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The Alaska Marine Highway System made it through one step in the legislative budget process without further cuts. But those could come later.

Some Southeast Alaska families have stayed with the tradition of helping loved ones age in place. Elders live at home, with children and grandchildren, instead of an institution.

Officers responded Thursday afternoon to the report of an active shooter at Excel Industries. The suspected shooter has been killed, Harvey County Sheriff T. Walton said.

Many of Southeast’s seniors get breaks on property and sales taxes. But they also bring money into the economy, often without tying up jobs.

Sitka’s tale of two hospitals stretches back to World War II. Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital was built in the 1940s while the city opened Sitka Community Hospital in 1956. And between the two facilities, Sitka has two emergency rooms, two obstetrics facilities and two physical therapy centers, among other duplicate services.

For the Miles family, living aboard Challenger was a lifestyle. Tim Miles sometimes still thinks of the boat as a living, breathing entity.

It’s been more than four months since the University of Alaska Fairbanks announced it failed to follow its own procedures in disciplining students accused of sexual assault. At the time, an independent review of the UA system was ordered.

Combined with Gov. Bill Walker’s proposed $15 million cut, the university would lose one in seven dollars in state funding.

The demand comes after Association of Village Council Presidents regional delegates unanimously passed a motion at last fall’s annual convention to hold a special gathering Feb. 16 on regional determination, but the event failed to occur.

A team of biologists traveled to Saint Lawrence Island Wednesday to consult with local walrus hunters in Savoonga and Gambell.