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The ruling strikes down a law by Republican state Sen. John Coghill. The state attorney general’s office is reviewing the decision and doesn’t know if it will appeal.

The state ferry system will soon charge more for canceling reservations. Fee increases begin Oct. 1, the same day the winter ferry schedule begins.

“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.

British Columbia’s top mine official says the province needs to address pollution pouring out of an abandoned tunnel near Juneau.

Some conservationists want President Obama’s climate-change agenda to include preserving Southeast Alaska’s Tongass National Forest.

It’s been less than two years since Jennifer Fletcher first started to shed her male identity and rebuild herself as female. But the inner journey to get to that point began long before then.