States to get initial money from Japanese tsunami cleanup fund
JUNEAU, Alaska – The five West Coast states affected by debris from the 2011 tsunami in Japan are about to receive an initial $250,000 each from a $5 million gift from Japan for cleanup. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is ...

Forest Service dedicating new lab in Juneau
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service is dedicating its new forestry sciences laboratory in Juneau this weekend. Saturday's ceremony will included free guided tours and the raising of carved house posts. The Forest Service, in a release, says the ...

State to recover $376K in Medicaid case
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The state of Alaska is expected to share in a $500-million settlement over state and federal allegations that an India-based pharmaceutical manufacturer distributed adulterated drugs. The Department of Law says the drugs resulted in ...

Court: School was wrong to search Millard West student's truck off campus
He cited the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in a case of a Juneau, Alaska, student who held up a banner that read “BONG HITS 4 JESUS” across the street from the school during the 2002 Olympic Torch Relay. In that case, the court ruled the school ...

Kane County law librarian loved to help others
Adella N. Wolff, a lifelong Elgin resident, former Kane County law librarian and wife to a former county board chairman, recently died at the age of 93. Wolff, who was the law librarian for 17 years, was remembered by friends and colleagues as a patient ...

State to get $250K from Japanese tsunami cleanup fund
... laden with crabs and mussels that was found Dec. 23 on a reef in Punaluu was confirmed as debris from the 2011 tsunami in Japan. Coastal states affected by debris from the 2011 tsunami in Japan are about to receive an initial $250,000 each from a $5 ...