Daily News Staff Writer Saxman will retain its designation as a rural community under federal subsistence rules for a while longer, at least. Meeting in Anchorage this past week, the Federal Subsistence Board issued a stay of its 2006 determinations that would have designated Saxman and four other Alaska areas as nonrural under federal subsistence rules beginning on May 7, 2012. Read more...

By SCOTT BOWLEN Daily News Staff Writer Saxman will retain its designation as a rural community under federal subsistence rules for a while longer, at least. Read more...

Daily News Staff Writer The Ketchikan School District budget was the big topic again at Wednesday’s Ketchikan School Board meeting, with several people speaking passionately at the lectern about saving Ketchikan High School programs that might be cut due to a lack of funds. Read more...

By DANELLE LANDIS Daily News Staff Writer The Ketchikan School District budget was the big topic again at Wednesday’s Ketchikan School Board meeting, with several people speaking passionately at the lectern about saving Ketchikan High School programs that might be cut due to a lack of funds. Read more...

Daily News Staff Writer A jury of six women and six men found Devin Rossiter guilty Tuesday of second-degree murder and tampering with evidence following a two-week trial. Read more...

By TOM MILLER Daily News Staff Writer A jury of six women and six men found Devin Rossiter guilty Tuesday of second-degree murder and tampering with evidence following a two-week trial. Read more...

Associated Press JUNEAU — The state agreed Thursday to settle an eight-year case over education quality. Plaintiffs in the case claimed the state had failed to meet its constitutional obligation to provide an education to schoolchildren. Read more...

By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU — The state agreed Thursday to settle an eight-year case over education quality. Plaintiffs in the case claimed the state had failed to meet its constitutional obligation to provide an education to schoolchildren. Read more...

Associated Press JUNEAU — Union leaders on Thursday voiced support for a measure that would allow public employees to choose between a retirement account, like a 401(k), or earning a traditional pension. Read more...

By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU — Union leaders on Thursday voiced support for a measure that would allow public employees to choose between a retirement account, like a 401(k), or earning a traditional pension. Read more...

Officials with the Alaska Permanent Fund say it ended the second quarter of the 2012 fiscal year with $38.6 billion, a 4.2 percent gain in the quarter. The fund ended the first quarter with $37 billion. Read more...

JUNEAU (AP) — Things are looking up for Alaska’s fund to share oil wealth. Officials with the Alaska Permanent Fund say it ended the second quarter of the 2012 fiscal year with $38.6 billion, a 4.2 percent gain in the quarter. The fund ended the first quarter with $37 billion. Read more...

Juneau-Douglas is coming to town. And the Lady Kings are ready. Read more...

Juneau-Douglas is coming to town. And the Lady Kings are ready. Read more...

Kayhi senior Ian Rud has advanced to the state wrestling tournament three years in a row, but standing in the way of a fourth straight trip is Thunder Mountain stalwart Thomas Riley. Read more...

Kayhi senior Ian Rud has advanced to the state wrestling tournament three years in a row, but standing in the way of a fourth straight trip is Thunder Mountain stalwart Thomas Riley. Read more...

Kyle Day and Travis Taylor are without question the top two scoring options for the Kayhi boys basketball team. Read more...

Kyle Day and Travis Taylor are without question the top two scoring options for the Kayhi boys basketball team. Read more...