TV host and author Josh Shipp urged students from high schools in Juneau and Haines to take personal responsibility, look at every obstacle as an opportunity to get better at something, and be dedicated to success.
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New director for Catholic Community Service
A major Southeast social-service agency has a new top official.
Jean Strafford will take over as executive director of Catholic Community Service on May 1st.
Filmmaker argues for universal health insurance
Journalist T.R. Reid visited Juneau and Anchorage last week to promote his new film, U.S. Health Care: The Good News.
Craisins recalled due to possible contamination
Certain packages of Ocean Spray Craisins have been recalled due to possible contamination by small, hair-like metal fragments.
STD cases down; AK still has high rate
The number of sexually transmitted gonorrhea infections in Alaska has decreased, according to the State Section of Epidemiology. Gonorrhea went down 23 percent for the first three quarters of 2011, with 770 laboratory confirmed cases, compared to more than a thousand for the same time last year. The decrease was seen statewide, except the Interior.…
Holy Trinity, McPhetres celebrate new facility
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church and McPhetres Hall publically celebrated the new facility last Sunday. Amanda Compton joined the approximately 150 to 200 community members who attended the event.