The Yukon River fall chum salmon run has been below expectations, worrying subsistence fishermen who hoped they could catch chums to replace kings.

Hundreds of people who spent long hours packing Anchorage Assembly meetings this summer to argue about a proposal to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation are taking their cases to Mayor Dan Sullivan.

Hundreds of people have made pilgrimages to the volunteer-run Off the Chain bicycle shop since its founding by a group of University of Alaska Anchorage students nearly two years ago.

A criminal defendant who cursed the judge and lawyers, spat at jurors, insisted on fighting over a closed case and repeatedly refused to shut up and behave forfeited whatever constitutional right he had to sit in the courtroom during his trial or testify in person, the Alaska Supreme Court has ruled.

Area events

An air and sea search is under way for a skiff with three people aboard that is overdue in Ketchikan, the Coast Guard says.

STEBBINS — A Stebbins teenager has been charged with manslaughter in the death of a Kotlik man visiting the western Alaska village.

To celebrate coach Fenumiai "Numi” Ilalio’s return from a year-long deployment that included 10 months in Afghanistan, No. 3-ranked Service throttled Southside rival Dimond 49-3 at Anchorage Football Stadium.

Our dog liked some people just fine. Others she’d follow around, obsessed. They’d pet her, she’d lean into them. Then out of nowhere, she’d growl and pinch the skin on the top of a foot between her front teeth, leaving a bruise like a penny. We never said the word "bite."

Another indicator that the local economy has softened: The cost of living in Anchorage is actually falling. The rare case of deflation comes as the average price of food, gasoline and other consumer items in the Anchorage area decreased in the first half of this year,