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Defendant accused in homicide of Rian Orr says he accidentally dropped the baby

About 30 adults and children called for equality and greater subsistence fishery protection Wednesday morning in the ‘Idle No More’ rally in downtown Juneau. Several wore Native regalia, chanted songs, and danced as people took turns talking over a megaphone.

The public is invited to interviews for principal for the Juneau School District’s alternative programs  — Yaakoosge Daakahidi High School, Montessori Borealis, HomeBRIDGE as well as residential education programs. Three finalists will be interviewed beginning at 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, in the Commons Area at YDHS, the Marie Drake building. The finalists are Kristy Dillingham, Kristy…

Man and woman in water for at least a half-hour

The federal Rural Development Agency wants to work with local nonprofit groups to help low-income Alaskans buy homes.

As Google and other large tech companies cope with the aftermath of recent reports that the National Security Agency has had broad access to their users’ data, the search giant is asking the U.S. government for permission to publish the number of national security requests it receives, including those made under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.

“I’m neither traitor nor hero. I’m an American.” That’s what Edward Snowden tells the South China Morning Post in his first published interview since The Guardian and The Washington Post revealed he was the source who leaked top secret information about government programs that sweep up data on phone calls and Internet activity.

The United States Fish and Wildlife Service announced a proposal today that would designate all chimpanzees as an endangered species.