Archives.

There have been 10 confirmed cases of salmonella infection from Limited Edition brand pole cucumbers, the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services reported Friday.

After a class action grievance, a regime change, a year of renovations and buying hundreds of $8,000 workstations, state employees are finally moving into their new offices in Douglas.

A subcommittee of three Juneau Assembly members is leading the search for the next city manager.

“For people who would love the lifestyle here but don’t dare take the risk due to the high cost of electricity, they now know they have support,” says Hoonah Mayor Ken Skaflestad.